Ensuring STEAKS Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7082 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations with respect to the protection against COVID–19 for workers in meat processing estab- lishments, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 1, 2020 Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations with respect to the protection against COVID–19 for workers in meat processing establishments, 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 ‘‘Ensuring Safety Tools 4 so that Employees are All Kept Secure Act of 2020’’ or 5 the ‘‘Ensuring STEAKS Act of 2020’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:17 Jun 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7082.IH H7082 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7082 IH SEC. 2. REGULATIONS FOR PROTECTION OF WORKERS IN 1 MEAT PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENTS FROM 2 COVID–19. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, in 4 consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease 5 Control and Prevention (in this section referred to as the 6 ‘‘Director’’) and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Oc- 7 cupational Safety and Health, shall— 8 (1) not later than 90 days after the date of the 9 enactment of this Act, issue regulations with respect 10 to protection against COVID–19 for workers in es- 11 tablishments inspected under the Federal Meat In- 12 spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); and 13 (2) through the end of the emergency period (as 14 defined in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Secu- 15 rity Act (21 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B))), review and 16 update as necessary such regulations no less fre- 17 quently than every 90 days to ensure such regula- 18 tions are sufficient to ensure worker safety. 19 (b) INTERIM REQUIREMENTS.—Until the regulations 20 are issued under subsection (a)(1), the recommendations 21 published by the Director on the website of the Centers 22 for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to worker 23 safety are deemed to be interim requirements for estab- 24 lishments referred to in such subsection. 25 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:17 Jun 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7082.IH H7082 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS