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HR 6611 116th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Department of Agriculture Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Infectious and parasitic diseases

Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 23, 2020 Introduced by: Scott, Austin Republican · Georgia See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill provides $50 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support agricultural producers impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

The supplemental appropriations are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.

USDA may not apply any payment limitations to payments made to producers using funding provided by this bill, except to ensure that the total payments made to producers do not exceed the total damages related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

What's happening now April 23, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 31
All 31 Democratic 4 Republican 14
Abraham, Ralph
· Apr 23, 2020
 R
Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Apr 23, 2020
Axne, Cynthia
· Apr 23, 2020
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Apr 23, 2020
 R
Baird, James R.
Indiana · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 23, 2020
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Apr 23, 2020
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Apr 23, 2020
Collins, Doug
· Apr 23, 2020
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Apr 23, 2020
Davis, Rodney
· Apr 23, 2020
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Apr 23, 2020
Hagedorn, Jim
· Apr 23, 2020
Hartzler, Vicky
· Apr 23, 2020
 R
Johnson, Dusty
South Dakota · Apr 23, 2020
 R
Kelly, Trent
Mississippi · Apr 23, 2020
 R
LaMalfa, Doug
California · Apr 23, 2020
 R
Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Apr 23, 2020
O'Halleran, Tom
· Apr 23, 2020
Rice, Tom
· Apr 23, 2020
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Apr 23, 2020
Schrader, Kurt
· Apr 23, 2020
 D
Schrier, Kim
Washington · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Scott, David
Georgia · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Apr 23, 2020
Spanberger, Abigail
· Apr 23, 2020
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Apr 23, 2020
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Apr 23, 2020
Woodall, Rob
· Apr 23, 2020
Yoho, Ted
· Apr 23, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6611: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6611/
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"H.R. 6611: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6611/.
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H.R. 6611, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6611/.
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