Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act is a U.S. federal law enacted in March 2020 that provided emergency paid sick leave, expanded family and medical leave, free COVID-19 testing, and increased funding for food assistance and unemployment programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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instanceOf COVID-19 pandemic response legislation
United States federal statute
administeredBy Internal Revenue Service
United States Department of Agriculture
surface form: U.S. Department of Agriculture

United States Department of Health and Human Services
surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

United States Department of Labor
surface form: U.S. Department of Labor
amends Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
appliesTo certain public employers
private employers with fewer than 500 employees
authorizes federal funding for state unemployment insurance administration
waivers of certain SNAP requirements
waivers of certain school meal program requirements
billNumber H.R. 6201
congressNumber 116th United States Congress
containsTitle The Emergency Food Assistance Program
surface form: Commodity Assistance Program

Coverage of Testing for COVID-19
Families First Coronavirus Response Act self-linksurface differs
surface form: Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act

Families First Coronavirus Response Act self-linksurface differs
surface form: Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act

Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020
Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students Act
Nutrition Waivers
Families First Coronavirus Response Act self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tax Credits for Paid Sick and Paid Family and Medical Leave
country United States of America
surface form: United States
effectiveDate 2020-04-01
enactedBy United States Congress
enactmentDate 2020-03-18
exempts certain health care providers and emergency responders
introducedBy Nita Lowey
introducedIn House of Representatives
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
provides emergency paid sick leave
expanded family and medical leave
expanded unemployment benefits funding
free COVID-19 testing
increased funding for food assistance programs
payroll tax credits to employers for providing mandated leave
publicLawNumber Public Law 116-127
purpose to respond to the public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
relatedTo Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
responseTo COVID-19 pandemic
shortName Families First Coronavirus Response Act self-linksurface differs
surface form: FFCRA
signedBy Donald Trump
signingDate 2020-03-18
subject labor and employment law
public assistance and social welfare
public health emergency response
tax credits and payroll taxes
targetsDisease COVID-19

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116th United States Congress passedLegislation Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act relatedTo Families First Coronavirus Response Act
CARES Act supplemental COVID-19 relief provisions in Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 extendsProgram Families First Coronavirus Response Act
this entity surface form: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
Families First Coronavirus Response Act shortName Families First Coronavirus Response Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: FFCRA
Families First Coronavirus Response Act containsTitle Families First Coronavirus Response Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act
Families First Coronavirus Response Act containsTitle Families First Coronavirus Response Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act
Families First Coronavirus Response Act containsTitle Families First Coronavirus Response Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tax Credits for Paid Sick and Paid Family and Medical Leave