Ensuring STEAKS Act of 2020
Latest action · Jun 1, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 1, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Safety Tools so that Employees are All Kept Secure Act of 2020 or the Ensuring STEAKS Act of 2020
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue regulations with respect to protection against COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) for workers in meat processing establishments. Through the end of the COVID-19 emergency period, USDA must review and update such regulations at least every 90 days to ensure worker safety.
Until such regulations are issued, the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to worker safety must be used as interim requirements for meat processing establishments.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 1, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Agriculture and Food
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Department of Agriculture
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Food industry and services
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Industrial facilities
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Meat
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2020Introduced in House
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