OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

Articles and editorials

Hill May Be a Health Hazard for Safety Agency—Shift in Political Forces Brings GOP Push To Weaken OSHA, E1629-E1631 [4AU]

OSHA's Enemies Find Themselves in High Places, E1631-E1633 [4AU]

Tale of Pumping Gas With One Hand, Holding Off Government With the Other, S8256 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions

Contracts: require Federal contracts debarment for violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act provisions (see S. 781; H.R. 2725), S6337 [9MY], H14172 [6DE]

Dept. of Labor: consultation with State officials by employers relative to compliance with occupational safety and health requirements (see H.R. 1433), H4413 [6AP]

Government regulations: facilitate small business involvement in the regulatory development process of the EPA and OSHA (see S. 917; H.R. 1937), S8254 [13JN], H6396 [27JN]

———reform regulatory process (see S. 526, 1423), S3744 [9MR], S17336 [17NO]

———transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor (see S. 592), S4365 [22MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 707, 1783, 1834), H802 [26JA], H5691 [7JN], H5982 [14JN]

Descriptions

Occupational Safety and Health Act Amendments (H.R. 1834), E1262 [15JN]

Lists

New Mexico delegates to the White House Conference on Small Business, S8256 [13JN]

Quotations

OSHA: several Representatives, E1633 [4AU]

Remarks in House

Budget: rescissions from salaries and expenses, H3250-H3255 [15MR], H3337 [21MR]

Dept. of Labor: consultation with State officials by employers relative to compliance with occupational safety and health requirements (H.R. 1433), E829 [7AP]

EPA: indoor air pollution research funding, H9950-H9953 [12OC], E1940 [12OC]

Funding, H7995, H8004 [31JY], H8071, H8073, H8075, H8076, H8141 [1AU], H8182, H8219-H8222, H8225, H8226 [2AU]

Government regulations: reform and restructuring, H1911 [21FE]

———reform regulatory process, H2316 [28FE], H2724 [7MR], H3088 [14MR], H3794 [24MR], H3980 [30MR], H4107 [4AP]

———use of funds to develop or issue any standards on ergonmic protection, H8240-H8242 [2AU]

Health: notice of indoor pesticide or hazardous chemical spraying, H1163 [3FE]

House of Representatives: elimination of legislative language in appropriation bills, H8232-H8239 [2AU]

Mine Safety and Health Act: anniversary, H3885 [29MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (H.R. 707), H898 [31JA]

———amend (H.R. 1834), H5907 [14JN], H6381-H6389 [27JN], H7075 [18JY], H8138 [1AU], H8179 [2AU], E1261 [15JN]

———combine the functions of OSHA and the Mine Safety Health Administration, H6386-H6388 [27JN]

———treatment of Federal employees, H6383 [27JN]

Programs: funding, H3298 [16MR]

Reform, H6739 [11JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4917 [15MY]

Safety: regulatory reform and restructuring, H1620 [13FE]

Small business: effect of Federal regulations, H4011 [30MR]

StarKist Seafood Co.: OSHA investigation relative to worker safety, H313 [18JA]

Remarks in Senate

Contracts: require Federal contracts debarment for violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act provisions (S. 781), S6354 [9MY]

Government regulations: facilitate small business involvement in the regulatory development process of the EPA and OSHA (S. 917), S8255 [13JN]

———mine and occupational safety and health exemptions from certain cost-benefit analysis and risk assessments, S9962-S9970 [14JY]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, S6591 [12MY]

———reform, S9947-S9951, S9970 [14JY]

———reform regulatory process (S. 526), S3757 [9MR]

———reform regulatory process (S. 1423), S17344-S17348 [17NO]

———transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor (S. 592), S4370 [22MR]

———treatment of logging operations, S1415, S1416 [24JA]

Tobacco products: regulations relative to effects of environmental smoke, S17059 [15NO]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S6002 [2MY]

Summaries

Labor Relations Legislation, S6355 [9MY]

Texts of

S. 592, Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act, S4371-S4374 [22MR]

S. 781, Federal Contractor Safety and Health Enforcement Act, S6355 [9MY]

S. 1423, Occupational Safety and Health Reform and Reinvention Act, S17345-S17347 [17NO]