[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3169 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3169

  To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to include 
 State and local law enforcement agencies under the protection of such 
                                  Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 1998

 Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island 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 to include 
 State and local law enforcement agencies under the protection of such 
                                  Act.

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

SECTION 1. STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

    Section 3(5) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 652(5)) is amended by inserting before the period the following: 
``, except that such term does include a law enforcement agency of a 
State or political subdivision of a State''.
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