3.0.0 8482 2023-01-11T13:44:36Z 2023-01-11T13:44:36Z House HR 2020-10-01 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 171 (Thursday, October 1, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CRAWFORD:H.R. 8482.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article One[Page H5640]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-10-01T13:05:40Z 2020-10-01 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2020-10-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-10-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001087 Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] Eric Crawford R AR A. "Rick" 1 N K000388 Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] Trent Kelly R MS 1 2020-10-01 True L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2020-10-01 True G000590 Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] Mark Green R TN E. 7 2020-10-09 False Agriculture and Food Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Food industry and services Health technology, devices, supplies Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Medical tests and diagnostic methods Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor State and local government operations Worker safety and health Agriculture and Food 00 2020-10-01 Introduced in House 2021-09-03T18:01:46Z American Food Workers Protection Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to support state and local jurisdictions in providing (1) priority COVID-19 testing for essential critical food and agriculture workers; (2) priority access to personal protective equipment, sanitizers, face coverings, and other health-related or protective supplies necessary to safely perform essential critical infrastructure work; and (3) assurance that the federal agency responsible for the distribution of a vaccine for COVID-19 in the United States will prioritize essential critical food and agriculture workers for inoculation with the vaccine.

]]> American Food Workers Protection Act Display Title American Food Workers Protection Act Short Title(s) as Introduced American Food Workers Protection Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To require the Secretary of Agriculture to support the efforts of State and local governments to provide for priority testing of essential critical food and agriculture workers with respect to COVID-19, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8482ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8482ih.xml 2020-10-01 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.