[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6206 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6206

To provide that the President may provide additional Federal assistance 
  for an emergency related to a public health emergency, including a 
           pandemic or virus threat, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2020

     Mr. Delgado (for himself, Ms. Herrera Beutler, and Ms. Titus) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that the President may provide additional Federal assistance 
  for an emergency related to a public health emergency, including a 
           pandemic or virus threat, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Pandemic Response and Emergency 
Preparedness Act of 2020'' or the ``PREP Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

    In any emergency declared by the President under section 501 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5191) related to a public health emergency, including a pandemic 
or virus threat, that occurs between the date of enactment of this Act 
and September 30, 2021, in addition to the assistance authorized by 
section 502 of such Act, the President may provide assistance under--
            (1) section 410 of such Act for unemployment and lost 
        wages; and
            (2) sections 412, 415, 416, and 426 of such Act.
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