Tracking COVID–19 Variants Act
Latest action · Feb 4, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 4, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tracking COVID-19 Variants Act
This bill expands viral genomic sequencing, disease surveillance, and other public health research activities.
Specifically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must issue guidance on the sequencing of the virus that causes COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Additionally, the CDC must establish a program to strengthen genomic sequencing, analytics, and disease surveillance activities. As part of this program, the CDC must provide grants and technical assistance to health departments to build their capacity to carry out such activities.
Furthermore, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) must carry out a demonstration program to expand an existing program that links different federal data sets for statistical public health research, including research on food insecurity, housing instability, and other social determinants of health. In particular, the program must support linkages with the National Death Index, a database of death records maintained by the NCHS.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2021 to Feb 25, 2021, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Feb 22, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Feb 22, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Feb 22, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Feb 22, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Feb 22, 2021 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Feb 25, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 4, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 791 | Tracking COVID–19 Variants Act | Identical bill | Feb 5, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Food assistance and relief
- Genetics
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Housing supply and affordability
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medical research
- Mental health
- Minority health
- Public-private cooperation
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2021Introduced in Senate
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