Frontline Heroes Act
Latest action · Sep 29, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 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.
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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Frontline Heroes Act
This bill establishes temporary programs within the Department of Justice to compensate frontline health care workers or their survivors for disabilities or deaths resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect COVID-19 outcome and mortality data for personnel of health care facilities and long-term care facilities and to study the long-term health impacts of COVID-19, including its potential to cause disabilities.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 29, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Sep 29, 2020 |
Committees 3
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 Sep 29, 2020 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2020Introduced in House
- Sep 29, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 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. 169, September 29, 2020, page H5053.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish certain protections and benefits for front line workers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Frontline Heroes Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative remedies
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Justice
- Disability and paralysis
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Higher education
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Judicial review and appeals
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Student aid and college costs
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 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.
