Essential Transportation Employee Safety Act of 2021
Latest action · Feb 8, 2021 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.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Essential Transportation Employee Safety Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the efforts of state and local governments to prioritize COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) testing of transportation workers who are categorized as essential critical infrastructure workers. Essential critical infrastructure employees include those who work in industries such as 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 to 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 air traffic controllers and airway transportation systems specialists, with personal protective and sanitizing equipment; (2) ensure that air traffic control facilities are 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 Feb 8, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 8, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- Feb 8, 2021Introduced in Senate
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