[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2881 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2881

        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, Mr. 
 Greenwood, 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. SMALL BUSINESS.

    Section 17 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C 666) is amended by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as 
subsections (l) and (m), respectively, and by adding after subsection 
(j) the following:
    ``(k) In the case of any small business concern (as defined in 
section 3(a)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(1) and 
regulations thereunder) which received a citation for a violation of 
the requirements of section 5, any standard, rule, or order promulgated 
pursuant to section 6, or of any regulation prescribed under this Act, 
the Secretary shall waive up to 100 percent of the penalty otherwise 
proposed for such violation if the small business concern employer 
corrects the violation within the time set for abatement under section 
9(a). If such employer does not correct the violation within such time, 
the Secretary shall waive up to 100 percent of such penalty to the 
extent that the employer uses the amount which would have been paid as 
the penalty for correction of the violation. This subsection shall 
apply where--
            ``(1) the employer has made a good faith effort to comply 
        with applicable regulations; and
            ``(2) the violation does not constitute a significant 
        threat to an employee's health or safety.''.
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