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HR 7650 116th Congress House

Coronavirus Containment Act of 2020

Official title: To require the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ensure that foreign nationals test negative for SARS-CoV-2 before repatriation or removal, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 16, 2020 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action July 16, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coronavirus Containment Act of 2020

This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to test an individual for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) before removing or repatriating the individual from the United States. ICE shall also work with the receiving country to ensure the safe receipt of the individual.

An individual who tests positive for COVID-19 may not be removed or repatriated until the individual exhibits no symptoms for at least 10 days and tests negative in two COVID-19 tests.

These requirements shall be in effect until 180 days after the end of the declared COVID-19 public health emergency.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 13
Cárdenas, Tony
· Jul 16, 2020
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jul 16, 2020
Demings, Val
· Jul 16, 2020
Deutch, Theodore
· Jul 16, 2020
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Jul 16, 2020
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Jul 16, 2020
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 16, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7650: Coronavirus Containment Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7650/
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"H.R. 7650: Coronavirus Containment Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7650/.
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