Title: Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2020
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act
This bill requires federal agencies to develop and disclose reopening plans that incorporate certain information before sending employees back to work during a public health emergency, such as the emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Specifically, the bill requires an agency to post a reopening plan on its website at least 30 days before reopening a facility. Among other information, the plan must detail (1) the personal protective equipment (PPE) that the agency will provide to its employees; (2) protections for employees whose work requires them to be in nonfederal buildings, such as auditors; and (3) potential measures to reverse the reopening that still ensure the continuity of operations.
Each agency's Office of the Inspector General must report on whether the agency has complied with this bill's requirements and whether the agency has provided adequate PPE for its employees.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7340 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7340

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2020

  Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
  Sarbanes, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Norton, Mr. Raskin, and Ms. 
   Speier) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act''.

SEC. 2. TELEWORK, LEAVE, AND RETURNING TO WORK FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Issuance of Policies and Procedures by Agencies.--Not later 
than 30 days before the date on which an agency plans to reopen a 
facility and after consultation with the Chief Human Capital Officer 
and director of administration or the equivalent, the head of an agency 
shall publish on the website of that agency a reopening plan that 
details the procedures and policies related to sending employees back 
to workstations during the covered period that includes the following:
            (1) The personal protective equipment that will be provided 
        by the agency, the additional cleaning protocols to be 
        implemented, and efforts to ensure social distancing at 
        worksites.
            (2) The actions the agency will take to protect employees 
        who are required to work in locations outside of Federal office 
        buildings for activities such as audits and inspections.
            (3) The requirements that members of the public must meet 
        in order to enter Federal office spaces.
            (4) A description of the proper contingencies for employees 
        who have a high risk of contracting coronavirus.
            (5) Ensures the continuity of operations, including plans 
        to reverse reopening measures if there is a resurgence in 
        coronavirus cases in certain geographic areas.
    (b) Inspectors General Review.--Not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the inspector general for each 
agency shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a review on whether that agency has 
provided adequate personal protective equipment for the employees who 
are returning to a Federal office location for the agency and published 
the policies and procedures required pursuant to subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Covered period.--The term ``covered period'' means a 
        period during which a nationwide declaration of a public health 
        emergency by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
        section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
        is in effect.
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