Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act

Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
Long title	Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Additional Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Response
Enacted by	the 116th United States Congress
Effective	April 24, 2020
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 116–139 (text) (PDF)
Codification
Acts amended	Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 266 (Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019) by Betty McCollum (D–MN) on January 24, 2019; Committee consideration by House Committee on Appropriations; Passed the House on January 11, 2019 (240–179); Passed the Senate as the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act on April 21, 2020 (voice vote) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on April 23, 2020 (388–5, 1 Present); Signed into law by President Donald Trump on April 24, 2020;

Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 266) is a $484 billion law that increases funding to the Paycheck Protection Program and also provide more funding for hospitals and testing for COVID-19.

The bill passed the Senate by voice vote on April 21, 2020. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 388–5 on April 23. President Trump signed the bill into law on April 24, 2020.

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