[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3473 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3473

  To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to apply to 
                Federal and State government employers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2005

 Mr. English of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
   referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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 of 1970 to apply to 
                Federal and State government employers.

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

SECTION 1. FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYERS.

    Section 3(5) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is 
amended by striking ``but does not include'' and all that follows 
through ``State'' and inserting ``including the United States 
government, any government of a State or political subdivision of a 
State, or any interstate governmental agency.''
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