Coronavirus Containment Corps Act
Latest action · Mar 1, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coronavirus Containment Corps Act
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop, within 21 days, a nationwide contact tracing strategy for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) that addresses issues including workforce needs.
To implement that strategy, the bill establishes grant programs in the CDC and the Indian Health Service (IHS). It also expands programs in the Department of Labor.
The CDC must award grants to state and local health departments to, among other purposes, hire and train individuals for contact tracing positions and related roles. The IHS must award similar grants to tribes and tribal organizations. Additionally, Labor must award grants for states and other jurisdictions to support recruitment and employment of dislocated workers and other individuals in public health roles.
Grants and contracts that include contact tracing in their scope of work must comply with prevailing wage requirements that apply to federal service contracts. Employees who work under such grants or contracts must receive similar compensation to that prevailing in the locality where work is performed.
The CDC and Labor must report certain information on specified timelines, and the Government Accountability Office must evaluate the activities of grantees.
Cosponsors 40
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2021 to Feb 18, 2021; 39 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 18, 2021 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 3, 2021 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2021 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2021 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- Feb 3, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 2, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 2, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Natural Resources, 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. 19, February 2, 2021, page H280.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 188 | Coronavirus Containment Corps Act | Related bill | Feb 3, 2021 |
| HR 6871 | Coronavirus Containment Corps Act | Reintroduction of | Jun 9, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To create a Coronavirus Containment Corps, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Coronavirus Containment Corps Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Minority employment
- Minority health
- Performance measurement
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Right of privacy
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
- Unemployment
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 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.
