[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2730 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2730

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for 
 an independent review of citations issued by the Occupational Safety 
                       and Health Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2003

 Mr. Norwood 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 
 an independent review of citations issued by the Occupational Safety 
                       and Health Administration.

    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 ``Occupational Safety and Health 
Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT REVIEW.

    Section 11(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 660) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: 
``The conclusions of the Commission with respect to all questions of 
law shall be given deference if reasonable.''.
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