Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020

Bill Number

HR 8349

Introduced

Sep 22, 2020

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Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commer ...

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Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child care and development Congressional oversight Department of the Treasury Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee leave Executive agency funding and structure First responders and emergency personnel Food industry and services Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Health personnel Income tax exclusion Infectious and parasitic diseases Labor and Employment Labor standards Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Retail and wholesale trades Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Transportation employees Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Wages and earnings

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Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020

This bill provides an additional $13 per hour of premium pay to employees performing specified essential work up to a maximum of $10,000 during and shortly after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency; the bill provides for such pay out of the COVID-19 Hazard Fund through grants to employers.

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Sep 22, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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.
Sep 22, 2020

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