HR 6585 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID–19 Act

Introduced Apr 21, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Robin L. Kelly D-IL

Latest action · Apr 27, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

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.

IntroducedApr 21, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID-19 Act

This bill establishes the Commission on Ensuring Health Equity During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and adds reporting requirements for certain demographic data related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Among other activities, the commission must (1) determine approaches to using data to reduce demographic disparities in COVID-19 prevalence and outcomes, and (2) submit findings and recommendations to Congress on a specified timeline until the end of the public health emergency.

During the public health emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must publish, and update daily, data on COVID-19 testing, treatment, and outcomes that is disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and other demographic characteristics on the CDC website. In addition, the Indian Health Service shall consult with tribes with respect to COVID-19 data collection and reporting. The Department of Health and Human Services must make a summary of final statistics related to COVID-19 publicly available and report specified information to Congress within 60 days of the end of the public health emergency.

Cosponsors 97

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2020 to Dec 21, 2020; 91 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	J. Luis Correa	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-IL	Lauren Underwood	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Apr 21, 2020
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		May 8, 2020
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		May 8, 2020
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Jun 30, 2020
D-IL	Bill Foster		Aug 4, 2020
D-CA	Katie Porter		Nov 18, 2020
D-GA	Kwanza Hall		Dec 21, 2020

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Apr 21, 2020
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Apr 21, 2020
	Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Apr 27, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 27, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Apr 21, 2020Introduced in House
Apr 21, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H7163	Kwanza Hall D-GA	Dec 16, 2020

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 75, April 21, 2020, page H1900.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R46330	Proposals for a COVID-19 Congressional Advisory Commission in the 116th Congress: A Comparative Analysis Archived	Report	Jan 28, 2021

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3850	Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID-19 Act	Related bill	Jun 1, 2020
HR 8200	EHDC Act of 2020	Related bill	Sep 14, 2020

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect and report certain data concerning COVID-19.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID–19 Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 21, 2020Introduced in House

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