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H.R. 8482

American Food Workers Protection Act

American Food Workers Protection Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to support state and local jurisdictions in providing (1) priority COVID-19 testing for essential critical food and agriculture workers; (2) priority access to personal protective equipment, sanitizers, face coverings, and other health-related or protective supplies necessary to safely perform essential critical infrastructure work; and (3) assurance that the federal agency responsible for the distribution of a vaccine for COVID-19 in the United States will prioritize essential critical food and agriculture workers for inoculation with the vaccine.

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1](R-AR)Sponsor
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  1. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

    Agriculture Committee
  2. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  3. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

American Food Workers Protection Act — Informed