3.0.0 4377 2023-01-11T13:45:33Z 2023-01-11T13:45:33Z Senate S 2020-07-30 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-30T17:39:49Z 2020-07-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2020-07-30 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2020-07-30 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-07-30 True Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child health Congressional oversight Disability and paralysis Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Food assistance and relief Government information and archives Health promotion and preventive care Homelessness and emergency shelter Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical research Minority health Research administration and funding School administration School athletics Teaching, teachers, curricula Worker safety and health Health 00 2020-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-16T15:33:18Z Protect our Children from COVID-19 Act

This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in coordination with relevant federal and nonfederal experts, to support research on the role of children in transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

This research must address, among other topics, the transmissibility of the virus among children and adults and the vulnerability of children to COVID-19 while travelling to and from school, playing sports, and engaging in other extramural activities. It may also address the vulnerability to COVID-19 of adults who live with children and the types of personal protective equipment appropriate for students, teachers, and other staff in school buildings. In undertaking this research, the NIH must ensure that it takes into consideration certain demographic and other characteristics, such as race or ethnicity and health or economic status.

The NIH must, within six months, report findings on this research and disseminate best practices for protecting those in educational settings. The NIH must update its findings and best practices quarterly through the end of the declared COVID-19 emergency.


]]> Protect our Children from COVID–19 Act Display Title Protect our Children from COVID–19 Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Protect our Children from COVID–19 Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to facilitate the safe re-opening of schools by conducting or supporting research on children's infection with, and role in transmitting, SARS-CoV-2, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4377is/xml/BILLS-116s4377is.xml 2020-07-30 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.