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HR 6709 116th Congress House

Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a coronavirus fund to provide hazard payments to high-risk health care workers and essential workers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 5, 2020 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment trust funds
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Health personnelInfectious and parasitic diseasesWages and earningsWorker safety and health
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May 8, 2020
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E433-434)
May 5, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
May 5, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 8, 2020

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E433-434)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act

This bill provides hazard pay, in addition to regular pay, to specified health care and essential workers during calendar year 2020. Health care workers, which include physicians and support staff, among others, are eligible for a maximum of $35,000 in aggregate hazard pay. Essential workers, as determined by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, are eligible for a maximum of $25,000 in aggregate hazard pay.

The Department of the Treasury must make payments to employers based on an employer's quarterly projections of the number of hours worked by eligible employees, including specified hours worked prior to the enactment of this bill. Employers must issue hazard payments to eligible employees not later than 14 days after receiving such payment from Treasury.

The bill establishes and provides funding for the Coronavirus Essential and High-Risk Health Care Workers Hazard Payment Fund to implement this program.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 14
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jul 21, 2020
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · May 28, 2020
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · May 14, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · May 12, 2020
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · May 12, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · May 12, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· May 12, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · May 12, 2020
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 12, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 12, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 12, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 12, 2020
Perlmutter, Ed
· May 5, 2020
RYAN, TIM
· May 5, 2020
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 5, 2020
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 5, 2020
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · May 5, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6709: Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6709/
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"H.R. 6709: Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6709/.
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H.R. 6709, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6709/.
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