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Critical Infrastructure Employee Protection Act of 2020

Introduced: May 13, 2020 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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May 13, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 13, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Critical Infrastructure Employee Protection Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to support state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in providing (1) priority COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) testing for essential critical infrastructure employees; and (2) priority access to personal protective equipment, sanitizers, face coverings, and health-related or protective supplies necessary to safely perform essential critical infrastructure work. (Essential critical infrastructure employees include, but are not limited to, medical and health care, telecommunications, information technology systems, defense, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, energy, water and wastewater, law enforcement, and public works.)

What's happening now May 13, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2