H.R. 7340: Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2020-06-25 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-06-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2020

Plain summary

Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2020 This bill requires federal agencies to develop and disclose reopening plans that incorporate certain information before sending employees back to work during a public health emergency, such as the emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires an agency to post a reopening plan on its website at least 30 days before reopening a facility. Among other information, the plan must detail (1) the personal protective equipment (PPE) that the agency will provide to its employees; (2) protections for employees whose work requires them to be in nonfederal buildings, such as auditors; and (3) potential measures to reverse the reopening that still ensure the continuity of operations. Each agency's Office of the Inspector General must report on whether the agency has complied with this bill's requirements and whether the agency has provided adequate PPE for its employees.

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Official text

Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2020

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 10 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 7340, Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2020 (2020-09-28)

Cosponsors on this site

Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr7340.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr7340 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116