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H.R. 8349 116th Congress House

Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020

Official title: To provide hazard pay to frontline essential workers employed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduced: September 22, 2020 Introduced by: Jefferson Van Drew Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthChild care and developmentCongressional oversight
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Sep 22, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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.
Sep 22, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 22, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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.

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Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020

This bill provides an additional $13 per hour of premium pay to employees performing specified essential work up to a maximum of $10,000 during and shortly after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency; the bill provides for such pay out of the COVID-19 Hazard Fund through grants to employers.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8349: Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8349/
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"H.R. 8349: Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8349/.
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H.R. 8349, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8349/.
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