[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3588 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3588

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that 
 the Act will not apply to employment performed in a workplace located 
 in the employee's residence unless the employment involves hazardous 
materials or the workplace was created so that that Act would not apply 
                           to the workplace.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2000

  Mr. Campbell (for himself and Mr. Istook) 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 provide that 
 the Act will not apply to employment performed in a workplace located 
 in the employee's residence unless the employment involves hazardous 
materials or the workplace was created so that that Act would not apply 
                           to the workplace.

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

SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970.

    Section 4(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 653(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) Nothing in this Act shall apply to employment performed in a 
workplace which is located in the residence of the employee engaged in 
such employment unless--
            ``(A) the employment involves hazardous materials; or
            ``(B) the workplace was created so that this Act would not 
        apply to the workplace.''.
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