United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 8482 (116th)
American Food Workers Protection Act
Introduced
1 October 2020
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Status
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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3 January 2025
Summary
American Food Workers Protection Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to support state and local jurisdictions in providing (1) priority COVID-19 testing for essential critical food and agriculture workers; (2) priority access to personal protective equipment, sanitizers, face coverings, and other health-related or protective supplies necessary to safely perform essential critical infrastructure work; and (3) assurance that the federal agency responsible for the distribution of a vaccine for COVID-19 in the United States will prioritize essential critical food and agriculture workers for inoculation with the vaccine.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 1 October 2020
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 1 October 2020
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 1 October 2020
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8482
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8482