COVID-19 – Government Relations Update #1 3/19/20
The House Committee on Appropriations published information to help address questions on the provisions on the most recently passed federal legislation. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act builds on an $8.3 billion emergency coronavirus spending package enacted into law on March 6.
The text of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, H.R. 6201, is here. A summary of H.R. 6201, as passed by the House on Saturday, March 14, is here. A summary of paid leave provisions outside the Appropriations Committee’s jurisdiction, incorporating changes made by technical correction earlier this week, is here.