H.R.1646: HERO Act

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89 (82 Democrats, 7 Republicans)

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Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act or the HERO Act This bill establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers (e.g., law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulance crew members, and 9-1-1 operators) and health care providers. For example, the bill establishes (1) a public-safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (2) a grant program for...

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There are 11 statements associated with H.R.1646.

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Date Description
Sept. 22, 2020
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sept. 21, 2020

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4627-4629)

Sept. 21, 2020
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4627-4630)
Sept. 21, 2020
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sept. 21, 2020
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Sept. 21, 2020
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1646.
Sept. 21, 2020
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Sept. 21, 2020
Mrs. Dingell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sept. 18, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419.
Sept. 18, 2020

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.

Sept. 18, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-519, Part I.
July 15, 2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
July 15, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
June 30, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
March 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 8, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
March 8, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
March 8, 2019

Introduced in the House by Ami Bera (D-Calif.)

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