# 116-hr-7495: WORK NOW Act

116-hr-7495, WORK NOW Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7495
- Congress: 116
- Title: WORK NOW Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2020-07-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Work Opportunities and Resources to Keep Nonprofit Organizations Well Act or the WORK NOW Act This bill establishes a grant program for the purpose of providing emergency relief to nonprofit organizations, prioritizing organizations that provide services related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Organizations receiving funding must use not less than 60% of these funds to hire new employees.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2020-09-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- 116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-7495 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7495)

## Related
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7197)
- [116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7120)
- [116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4104)
- [116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2694)
- [116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2420)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7495 (as of 2025-11-18).