[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3555 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3555

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to clarify the 
scope of the authority for emergency temporary standards, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 2, 2022

Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Paul, Ms. 
Lummis, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to clarify the 
scope of the authority for emergency temporary standards, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``OSHA ETS Clarification Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. OSHA EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARD.

    Section 6(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 655(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and (B)'' and inserting ``(B) the 
        exposure to the substances, agents, or new hazards arises 
        exclusively from within the workplace to be covered by the 
        emergency temporary standard, or is unique and specific to the 
        workplace to be covered by the emergency temporary standard, 
        and (C)''; and
            (2) by inserting ``within the workplace'' after ``such 
        danger''.
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