Essential Transportation Employee Safety Act of 2020
Latest action · Jun 3, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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 3, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Essential Transportation Employee Safety Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the efforts of state and local governments to provide for priority COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) testing of transportation workers who are categorized as essential critical infrastructure workers. (Essential critical infrastructure employees include, but are not limited to, medical and health care, telecommunications, information technology systems, defense, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, energy, water and wastewater, law enforcement, and public works.)
Additionally, during the COVID-19 pandemic, DOT must require (1) the owners and operators of equipment or facilities used by passenger or freight transportation employers implement personal protective equipment and disinfection and sanitization procedures; and (2) an air carrier to submit to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) a proposal to permit pilots to wear masks or protective face coverings in the flight deck, including a safety risk assessment with respect to such proposal.
The bill sets forth requirements for owners or operators who cannot acquire necessary personal protective equipment due to market unavailability.
For the duration of the COVID-19 national emergency, the FAA must (1) provide certain employees, including any air traffic controller and airway transportation systems specialist, with personal protective and sanitizing equipment; (2) ensure that each air traffic control facility is cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized frequently; and (3) ensure its contractors provide their employees with personal protective equipment.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 3, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jun 3, 2020 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Jun 3, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jun 3, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 3, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 116-638 | PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RAIL: THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE RAIL NETWORK AND THE TRACK AHEAD510 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Oct 21, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-63 | AMTRAK'S RESPONSE TO COVID 19143 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Sep 9, 2020 |
| S. Hrg. 116-587 | THE STATE OF TRANSPORTATION AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC163 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Jun 3, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to support the efforts of State and local governments to provide for priority testing of certain transportation workers with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and require the owners and operators of equipment and facilities used by passenger or freight transportation employers to clean, disinfect, and sanitize that equipment and provide personal protective equipment to certain employees, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Essential Transportation Employee Safety Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Aviation and airports
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Civil actions and liability
- Department of Transportation
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Motor carriers
- Motor vehicles
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public transit
- Railroads
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation employees
- Transportation safety and security
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2020Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
