Pandemic Responder Service Award Act
Latest action · May 19, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedMay 19, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pandemic Responder Service Award Act
This bill establishes a monetary award for health care workers who provide eligible services during the COVID-19 (i.e. coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The award may only be used by the worker or their dependents for specified purposes, such as repaying student loans or starting a business. Eligible services include, among others, emergency medical services, health care or patient care services, and mortuary services in environments that present an elevated risk of contracting COVID-19.
The maximum award amount is $10,000 in 2021, with amounts in subsequent years increased by cost-of-living adjustments. Recipients receive a percentage of that amount based on the number of days they provided eligible services during the pandemic.
The Department of the Treasury must establish application processes and guidelines for the award and maintain savings accounts for eligible health care workers or their dependents to receive distributions of award amounts.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2020 to Dec 17, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Jun 3, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jun 3, 2020 | |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Jun 3, 2020 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jun 3, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Aug 4, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Sep 10, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Dec 17, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred May 19, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2020Introduced in Senate
- May 19, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6953 | Pandemic Responder Service Award Act | Related bill | May 19, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish the Pandemic Responder Service Award program to express our gratitude to front-line health care workers.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Pandemic Responder Service Award Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Business investment and capital
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Disability and paralysis
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employment and training programs
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Health
- Health personnel
- Higher education
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Income tax exclusion
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Labor-management relations
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Mental health
- Nursing
- Student aid and college costs
- Vocational and technical education
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2020Introduced in Senate
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