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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.
Apr 23, 2020
Introduced in House
 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.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 4 Republican 13