HRES 906 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Calling on the President to invoke the Defense Production Act to respond to COVID-19.

Introduced Mar 23, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Andy Levin D-MI

Latest action · Mar 23, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 23, 2020
Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

This resolution calls on the President to (1) use all relevant authorities of the Defense Production Act to direct the domestic production of supplies to address COVID-19 (i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019), and (2) share specified information regarding the use of such authorities with Congress. (The Defense Production Act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.)

The resolution also states that Congress stands ready to make additional appropriations available for this effort.

Cosponsors 103

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2020 to Apr 22, 2020; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Mar 23, 2020
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Mar 23, 2020
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Mar 23, 2020
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Mar 23, 2020
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Mar 23, 2020
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-TX	Van Taylor	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Mar 26, 2020
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Mar 26, 2020
D-IN	André Carson		Mar 26, 2020
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Mar 26, 2020
D-MN	Angie Craig		Mar 26, 2020
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Mar 26, 2020
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Mar 26, 2020
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Mar 26, 2020
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Mar 26, 2020
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Mar 26, 2020
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 26, 2020
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Mar 26, 2020
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Mar 26, 2020
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Mar 26, 2020
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Mar 26, 2020
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Mar 26, 2020
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Mar 26, 2020
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Mar 26, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto		Mar 26, 2020
D-NC	David E. Price		Mar 26, 2020
D-MD	David J. Trone		Mar 26, 2020
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Mar 26, 2020
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Mar 26, 2020
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Mar 26, 2020
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Mar 26, 2020
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Mar 26, 2020
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Mar 26, 2020
D-HI	Ed Case		Mar 26, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Mar 26, 2020
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Mar 26, 2020
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Mar 26, 2020
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 26, 2020
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Mar 26, 2020
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Mar 26, 2020
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Harley Rouda		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Mar 26, 2020
D-CT	James A. Himes		Mar 26, 2020
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 26, 2020
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Mar 26, 2020
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 26, 2020
D-CO	Jason Crow		Mar 26, 2020
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Mar 26, 2020
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Mar 26, 2020
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Mar 26, 2020
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 26, 2020
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Mar 26, 2020
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Judy Chu		Mar 26, 2020
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Mar 26, 2020
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Mar 26, 2020
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Mar 26, 2020
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Mar 26, 2020
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Mar 26, 2020
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Mike Levin		Mar 26, 2020
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Mar 26, 2020
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Mar 26, 2020
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Mar 26, 2020
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Mar 26, 2020
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Mar 26, 2020
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Mar 26, 2020
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Mar 26, 2020
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 26, 2020
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Mar 26, 2020
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Mar 26, 2020
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Mar 26, 2020
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Mar 26, 2020
D-IL	Sean Casten		Mar 26, 2020
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Mar 26, 2020
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Mar 26, 2020
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Mar 26, 2020
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Mar 26, 2020
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Mar 26, 2020
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Mar 26, 2020
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Mar 26, 2020
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Mar 26, 2020
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Mar 26, 2020
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala		Mar 31, 2020
D-CA	Mark Takano		Mar 31, 2020
D-WA	Denny Heck		Apr 7, 2020
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Apr 7, 2020
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Apr 22, 2020
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Apr 22, 2020

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Mar 23, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 23, 2020Introduced in House
Mar 23, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 3

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 3

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R49178	The DPA Modernization Act of 2026: An Overview	Report	Aug 13, 2026
R47048	FEMA’s Role in the COVID-19 Federal Pandemic Response	Report	Feb 10, 2022
R46319	Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): Q&A on Global Implications and Responses Archived	Report	May 14, 2020

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: Calling on the President to invoke the Defense Production Act to respond to COVID-19.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 23, 2020Introduced in House

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