3.0.0 4781 2023-01-11T13:44:25Z 2023-01-11T13:44:25Z Senate S 2020-10-01 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-10-01T18:20:24Z Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2019 116 3668 HR 2019-07-10 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2020-10-01 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-10-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-10-01 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-10-01 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-10-01 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-10-01 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2020-10-21 False Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Business records Department of Labor Emergency planning and evacuation Employment and training programs Employment discrimination and employee rights Health promotion and preventive care Labor standards Labor-management relations Lighting, heating, cooling Water use and supply Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2020-10-01 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-09T14:58:07Z Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety or health standard on prevention of exposure to excessive heat. Excessive heat includes outdoor or indoor exposure to heat at levels that exceed the capacities of the body to maintain normal body functions and may cause heat-related injury, illness, or fatality.

In addition, the bill establishes requirements concerning (1) training and education to prevent and respond to heat illness, and (2) whistle-blower protections.

]]> Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020 Display Title Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4781is/xml/BILLS-116s4781is.xml 2020-10-01 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.