1. Short title This Act may be cited as the America Forward Act of 2020 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the coronavirus disease 2019 (referred to in this Act as COVID-19 ) pandemic is a public health and economic crisis; (2) most of the Nation and the economy are currently shut down to mitigate and prevent the spread of COVID-19; (3) the response to the pandemic and steps to reopen the United States should be based on public health and other expert guidelines; (4) to restore the full functioning of the Nation, an official advisory body to the Federal Government to provide external, expert guidance and real-time recommendations is necessary; and (5) such recommendations should be available to the public. 3. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to establish an America Forward Commission to create a strategy to re-open the economy in light of the coronavirus disease pandemic. 4. America Forward Commission (a) Establishment There is established an independent commission to be known as the America Forward Commission (referred to in this Act as the Commission ). (b) Membership (1) Selection The Comptroller General of the United States is authorized to enter into a contract with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to appoint the members of the Commission, in accordance with the requirements of this subsection. (2) Number of members The Commission shall consist of not less than 10 nor more than 15 members. (3) Qualifications (A) In general The Commission shall include— (i) not less than 1 expert in each of the fields of economics, transportation, medicine, and national security