US Congress House Bill 6955 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)
Status: Introduced on May 19 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-19 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Compensates specified essential workers who die or are hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or related complications. Specifically, the bill provides death benefits to survivors of essential workers equal to the amount available under the public safety officer benefits program. Essential workers include those identified in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency guidance or by a Special Master appointed by the Department of Health and Human Services. Such death benefits include additional payments to a surviving spouse or child enrolled in qualified postsecondary education.Further, essential workers who are hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 receive one half of the base death benefit amount.

Essential Worker Pandemic Compensation Act of 2020

Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-19	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2020-05-19	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2020-05-19	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6955/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6955/BILLS-116hr6955ih.pdf