Mobilizing America to Help Act
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 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | May 13, 2020 |
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
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.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- International Affairs
- National and community service
- Peace Corps
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
