Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources Page

Information about the Coronavirus, the subsequent economic crisis, and response legislation is available from many different sites. We've compiled many of the most helpful links below. 

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget 's COVID Money Tracker will promote transparency and accountability by tracing all significant financial actions taken by Congress, the Federal Reserve, and executive agencies and entities. Check it out at https://www.COVIDMoneyTracker.org.

To view all of our COVID-19 related work, click here.

Coronavirus.gov is the government website updated daily with information and guides on how to stay healthy and prevent the spread of the virus. If you think we've missed something or think there's something we should include, please send us an email at shifriss@fixthedebt.org. To sign up for regular updates, including event invitations, from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, click here. 

Keeping Up

Live Updates - Business Insider, The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post

Legislation

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, H.R.748 (Signed into law March 27, 2020)

• CRS Summary (3/25/2020), Section-by-section summary (56 pages), final legislative text (3/27/2020), JCT estimate (3/26/2020); CBO score (4/16/2020)
• What's in the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package? - Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - 3/25/2020
• A Visualization of the CARES Act - Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - 3/27/2020

Additional Resources from Senate Committees

• Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs: Title IV Section-by-Section Summary, Summary of Lending Programs
• Finance FAQs: Retirement (4/2/2020), Unemployment (4/1/2020), Medicare Accelerated Payments to Providers (4/1/2020), Employee Retention Credit (3/31/2020), Recovery Checks (3/26/2020)
• Health, Education, Labor & Pensions: One-pager on the CARES Act
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship FAQs: Paycheck Protection Program, Small Business Owner's Guide to the CARES Act

Additional Resources from House Committees

• Appropriations: Bill summary, State, Local, and Nonprofit Funding in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act fact sheet
• Small Business: CARES Act for Small Business flow chart, FAQs: SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans, Small Business Unemployment Insurance 
• Ways and Means: Fact Sheets: Social Security and the CARES Act, Unemployment compensation; FAQs: Health Provisions, Rebates, Unemployment compensation; Summaries: Key Tax and Health provisions, Unemployment insurance provisions, Unemployment compensation timing

Families First Coronavirus Response Act, H.R.6201 (Signed into law March 18, 2020)

• CRS Summary (3/18/2020), final legislative text (3/18/2020), CBO score (4/2/2020)
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act Will Cost $192 Billion - Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - 4/6/2020
• Summary - Kaiser Family Foundation - 3/23/2020
• FAQ - US Department of Labor

Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, H.R.6074 (Signed into law March 6, 2020)

• CRS Summary (3/6/2020), final legislative text (3/6/2020), CBO score (3/4/2020)
• Lawmakers Release Emergency Funding Request on Coronavirus - Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - 3/4/2020
• Summary - US Senate Committee on Appropriations

For more information, find your Senators' contact information here, your Representative's contact information here, and your Governor's contact information here.

Implementation

IRS Checks

• Economic impact payments: What you need to know - IRS - 4/1/2020
• FAQ - Senate Finance Committee
• Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info Here - IRS - 4/10/2020 
• For those who have filed their 2018 or 2019 taxes and the IRS has direct deposit information, the checks will be sent starting the week of April 13th. The IRS will be creating a website to submit your direct deposit information by late April or early May. Otherwise, it could take 20 weeks (starting in May) to print and mail the 80 million paper checks. - House Ways & Means memo reported by CNN - 4/2/2020

Paid and Family Leave

• COVID-19-Related Tax Credits for Required Paid Leave Provided by Small and Midsize Businesses FAQs - IRS - Last updated 3/31/2020
• FAQ Family and Medical Leave Act - Department of Labor

Small Business Loans

• Interim Final Rule - Treasury Department with Small Business Administration - 4/3/2020
• Paycheck Protection Program - Small Business Administration
• Paycheck Protection Program Information for Lenders - Treasury Department - 4/2/2020

Unemployment Compensation

• Links to state unemployment agencies - Department of Labor
• Unemployment Insurance during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reducing the Impact of this Economic Downturn - The Hamilton Project - 4/1/2020

Resources from Departments and Agencies

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• COVID-19 Information and Resources for Schools and School Personnel - Department of Education
• Resources for Workers and Employees to Prepare for COVID-19 - Department of Labor
• Coronavirus Information - Federal Emergency Management Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• HIPAA, Civil Rights, and COVID-19 - Office for Civil Rights
• Coronavirus Resources and Information - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources - Small Business Administration
• How the Treasury Department is Taking Action - Treasury Department, Coronavirus Tax Relief - IRS

Economic Data

• New Projections: Debt Will Exceed the Size of the Economy This Year - Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - 4/13/20
• CBO Updates Economic Baseline in Wake of COVID-19 - Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - 4/2/2020
• Weekly Unemployment Claims - Department of Labor - Updated every Thursday
• Updating CBO's Economic Forecast to Account for the Pandemic - 4/2/2020

Public Health

• Coronavirus.gov - CDC, FEMA, The White House - Updated daily
• Coronavirus Guidelines - The White House (Archived from 04/2020)
• FAQ - CDC (4/4/2020), FDA (4/5/2020), The White House
• Rolling updates on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization - Updated regularly
• COVID-19 Resources for the Elderly and Families - National Association of Nursing Home Attorneys