[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2435 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2435

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

                              May 22, 2007

Mr. Al Green of Texas (for himself, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, 
Mr. Lynch, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Hare, 
 Mr. Holden, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. DeLauro, and 
  Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Protection for All Workers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE.

    Section 17(e) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 
666(e)) is amended by inserting ``including any individual employed 
under contract,'' after ``employee,''.
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