3.0.0 3710 2023-01-11T13:42:41Z 2023-01-11T13:42:41Z Senate S 2020-05-13 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-13T19:25:30Z COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act 116 7700 HR 2020-07-21 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2020-05-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-05-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-05-13 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2020-05-13 True J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-05-13 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-05-13 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2020-05-13 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2020-05-13 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2020-05-13 True Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Business records Cardiovascular and respiratory health Coal Department of Labor Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment discrimination and employee rights Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Mining Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2020-05-13 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-10T17:38:56Z COVID-19 Mine Worker Protection Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate health and safety standards to protect coal miners from occupational exposure to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Labor shall promulgate emergency standards within seven days of this bill's enactment. Such emergency standards shall be in force until Labor establishes permanent standards to protect miners from occupational exposure to infectious pathogens, including novel pathogens.

The emergency and permanent standards shall prohibit mine operators from discriminating or retaliating against a miner for (1) reporting a violation of this bill or a good-faith concern about a workplace infectious disease hazard, or (2) voluntarily using personal protective equipment that provides a higher level of protection than the equipment provided by the mine operator if the miner's equipment does not create a hazard.

Labor shall also collect data to track and investigate cases of exposure to COVID-19 among coal miners.

]]> COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act Display Title COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act Short Title(s) as Introduced COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an emergency temporary standard to protect miners of coal or other mines from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3710is/xml/BILLS-116s3710is.xml 2020-05-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.