HR 6800 · 116th Congress
2019–2021, ended
The Heroes Act
Latest action · Jul 23, 2020 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-517.
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 12, 2020
- Passed HouseMay 15, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
The Heroes Act
This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses.
Among other things, the bill
- provides FY2020 emergency supplemental appropriations to federal agencies;
- provides payments and other assistance to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments;
- provides additional direct payments of up to $1,200 per individual;
- expands paid sick days, family and medical leave, unemployment compensation, nutrition and food assistance programs, housing assistance, and payments to farmers;
- modifies and expands the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides loans and grants to small businesses and nonprofit organizations;
- establishes a fund to award grants for employers to provide pandemic premium pay for essential workers;
- expands several tax credits and deductions;
- provides funding and establishes requirements for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing;
- eliminates cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatments;
- extends and expands the moratorium on certain evictions and foreclosures; and
- requires employers to develop and implement infectious disease exposure control plans.
The bill also modifies or expands a wide range of other programs and policies, including those regarding
- Medicare and Medicaid,
- health insurance,
- broadband service,
- medical product supplies,
- immigration,
- student loans and financial aid,
- the federal workforce,
- prisons,
- veterans benefits,
- consumer protection requirements,
- the U.S. Postal Service,
- federal elections,
- aviation and railroad workers, and
- pension and retirement plans.
Recorded votes 2
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 109 | On Passage | Passed208–199 | May 15, 2020 |
| House 108 | On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Failed198–209 | May 15, 2020 |
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 12, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | May 12, 2020 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred May 12, 2020 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred May 12, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 12, 2020 |
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Hearings Jul 23, 2020 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2020Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-517.
- Jun 1, 2020Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 455.
- May 21, 2020Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- May 20, 2020Received in the Senate.
- May 15, 2020Rule H. Res. 967 passed House.
In the Congressional Record 58
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 H6137 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Dec 3, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7102 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Nov 30, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5991, H5992 | Ann M. Kuster D-NH, Dwight Evans D-PA, Jennifer Wexton D-VA | Nov 20, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5945, H5983 | Joseph D. Morelle D-NY, Rob Woodall R-GA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Nov 19, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5927–H5929 | Adriano Espaillat D-NY, Darren Soto D-FL, Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL | Nov 18, 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 1, 2020H.R. 6800, Heroes ActAs passed by the House of Representatives on May 15, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 89, May 12, 2020, page H1993.
Printed hearings 10
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. 116-108 | THE NEED FOR FINANCIAL AID TO AMERICA'S STATES AND TERRITORIES DURING THE PANDEMIC: SUPPORTING FIRST RESPONDERS, ASSISTING SCHOOLS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SAFELY EDUCATE, AND PREVENTING MASS LAYOFFS158 pages | Financial Services Committee | Sep 10, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-63 | AMTRAK'S RESPONSE TO COVID 19143 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-113 | PROTECTING THE TIMELY DELIVERY OF MAIL, MEDICINE, AND MAIL-IN BALLOTS103 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Aug 24, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-85 | OVERSIGHT OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES489 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jul 29, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-34 | AN OVERVIEW OF THE FARMERS TO FAMILIES FOOD BOX PROGRAM295 pages | Agriculture Committee | Jul 21, 2020 |
CRS reports 77
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
About this bill 7
Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46358 | Heroes Act: Revenue Provisions Archived | Report | Oct 26, 2020 |
| IN11405 | Heroes Act (H.R. 6800/H.R. 925): Selected Consumer Loan Provisions Archived | Insight | Oct 15, 2020 |
| R46506 | The Heroes Act: Education-Related Provisions Archived | Report | Aug 26, 2020 |
| R46434 | HEROES Act, Division K—COVID-19 Housing, Economic Relief, and Oversight Act | Report | Jun 29, 2020 |
| IN11404 | HEROES Act (H.R. 6800): Selected Federal Reserve Provisions Archived | Insight | May 26, 2020 |
Also cite it 70
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46646 | Election Administration: Federal Grant Programs for States and Localities | Report | Apr 20, 2026 |
| R42640 | Medicaid Financing and Expenditures | Report | May 5, 2025 |
| R48213 | Marketing and Pricing in the U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Industry Archived | Report | Oct 4, 2024 |
| R46284 | COVID-19 Relief Assistance to Small Businesses: Issues and Policy Options | Report | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R46688 | Pandemic Relief: The Emergency Rental Assistance Program | Report | Jan 10, 2023 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 815 | Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 967, the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report is considered as adopted. | Rules Committee | On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. |
Related bills 151
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 61
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill
- Jabara-Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act of 2020
- Pandemic Justice Response Act
- Global Health Security Act of 2020
- American Coronavirus/COVID-19 Election Safety and Security Act
- ACCESS Act
- COVID-19 Heroes Fund Act of 2020
- Child Nutrition and Related Programs Recovery Act
- Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020
- Victims of Crime Act Fix Act of 2020
- Coronavirus Recovery Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
- COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020
- COVID-19 HERO Act
- Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2020
- SAFE Banking Act of 2020
- Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2020
- COVID-19 Housing, Economic Relief, and Oversight Act
- Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2020
- Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HEROES Act
- Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- The Heroes Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Inspector General Independence Act
- Worker Health Coverage Protection Act
- Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act
- Wildlife-Borne Disease Prevention Act of 2020
- Proper and Reimbursed Care for Native Veterans Act
- PRC for Native Veterans Act
- Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
- Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act
- COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act
- GROW Act
- Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act of 2020
- COVID–19 Tax Relief Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Passed House for portions of this bill
- Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act
- Inspector General Independence Act
- Scientific Integrity Act
- Wildlife-Borne Disease Prevention Act of 2020
- PRC for Native Veterans Act
- Proper and Reimbursed Care for Native Veterans Act
- Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
- Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act
- COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act
- GROW Act
- Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act of 2020
- Worker Health Coverage Protection Act
- Short Titles for portions of this bill from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Worker Health Coverage Protection Act
- Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act of 2020
- GROW Act
- COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act
- Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act
- Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
- Proper and Reimbursed Care for Native Veterans Act
- PRC for Native Veterans Act
- Wildlife-Borne Disease Prevention Act of 2020
- Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act
- Scientific Integrity Act
- Inspector General Independence Act
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- The Heroes Act
- COVID–19 Heroes Fund Act of 2020
- American Coronavirus/COVID–19 Election Safety and Security Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Adult day care
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Allied health services
- American Samoa
- Appropriations
- Architect of the Capitol
- Asia
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Blood and blood diseases
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Building construction
- Business expenses
- Business records
- Buy American requirements
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Caribbean area
- Census and government statistics
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Chemical and biological weapons
- Child care and development
- Child health
- China
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Civil actions and liability
- Community life and organization
- Commuting
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional elections
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Consumer affairs
- Consumer credit
- Contracts and agency
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Credit and credit markets
- Crime victims
- Crimes against women
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Debt collection
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Education
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Department of the Interior
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Transportation
- Detention of persons
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Disability and paralysis
- Disability assistance
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug therapy
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Due process and equal protection
- Economic performance and conditions
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Educational technology and distance education
- Election Assistance Commission
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employee hiring
- Employee leave
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Employment taxes
- Energy assistance for the poor and aged
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Evidence and witnesses
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family relationships
- Family services
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federal officials
- Federal Reserve System
- Federal-Indian relations
- Financial services and investments
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign labor
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Fruit and vegetables
- General Services Administration
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government liability
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Guam
- Hate crimes
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- HIV/AIDS
- Home and outpatient care
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Hospital care
- House of Representatives
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing discrimination
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Housing for the elderly and disabled
- Housing supply and affordability
- Humanities programs funding
- Immigration status and procedures
- Immunology and vaccination
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Income tax exclusion
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Inflation and prices
- Insurance industry and regulation
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- International organizations and cooperation
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Iran
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Landlord and tenant
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legal Services Corporation
- Libraries and archives
- Library of Congress
- Licensing and registrations
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Manufacturing
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Marshall Islands
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Micronesia
- Middle East
- Military civil functions
- Military medicine
- Military operations and strategy
- Military personnel and dependents
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Minority education
- Minority health
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
- National and community service
- National Credit Union Administration
- National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
- National Guard and reserves
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Science Foundation
- Natural disasters
- Neurological disorders
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands
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- Oceania
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- Puerto Rico
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- Research ethics
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- Right of privacy
- Roads and highways
- Rural conditions and development
- Scientific communication
- Self-employed
- Separation, divorce, custody, support
- Small business
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- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local finance
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- Strategic materials and reserves
- Student aid and college costs
- Syria
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- Tax treatment of families
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- Temporary and part-time employment
- Terrorism
- Transportation costs
- Transportation employees
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- U.S. Postal Service
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Unemployment
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
- Virgin Islands
- Visas and passports
- Voting rights
- Wages and earnings
- Women in business
- Women's health
- Worker safety and health
- World health
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2020Placed on Calendar Senate
- May 15, 2020Engrossed in House
- May 12, 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.
