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Safe Indoor Spaces Act

Introduced: September 18, 2020 Introduced by: Harder, Josh Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 18, 2020
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Safe Indoor Spaces Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a prize competition to incentivize the development of systems or devices that limit indoor transmission of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and the virus that causes it.

To be eligible for the prize, a system or device must meet certain criteria with respect to decreased viral transmission rates, scalability, and costs.

In addition, HHS must establish a board comprised of experts in public health, education, small business, and engineering to advise on this competition.


What's happening now September 18, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2
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Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 18, 2020
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Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Sep 18, 2020
Murphy, Stephanie
· Sep 18, 2020
O'Halleran, Tom
· Sep 18, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8315: Safe Indoor Spaces Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8315/
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"H.R. 8315: Safe Indoor Spaces Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8315/.
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H.R. 8315, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8315/.
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