# 116-hr-6701: Ensuring Understanding of COVID–19 to Protect Public Health Act

116-hr-6701, Ensuring Understanding of COVID–19 to Protect Public Health Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (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-6701
- Congress: 116
- Title: Ensuring Understanding of COVID–19 to Protect Public Health Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2020-05-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Ensuring Understanding of COVID-19 to Protect Public Health Act This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct a longitudinal study on the health impacts of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The NIH must provide public summaries of findings on specified timelines.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] (R-KY), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-1108: Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-7308: RISE Act
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-5534: Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-6701 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6701)

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- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-7308: RISE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7308)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6701 (as of 2025-11-18).