MASKS ON Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6653 To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out a national public outreach campaign regarding the proper use of personal protective equipment to minimize personal risk of expo- sure to, and risk of spreading, the virus that causes COVID–19, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 1, 2020 Mr. LIPINSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out a national public outreach campaign regarding the proper use of personal protective equipment to minimize personal risk of exposure to, and risk of spreading, the virus that causes COVID–19, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Make Americans Savvy 4 and Knowledgeable Safeguarding Ourselves from the 5 Novel coronavirus Act’’ or the ‘‘MASKS ON Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:05 May 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6653.IH H6653 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6653 IH SEC. 2. NATIONAL PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN REGARD- 1 ING THE PROPER USE OF PERSONAL PRO- 2 TECTIVE EQUIPMENT. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Centers for 4 Disease Control and Prevention (in this section referred 5 to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall carry out a national public out- 6 reach campaign regarding the proper use of personal pro- 7 tective equipment (in this section referred to as ‘‘PPE’’) 8 to minimize personal risk of exposure to, and risk of 9 spreading, the virus that causes COVID–19. 10 (b) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—In carrying out the 11 campaign under subsection (a), the Director shall include 12 information on— 13 (1) which types of PPE provide protection; 14 (2) proper techniques for donning, doffing, and 15 wearing PPE; and 16 (3) limitations of PPE in providing protection. 17 (c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the campaign 18 under subsection (a), the Director may coordinate with 19 other Federal agencies and State or local public health de- 20 partments as appropriate. 21 (d) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—In carrying out the 22 campaign under subsection (a), the Director may, subject 23 to the availability of appropriations, award grants to, and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:05 May 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6653.IH H6653 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6653 IH enter into contracts with, public and private entities (in- 1 cluding nonprofit organizations). 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:05 May 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6653.IH H6653 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS