3.0.0 2728 2023-01-15T05:32:37Z 2023-01-15T05:32:37Z House H HR 2003-07-15 108 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Reported by 2003-07-24T14:34:59Z Markup by 2003-07-24T14:34:15Z Referred to 2003-07-21T13:22:48Z Reported by 2004-05-13T19:12:37Z Markup by 2004-05-05T17:34:08Z Referred to 2003-07-15T04:00:40Z H. Rept. 108-487 Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2004 108 2432 HR 2004-05-18 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 645, H.R. 2432 is laid on the table. 19:36:59 Related bill CRS Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2004 108 2729 HR 2004-05-18 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 645, H.R. 2729 is laid on the table. 19:36:48 Related bill CRS Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2004 108 2730 HR 2004-05-18 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 645, H.R. 2730 is laid on the table. 19:36:50 Related bill CRS Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2004 108 2731 HR 2004-05-18 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 645, H.R. 2731 is laid on the table. 19:36:56 Related bill CRS Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2728) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the adjudicative flexibility with regard to an employer filing of a notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2729) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2730) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for an independent review of citations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2731) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to very small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of citations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2432) to amend the Paperwork Reduction Act and titles 5 and 31, United States Code, to reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes. 108 645 HRES 2004-05-18 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 11:52:16 Related bill House Procedurally-related House 2004-05-20 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535. Calendars 2004-05-19 Senate Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2004-05-18 19:36:46 ENGROSSMENT OF H.R. 2728 - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 645, the texts of H.R. 2729, H.R. 2730, H.R. 2731, and H.R. 2432 will be appended to the engrossment of H.R. 2728. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-05-18 15:40:51 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2004-05-18 15:19:41 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 251 - 177 (Roll No. 183). Floor H37100 2 House floor actions 183 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll183.xml House 108 2004-05-18T19:19:41Z 2 2004-05-18 15:19:41 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 251 - 177 (Roll No. 183). Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 183 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll183.xml House 108 2004-05-18T19:19:41Z 2 2004-05-18 15:19:01 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3130, H3161) Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-05-18 13:26:36 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2728, the Chair put the question on adoption of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Owens demanded the Yeas and Nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the bill until later in the legislative day. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-05-18 13:25:43 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. Floor H35000 2 House floor actions 2004-05-18 12:24:36 DEBATE - Pursuant to House Resolution 645, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2728. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-05-18 12:23:29 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2728, H.R. 2729, H.R. 2730, H.R. 2731 and H.R. 2432. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-05-18 12:23:24 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 645. (consideration: CR H3107-3115, H3130, H3161; text of measure as reported in House: CR H3107-3108) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2004-05-17 22:24:31 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 645 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2728, H.R. 2729, H.R. 2730, H.R. 2731 and H.R. 2432. Floor H1L210 2 House floor actions 2004-05-13 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 276. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00276 2004-05-13 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 108-487. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2004-05-13 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 108-487. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2004-05-05 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 20. Committee 2004-05-05 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2003-07-24 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. Committee 2003-07-24 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2003-07-21 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2003-07-15 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2003-07-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1483) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-15 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 2003-09-24 False B001232 Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] JUDY BIGGERT R IL 13 2003-09-24 False B000104 Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] CASS BALLENGER R NC 10 2003-09-24 False H000676 Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] PETER HOEKSTRA R MI 2 2003-09-24 False K000361 Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] RIC KELLER R FL 8 2003-09-24 False K000363 Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] John Kline R MN 2 2003-09-24 False B001243 Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] Marsha Blackburn R TN 7 2003-09-24 False I000055 Rep. 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Barrett R SC Gresham 3 2004-05-11 False 2004-05-11T04:00:00Z H.R. 2728, Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/15621 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 5, 2004</p> 2004-05-11T04:00:00Z H.R. 2728, Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15621 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 5, 2004 Labor and Employment Accounting Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Advice and consent of the Senate Agricultural conservation Agricultural credit Agricultural subsidies Agriculture and Food Apples Broadband Civil actions and liability Commerce Commodity Credit Corporation Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Department of Agriculture Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Department of Transportation Disaster relief Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Executive reorganization Federal budget process Federal budgets Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government and business Government paperwork Government regulation Governmental investigations Health Housing and Community Development Income tax Judicial review Law Legal education Legal fees Legislation Limitation of actions Marketing of farm produce Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Occupational health and safety Presidential appointments Public Lands and Natural Resources Regulatory impact statements Science, Technology, Communications Small business Tax returns Taxation Labor and Employment 00 2003-07-15 Introduced in House 2003-07-25T18:46:51Z Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2003 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to exempt 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.

]]> 17 2004-05-13 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2004-05-17T13:41:12Z Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) to exempt employers from a 15-day deadline for notifying the Secretary of Labor of their intent to contest citations, notices of uncorrected violations, and proposed penalties issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), if their failure to meet such deadline results from mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.

]]> 36 2004-05-18 Passed House amended 2004-05-28T20:05:20Z Title I: Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act - Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) to exempt employers from a 15-day deadline for notifying the Secretary of Labor of their intent to contest citations, notices of uncorrected violations, and proposed penalties issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), if their failure to meet such deadline results from mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.

Title II: Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2004 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) to increase the membership of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) from three to five. Requires the presence of three of such five members to constitute a quorum.

Includes an individual's legal training among possible qualifications for OSHRC membership.

Authorizes the President to extend for up to 365 days the term of an OSHRC member until a nominated successor is confirmed to serve by the Senate.

Title III: Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act - Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2004 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) to revise judicial review provisions to require deference to be given to reasonable conclusions of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), with respect to all questions of law that are subject to agency deference under governing court precedent relating to citations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) against businesses for violations of the OSH Act.

Title IV: Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act - Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2004 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) to provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to certain small employers when they prevail in specified administrative or court proceedings.

Requires such awards to prevailing employers if they had not more than 100 employees and a net worth of not more than $7 million at the time of: (1) the initiation of the administrative proceedings (in the case of an adversary adjudication); or (2) the filing of the action addressed in the court proceedings (in the case of judicial review of an administrative action).

Provides for such awards without regard to whether the position of the Secretary of Labor or the Federal Government was substantially justified or whether special circumstances make an award unjust.

Title V: Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act - Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2004 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review information collection conducted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to identify actions IRS can take to reduce the information collection burden imposed on small business concerns, and to include the results of such review in a specified annual report.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal specified exemptions from Paperwork Reduction Act requirements and certain other rulemaking requirements.

Amends the Truth in Regulating Act of 2000 to make permanent the authority of a chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee to request the Comptroller General to perform a regulatory analysis of an economically significant rule upon agency publication.

Amends the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 to instruct the Director of OMB to require each agency annually to submit an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits of Federal rules and paperwork for the agency and each agency program.

Requires the Director to designate at least three agencies to participate in a study on regulatory budgeting for FY 2006 and 2007. Includes the regulatory budgets of the designated agencies as an alternative budget presentation. Requires a report on the study to be included in a certain report to Congress, as well as submitted directly to specified congressional committees.

]]> Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004 Display Title Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to an employer filing of a notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Passed House Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004 H House Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2004 H House Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2004 H House Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2004 H House Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2004 H House Short Titles as Introduced Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2003 Official Titles as Amended by House To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to an employer filing of a notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; to provide for an independent review of citations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; to provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to very small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of citations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and to amend the Paperwork Reduction Act and titles 5 and 31, United States Code, to reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes. H House Short Titles as Reported to House Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004 H House 529 108 HAMDT An amendment considered as adopted for use as new text pursuant to H. Res. 645. 2022-02-03T04:57:19Z 2004-05-18 On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. 12:24:30 Rules Committee 2004-05-18T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 108 HR House H 2728 Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004 2023-01-15T05:32:37Z H. Res. 645 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-resolution/645 7 2004-05-18 12:24:30 On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. Floor H34111 2 House floor actions 2004-05-18 12:23:30 Amendment reported by the House Committee on Rules. (consideration: CR H3108; text: CR H3108) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2004-05-18 12:23:30 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment reported by the House Committee on Rules.(consideration: CR H3108; text: CR H3108) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-18 12:24:30 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-18 12:24:30 Amendment agreed to by House: On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. NotUsed 79000 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-18 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress Placed on Calendar Senate 2004-05-20T04:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2004-05-18T04:00:00Z Reported in House 2004-05-13T04:00:00Z Introduced in House 2003-07-15T04:00:00Z 2004-05-20 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.