3.0.0 807 2020-02-10T17:06:57Z 2020-02-10T17:06:57Z Senate S S 2011-04-13 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-04-13T19:13:06Z Voluntary Protection Program Act 112 1511 HR 2011-05-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Identical bill CRS 2011-04-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2449) IntroReferral 2011-04-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2448-2449) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-04-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2011-04-13 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2011-04-13 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2011-04-13 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2011-05-09 False H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2011-05-09 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2011-06-29 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2011-06-29 False L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2011-07-11 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2011-07-11 False C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2011-07-13 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2011-07-21 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2012-02-06 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2012-02-27 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2012-02-27 False Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Labor Small business Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2011-04-13 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-07T16:49:28Z Voluntary Protection Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into cooperative agreements with employers to: (1) encourage establishment of comprehensive safety and health management systems to protect employees from occupational hazards, and (2) establish a voluntary protection program to encourage excellence and recognize its achievement in both the technical and managerial protection of employees from occupational hazards.

Requires the Secretary to take necessary steps for the orderly transition from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cooperative agreements and voluntary protection programs existing before enactment of this Act to agreements and programs authorized under this Act.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program to increase small business participation in the voluntary protection program.

]]> Voluntary Protection Program Act Short Titles as Introduced Voluntary Protection Program Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Department of Labor's voluntary protection program and to expand the program to include more small businesses. Display Title Voluntary Protection Program Act Introduced in Senate 2011-04-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s807is/xml/BILLS-112s807is.xml 2011-04-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2449) 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.