End Lockdowns Now Act
Latest action · Mar 4, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
End Lockdowns Now Act
This bill prohibits federal lockdowns and requires recipients of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) recovery aid to provide a reopening plan to the Department of the Treasury.
Specifically, the reopening plan must include a detailed description of how the recipient plans to reopen schools for in-person learning, remove restrictions on business activity, lift restrictions on religious services and other social gatherings, and assist families and small businesses in economic recovery. The plan shall include a description of how the reopening plan was developed and the steps that were taken to include input from local small businesses and the public.
The bill provides for the recovery of funds by the federal government if the Treasury Office of Inspector General determines that a recipient has failed to comply with this bill's requirements.
Neither the President nor any executive branch official shall take any action to issue a blanket ban on interstate travel or impose a national lockdown order or nationwide quarantine.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2021 to Apr 1, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Apr 1, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2021 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 4, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 3, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2021Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 40, March 3, 2021, page H1080.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require State and local governments to establish reopening plans as a condition of receiving funding under title VI of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- End Lockdowns Now Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Aviation and airports
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Economic performance and conditions
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Federal officials
- Government Operations and Politics
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public transit
- Religion
- Small business
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Travel and tourism
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
