United States · Bill · S
S. 4539 (116th)
Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020
Introduced
8 September 2020
Last action
8 September 2020 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Jeff Merkley, Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Subjects
Healthcare, Taxation
Source updated
6 December 2025
Summary
Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with specified federal agencies, to compile a public, searchable database of federal contracts, tax benefits, and other support for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) biomedical research and development, including information regarding the source and amount of such support. HHS must develop the database within one month and periodically update it.
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Timeline
8 September 2020
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
8 September 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 8 September 2020 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 September 2020
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 September 2020
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 8 September 2020
Sponsors
- Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- · sshr00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4539
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/4539
- us · 116-s-4539 · source updated 6 December 2025