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HR 6822 116th Congress House

National Public Health Corps Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a national public health service program to respond to public health emergencies, includin… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a national public health service program to respond to public health emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2020 Introduced by: Houlahan, Chrissy Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth personnel
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 12, 2020
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Public Health Corps Act of 2020

This bill directs the National Civilian Community Corps to establish a national public health service program as a component of the Corps program to ensure the preparation and assignment of participants under such program to units which shall serve service sites in response to public health emergencies, including the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 30
All 30 Democratic 18 Republican 3
Phillips, Dean
· Jul 13, 2020
Vela, Filemon
· Jul 13, 2020
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Jun 26, 2020
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Jun 26, 2020
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 26, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· Jun 26, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 15, 2020
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · May 15, 2020
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · May 12, 2020
 D
Bera, Ami
California · May 12, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 12, 2020
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · May 12, 2020
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · May 12, 2020
Deutch, Theodore
· May 12, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 12, 2020
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · May 12, 2020
Kilmer, Derek
· May 12, 2020
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· May 12, 2020
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 12, 2020
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · May 12, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 12, 2020
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · May 12, 2020
 D
Schrier, Kim
Washington · May 12, 2020
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · May 12, 2020
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · May 12, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 12, 2020
Spanberger, Abigail
· May 12, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · May 12, 2020
 R
Waltz, Michael
Florida · May 12, 2020
Wild, Susan
· May 12, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6822: National Public Health Corps Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6822/
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"H.R. 6822: National Public Health Corps Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6822/.
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H.R. 6822, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6822/.
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