S2298-119

In Committee

Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Jul 16, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a product standard, tariff, delegation of rulemaking provision: 2, reduces a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Worker heat protection standards, and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Implementation and enforcement Except as otherwise provided by this section— a worker heat protection standard shall have the same legal effect as an. It relies on appropriations, product standards, reporting requirements, and grants. The main policy areas are Healthcare.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Adds or tightens a product standard, tariff, delegation of rulemaking provision: 2.
  • Reduces a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Worker heat protection standards.
  • Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Implementation and enforcement Except as otherwise provided by this section— a worker heat protection standard shall have the same legal effect as an...
  • Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 5. General provisions If any provision of this Act is held invalid, the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. If the application of any provision...
  • Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 6.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a product standard, tariff, delegation of rulemaking provision: 2, reduces a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Worker heat protection standards, and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Implementation and enforcement Except as otherwise provided by this section— a worker heat protection standard shall have the same legal effect as an.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare

Primary Purpose

The bill adds or tightens a product standard, tariff, delegation of rulemaking provision: 2, reduces a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Worker heat protection standards, and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Implementation and enforcement Except as otherwise provided by this section— a worker heat protection standard shall have the same legal effect as an.

Policy Domains

Healthcare

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 16, 2025

Mr. Padilla (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Markey, Ms. …

Jul 16, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Jul 16, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"the_institute"
→ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Labor
"the_commission"
→ Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

4 terms
"heat stress" §7

The load of heat that a person experiences due to sources of heat or heat retention (including metabolic heat, environmental factors, and clothing/PPE) or the presence of heat in a work setting

"heat-related injury" §7_injury

An injury caused by exposure to heat or sources of heat or occurring as a result of heat stress

"heat-related illness" §7_illness

A material impairment of health that occurs due to heat stress

"worker heat protection standard" §7_standard

A standard that regulates employee exposure to heat stress and prevents heat-related illness and injury by requiring conditions or practices reasonably necessary to provide safe or healthful employment

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