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Masks for Students Act

Introduced: September 17, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Sep 18, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Sep 17, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sep 17, 2020
Introduced in House
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Masks for Students Act

This bill requires that a specified Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) policy relating to public assistance remain in effect to provide cloth facial coverings to public schools (kindergarten through 12th grade) that provide in-person learning during the coronavirus emergency period.

The coronavirus emergency period is the period beginning on March 13, 2020, and ending on the later of (1) the last day on which a presidential declaration of emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) is in effect, or (2) the last day on which a presidential declaration of national emergency under the National Emergencies Act with respect to the coronavirus is in effect.

What's happening now September 18, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 7
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Oct 6, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Oct 6, 2020
Fudge, Marcia
· Oct 6, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Oct 6, 2020
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 6, 2020
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Oct 6, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 6, 2020
Rice, Kathleen
· Oct 6, 2020
Sires, Albio
· Oct 6, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 6, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 6, 2020
Malinowski, Tom
· Sep 17, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8307: Masks for Students Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8307/
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"H.R. 8307: Masks for Students Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8307/.
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H.R. 8307, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8307/.
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