3.0.0 1580 2023-01-11T13:18:10Z 2023-01-11T13:18:10Z Senate S S 2009-08-05 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-08-05T21:09:04Z Protecting America's Workers Act 111 2067 HR 2010-04-28 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Identical bill CRS 2009-08-05 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-08-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8867) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-08-05 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-08-05 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2009-08-05 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2009-08-05 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-08-05 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-08-05 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-08-05 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-08-05 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2009-08-05 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2009-08-05 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2009-08-05 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-08-05 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-08-05 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-08-05 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-08-05 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2009-08-05 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-08-05 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-08-05 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-08-05 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2009-09-10 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-12-07 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2010-04-30 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2010-06-14 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2010-11-18 False Labor and Employment Accidents Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of Labor Employment discrimination and employee rights Evidence and witnesses Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Judicial review and appeals Wages and earnings Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2009-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-09T22:36:43Z Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees.

Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Heath Act of 1977.

Sets forth increased protections for whistle blowers under OSHA.

Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) the posting of employee rights; (2) a prohibition against the adoption or implementation of policies or practices by employers that discourage the reporting of work-related injuries or illnesses or that discriminate or provide for adverse action against any employee for reporting such injury or illness; (3) a prohibition against the loss of wages or employee benefits as a result of an employee participating in or aiding workplace inspections; (4) investigations of incidents in a place of employment resulting in a death or the hospitalization of two or more employees; (5) a prohibition against designating a citation for an occupational health and safety standard violation as an unclassified citation; (6) the rights of an employee who has sustained a work-related injury or illness that is the subject of an investigation; (7) an employer's right to contest citations and penalties; (8) the Secretary's assertion of an employer's failure to correct a serious hazard during an employer's contest to a citation; and (9) employee objections to modifications of citations.

Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators.

Requires a state that has an approved plan for the development and enforcement of occupational safety and health standards to amend its plan to conform to the requirements of this Act within 12 months after enactment of this Act.

]]> Protecting America's Workers Act Display Title Protecting America's Workers Act Official Title as Introduced A bill 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting America's Workers Act Introduced in Senate 2009-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1580is/xml/BILLS-111s1580is.xml 2009-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.