COVID Defense Act
Latest action · Sep 30, 2021 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
- IntroducedSep 30, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID Defense Act
This bill rescinds specified defense appropriations and authorizes funding for manufacturing and delivering COVID-19 vaccines internationally.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 30, 2021 to Nov 2, 2021; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Sep 30, 2021 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 2, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 30, 2021 |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Sep 30, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2021Introduced in House
- Sep 30, 2021Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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. 172, October 1, 2021, page H5593.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To rescind 1.3 percent of total defense spending and authorize the same amount for international COVID vaccine production and distribution.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COVID Defense Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 30, 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.
