HR-6900 : Still Just a Bill

Emergency Grants of Release And Compassion Effectively Act of 2020 or the Emergency GRACE Act

This bill makes various changes to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and expand the use of compassionate release programs in correctional facilities, including by providing emergency funding to nonfederal correctional facilities.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2020-05-15IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2020-05-15IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2020-05-15IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2020-05-15IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
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Policy Area :

Crime and Law Enforcement
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  • Administrative remedies
  • Aging
  • Appropriations
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Congressional oversight
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Department of Justice
  • Detention of persons
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government information and archives
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Immunology and vaccination
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
  • Medicaid
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
  • State and local government operations

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