[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3586 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3586

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to 
   labor organization representation during physical inspections of 
                              workplaces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

Mr. Ferguson (for himself and Mr. Byrne) 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 
   labor organization representation during physical inspections of 
                              workplaces.

    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 
Administration Inspection Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON LABOR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEES IN 
              PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF THE WORKPLACE.

    Section 8(e) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 657(e)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the 
following: ``An individual who is not an employee and does not 
represent the employees as described in section 9(a) of the National 
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(a)), may not serve as a 
representative of the employees for the purpose of accompanying the 
Secretary or his authorized representative during such a physical 
inspection.''.
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