116th Congress
COVID Research Act of 2020
Purpose
To provide for coordination of research and development for pandemic disease prediction, forecasting, and computing, and for other purposes.
Summary of Selected Provisions
- Directs the National Science and Technology Council to create an interagency working group that coordinates data acquisition, analysis, and forecasting for emerging infectious disease outbreaks, including COVID-19
- Directs the Department of Energy to maintain an Emerging Infectious Diseases High Performance Computing Research Consortium that matches researchers with public and private supercomputing resources for studies on ways to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emerging infectious diseases, including COVID-19
- Recommends the DOE Office of Science receive $50 million in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 to oversee the consortium
- Defines the purpose of the National Academies Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases
Primary Sponsors
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REPRESENTATIVE R-OK
Co-sponsors by Party
R
8
D
1
I
0
Actions
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04/23/2020Introduced in House