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Prioritizing Pandemic Prevention Act

Introduced: March 17, 2020 Introduced by: Warren, Elizabeth Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 17, 2020
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Prioritizing Pandemic Prevention Act

This bill transfers any unobligated federal funds for constructing a physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border to the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Agency for International Development to combat COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

What's happening now March 17, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jun 1, 2020
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Jun 1, 2020
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jun 1, 2020
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 1, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3510: Prioritizing Pandemic Prevention Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3510/
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"S. 3510: Prioritizing Pandemic Prevention Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3510/.
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S. 3510, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3510/.
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