CORE Act
Latest action · Jun 1, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Education and Labor, Small Business, House Administration, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, 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
Coronavirus Oversight and Recovery Ethics Act of 2020 or the CORE Act
This bill establishes requirements for oversight, accountability, and transparency in the disbursement and supervision of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds.
Among other things, the bill
- prohibits conflicts of interest in the selection or hiring of contractors or advisors and in the distribution of relief grants and loans;
- allows inspectors general to be fired only for specified reasons;
- grants the Congressional Oversight Commission, established in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), subpoena authority for testimony and documents and expands its jurisdiction to include all COVID-19 relief funding, including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of the Small Business Administration (SBA);
- requires the Department of the Treasury to submit a weekly list of any instances in which the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Relief or the Pandemic Relief Accountability Committee believe the executive branch has unreasonably denied them information;
- requires lobbyists to make monthly disclosures regarding all lobbying related to COVID-19 relief spending or lending;
- establishes whistle-blower protections for government contractors and private sector workers who may witness waste, fraud, or abuse or be victims of misconduct;
- requires the SBA to publicly disclose information about PPP lenders and recipients, including loan amounts; and
- allows any individual harmed by a company's misuse of industry stabilization funds to seek recourse through the courts.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 1, 2020 to Aug 11, 2020; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jun 1, 2020 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 11, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jun 11, 2020 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Aug 7, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Aug 11, 2020 |
Committees 10
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 | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 1, 2020Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Education and Labor, Small Business, House Administration, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, 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.
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, page H2364.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF11698 | Legislative Proposals Related to the Removal of Inspectors General in the 116th Congress Archived | Resource | Dec 9, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3855 | CORE Act | Identical bill | Jun 1, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure ethical and accountable use of COVID-19 relief funds, to prevent corruption and bias in the disbursement and supervision of those funds, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CORE Act
- Coronavirus Oversight and Recovery Ethics Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Afghanistan
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Architect of the Capitol
- Asia
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Business expenses
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Labor
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Evidence and witnesses
- Executive Office of the President
- Family relationships
- Federal officials
- Financial crises and stabilization
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government Publishing Office (GPO)
- Government studies and investigations
- Health programs administration and funding
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Judicial review and appeals
- Law enforcement officers
- Library of Congress
- Licensing and registrations
- Office of Government Ethics
- Personnel records
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public participation and lobbying
- Reconstruction and stabilization
- Right of privacy
- Small business
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- U.S. Capitol
- Wages and earnings
- Worker safety and health
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.
