[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 781 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 781

  To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to require Federal 
 contracts debarment for persons who violate the Act's provisions, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                  May 9 (legislative day, May 1), 1995

   Mr. Simon introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to require Federal 
 contracts debarment for persons who violate the Act's provisions, and 
                          for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Contractor Safety and Health 
Enforcement Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. DEBARMENT.

    The Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 33 and 34, as sections 34 and 
        35, respectively;
            (2) by inserting after section 32 the following new 
        section:

                     ``federal contracts debarment

    ``Sec. 33. (a) Any person or entity that, with a clear pattern and 
practice, violates the provisions of this Act shall be ineligible for 
all Federal contracts for a period of 3 years.
    ``(b) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations regarding 
debarment provisions and procedures. The regulations shall require that 
Federal contracting agencies shall refrain from entering into further 
contracts, or extensions or modifications of existing contracts, with 
any person or entity described in subsection (a) during the 3-year 
period immediately following a determination by the Secretary that the 
person or entity is in violation (as described in subsection (a)) of 
this Act.
    ``(c) A debarment may be removed, or the period of debarment may be 
reduced, by the Secretary upon the submission of an application to the 
Secretary that is supported by documentary evidence and that sets forth 
appropriate reasons for the granting of the debarment removal or 
reduction, including reasons such as compliance with the final orders 
that are found to have been willfully violated, a bona fide change of 
ownership or management, or a fraud or misrepresentation of the 
charging party.''.
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