# 117-hr-2193: Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022

117-hr-2193, Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-2193
- Congress: 117
- Title: Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
- Introduced: 2021-03-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 116
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety or health standard on prevention of exposure to excessive heat. Excessive heat includes outdoor or indoor exposure to heat at levels that exceed the capacities of the body to maintain normal body functions and may cause heat-related injury, illness, or fatality. In addition, the bill establishes requirements concerning (1) training and education to prevent and respond to heat illness, and (2) whistle-blower protections.

## Cosponsors (116)

- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2021-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2021-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2021-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2021-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2021-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2021-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2021-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2021-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2021-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2021-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] (D-IN), 2021-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2021-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2021-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2021-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2021-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2021-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2021-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2021-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2021-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] (D-MP), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (D-CA), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13] (D-FL), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2021-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2021-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2021-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2021-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2021-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2021-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2021-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2021-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2021-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2021-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2021-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2021-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2021-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2021-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2021-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17] (D-NY), 2021-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2021-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2021-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM), 2021-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2021-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2021-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2021-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2021-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] (D-FL), 2021-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2021-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2022-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2022-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2022-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2022-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2022-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2022-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2022-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2022-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2022-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2022-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2022-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2022-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2022-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-2193 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2193)

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