H.R. 1815 · 117th Congress
Safe Line Speeds in COVID–19 Act
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
D
DeLauroSponsor31 cosponsors · 30 D, 1 R
D
Barragán
JC
D
Cooper
EC
D
Cleaver
KC
D
Clark
CG
D
García
AH
D
Hastings
MK
D
Kaptur
RK
D
Khanna
BL
D
Lee
AL
D
Lowenthal
AL
D
Levin
JM
D
McGovern
GN
D
Napolitano
CP
D
Pingree
AP
D
Pressley
BR
D
Rush
JS
D
Schakowsky
TS
D
Suozzi
BT
D
Thompson
RT
D
Tlaib
JV
R
Van Drew
BW
D
Watson Coleman
SB
D
Bishop
SC
D
Cohen
MP
D
Pocan
TR
D
Ryan
EN
D
Norton
EB
D
Blumenauer
RG
D
Grijalva
SH
D
Horsford
SC
D
Cherfilus-McCormick22 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill directs the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for the duration of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period, to suspend any waivers and not issue new waivers related to line speeds in meat and poultry establishments and inspection staffing requirements for such establishments.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 11, 2021
Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act
This bill directs the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for the duration of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period, to suspend any waivers and not issue new waivers related to line speeds in meat and poultry establishments and inspection staffing requirements for such establishments. Additionally, the implementation of, and conversion to, the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System must be suspended.
No funds made available to USDA during the COVID-19 emergency period shall be used to develop, propose, finalize, issue, amend, or implement any policy, regulation, directive, constituent update, or any other agency program that would increase line speeds at meat and poultry establishments.
Upon termination of the COVID-19 emergency period, the Government Accountability Office shall conduct a review of actions taken by specific federal agencies, including USDA, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to determine the effectiveness of such actions in protecting animal, food, and worker safety.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Safe Line Speeds in COVID–19 Act
Latest action (May 13, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 11, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.