[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 776 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 776

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for 
     coverage under that Act of employees of States and political 
                        subdivisions of States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 23, 1999

 Mr. Andrews 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 for 
     coverage under that Act of employees of States and political 
                        subdivisions of States.

    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 ``Fairness for State and Local Workers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF STATE AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EMPLOYEES.

    Section 3(5) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 652(5)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``employees,'' the following: 
        ``including a State or political subdivision of a State,''; and
            (2) by striking ``or any State or political subdivision of 
        a State''.
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