S 4539 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 8, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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. IntroducedSep 8, 2020
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with specified federal agencies, to compile a public, searchable database of federal contracts, tax benefits, and other support for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) biomedical research and development, including information regarding the source and amount of such support. HHS must develop the database within one month and periodically update it.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 8, 2020.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-INMike BraunOriginalSep 8, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 8, 2020Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 8, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 7288Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020Related billSep 30, 2020

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 8, 2020Introduced in Senate

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