COVID–19 Memorial Quilt Act of 2020

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HR 7161

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Jun 11, 2020

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Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period ...

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Advisory bodies Art, artists, authorship Arts, Culture, Religion Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional agencies Congressional operations and organization Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Federal-Indian relations Historical and cultural resources Humanities programs funding Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Library of Congress Monuments and memorials Smithsonian Institution U.S. Capitol

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COVID-19 Memorial Quilt Act of 2020

This bill directs the Smithsonian Institution and the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to jointly carry out a project to be known as the "COVID-19 Pandemic Memorial Quilt Project" to honor and remember Americans who have lost their lives to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

The bill establishes the Congressional Advisory Panel on Honoring Victims of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The panel shall develop and submit a plan to carry out the memorial quilt project.

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Jun 11, 2020

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Jun 11, 2020

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E532-533)
Jun 11, 2020

Introduced in House

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