Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Education and Workforce Committee
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Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act of 2020 or the UNITE Act of 2020 This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency by increasing volunteer opportunities within AmeriCorps and employment opportunities at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and requiring the re-enrollment of Peace Corps volunteers whose service ended involuntarily on March 15, 2020, or earlier for volunteers who were serving in China and Mongolia. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 Americorps programs; increases recruitment levels of its volunteers to 500,000 in FY2020-FY2022; sets the minimum compensation for Americorps volunteers, beginning in FY2020, at 200% of the poverty line applicable to a family of one; and requires FEMA to appoint, administer, and expedite the training of an additional 10,000 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees above the level of such employees in FY2019 to address the COVID-19 emergency.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
AgingAsiaCardiovascular and respiratory healthChinaCongressional oversightCorporation for National and Community ServiceDepartment of Homeland SecurityDisaster relief and insuranceEducational technology and distance educationEducation of the disadvantagedElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmergency planning and evacuationEmployee hiringFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)Food assistance and reliefGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth technology, devices, suppliesHomelessness and emergency shelterInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMongoliaNational and community serviceNatural disastersPeace CorpsPublic-private cooperationSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsUnemploymentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsWorld health
UNITE Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-6560| House
| Updated: 4/22/2020
Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act of 2020 or the UNITE Act of 2020 This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency by increasing volunteer opportunities within AmeriCorps and employment opportunities at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and requiring the re-enrollment of Peace Corps volunteers whose service ended involuntarily on March 15, 2020, or earlier for volunteers who were serving in China and Mongolia. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 Americorps programs; increases recruitment levels of its volunteers to 500,000 in FY2020-FY2022; sets the minimum compensation for Americorps volunteers, beginning in FY2020, at 200% of the poverty line applicable to a family of one; and requires FEMA to appoint, administer, and expedite the training of an additional 10,000 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees above the level of such employees in FY2019 to address the COVID-19 emergency.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Education and Workforce Committee
AgingAsiaCardiovascular and respiratory healthChinaCongressional oversightCorporation for National and Community ServiceDepartment of Homeland SecurityDisaster relief and insuranceEducational technology and distance educationEducation of the disadvantagedElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmergency planning and evacuationEmployee hiringFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)Food assistance and reliefGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth technology, devices, suppliesHomelessness and emergency shelterInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMongoliaNational and community serviceNatural disastersPeace CorpsPublic-private cooperationSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsUnemploymentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsWorld health