,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgbh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ac1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,wicker 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 and ,mr4     
,young7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,secretary of ,transportation to    
support the efforts of ,state and local 
governments to provide for priority     
testing of essential critical           
infrastructure workers with respect to  
the ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai         
7,,covid-#ai71 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,critical ,infrastructure       
,employee ,protection ,act of #bjbj4    
#b4 ,identification of ,,covid-#ai      
testing needs of critical infrastructure
 employees  7a7 ,in general ,the        
,secretary of ,transportation shall--   
7#a7 adopt1 for use by the ,department  
of ,transportation in carrying out      

response efforts relating to1 and       
operations during1 the ,coronavirus     
,disease #bjai 7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic1  
the categorization of 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 that term is 
used in paragraph 7#a77 with respect to 
the ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai         
7,,covid-#ai72 and  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 work4  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 that 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