[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1437 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1437

        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, and Mr. Stenholm) 
 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Regulatory 
Enforcement Fairness Implementation Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS VIOLATIONS.

    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 inserting after 
subsection (j) the following:
    ``(k) In the case of any small business concern employer (as 
defined in section 3(a)(10) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(a)(10) and regulations thereunder) any penalty which would 
otherwise be assessed under subsection (c) shall be waived if the 
employer abates the violation within the time set for abatement under 
section 9(a).''.
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