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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7340 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 1, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Remembrance Act of 2020’’. 

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

5 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 

6 (a) ISSUANCE OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BY

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

8 which an agency plans to reopen a facility and after con9 sultation with the Chief Human Capital Officer and direc10 tor of administration or the equivalent, the head of an 

11 agency shall publish on the website of that agency a re12 opening plan that details the procedures and policies re13 lated to sending employees back to workstations during 

14 the covered period that includes the following: 

15 (1) The personal protective equipment that will 

16 be provided by the agency, the additional cleaning 

17 protocols to be implemented, and efforts to ensure 

18 social distancing at worksites. 

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

20 employees who are required to work in locations out21 side of Federal office buildings for activities such as 

22 audits and inspections. 

23 (3) The requirements that members of the pub24 lic must meet in order to enter Federal office spaces. 


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1 (4) A description of the proper contingencies 

2 for employees who have a high risk of contracting 

3 coronavirus. 

4 (5) Ensures the continuity of operations, in5 cluding plans to reverse reopening measures if there 

6 is a resurgence in coronavirus cases in certain geo7 graphic areas. 

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

9 6 months after the date of the enactment of this section, 

10 the inspector general for each agency shall submit to the 

11 Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

13 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a review on 

14 whether that agency has provided adequate personal pro15 tective equipment for the employees who are returning to 

16 a Federal office location for the agency and published the 

17 policies and procedures required pursuant to subsection 

18 (a). 

19 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

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

22 United States Code. 

23 (2) COVERED PERIOD.—The term ‘‘covered pe24 riod’’ means a period during which a nationwide dec25 laration of a public health emergency by the SecVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:30 Oct 02, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7340.RFS H7340

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1 retary of Health and Human Services under section 

2 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 247d) is in effect. 

4 SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

5 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

6 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

7 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

8 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

9 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

10 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro11 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

12 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 30, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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