HR 382 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Pandemic is Over Act

Introduced Jan 17, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Brett Guthrie R-KY

Latest action · Feb 1, 2023 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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 17, 2023
Passed HouseJan 31, 2023
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Pandemic is Over Act

This bill terminates the COVID-19 public health emergency that was declared on January 31, 2020, on the date of the bill's enactment.

Recorded votes 2

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 100	On Passage	Passed220–210	Jan 31, 2023

House 99	On Motion to Recommit	Failed210–220	Jan 31, 2023

Cosponsors 44

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2023 to Jan 31, 2023; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-IN	Greg Pence	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-PA	John Joyce	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-UT	John R. Curtis	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Jan 17, 2023
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer		Jan 20, 2023
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Jan 20, 2023
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jan 26, 2023
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jan 26, 2023
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl		Jan 27, 2023
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jan 30, 2023
R-VA	Ben Cline		Jan 30, 2023
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		Jan 30, 2023
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Jan 30, 2023
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Jan 30, 2023
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Jan 30, 2023
R-CA	John S. Duarte		Jan 30, 2023
R-FL	Kat Cammack		Jan 30, 2023
R-CO	Lauren Boebert		Jan 30, 2023
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks		Jan 30, 2023
R-MS	Mike Ezell		Jan 30, 2023
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Jan 30, 2023
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Jan 30, 2023
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Jan 30, 2023
R-ID	Russ Fulcher		Jan 30, 2023
R-SC	Russell Fry		Jan 30, 2023
R-KS	Tracey Mann		Jan 30, 2023
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Jan 30, 2023
R-TX	Wesley Hunt		Jan 30, 2023
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Jan 30, 2023
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Jan 31, 2023
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jan 31, 2023
R-TX	Jake Ellzey		Jan 31, 2023
R-CA	Kevin Kiley		Jan 31, 2023
R-IN	Rudy Yakym III		Jan 31, 2023

Committees 2

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 Jan 17, 2023 Jan 31, 2023
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jan 27, 2023
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred Feb 1, 2023

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 1, 2023Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 31, 2023Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 75 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 7, H.R. 139, H.R. 382 and H.R. 497. All bills are considered under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit.
Jan 31, 2023Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 75. (consideration: CR H531-539)
Jan 31, 2023Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 7, H.R. 139, H.R. 382 and H.R. 497. All bills are considered under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit.
Jan 31, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 382.

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In the Congressional Record 3

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 H618	Kevin Kiley R-CA, Mike Johnson R-LA	Feb 1, 2023
House	Debate and remarks H519, H520–H529, H531–H539Text printed H520, H531Amendments H529Motions H539Recorded votes H530, H553consideration (H. Res. 75), previous questionMoskowitz motion to recommit (prohibit termination of national emergency relative to coronavirus pandemic if found to negatively impact Medicare beneficiaries)	Aaron Bean R-FL, Brett Guthrie R-KY, Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-WA, Chip Roy R-TX, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, J. Luis Correa D-CA, James P. McGovern D-MA (amendment), Jared Moskowitz D-FL (motion), Jay Obernolte R-CA, Kat Cammack R-FL, Larry Bucshon R-IN, Marcus J. Molinaro R-NY, Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IA, Mark Takano D-CA, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Rashida Tlaib D-MI, Richard McCormick R-GA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Troy Balderson R-OH	Jan 31, 2023
House	Declaratory Statements H512	—	Jan 30, 2023

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jan 30, 2023H.R. 382, Pandemic is Over ActAs introduced on January 17, 2023

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Artcle 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 12, January 17, 2023, page H244.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
IN12088	Effects of Terminating the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) PHE and NEA Declarations Archived	Insight	Apr 11, 2023

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 75	Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 7) relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to require Executive agencies to submit to Congress a study of the impacts of expanded telework and remote work by agency employees during the COVID-19 pandemic and a plan for the agency's future use of telework and remote work, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 382) to terminate the public health emergency declared with respect to COVID-19; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 497) to eliminate the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on health care providers furnishing items and services under certain Federal health care programs.	Related bill	Jan 31, 2023

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To terminate the public health emergency declared with respect to COVID-19.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Pandemic is Over Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Pandemic is Over Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: Pandemic is Over Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 1, 2023Referred in Senate
Jan 31, 2023Engrossed in House
Jan 17, 2023Introduced in House

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