May 13 2020 – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has introduced the HEROES Act, the potential next phase of relief for the coronavirus pandemic. The bill includes two separate, equal funds for counties and cities and provides $187.5 billion in vital relief to counties to address both lost revenue and increased expenditures as the result of the coronavirus pandemic. 

 

In addition, the HEROES Act would provide funding for a wide range of groups, a new stimulus check, hazard pay for essential workers, funding for coronavirus testing, rent and mortgage assistance, an extension of the $600 weekly unemployment expansion, additional funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, additional funding for small businesses, emergency relief for the U.S. Postal Service, and provisions for election safety and facilitating voting by mail. 

 

Click here to view the 1,815-page bill text and click here to view a 90-page summary of the new COVID-19 supplemental plan released by the Democratic leadership in the U.S. House.  

 

 

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