Essential Worker Pandemic Compensation Act of 2020
Latest action · May 19, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 19, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Essential Worker Pandemic Compensation Act of 2020
This bill compensates specified essential workers who die or are hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or related complications. Specifically, the bill provides death benefits to survivors of essential workers equal to the amount available under the public safety officer benefits program. Essential workers include those identified in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency guidance or by a Special Master appointed by the Department of Health and Human Services. Such death benefits include additional payments to a surviving spouse or child enrolled in qualified postsecondary education.
Further, essential workers who are hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 receive one half of the base death benefit amount.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2020 to May 27, 2020, with 26 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | May 19, 2020 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | May 19, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2020Introduced in House
- May 19, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative remedies
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Federal officials
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Higher education
- Hospital care
- Income tax exclusion
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Student aid and college costs
- Worker safety and health
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2020Introduced in House
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