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H.R. 646: COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act

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H.R. 646: COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-01 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act

Plain summary

COVID-19 Mine Worker Protection Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to issue health and safety standards to protect coal miners from occupational exposure to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Labor shall provide for emergency standards within seven days of this bill's enactment, and such emergency standards shall be in force until permanent standards are promulgated. Labor shall also collect data to track and investigate cases of exposure to COVID-19 among coal miners.

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Official text

COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · 37 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Mark Takano (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr646 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117