COVID–19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act
Latest action · May 1, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act
This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants for testing, contact tracing, monitoring, and other activities to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Entities such as federally qualified health centers, nonprofit organizations, and certain hospitals and schools are eligible to receive such grants. In awarding the grants, the CDC shall prioritize applicants that (1) operate in hot spots and medically underserved communities, and (2) agree to hire individuals from the communities where grant activities occur.
Cosponsors 72
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2020 to Nov 20, 2020; 38 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 5, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | May 5, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | May 5, 2020 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 5, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | May 5, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 5, 2020 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 11, 2020 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 18, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jul 21, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Aug 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Aug 28, 2020 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 22, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Nov 20, 2020 |
Withdrew 1 Jefferson Van Drew D-NJ May 15, 2020
Committees 1
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 May 1, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 1, 2020Introduced in House
- May 1, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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. 82, May 1, 2020, page H1973.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-116 | A COUNTRY IN CRISIS: HOW DISINFORMATION ONLINE IS DIVIDING THE NATION254 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 24, 2020 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 726 | COVID–19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 3, 2021 |
| S 4315 | TRACE Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 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 authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID-19, and related activities such as contact tracing, through mobile health units and, as necessary, at individuals' residences, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COVID–19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 1, 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.
