# 116-hr-6611: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

116-hr-6611, Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] (R-GA); status Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6611
- Congress: 116
- Title: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced: 2020-04-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] (R-GA)
- Cosponsors: 32
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill provides $50 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support agricultural producers impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The supplemental appropriations are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. USDA may not apply any payment limitations to payments made to producers using funding provided by this bill, except to ensure that the total payments made to producers do not exceed the total damages related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Cosponsors (32)

- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hagedorn, Jim [R-MN-1] (R-MN), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] (R-MS), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] (R-MO), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] (R-GA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] (D-IA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] (R-LA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] (R-SC), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7] (R-GA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] (R-FL), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watkins, Steve [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2020-05-27T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-6611 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6611)

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