# 116-hr-6402: COVID–19 Workforce Emergency Response Act

116-hr-6402, COVID–19 Workforce Emergency Response Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6402
- Congress: 116
- Title: COVID–19 Workforce Emergency Response Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2020-03-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

COVID-19 Workforce Emergency Response Act This bill increases flexibility for state and local agencies to provide continuity of services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency. In particular, the bill allows certain state and local unobligated funds to be used for administrative purposes to carry out local workforce investment activities under one-stop delivery systems if the funds are used to respond to such emergency. (A one-stop delivery system is a system under which entities responsible for administering separate workforce investment, educational, and other human resource programs and funding streams (referred to as one-stop partners) collaborate to create a seamless system of service delivery that will enhance access to the programs' services and improve long-term employment outcomes for individuals receiving assistance.) The bill also allows the use of certain state reserved unobligated funds for (1) responding to the national emergency, and (2) distributing by the governor of such state to local boards most impacted by the coronavirus for activities related to responding to such emergency. The Department of Labor must award national dislocated worker grants, with emphasis on state or local areas most impacted by the emergency for activities directly supporting the response to the emergency and related-recovery efforts (e.g., training and temporary employment and certain layoff response activities).

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7085: Ending Qualified Immunity Act
- 116-hr-6918: Paycheck Recovery Act of 2020
- 116-hr-6552: Emergency Water is a Human Right Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6402 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6402)

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- [116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7120)
- [116-hr-7085: Ending Qualified Immunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7085)
- [116-hr-6918: Paycheck Recovery Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6918)
- [116-hr-6552: Emergency Water is a Human Right Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6552)
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