3.0.0 3828 2023-01-11T13:42:37Z 2023-01-11T13:42:37Z Senate S 2020-05-21 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-21T20:02:30Z Jobs to Fight COVID–19 Act of 2020 116 7649 HR 2020-07-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2020-05-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-05-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-05-21 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-05-21 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-05-21 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-05-21 True Labor and Employment Cardiovascular and respiratory health Community life and organization Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee hiring Employment and training programs Federal-Indian relations Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Labor-management relations Medical tests and diagnostic methods Minority employment Minority health Public contracts and procurement Right of privacy Self-employed State and local government operations Unemployment Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Wages and earnings Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2020-05-21 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-25T14:58:34Z Jobs to Fight COVID-19 Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to states and other governmental and native American entities to (1) support the recruitment, placement, and training of—and provide employment to—certain individuals seeking employment in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) contact tracing and pandemic response positions; and (2) assist with the transition to new employment or education and training of these individuals in preparation for and upon termination of such employment. The employees must be paid at least the required prevailing wage and fringe benefit rates.

In addition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services and state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments, must establish and implement a national evidence-based system for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, surveillance, containment, and mitigation. The CDC shall also award grants or contracts to these entities for such activities and to public entities to implement multilingual and culturally appropriate COVID-19 awareness campaigns.

]]> Jobs to Fight COVID–19 Act of 2020 Display Title Jobs to Fight COVID–19 Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Jobs to Fight COVID–19 Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an initiative for national testing, contact tracing, and pandemic response, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3828is/xml/BILLS-116s3828is.xml 2020-05-21 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.