United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6701 (116th)
Ensuring Understanding of COVID–19 to Protect Public Health Act
Introduced
5 May 2020
Last action
5 May 2020 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sponsors
Anna Eshoo, Michael Burgess, Diana DeGette, Brett Guthrie, David Trone
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Ensuring Understanding of COVID-19 to Protect Public Health Act This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct a longitudinal study on the health impacts of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The NIH must provide public summaries of findings on specified timelines.
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Timeline
5 May 2020
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
5 May 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 May 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 5 May 2020 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 5 May 2020
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 5 May 2020
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 5 May 2020
Sponsors
- Anna Eshoo · D · Sponsor
- Michael Burgess · R · Sponsor
- Diana DeGette · D · Sponsor
- Brett Guthrie · R · Sponsor
- David Trone · D · Cosponsor
- · hsif00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Ensuring Understanding of COVID-19 to Protect Public Health Act
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6701
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6701
- us · 116-hr-6701 · source updated 5 December 2025