[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3643 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3643

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2000

Mr. Walden of Oregon 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.

    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 ``American Telecommuter Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) It is the best option for many as they raise families 
        or deal with illness to perform their work at home.
            (2) OSHA and other Government entities should not interfere 
        with the home lives of law-abiding Americans.
            (3) The Federal Government should not put employers in a 
        situation where they are required to interfere with the home 
        life of an employee.
            (4) The home work environment is sufficiently different 
        from the work environment envisioned in the Occupational Safety 
        and Health Act of 1970.

SEC. 3. 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.''.
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