[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 351 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                         July 12, 2005.
    Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order 
without intervention of any point of order to consider in the House the bill 
(H.R. 739) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide 
for adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a notice of contest by 
an employer following the issuance of a citation or proposed assessment of a 
penalty by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill shall be 
considered as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate 
on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to 
recommit.
    Sec. 2. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without 
intervention of any point of order to consider in the House the bill (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. The bill 
shall be considered as read. The amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as adopted. The previous question shall be considered 
as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening motion 
except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill, as amended, equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    Sec. 3. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without 
intervention of any point of order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 741) 
to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for judicial 
deference to conclusions of law determined by the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission with respect to an order issued by the Commission. The bill 
shall be considered as read. The amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as adopted. The previous question shall be considered 
as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening motion 
except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill, as amended, equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    Sec. 4. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without 
intervention of any point of order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 742) 
to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award 
of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when such employers prevail in 
litigation prompted by the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration. The bill shall be considered as read. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without 
intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit.
    Sec. 5. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 739, the Clerk shall--
            (1) await the disposition of all the bills contemplated in sections 
        2-4;
            (2) add the respective texts of all the bills contemplated in 
        sections 2-4, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 
        739;
            (3) conform the title of H.R. 739 to reflect the addition to the 
        engrossment of the text of all the bills contemplated in sections 2-4 
        that have passed the House;
            (4) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the 
        engrossment; and
            (5) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment.
    (b) Upon the addition of the text of the bills contemplated in sections 2-4 
that have passed the House to the engrossment of H.R. 739, such bills shall be 
laid on the table.
    (c) If H.R. 739 is disposed of without reaching the stage of engrossment as 
contemplated in subsection (a), the bill contemplated in sections 2-4 that first 
passes the House shall be treated in the manner specified for H.R. 739 in 
subsections (a) and (b), and all other bills contemplated in sections 2-4 that 
have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.