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HR 7674 116th Congress House

COVID–19 Data Transparency Act

Official title: To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a standardized method for State, Tribal, and local health departments to re… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a standardized method for State, Tribal, and local health departments to report to the Centers with respect to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 20, 2020 Introduced by: Beyer, Donald S. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 20, 2020
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 Latest action July 20, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

COVID-19 Data Transparency Act

This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to standardize reporting by government health departments of COVID-19 data, including information related to hospital admissions, testing, contact tracing, and transmission rates.

In addition, the CDC must publicly post and periodically update this information on its website with individually identifiable information excluded.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8073 Related bill Improving COVID–19 Data Transparency Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 33
All 33 Democratic 19
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Sep 4, 2020
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 7, 2020
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jul 31, 2020
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Jul 31, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· Jul 31, 2020
Murphy, Stephanie
· Jul 31, 2020
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jul 22, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 22, 2020
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Jul 22, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jul 22, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 22, 2020
RYAN, TIM
· Jul 22, 2020
Axne, Cynthia
· Jul 20, 2020
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Jul 20, 2020
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jul 20, 2020
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Jul 20, 2020
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Jul 20, 2020
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jul 20, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jul 20, 2020
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Jul 20, 2020
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Jul 20, 2020
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Jul 20, 2020
Lawrence, Brenda
· Jul 20, 2020
Lipinski, Daniel
· Jul 20, 2020
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 20, 2020
Pascrell, Bill
· Jul 20, 2020
Perlmutter, Ed
· Jul 20, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jul 20, 2020
SERRANO, JOSE
· Jul 20, 2020
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jul 20, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Jul 20, 2020
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jul 20, 2020
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 20, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7674: COVID–19 Data Transparency Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7674/
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"H.R. 7674: COVID–19 Data Transparency Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7674/.
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H.R. 7674, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7674/.
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