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116th Congress > House > Vote 807
Clerk session vote number: 108
Sponsor: LOWEY, Nita M. (D-NY)
Description: HEROES Act
Bill summary:
The Heroes Act
This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses.
Among other things, the bill
- provides FY2020 emergency supplemental appropriations to federal agencies;
- provides payments and other assistance to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments;
- provides additional direct payments of up to $1,200 per individual;
- expands paid sick days, family and medical leave, unemployment compensation, nutrition and food assistance programs, housing assistance, and payments to farmers;
- modifies and expands the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides loans and grants to small businesses and nonprofit organizations;
- establishes a fund to award grants for employers to provide pandemic premium pay for essential workers;
- expands several tax credits and deductions;
- provides funding and establishes requirements for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing;
- eliminates cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatments;
- extends and expands the moratorium on certain evictions and foreclosures; and
- requires employers to develop and implement infectious disease exposure control plans.
The bill also modifies or expands a wide range of other programs and policies, including those regarding
- Medicare and Medicaid,
- health insurance,
- broadband service,
- medical product supplies,
- immigration,
- student loans and financial aid,
- the federal workforce,
- prisons,
- veterans benefits,
- consumer protection requirements,
- the U.S. Postal Service,
- federal elections,
- aviation and railroad workers, and
- pension and retirement plans.
Bill titles: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.; Worker Health Coverage Protection Act; Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act of 2020; GROW Act; COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act; Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act; Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act; Proper and Reimbursed Care for Native Veterans Act; PRC for Native Veterans Act; Wildlife-Borne Disease Prevention Act of 2020; Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act; Scientific Integrity Act; Inspector General Independence Act; Worker Health Coverage Protection Act; Inspector General Independence Act; Scientific Integrity Act; Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act; Wildlife-Borne Disease Prevention Act of 2020; PRC for Native Veterans Act; Proper and Reimbursed Care for Native Veterans Act; Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act; Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act; COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act; GROW Act; Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act of 2020; Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020; Victims of Crime Act Fix Act of 2020; Jabara-Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act of 2020; Pandemic Justice Response Act; Global Health Security Act of 2020; American Coronavirus/COVID-19 Election Safety and Security Act; ACCESS Act; COVID-19 Heroes Fund Act of 2020; Child Nutrition and Related Programs Recovery Act; COVID-19 HERO Act; Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2020; SAFE Banking Act of 2020; Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2020; Coronavirus Recovery Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020; Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2020; Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2020; COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020; COVID-19 Housing, Economic Relief, and Oversight Act; Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act of 2020; COVID–19 Tax Relief Act of 2020; Worker Health Coverage Protection Act; Inspector General Independence Act; Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act; Wildlife-Borne Disease Prevention Act of 2020; PRC for Native Veterans Act; Proper and Reimbursed Care for Native Veterans Act; Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act; Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act; COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act; GROW Act
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