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H.R. 8307: Masks for Students Act

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H.R. 8307: Masks for Students Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-17 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-09-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Masks for Students Act

Plain summary

Masks for Students Act This bill requires that a specified Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) policy relating to public assistance remain in effect to provide cloth facial coverings to public schools (kindergarten through 12th grade) that provide in-person learning during the coronavirus emergency period. The coronavirus emergency period is the period beginning on March 13, 2020, and ending on the later of (1) the last day on which a presidential declaration of emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) is in effect, or (2) the last day on which a presidential declaration of national emergency under the National Emergencies Act with respect to the coronavirus is in effect.

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Official text

Masks for Students Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] · 15 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Darren Soto (D-FL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Danny K. Davis (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr8307 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116