[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7070 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7070

  To observe the lives lost in the United States due to the COVID-19 
                               pandemic.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 1, 2020

  Ms. Eshoo (for herself, Mr. Clyburn, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New 
 York, Ms. Shalala, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Rose of New York, 
  Mr. Levin of Michigan, Ms. Craig, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
  Soto, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Costa, Mr. DeFazio, and Mr. 
Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To observe the lives lost in the United States due to the COVID-19 
                               pandemic.

    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 ``COVID-19 Pandemic Moment of Silence 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

    The President should issue a proclamation designating a National 
Day of Mourning and Lament and calling on the people of the United 
States to observe a moment of silence as a mark of respect to the 
memory of the more than 100,000 lives lost in the United States due to 
the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as their families.
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