,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #a1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,crawford 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,kelly of ,mississippi1 and ,mr4        
,la,malfa7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to require the ,secretary of           
,agriculture to support the efforts of  
,state and local governments to provide 
for priority testing of essential       
critical food and agriculture workers   
with respect to ,,covid-#ai1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,american ,food
 ,workers ,protection ,act4  #b4        
,identification of ,,covid-#ai testing  
needs of critical food and agriculture  
workers  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary
 of ,agriculture shall-- 7#a7 adopt1 for
 use by the ,department of ,agriculture 
in carrying out response efforts        
relating to1 and operations during1 the 
,,covid-#ai pandemic1 the categorization

 of food and agriculture workers as     
essential critical infrastructure       
workers identified in the ,guidance on  
the ,essential ,critical ,infrastructure
 ,workforce published by the ,department
 of ,homeland ,security on ,march #bh1  
#bjbj 7or a subsequent version of that  
guidance72 and  7#b7 coordinate with the
 ,director of the ,centers for ,disease 
,control and ,prevention and the        
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency to       
support efforts of ,state and local     
governments to provide for-- 7,a7       
priority testing of essential critical  
infrastructure workers 7as such term is 
used in paragraph 7#a77 with respect to 
the ,,covid-#ai pandemic2  7,b7 priority
 access to personal protective          
equipment1 sanitizers1 nonmedical-grade 
facial coverings1 and other             
health-related or protective supplies   
necessary to safely perform essential   
critical infrastructure work2 and  7,c7 
ensure that the ,federal agency         

responsible for the distribution of a   
vaccine for ,,covid-#ai in the ,united  
,states prioritizes essential critical  
infrastructure workers 7as such term is 
used in paragraph 7#a77 for inoculation 
with that vaccine4  7b7 ,application    
,nothing in this section requires the   
provision of priority testing or        
priority access to personal protective  
equipment for essential critical        
infrastructure workers 7as such term is 
used in subsection 7a77#a77 to be       
prioritized over the provision of that  
testing or access to personal protective
 equipment for other individuals who are
 identified by the ,centers for ,disease
 ,control and ,prevention or any other  
relevant ,federal1 ,state1 or local     
agency as having a higher priority for  
that testing or access to personal      
protective equipment1 including-- 7#a7  
patients2  7#b7 healthcare workers2 and 
7#c7 first responders4