HR 7674 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

COVID–19 Data Transparency Act

Introduced Jul 20, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 20, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 20, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

COVID-19 Data Transparency Act

This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to standardize reporting by government health departments of COVID-19 data, including information related to hospital admissions, testing, contact tracing, and transmission rates.

In addition, the CDC must publicly post and periodically update this information on its website with individually identifiable information excluded.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2020 to Oct 27, 2020; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAAbigail Davis SpanbergerOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalJul 20, 2020
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-IACynthia AxneOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.OriginalJul 20, 2020
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-NJMikie SherrillOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-HITulsi GabbardOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-TXVicente GonzalezOriginalJul 20, 2020
D-MEChellie PingreeJul 22, 2020
D-CAJudy ChuJul 22, 2020
D-TNSteve CohenJul 22, 2020
D-CASusan A. DavisJul 22, 2020
D-CATed LieuJul 22, 2020
D-OHTim RyanJul 22, 2020
D-VAElaine G. LuriaJul 31, 2020
D-CAJulia BrownleyJul 31, 2020
D-CAMike LevinJul 31, 2020
D-FLStephanie N. MurphyJul 31, 2020
D-MAJames P. McGovernAug 7, 2020
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonSep 4, 2020
D-IAAbby FinkenauerOct 27, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jul 20, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 20, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Jul 20, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 127, July 20, 2020, page H3587.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 8073Improving COVID–19 Data Transparency ActRelated billAug 21, 2020

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a standardized method for State, Tribal, and local health departments to report to the Centers with respect to COVID-19, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
COVID–19 Data Transparency Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 20, 2020Introduced in House

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