,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #di  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,october #e1 #bjbj,mr4 ,kaine 7for ,mr4 
,schumer 7for himself and ,ms4          
,klobuchar77 submitted the following    
concurrent resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,rules and
 ,administration  ,,concurrent          
,,resolution  ,mandating procedures to  
ensure adequate precautions against     
,,covid-#ai in ,senate buildings4       
,whereas1 on ,march #ac1 #bjbj1 the     
,,covid-#ai outbreak in the ,united     
,states was declared a national         
emergency under the ,national           
,emergencies ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afja  
et seq472 ,whereas1 as of ,august #g1   
#bjbj1 the ,centers for ,disease        
,control and ,prevention has-- 7#a7     
recommended that people wear masks in   
public settings and when around people  
who don't live in their household1      
especially when other social distancing 
measures are difficult to maintain42 and

  7#b7 stated that masks may help       
prevent people who have ,,covid-#ai from
 spreading the virus to others and masks
 are most likely to reduce the spread of
 ,,covid-#ai when they are widely used  
by people in public settings42 ,whereas1
 as of ,october #e1 #bjbj1 nearly       
#g1ejj1jjj people in the ,united ,states
 had contracted ,,covid-#ai1 and nearly 
#baj1jjj people in the ,united ,states  
have died as a result of ,,covid-#ai2   
,whereas the ,united ,states accounts   
for approximately #d4be percent of the  
world's population but1 as of ,october  
#e1 #bjbj1 people in the ,united ,states
 account for over #bj percent of those  
killed by ,,covid-#ai globally2 and     
,whereas the ,senate has seen an        
increase in the number of ,senators     
diagnosed with ,,covid-#ai3 ,now1       
therefore1 be it #a4 ,sense of ,congress
 ,it is the sense of ,congress that--   
7#a7 it is essential to the continuity  
of government that the ,united ,states  
,government and officials adhere to     

public health guidance in order to      
combat the spread of ,,covid-#ai2 and   
7#b7 the absence of a coordinated and   
comprehensive ,,covid-#ai strategy in   
the ,senate is a threat to the          
legislative branch4  #b4 ,procedures for
 ,,covid-#ai protection  7a7            
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term ,senate building means any ,senate
 ,office ,building or the ,senate ,wing 
of the ,capitol2 and  7#b7 the term     
,senate worker means-- 7,a7 an employee 
whose pay is disbursed by the ,secretary
 of the ,senate2 or  7,b7 an employee of
 a contractor of an office or agency in 
the legislative branch whose regular    
duty station is in a ,senate building4  
7b7 ,mask use ,all individuals shall    
wear a mask while in any public area of 
a ,senate building4 ,the ,committee on  
,rules and ,administration of the       
,senate shall issue guidance or         
regulations to carry out this           
subsection4  7c7 ,adherence to social   
distancing guidelines ,all individuals  

shall adhere to guidance and            
recommendations of the ,office of the   
,attending ,physician with respect to   
social distancing while in a ,senate    
building4  7d7 ,testing and contact     
tracing program ,the ,office of the     
,attending ,physician1 ,sergeant at     
,arms and ,doorkeeper of the ,senate1   
and ,secretary of the ,senate1 in       
consultation with the ,centers for      
,disease ,control and ,prevention and   
the ,department of ,health of the       
,district of ,columbia1 shall develop   
and implement a program to conduct--    
7#a7 ,,covid-#ai testing of-- 7,a7      
,senators2 and  7,b7 ,senate workers who
 will be physically present in a ,senate
 building in connection with the duties 
of the ,senate worker2 and  7#b7 contact
 tracing with respect to any ,senator or
 ,senate worker who tests positive for  
,,covid-#ai4