HR 6416 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Mobilizing America to Help Act

Introduced Mar 27, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Mike Quigley D-IL

Latest action · Mar 27, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 27, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Mobilizing America to Help Act

This bill directs the President to make Peace Corps volunteers available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a declared emergency period resulting from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2020 to May 13, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland	Original	Mar 27, 2020
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Mar 27, 2020
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Mar 27, 2020
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 3, 2020
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 3, 2020
D-CA	Ami Bera		Apr 7, 2020
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Apr 7, 2020
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Apr 14, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Apr 14, 2020
D-CO	Jason Crow		Apr 14, 2020
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Apr 14, 2020
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Apr 14, 2020
D-IN	André Carson		Apr 21, 2020
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Apr 21, 2020
D-IL	Sean Casten		Apr 21, 2020

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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Mar 27, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 27, 2020Introduced in House
Mar 27, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H1865-H1866] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. QUIGLEY: H.R. 6416. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 61, March 27, 2020, page H1866.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the President to detail Peace Corps volunteers to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Mobilizing America to Help Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 27, 2020Introduced in House

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