OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT

Bills and resolutions

Amend (see H.R. 5037, 5038), H7207 [27JY]

Dept. of Labor: application of occupational safety and health regulations to home offices relative to promotion of telework opportunities (see H.R. 4080), H1405 [23MR] (see H.R. 4098), H1476 [28MR]

Employment: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H47 (see H.R. 3530), H48 (see H.R. 3539), H49 [27JA] (see H.R. 3643), H341 [10FE]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence unless the job involves hazardous materials or the workplace was created so that the Act would not apply (see H.R. 3588), H253 [8FE]

Health care professionals: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see S. 3067), S8759 [19SE] (see H.R. 5178), H7651 [14SE]

Descriptions

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (H.R. 5178): Ballenger and Owens Substitute Amendment, H8675 [3OC]

Letters

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H8679 [3OC]

———Charles N. Jeffress, Dept. of Labor, S11043 [26OC]

———Representatives Ballenger and Owens, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), S11043 [26OC]

Remarks in House

Employment: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence, H1176 [22MR]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (H.R. 3539), H11 [27JA]

Health care professionals: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (H.R. 5178), H8673-H8680 [3OC], E1686 [5OC]

Safety: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (H.R. 5178), E1511, E1512 [18SE]

Remarks in Senate

Anniversary, S3181 [1MY]

Health care professionals: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (H.R. 5178), S11041-S11043 [26OC]

———require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (S. 3067), S8761, S8762 [19SE]

Statements

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act: Senators Jeffords, Kennedy, Enzi, and Reid, S11042 [26OC]

Texts of

H.R. 5178, Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, H8673 [3OC]

S. 3067, Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, S8761 [19SE]