Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8349
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Executive agency funding and structure
First responders and emergency personnel
Food industry and services
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health personnel
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor standards
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Retail and wholesale trades
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation employees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020

 
 This bill provides an additional $13 per hour of premium pay to employees performing specified essential work up to a maximum of $10,000 during and shortly after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency; the bill provides for such pay out of the COVID-19 Hazard Fund through grants to employers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in House