# 116-hr-6319: To establish a Congressional COVID-19 Aid Oversight Panel, to authorize the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to coordinate audits and investigations in connection with the receipt of Federal aid related to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

116-hr-6319, To establish a Congressional COVID-19 Aid Oversight Panel, to authorize the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to coordinate audits and investigations in connection with the receipt of Federal aid related to COVID-19, and for other purposes., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] (D-MN); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6319
- Congress: 116
- Title: To establish a Congressional COVID-19 Aid Oversight Panel, to authorize the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to coordinate audits and investigations in connection with the receipt of Federal aid related to COVID-19, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2020-03-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 30
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill establishes the congressional COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) Aid Oversight Panel to report on the use and impact of COVID-19 aid on financial markets and institutions. The bill also authorizes the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to audit and investigate COVID-19 aid programs.

## Cosponsors (30)

- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7] (R-GA), 2020-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2020-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McAdams, Ben [D-UT-4] (D-UT), 2020-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] (D-IA), 2020-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2020-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] (D-FL), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2020-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cunningham, Joe [D-SC-1] (D-SC), 2020-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2020-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-1140: Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020
- 116-hr-737: Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act
- 116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6319 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6319)

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