Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 30, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 22, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with specified federal agencies, to compile a public, searchable database of federal contracts, tax benefits, and other support for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) biomedical research and development, including information regarding the source and amount of such support. HHS must develop the database within one month and update it every two weeks.
Cosponsors 61
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2020 to Dec 20, 2020; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Original | Jun 22, 2020 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jun 22, 2020 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jun 22, 2020 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jun 22, 2020 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jun 22, 2020 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jun 22, 2020 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 30, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jun 30, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jun 30, 2020 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jun 30, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jul 16, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Oct 2, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Dec 20, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Dec 20, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Dec 20, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Dec 20, 2020 |
Committees 6
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 Jun 22, 2020 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2020 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2020 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2020 | |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2020 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2020 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Sep 30, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 22, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 22, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, the Judiciary, 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. 114, June 22, 2020, page H2414.
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. 116-27 | HEALTH AND WEALTH INEQUALITY IN AMERICA: HOW COVID 19 MAKES CLEAR THE NEED FOR CHANGE116 pages | Budget Committee | Jun 23, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4539 | Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020 | Related bill | Sep 8, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other Federal officials to compile into a searchable database information relating to Federal support for biomedical research and development related to COVID-19, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Charitable contributions
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug therapy
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Genetics
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intellectual property
- Licensing and registrations
- Manufacturing
- Marketing and advertising
- Medical research
- Public contracts and procurement
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 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.
