H.R. 6709: Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-05-05 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E433-434)

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-05-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act

Plain summary

Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act This bill provides hazard pay, in addition to regular pay, to specified health care and essential workers during calendar year 2020. Health care workers, which include physicians and support staff, among others, are eligible for a maximum of $35,000 in aggregate hazard pay. Essential workers, as determined by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, are eligible for a maximum of $25,000 in aggregate hazard pay. The Department of the Treasury must make payments to employers based on an employer's quarterly projections of the number of hours worked by eligible employees, including specified hours worked prior to the enactment of this bill. Employers must issue hazard payments to eligible employees not later than 14 days after receiving such payment from Treasury. The bill establishes and provides funding for the Coronavirus Essential and High-Risk Health Care Workers Hazard Payment Fund to implement this program.

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Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · 22 cosponsors

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Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr6709.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6709 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116