Original Blog Entry: H.R.6666 - COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act

konane — Sun, 10 May 2020 14:33:46 GMT

Below is portion of the text of the bill. There is more if you follow the link. I hope it dies in the Senate.

H.R.6666 - COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act

H. R. 6666

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 1, 2020

Mr. Rush (for himself, Ms. Barrag n, Ms. Bass, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. C rdenas, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Correa, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Sires, Mr. Soto, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Vel zquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mrs. Napolitano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ........

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6666/text?r=2 s=1

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