[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 740 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 740

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for 
    greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review 
                              Commission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2005

 Mr. Norwood (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
   McKeon, Mr. Ehlers, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Keller, Mr. Wilson of South 
Carolina, Mr. Kline, and Mr. Neugebauer) 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 
    greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review 
                              Commission.

    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 
Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION.

    (a) Increase in Number of Members and Requirement for Membership.--
Section 12 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 
661) is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence of subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``three members'' and inserting 
                ``five members''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``legal'' before ``training'';
            (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by striking 
        ``except that'' and all that follows through the period and 
        inserting the following: ``except that the President may extend 
        the term of a member for no more than 365 consecutive days to 
        allow a continuation in service at the pleasure of the 
        President after the expiration of the term of that member until 
        a successor nominated by the President has been confirmed to 
        serve. Any vacancy caused by the death, resignation, or removal 
        of a member before the expiration of a term for which a member 
        was appointed shall be filled only for the remainder of such 
        term.''; and
            (3) in subsection (f), by striking ``two members'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``three members''.
    (b) New Positions.--Of the two vacancies for membership on the 
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission created by subsection 
(a)(1)(A), one shall be appointed by the President for a term expiring 
on April 27, 2008, and the other shall be appointed by the President 
for a term expiring on April 27, 2010.
    (c) Effective Date for Legal Training Requirement.--The amendment 
made by subsection (a)(1)(B), requiring a member of the Commission to 
possess a background in legal training, shall apply beginning with the 
two vacancies referred to in subsection (b) and all subsequent 
appointments to the Commission.
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