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S. 1580 (IS) - Protecting America’s Workers Act
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:
- Congress Number
- 111th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- August 5, 2009
- Action
- Mr. Reid (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Franken, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Whitehouse)) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Bill Number
- S. 1580
- Bill Version
- Introduced in Senate (IS)
- Short Title
- Protecting America’s Workers Act
- Full Title
- To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Harry Reid(NV)
- Cosponsors
- Edward M. Kennedy (MA); Patty Murray (WA); Christopher J. Dodd (CT); Tom Harkin (IA); Jeff Bingaman (NM); Bernard Sanders (VT); Brown; Robert P. Casey Jr. (PA); Jeff Merkley (OR); Al Franken (MN); Patrick J. Leahy (VT); Daniel K. Akaka (HI); Barbara Boxer (CA); Russell D. Feingold (WI); Richard J. Durbin (IL); Charles E. Schumer (NY); Debbie Stabenow (MI); Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ); Robert Menendez (NJ); Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Committees
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Standing)
- United States Code References
- 5 U.S.C. 1221(e)
and
Chapter 7
18 U.S.C. 3571
29 U.S.C. 651, 652, 653, 657, 658, 659, 660, 666 and 667
30 U.S.C. 801