,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dihb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1        
#bjai,mr4 ,bacon 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,langevin1 and ,mr4 ,tonko7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,public ,health ,service ,act to provide
 for treatment of certain respiratory   
protective devices as covered           
countermeasures for purposes of targeted
 liability protections for pandemic and 
epidemic products and security          
countermeasures1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,health ,care ,workforce   
,protection ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,treatment of respiratory protective    
devices as covered countermeasures      
,section #cai;,f-#c7;i77#a7 of the      
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d-#f;d7i77#a77 is        
amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by
 striking or at the end2  7#b7 in       

subparagraph 7,c71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 or2   
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,d7 a respiratory          
protective device that is approved under
 part #hd of title #db1 ,code of        
,federal ,regulations 7or successor     
regulations74  4