COVS Act
Latest action · Dec 5, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 582.
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 25, 2021
- Passed HouseJul 12, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2022 or the COVS Act
This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to transfer certain surplus computers and technology equipment to nonprofit computer refurbishers for repair and eventual distribution to schools (including home schools), veterans, seniors, and other specified populations in need.
Specifically, not later than 30 days after the GSA provides state agencies for surplus property an opportunity to review surplus computer or technology equipment that has been determined to be repairable, the GSA must transfer such equipment to participating nonprofit computer refurbishers for repair, distribution, and subsequent transfer to eligible recipients.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2021 to Mar 24, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Original | May 25, 2021 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Mar 24, 2022 |
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 May 25, 2021Markup Apr 6, 2022 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 13, 2022Markup Sep 28, 2022Reported Dec 6, 2022 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 117-224.
- Dec 5, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 582.
- Sep 28, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 13, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jul 12, 2022Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5960, H5961Text printed H5960Notices H5973Estimated budget effects of H.R. 3544, Computers for Veterans and Students (COVS) Act | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Fred Keller R-PA, John A. Yarmuth D-KY | Jul 12, 2022 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 9, 2022H.R. 3544, COVS ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs on September 28, 2022
- Jun 9, 2022H.R. 3544, COVS ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on April 6, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 91, May 25, 2021, page H2668.
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Administrator of General Services to transfer certain surplus computers and technology equipment to nonprofit computer refurbishers for repair, distribution, and return, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COVS Act
- Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- COVS Act
- Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2022
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2022
- COVS Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- COVS Act
- Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Aging
- Child care and development
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Disability assistance
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2022Reported to Senate
- Jul 13, 2022Referred in Senate
- Jul 12, 2022Engrossed in House
- May 25, 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.
