US Congress Senate Bill 4315 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 23 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants for testing, contact tracing, monitoring, and other activities to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Entities such as federally qualified health centers, nonprofit organizations, and certain hospitals and schools are eligible to receive such grants. In awarding the grants, the CDC shall prioritize applicants that (1) operate in hot spots and medically underserved communities, and (2) agree to hire individuals from the communities where grant activities occur.

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

Sen. Angus King [I-ME]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB6666 (Related) 2020-05-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4315/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4315/BILLS-116s4315is.pdf