[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1028 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1028

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to 
                        enforcement provisions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2005

  Mr. Tiahrt 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 with respect to 
                        enforcement provisions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PENALTIES.

    Section 17 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 666) is amended by inserting the following:
    ``(m) The Secretary shall not use `other than serious' citations as 
a basis for issuing subsequent, repeat or willful citations.''.
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