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HR 726 117th Congress House

COVID–19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID-19, and related activities… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID-19, and related activities such as contact tracing, through mobile health units and, as necessary, at individuals' residences, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 2, 2021 See on congress.gov
Health Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth care coverage and accessHealth facilities and institutions
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Feb 3, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 2, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 3, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act

This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants for testing, contact tracing, monitoring, and other activities to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Entities eligible for these grants include certain clinics and hospitals, nonprofits, and schools.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 22
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 2, 2021
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Feb 2, 2021
Butterfield, G. K.
· Feb 2, 2021
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Feb 2, 2021
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 2, 2021
Demings, Val
· Feb 2, 2021
Deutch, Theodore
· Feb 2, 2021
DOYLE, MIKE
· Feb 2, 2021
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Feb 2, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 2, 2021
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Feb 2, 2021
Sires, Albio
· Feb 2, 2021
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 2, 2021
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Feb 2, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 726: COVID–19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-726/
MLA
"H.R. 726: COVID–19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-726/.
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H.R. 726, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-726/.
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