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S. 3710 116th Congress Senate

COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an emergency temporary standard to protect miners of coal or other mines from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 13, 2020 See on congress.gov
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May 13, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 13, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 13, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

COVID-19 Mine Worker Protection Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate health and safety standards to protect coal miners from occupational exposure to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Labor shall promulgate emergency standards within seven days of this bill's enactment. Such emergency standards shall be in force until Labor establishes permanent standards to protect miners from occupational exposure to infectious pathogens, including novel pathogens.

The emergency and permanent standards shall prohibit mine operators from discriminating or retaliating against a miner for (1) reporting a violation of this bill or a good-faith concern about a workplace infectious disease hazard, or (2) voluntarily using personal protective equipment that provides a higher level of protection than the equipment provided by the mine operator if the miner's equipment does not create a hazard.

Labor shall also collect data to track and investigate cases of exposure to COVID-19 among coal miners.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7700 COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 13, 2020
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 13, 2020
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · May 13, 2020
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · May 13, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3710: COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3710/
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"S. 3710: COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3710/.
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S. 3710, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3710/.
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