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American Food Workers Protection Act

Introduced: October 1, 2020 Introduced by: Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 1, 2020
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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.

What's happening now October 1, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Kelly, Trent
Mississippi · Oct 1, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8482: American Food Workers Protection Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8482/
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"H.R. 8482: American Food Workers Protection Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8482/.
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