1. Short title and findings (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2019 . (b) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Excessive heat exposure poses a direct threat to workers and the economy. Climate change increases this danger, as 18 of the 19 hottest years on record have occurred since 2001. Rising temperatures are projected to cause an increase in heat-related workplace injuries and illnesses, a dramatic loss in labor capacity, and decreased productivity. (2) Heat-related illnesses can arise when high temperatures rise above the body’s capacity to dispel heat. Impacts range from comparatively minor problems such as heat cramps to severe afflictions such as organ damage, heat exhaustion, stroke, and death. (3) Farmworkers and construction workers suffer the highest incidence of heat illness, but all outdoor and indoor workers employed in excessively hot and humid environments are at significant risk of material impairment of health or functional capacity. (4) Asuncion Valdivia was a California farmworker who died of heat stroke in 2004 after picking grapes for 10 straight hours in 105 degree temperatures. Instead of calling an ambulance, his employer told his son to drive Mr. Valdivia home. On his way home, he started foaming at the mouth and died. (5) People working in excessive heat suffer diminished mental acuity and physical ability, which increases the risk of accidents. Heat-related injuries and illnesses increase workers’ compensation costs and medical expenses. (6) The costs of lower labor productivity under rising temperatures is estimated to reach up to $160,000,000,000 in lost wages per year in the United States by 2090 according to the 2018 National Climate Assessment. The drop in productivity decreases income for employers and workers. Global gross domestic product losses from heat are projected to be greater than 20 percent by the end of this century. (7) Every year, thousands of workers become sick and some die from exposure