# 116-hr-8482: American Food Workers Protection Act

116-hr-8482, American Food Workers Protection Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR); status Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8482
- Congress: 116
- Title: American Food Workers Protection Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Introduced: 2020-10-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

American Food Workers Protection Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to support state and local jurisdictions in providing (1) priority COVID-19 testing for essential critical food and agriculture workers; (2) priority access to personal protective equipment, sanitizers, face coverings, and other health-related or protective supplies necessary to safely perform essential critical infrastructure work; and (3) assurance that the federal agency responsible for the distribution of a vaccine for COVID-19 in the United States will prioritize essential critical food and agriculture workers for inoculation with the vaccine.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] (R-MS), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN), 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-7777: Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act
- 116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act
- 116-hr-6802: ALIGN Act
- 116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8482 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8482)

## Related
- [116-hr-7777: Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7777)
- [116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7278)
- [116-hr-6802: ALIGN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6802)
- [116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6742)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2423)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8482 (as of 2025-11-18).