Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act
Latest action · Jun 1, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
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.
- IntroducedJun 1, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act
This bill makes special districts eligible for payments from the Coronavirus Relief Fund if more than $150 billion is appropriated to the fund. The bill also directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to include special districts as eligible issuers in the Municipal Liquidity Facility program.
A special district is a political subdivision, formed pursuant to general law or special act of a state, for the purpose of performing one or more governmental or proprietary functions. Services that such districts provide include first responders, firefighting, public health, or transit.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 1, 2020 to Dec 17, 2020; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 11, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jun 11, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jun 15, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jun 18, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jun 24, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 29, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jul 9, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jul 9, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jul 9, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 9, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jul 16, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jul 16, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jul 20, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Sep 4, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Sep 14, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Sep 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Oct 9, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 23, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Dec 8, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Dec 9, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Dec 17, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 1, 2020Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E505)
- Jun 1, 2020Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E505 | John Garamendi D-CA | Jun 1, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 101, June 1, 2020, pages H2364, H2363.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4308 | Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Social Security Act to include special districts in the coronavirus relief fund, to direct the Secretary to include special districts as an eligible issuer under the Municipal Liquidity Facility, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 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.
