H.R. 8205: ETHIC Act
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H.R. 8205: ETHIC Act
116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-11 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-09-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
ETHIC Act
Plain summary
Ensuring Transparent Honest Information on COVID-19 Act or the ETHIC Act This bill retroactively requires states and other jurisdictions to report specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a condition of receiving certain COVID-19 funding. It also directs the CDC and others to take additional actions to address public health data systems, public health infrastructure, and health disparities. Specifically, the bill directs the CDC to improve its data systems, develop relevant data and technology systems, and expand its public health infrastructure. The CDC must also award grants to government health departments to modernize their data systems, infrastructure, and collection of health disparities data. Furthermore, the Department of Health and Human Services must commission a study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on public health data infrastructure, and the Indian Health Service must, as advised by a panel of tribal representatives, conduct research on health inequities among tribal populations, including inequities related to COVID-19.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] · 2 cosponsors
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Lauren Underwood (D-IL)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] reported raising $4.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr8205.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr8205 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116