[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2875 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2875

        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

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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,

SECTION 1. ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF PROTECTION.

    The first sentence of section 9(a) of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C 658(a)) is amended by striking ``or of'' 
and inserting ``of'' and by inserting after ``Act'' the third time it 
appears the following: ``or has not provided alternative methods of 
protection that are equally or more protective of the safety and health 
of the employees in the factual circumstances at issue than those 
required by such standard, rule, order, or regulation.''.
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