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H.R. 6581: Robust International Response to Pandemic Act

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H.R. 6581: Robust International Response to Pandemic Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-04-21 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-04-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Robust International Response to Pandemic Act

Plain summary

Robust International Response to Pandemic Act This bill requires each U.S. Executive Director at an international financial institution to take certain actions in support of the global response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, each U.S. Executive Director at an international financial institution (e.g., the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the International Finance Corporation) must (1) seek the suspension of debt service payments to the institution and the relaxation of fiscal targets for certain programs, and (2) oppose programs or loan agreements that would reduce countries' health care spending or other spending related to their responses to COVID-19. Further, the U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund must support the issuance of Special Drawing Rights (a currency support tool) so that governments may access additional resources to finance their responses to COVID-19.

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Official text

Robust International Response to Pandemic Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] · 34 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), André Carson (D-IN), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Joaquin Castro (D-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] reported raising $375,959 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6581 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116