TRACE ACT H.R. 6666 116th Congress

Congress.gov ^ | (Introduced 05/01/2020) | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]

[EBH]

This Act may be cited as the “COVID–19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act”.

SEC. 2. COVID–19 TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING USING MOBILE HEALTH UNITS.

(a) In General.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID–19, to trace and monitor the contacts of infected individuals, and to support the quarantine of such contacts, through—

(1) mobile health units; and

(2) as necessary, testing individuals and providing individuals with services related to testing and quarantine at their residences.

(b) Permissible Uses Of Funds.—A grant recipient under this section may use the grant funds, in support of the activities described in subsection (a)—

(1) to hire, train, compensate, and pay the expenses of individuals; and

(2) to purchase personal protective equipment and other supplies.

(c) Priority.—In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to—

(1) applicants proposing to conduct activities funded under this section in hot spots and medically underserved communities; and

(2) applicants that agree, in hiring individuals to carry out activities funded under this section, to hire residents of the area or community where the activities will primarily occur, with higher priority among applicants described in this paragraph given based on the percentage of individuals to be hired from such area or community.

(d) Distribution.—In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that grants are distributed across urban and rural areas.

(e) Federal Privacy Requirements.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede any Federal privacy or confidentiality requirement, including the regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability...

[EBH]

Well, that didn't take long...

[OpusatFR]

Clever way to trace everyone’s associates and contacts. Try organizing a movement when every single person is traced and linked to another.

...and just about everyone has a phone that can be traced.

It would take some very good, out-of-the-box thinking to subvert this.

[Robert A Cook PE]

I see the “hire locals” mandate (minorities in democrat districts”) is firmly stamped.

[EBH]

It is astounding to see this kind of stuff...

I refuse to think this is even remotely required. Let the local levels deal with this. Feds and Federal Law isn’t needed.

Second, and this is where the brilliant minds of FR can help, is this door to door tracing a violation of ‘search and seizure?’

And in fact, isn’t this proposed law un-Constitutional and illegal?

[Sirius Lee]

Hopefully Nanzi Pelosi’s Waffen DNC will be able to find any of those Jews who dare to hide in attics or under the floorboards. /s

[Ron H.]

I’m using a cell phone Faraday Bag to stop my phone from being tracked in chosen locations. No signals in or out.

[EBH]

Mr. Rush (for himself, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Bass, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Brown of Maryland,

Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carson of Indiana,

Mr. Cohen, Mr. Correa, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas,

Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Higgins of New York,

Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire,

Mr. Larson of Connecticut,

Mr. Lynch, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Sewell of Alabama,

Mr. Sires, Mr. Soto, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi,

Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mrs. Napolitano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

[Fresh Wind]

If laws allowing the killing of inconvenient babies is Constitutional, then this atrocity most certainly is too.

[Sirius Lee]

I actually think this will dissuade folks from getting tested if their symptoms are minor. The fear of being forced into isolation may convince them to take come vitamin C and wait it out. And what of folks that are completely asymptomatic? What will they do to folks who won't even answer the door? SWAT them?

There is no good that will come of HR 666 6.

[buckalfa]

In the beginning of the ChinaVirus I would have preferred to have seen contact tracing and specific quarantine instead of blanket shutdown of the states. Thus I do not see anything overtly nefarious in the bill. Yet the devil is in the details or more specifically the lack of details contained in the bill's writing. As always, committees add to the bill. Bureaucrats promulgate rules, and given that the public health issue has turned political, this bill if passed could turn into a Covid19 gulag, replete with Rex84 camps.

[eartick]

The Government is coming! The government is coming! Arm up and meet on the town green

[eartick]

Hell our government is so in with it, they added another 6 to it

[lakecumberlandvet]

Rep. Bobby Rush not only doesn’t know anything he doesn’t even suspect anything. His light bulb burns so dim that you’d have to turn the switch off to make it brighter.

[EBH]

ping ?

[mewzilla]

(g) Authorization Of Appropriations.—To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated—

(1) $100,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and

(2) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal year 2021 and any subsequent fiscal year during which the emergency period continues.

Holy ****.

[EBH]

That’s to setup the system and maintain contact tracing.

[mewzilla]

This is surveillance giftwrapped in a twelve-figure slush fund.

[EBH]

Yes it is.

The next question to ask though...what happens if you test positive?

[mewzilla]

It’s also convinced me to start paying cash more often and to leave the cellphone at home.

[EBH]

If you have a modern car with WiFi they can still track you.