1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Renters from Eviction and Fees Act of 2020 . 2. Eviction moratorium The CARES Act is amended by striking section 4024 ( 15 U.S.C. 9058 ; Public Law 116–136 ; 134 Stat. 492) and inserting the following new section: 4024. Temporary moratorium on eviction filings (a) Congressional findings The Congress finds that— (1) according to the 2018 American Community Survey, 36 percent of households in the United States—more than 43 million households—are renters; (2) in 2019 alone, renters in the United States paid $512 billion in rent; (3) according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, 20.8 million renters in the United States spent more than 30 percent of their incomes on housing in 2018 and 10.9 million renters spent more than 50 percent of their incomes on housing in the same year; (4) according to data from the Department of Labor, more than 40 million people have filed for unemployment since the COVID-19 pandemic began; (5) the impacts of the spread of COVID-19, which is now considered a global pandemic, are expected to negatively impact the incomes of potentially millions of renter households, making it difficult for them to pay their rent on time; and (6) evictions in the current environment would increase homelessness and housing instability, which would be counterproductive towards the public health goals of keeping individuals in their homes to the greatest extent possible. (b) Definitions For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) Covered dwelling The term covered dwelling means a dwelling that is occupied by a tenant— (A) pursuant to a residential lease