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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4766 

To ensure that personal protective equipment and other equipment and supplies needed to fight coronavirus are provided to employees required 

to return to Federal offices, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 30 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 29), 2020 

Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. KAINE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and 

Mr. BROWN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To ensure that personal protective equipment and other 

equipment and supplies needed to fight coronavirus are 

provided to employees required to return to Federal offices, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chai Suthammanont 

5 Remembrance Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TELEWORK, LEAVE, AND RETURNING TO WORK FOR 

2 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 

3 (a) ISSUANCE OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BY

4 AGENCIES.—Not later than 30 days before the date on 

5 which an agency plans to reopen a facility and after con6 sultation with the Chief Human Capital Officer and direc7 tor of administration or the equivalent, the head of an 

8 agency shall publish on the website of that agency a re9 opening plan that details the procedures and policies re10 lated to sending employees back to workstations during 

11 the covered period that includes the following: 

12 (1) The personal protective equipment that will 

13 be provided by the agency, the additional cleaning 

14 protocols to be implemented, and efforts to ensure 

15 social distancing at worksites. 

16 (2) The actions the agency will take to protect 

17 employees who are required to work in locations out18 side of Federal office buildings for activities such as 

19 audits and inspections. 

20 (3) The requirements that members of the pub21 lic must meet in order to enter Federal office spaces. 

22 (4) A description of the proper contingencies 

23 for employees who have a high risk of contracting 

24 coronavirus. 

25 (5) Ensures the continuity of operations, in26 cluding plans to reverse reopening measures if there 


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1 is a resurgence in coronavirus cases in certain geo2 graphic areas. 

3 (b) INSPECTORS GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 

4 6 months after the date of the enactment of this section, 

5 the inspector general for each agency shall submit to the 

6 Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

8 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a review on 

9 whether that agency has provided adequate personal pro10 tective equipment for the employees who are returning to 

11 a Federal office location for the agency and published the 

12 policies and procedures required pursuant to subsection 

13 (a). 

14 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

16 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 

17 United States Code. 

18 (2) COVERED PERIOD.—The term ‘‘covered pe19 riod’’ means a period during which a nationwide dec20 laration of a public health emergency by the Sec21 retary of Health and Human Services under section 

22 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 247d) is in effect. 

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