S 3669 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

COVID–19 International Response and Recovery Act of 2020

Introduced May 7, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor Robert Menendez D-NJ

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Latest action · May 7, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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. IntroducedMay 7, 2020
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

COVID-19 International Response and Recovery Act of 2020

This bill addresses the role of the United States in the global response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and future pandemics.

Specifically, the bill authorizes measures to facilitate the repatriation of U.S. nationals who are abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bill also provides support for international organizations, including through (1) providing payments to organizations that address global humanitarian needs, and (2) advocating for the establishment of a World Bank Trust Fund to aid countries responding to epidemics and pandemics.

Further, the bill establishes measures related to refugee, humanitarian, and migration matters during the pandemic, such as those facilitating humanitarian assistance to countries affected by COVID-19, addressing threats to women and girls, and restricting deportation of foreign nationals.

The bill establishes leadership roles for the U.S. Agency for International Development, the State Department, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should an infectious disease with pandemic potential break out outside the United States. The bill also creates the role of Special Advisor to the President for Global Health Security, who shall coordinate the U.S. response to global health security emergencies.

Further, the bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to automatically extend certain immigration-related statuses, such as employment authorizations, that would otherwise expire during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bill also allows a Peace Corps volunteer whose period of service was terminated due to COVID-19 to file for pandemic-related unemployment benefits.

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2020 to Oct 19, 2020; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalMay 7, 2020
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalMay 7, 2020
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalMay 7, 2020
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalMay 7, 2020
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalMay 7, 2020
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalMay 7, 2020
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalMay 7, 2020
D-VATim KaineOriginalMay 7, 2020
D-NMTom UdallOriginalMay 7, 2020
D-ORRon WydenJun 4, 2020
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOct 19, 2020

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateForeign Relations Committee
Referred May 7, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2020Introduced in Senate
  2. May 7, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S4117–S4119Robert Menendez D-NJJul 1, 2020

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.

CRS reports 5

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

Cite it 5

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

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
COVID–19 International Response and Recovery Act of 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2020Introduced in Senate

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