3.0.0 1583 2023-01-15T23:03:21Z 2023-01-15T23:03:21Z House H HR 2003-04-03 108 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Hearings by 2003-06-17T20:53:10Z Referred to 2003-05-02T20:26:15Z Referred to 2003-04-03T15:00:15Z 2003-06-17 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2003-05-02 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2003-04-03 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2003-04-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-04-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000159 Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9] CHARLES NORWOOD R GA W. 9 N B000589 Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] JOHN BOEHNER R OH A. 8 2003-04-03 True B001232 Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] JUDY BIGGERT R IL 13 2003-04-03 True B000104 Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] CASS BALLENGER R NC 10 2003-04-03 True H000676 Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] PETER HOEKSTRA R MI 2 2003-04-03 True K000361 Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] RIC KELLER R FL 8 2003-04-03 True K000363 Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] John Kline R MN 2 2003-04-03 True B001243 Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] Marsha Blackburn R TN 7 2003-04-03 True I000055 Rep. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA-6] Johnny Isakson R GA 6 2003-04-03 True Labor and Employment Administrative remedies Delegation of powers Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Health Judicial review Law Legal fees Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Occupational health and safety Presidential appointments Labor and Employment 00 2003-04-03 Introduced in House 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Exempts employers from a 15-day deadline for notifying the Secretary of Labor of their intent to contest OSHA citations, notices of uncorrected violations, and proposed penalties, if their failure to meet such deadline results from mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.

Limits what may be considered willful violations under OSHA.

Requires the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) to give de novo consideration to evidence of the penalty's appropriateness with respect to these factors: (1) size and financial condition of the business of the employer; (2) gravity of the violation, considering probability of harm, nature and extent of the harm, number of affected employees, and other relevant factors; (3) employer's good faith, including efforts to comply or abate; (4) history and recentness of substantially similar previous violations of the cited employer at the same nonconstruction worksite and construction worksites in the same State; and (5) the employer's, employees', or other persons' degree of responsibility or culpability for the violation.

Increases OSHRC membership from three to five.

Awards attorney's fees and costs to a prevailing employer in an administrative adversary adjudication, or a judicial review of an action, instituted under OSHA, if at the time such adjudication was initiated or such action filed the employer had not more than: (1) 100 employees; and (2) $1,500,000 net worth.

Revises judicial review provisions to require deference to be given to reasonable OSHRC conclusions with respect to all questions of law.]]>

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