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HR 6638 116th Congress House

Reducing COVID–19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health Act

Official title: To increase the annual funding for the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Fund, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To increase the annual funding for the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Fund, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, and the Offices of Minority Health within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to enable the United States and State departments of public health to better combat disparities that have emerged during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 14, 2020 Introduced by: Hayes, Jahana Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Health AppropriationsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Department of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structure
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Health care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careMinority healthNational Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action April 28, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reducing COVID-19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health Act

This bill appropriates additional funding for specified components of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute on Minority Health and Disparities, and the Office of Minority Health.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6638: Reducing COVID–19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6638/
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"H.R. 6638: Reducing COVID–19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6638/.
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H.R. 6638, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6638/.
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