Direct Support for Communities Act
Latest action · Jan 5, 2021 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
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.
- IntroducedJan 5, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Direct Support for Communities Act
This bill provides FY2021 supplemental appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award additional Community Development Block Grants to units of local government and counties to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
Specifically, within 30 days, HUD must distribute 50% of such funds to metropolitan cities and other units of local government and 50% to counties and parishes. These funds may be used to cover costs or replace lost, delayed, or decreased revenues stemming from the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Additionally, the bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 5, 2021 to Mar 23, 2021, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Jan 5, 2021 |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Original | Jan 5, 2021 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Mar 23, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 5, 2021Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 34 | Direct Support for Communities Act | Related bill | Jan 22, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- American Samoa
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Caribbean area
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- District of Columbia
- Economic performance and conditions
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Guam
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- Virgin Islands
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2021Introduced in House
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