[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 978 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 978

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 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. MULTIEMPLOYER WORKSITES.

    Section 9 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 658) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) On multiemployer work sites, the Secretary may only cite the 
employer whose employees were exposed to a condition which is in 
violation of a requirement of any standard, rule or order promulgated 
pursuant to section 6 of this Act, or of any regulations prescribed 
pursuant to this Act.''.
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