Congress orders CDC to study suicide among construction workers
S. 5327 — Constructing the Path to Suicide Prevention Act · Filed by Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the CDC to study why construction workers die by suicide. The study will examine jobs, health insurance, drug use, money problems, injuries, and mental health. The CDC must finish in 3 years. It must tell Congress what it finds and suggest ways to help.
Who it affects
Construction workers are affected because the study is about them. The CDC will do the research.
One thing to notice
Construction workers have very high suicide rates compared to other jobs. This study is the first step to understand why.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 5 Democrats.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- CDC — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the main U.S. government health agency.
- construction workers — People who build or repair buildings, roads, and other structures.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,355 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
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As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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