# 116-hr-6577: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or contracts to public or private entities to carry out a national awareness campaign to increase factual awareness and knowledge of COVID-19.

116-hr-6577, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or contracts to public or private entities to carry out a national awareness campaign to increase factual awareness and knowledge of COVID-19., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6577
- Congress: 116
- Title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or contracts to public or private entities to carry out a national awareness campaign to increase factual awareness and knowledge of COVID-19.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2020-04-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation with relevant federal agencies, to award grants or enter into contracts with eligible entities to carry out a national campaign, based on available scientific evidence, to increase knowledge about and reduce stigma associated with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2020-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-7799: To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes.
- 116-hr-7673: Represent America Abroad Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-6577 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6577)

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- [116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8270)
- [116-hr-8171: Save our Social Security Now Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8171)
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7799: To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lew…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7799)
- [116-hr-7673: Represent America Abroad Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7673)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6577 (as of 2025-11-18).