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RISE Act of 2020

Introduced: July 22, 2020 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Dec 15, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639.
Dec 15, 2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-332.
Sep 16, 2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 22, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jul 22, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act of 2020 or the RISE Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, the Interior, Health and Human Services, and Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation, and Environmental Protection Agency to provide support for research regarding COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or research disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support may be used to

  • provide supplemental funding to extend the duration of a grant to a research institution, national laboratory, or individual that was awarded prior to the enactment of this bill, or to expand the purposes of such a grant as specified;
  • provide supplemental funding through existing competitively awarded cooperative agreements and contracts to cover the increased costs of construction of scientific facilities and equipment that have been delayed because of COVID-19; and
  • award grants and cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education to conduct research on the behavioral, social, or economic effects of COVID-19 and the responses to the disease or on the effectiveness of such responses.

Agencies must provide the support as rapidly as possible.

Provided funds shall remain available for expenditure for up to two years.

What's happening now December 15, 2020

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639.

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