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The Heroes Act
This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses.
Among other things, the bill
The bill also modifies or expands a wide range of other programs and policies, including those regarding
Medicare and Medicaid,
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 6800 as passed House on May 15, 2020. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
May 15, 2020Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMay 15, 2020
House May 15, 2020 · the primary vote
HEROES Act
Passed
208 Yea 199 Nay 23 not voting
Party-line vote 16 of 407 voting members broke with their own party: 15 Democrats, 1 Republican.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
430 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 6800 and vote against it. 11 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 6800 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
4813 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.