[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1434 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1434

        To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 1999

 Mr. Ballenger (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Stenholm, 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. MEETINGS WITH EMPLOYEES.

    Section 4 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 652) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Notwithstanding section 8(a)(2) of the National Labor 
Relations Act, an employer may deal with employees of the employer in 
any capacity to identify and evaluate safety-related conditions in the 
workplace, to propose, review, evaluate, and implement workplace safety 
and health rules and policies, and to assist the employer in compliance 
with the requirements of this Act.''.
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