[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 650 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 650

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for 
    coverage under that Act of employees of the Federal Government.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 1999

 Mr. Wellstone (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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 the Federal Government.

    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 ``Federal Employees Safety Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    Section 3(5) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 652(5)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) The term `employer' means a person engaged in a 
        business affecting commerce who has employees, including the 
        United States and the United States Postal Service, but does 
        not include any State or political subdivision of a State.''.
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