S 289
117th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Alternative and renewable resources
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
RISE Act of 2021
Introduced: February 8, 2021
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Became law
Feb 8, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 8, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act of 2021 or the RISE Act of 2021
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;
- issue awards to research the effects of the current pandemic and potential future pandemics; and
- provide flexibility on awards to account for facility closures or other limitations during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Agencies must provide the support as rapidly as possible.
Provided funds shall remain available through FY2021.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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