S 3699
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
State and local government operations
Travel and tourism
Worker safety and health
America Forward Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 12, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 12, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
America Forward Act of 2020
This bill establishes an America Forward Commission to create a strategy to reopen the economy in light of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
Specifically, the commission shall take steps that include
- examining the tools and techniques necessary to ensure that federal, state, and local governments can diagnose, isolate, and mitigate the public health and economic impacts of COVID-19;
- evaluating information-sharing policies and practices for essential information between government stakeholders;
- developing recommendations concerning necessary materials;
- evaluating proposals to strengthen the resilience of economic sectors and protect workers who are most vulnerable to disruption from viral pandemics; and
- advising on best practices for strengthening international trade, business, and tourism in a manner that reduces the risk of foreign traveler-related transmission of viral disease.
The bill requires (1) the commission to submit its findings or recommendations to the White House Coronavirus Task Force and Congress and make them available to the public, and (2) the task force to respond in writing to the commission's recommendations or findings and make its response available to the public.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1