[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15371-15372]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 739, 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH SMALL BUSINESS DAY IN COURT ACT OF 2005, 
 H.R. 740, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION EFFICIENCY 
   ACT OF 2005, H.R. 741, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH INDEPENDENT 
REVIEW OF OSHA CITATIONS ACT OF 2005, AND H.R. 742, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY 
        AND HEALTH SMALL EMPLOYER ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT OF 2005

  Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Rules, submitted a 
privileged report (Rept. No. 109-163) on the resolution (H. Res. 351) 
providing for consideration of 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; for 
consideration of 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; for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 741) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970 to provide for judicial deference to

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conclusions of law determined by the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission with respect to an order issued by the Commission; 
and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 742) to amend the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorneys' 
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, which was referred to the House 
Calendar and ordered to be printed.

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