RISE Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 15, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639.
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.
- IntroducedJul 22, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act of 2020 or the RISE Act of 2020
This bill authorizes the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, the Interior, Health and Human Services, and Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation, and Environmental Protection Agency to provide support for research regarding COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or research disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Support may be used to
- provide supplemental funding to extend the duration of a grant to a research institution, national laboratory, or individual that was awarded prior to the enactment of this bill, or to expand the purposes of such a grant as specified;
- provide supplemental funding through existing competitively awarded cooperative agreements and contracts to cover the increased costs of construction of scientific facilities and equipment that have been delayed because of COVID-19; and
- award grants and cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education to conduct research on the behavioral, social, or economic effects of COVID-19 and the responses to the disease or on the effectiveness of such responses.
Agencies must provide the support as rapidly as possible.
Provided funds shall remain available for expenditure for up to two years.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2020 to Aug 6, 2020, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Original | Jul 22, 2020 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Jul 22, 2020 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Jul 22, 2020 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Aug 6, 2020 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Aug 6, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2020Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-332.
- Dec 15, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639.
- Sep 16, 2020Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 22, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jul 22, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7308 | RISE Act | Identical bill | Aug 13, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Defense spending
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of the Interior
- Education programs funding
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy research
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Health programs administration and funding
- Higher education
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical research
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Science Foundation
- Nuclear power
- Oil and gas
- Public contracts and procurement
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2020Reported to Senate
- Jul 22, 2020Introduced in Senate
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