[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5038 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5038

        To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2000

Mr. Hall of Texas (for himself and Mr. Tauzin) 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; REFERENCE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Workplace Safety 
Improvement Act''.
    (b) Reference.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is 
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other 
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or 
other provision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 651 et seq.).

SEC. 2. DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS.

    Section 5 (29 U.S.C. 654) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(c) On multi-employer work sites, an employer may not be cited 
for a violation of this section if the employer--
            ``(1) has not created the condition that caused the 
        violation;
            ``(2) has no employees exposed to the violation; or
            ``(3) has not assumed responsibility for ensuring 
        compliance by other employers on the work site.''.
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