Here is where you can find a list of the legislative packages — with full texts and scores — in response to the pandemic.

PROPOSED OR REQUESTED

Funding for Restaurants and other hard-hit industries

  • H.R. 3807 – Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act of 2021
    • Cost – $55 billion ($42 billion for Restaurant Revitalization Fund and $13 billion for other pandemic-affected industries)
    • Full text, online at Congress.gov
    • Passed House 223-207 on April 4, 2022
  • S. 4008 – Small Business COVID Relief Act of 2022
    • Cost – $48 billion ($40 billion for Restaurant Revitalization Fund and $8 billion for other pandemic-affected industries)
    • Full text, online at Congress.gov
    • Failed in Senate 52-43 (needed 60 votes) on May 19, 2022

Emergency Supplemental for Ukraine and COVID-19 Response

  • White House Letter and Detailed Funding Request (March 2, 2022 PDF)
    • Spending request: $22.5 billion in emergency appropriations for COVID response
  • H.R. 7007 “COVID Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022” (March 9, 2022)
    • Cost Estimate: $15.6 billion emergency appropriations for COVID response and $8 billion in rescissions of previously appropriated but unobligated COVID-19 funds
    • Not adopted – Appropriations for COVID-19 response removed from final bill after members raised objection to rescinding unspent COVID-19 funds.

ENACTED INTO LAW

March 10, 2021 – H.R. 1319 – The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

  • Full Text of Final Bill (PDF)
    • Senate-passed (March 6, 2021; House-passed March 9, 2021)
  • Online at, Rules.House.gov
  • CBO Cost Estimate: $1.8 trillion mandatory spending + $53 billion decrease in revenues

December 27, 2020 – Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260)

  • Full Text (PDF)
    • Division M – Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (page 1823)
    • Division N – Additional Coronavirus Response and Relief (page 1924)

Online, at Congress.gov

  • CBO Cost Estimate
    • Division M – $185 billion emergency appropriations
    • Division N – $677 billion mandatory spending + $5.3 billion reduction in revenue

April 24, 2020 – Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116-139)

March 27, 2020 – CARES Act (P.L. 116-136)

March 18, 2020 – Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127)

March 6, 2020 – Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116-123)

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