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[H.R. 2873 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 420
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2873

                          [Report No. 105-732]

        To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 1997

   Mr. Ballenger (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. 
Norwood, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Paul, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Bob Schaffer 
of Colorado, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Graham, Mr. Istook, Mr. Fawell, and Mr. 
   Boehner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

                           September 18, 1998

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Goodling, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Wicker, 
       Mr. Bonilla, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Talent, and Mr. Knollenberg

                           September 18, 1998

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
        To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. STANDARDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 6(b)(2) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970 (29 U.S.C 655(b)(2)) is amended by inserting after the first 
sentence the following: ``The notice in the Federal Register shall 
include identification of the specific industry or industries to which 
the standard, to be promulgated under the rule, will apply. In 
promulgating a standard, the Secretary shall ensure that the standard, 
as applicable to each such industry, is based upon an assessment of the 
risks to workers in such industry from the hazard which is the subject 
of the standard, the range of estimates and the best estimate of the 
quantifiable and nonquantifiable benefits of the standard in each such 
industry, and an analysis of the costs likely to occur in each such 
industry as a result of compliance with the standard.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. STANDARDS.

    Section 6(b)(2) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
(29 U.S.C 655(b)(2)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence 
the following: ``The notice in the Federal Register shall include 
identification of the specific industry or industries to which the 
standard, to be promulgated under the rule, will apply. In promulgating 
a standard, the Secretary shall ensure that the standard, as applicable 
to each such industry, is based upon an assessment of the risks to 
workers in such industry from the hazard which is the subject of the 
standard, the range of estimates and the best estimate of the 
quantifiable and nonquantifiable benefits of the standard in each such 
industry, and an analysis of the costs likely to occur in each such 
industry as a result of compliance with the standard. To the extent 
that information is not available on the specific risks to workers in 
any such industry, the Secretary may determine risks and benefits on 
information from similar industries, operations, or processes.''.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 420

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2873

                          [Report No. 105-732]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

        To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 18, 1998

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed