[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3165 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3165

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal 
liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death 
                         of contract employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2005

   Mr. Al Green of Texas (for himself, Mr. Owens, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
    Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, and Mr. Waxman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal 
liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death 
                         of contract employees.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE.

    Section 17(e) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 
666(e)) is amended by inserting ``including contract employees who are 
contracted by the employer,'' after ``employee,''.
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