3.0.0 1068 2023-03-08T19:58:06Z 2023-03-08T19:58:06Z Senate S 2021-04-12 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-12T21:35:50Z Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022 117 2193 HR 2022-11-07 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393. Related bill CRS 2021-04-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-04-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-04-12 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2021-04-12 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-04-12 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2021-04-12 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2021-04-12 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2021-07-14 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-07-14 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-07-14 False L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2021-07-28 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2021-09-21 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-09-21 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-09-21 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-09-21 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-09-21 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2021-10-26 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2022-03-21 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2022-12-13 False Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Business records Department of Labor Emergency medical services and trauma care 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 Wages and earnings Water use and supply Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2021-04-12 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-08T18:52:21Z Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021

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 2021 Display Title Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021 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 Short Title(s) as Introduced Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1068is/xml/BILLS-117s1068is.xml 2021-04-12 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.