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H.R. 6201 (116th)

Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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Introduced

11 March 2020

Last action

19 March 2020 · Floor

Status

Engrossment Correction

Summary

Families First Coronavirus Response Act This bill responds to the coronavirus outbreak by providing paid sick leave and free coronavirus testing, expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits, and requiring employers to provide additional protections for health care workers. Specifically, the bill provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for nutrition and food assistance programs, including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP); and nutrition assistance grants for U.S. territories. The bill also provides FY2020 appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for nutrition programs that assist the elderly. The supplemental appropriations provided by the bill are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. The bill modifies USDA food assistance and nutrition programs to allow certain waivers to requirements for the school meal programs, suspend the work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program), and allow states to request waivers to provide certain emergency SNAP benefits. In addition, the bill requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an emergency temporary standard that requires certain employers to develop and implement a comprehensive infectious disease exposure control plan to protect health care workers. The bill also includes provisions that establish a federal emergency paid leave benefits program to provide payments to employees taking unpaid leave due to the coronavirus outbreak, expand unemployment benefits and provide grants to states for processing and paying claims, require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees, establish requirements for providing coronavirus diagnostic testing at no cost to consumers, treat personal respiratory protective devices as covered countermeasures that are eligible for certain liability protections, and temporarily increase the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP).

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Timeline

11 March 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 March 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 March 2020
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
14 March 2020
Floor
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 6201.
Source: Floor
14 March 2020
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
14 March 2020
Vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 363 - 40, 1 Present (Roll no. 102). (text: CR H1675-1687)
Source: Floor
14 March 2020
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 363 - 40, 1 Present (Roll no. 102).
Source: Floor
14 March 2020
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6201.
Source: Floor
14 March 2020
Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1675-1691)
Source: Floor
14 March 2020
Floor
Mrs. Lowey moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Source: Floor
17 March 2020
Introduced
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Source: IntroReferral
18 March 2020
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
18 March 2020
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
18 March 2020
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
18 March 2020
Became law
Became Public Law No: 116-127.
Source: President
18 March 2020
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
18 March 2020
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1790-1796)
Source: Floor
18 March 2020
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate, under the order of 3/18/20, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 8. Record Vote Number: 76.
Source: Floor
19 March 2020
Floor
Engrossment Correction
Source: Floor

Votes

18 March 2020 · Bill Passed · On Passage of the Bill H.R. 6201 · Bill Passed · Official source

Yes 90 · No 8 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 2

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14 March 2020 · passed · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed · Official source

Yes 363 · No 40 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 26

Showing the first 4 recorded positions. Vote totals above are complete.

Versions

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Public Law · 19 March 2020 · Download file
Engrossed in House · 18 March 2020 · Download file
Received in Senate · 17 March 2020 · Download file
Introduced in House · 11 March 2020 · Download file

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6201
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us · 116-hr-6201 · source updated 28 May 2025