Emergency Response Coordinator Act of 2020

Emergency Response Coordinator Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to designate an official within the department to coordinate federal efforts with respect to COVID-19 (a respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus).

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5997 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5997

 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate an 
    official within the Department of Health and Human Services to 
coordinate the efforts of Federal departments and agencies with respect 
                              to COVID-19.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2020

  Mr. Engel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate an 
    official within the Department of Health and Human Services to 
coordinate the efforts of Federal departments and agencies with respect 
                              to COVID-19.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Response Coordinator Act 
of 2020''.

SEC. 2. COVID-19 RESPONSE COORDINATOR.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall designate an 
official within the Department of Health and Human Services to 
coordinate the efforts of Federal departments and agencies with respect 
to COVID-19.
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