COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act

United States116th CongressHR-7700House of Representatives
Updated: Jul 21, 2020

Summary

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, and such emergency standards shall be in force until permanent standards are established. Labor shall also collect data to track and investigate cases of exposure to COVID-19 among coal miners.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  2. Introduced in House

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