Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8484 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8484 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2026 Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania (for herself, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Carson, Ms. Simon, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Casar, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Sewell, and Ms. Clarke of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act''. SEC. 2. SAFEGUARDING ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS. The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 319D-1 (42 U.S.C. 247d-4b) the following: ``SEC. 319D-2. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO SAFEGUARD ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS. ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Emergency or disaster.--The term `emergency or disaster' means-- ``(A) a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; ``(B) an emergency declared by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; ``(C) a national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act; ``(D) a public health emergency declared