Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022
Latest action · Nov 7, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
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.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022
This bill directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to promulgate a standard that requires employers to implement certain measures for protecting workers from heat stress and related illnesses or injuries. Heat stress refers to the load of heat that a person experiences due to sources of heat or heat retention (including metabolic heat, environmental factors, and clothing or personal protective equipment) or the presence of heat in a work setting.
Further, if an employer cannot reduce exposure to heat stress below hazardous levels through engineering controls (e.g., heat shields and insulation) or personal protective equipment (e.g., heat reflective clothing), the employer must implement a program that mitigates such exposure through access to appropriate hydration and cool-down spaces, acclimatization policies, and periodic paid rest breaks.
Additionally, the bill establishes requirements concerning judicial review, implementation, enforcement, recordkeeping, and whistle-blower protections related to the standard.
The bill also requires the Department of Labor to include questions about heat-related illness and injury in the National Agricultural Workers Survey (an employment-based, random-sample survey of U.S. crop workers that collects demographic, employment, and health information).
Cosponsors 116
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2021 to Oct 25, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jun 23, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2021Markup Jul 27, 2022Reported Nov 7, 2022 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-547.
- Nov 7, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
- Jul 27, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 27, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 19.
- Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 27, 2022H.R. 2193, Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on July 27, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 57, March 26, 2021, page H1692.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-46 | EXAMINING THE POLICIES AND PRIORITIES OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION92 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | May 25, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1068 | Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021 | Related bill | Apr 12, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Business records
- Department of Labor
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Labor and Employment
- Labor standards
- Labor-management relations
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Water use and supply
- Worker safety and health
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2022Reported in House
- Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
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.
