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116th Congress
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Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020
Introduced: October 1, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 1, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 1, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety or health standard on prevention of exposure to excessive heat. Excessive heat includes outdoor or indoor exposure to heat at levels that exceed the capacities of the body to maintain normal body functions and may cause heat-related injury, illness, or fatality.
In addition, the bill establishes requirements concerning (1) training and education to prevent and respond to heat illness, and (2) whistle-blower protections.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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