OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Articles and editorials

Black Lung—30 Years After Protections, Disease and Questions Remain, E901 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: improve indoor air quality in schools and other buildings to reduce asthma (see H.R. 1849), H3451 [29AP]

Dept. of Energy: external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at facilities (see H.R. 1961), H3682 [6MY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see H.R. 3689), H12919 [8DE]

Local government: require adoption of a health standard establishing a legal presumption that heart, lung, and respiratory disease are occupational diseases for public safety officers (see H.R. 3565), H11701 [20NO]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 3431), H10339 [4NO]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend to protect State and local government employees (see H.R. 536), H318 [5FE]

———modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (see S. 1272), S7980 [17JN]

———provide adjudicative improvement (see H.R. 1583), H2819 [3AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (see H.R. 2729), H6867 [15JY]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 2728), H6867 [15JY]

OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (see H.R. 2730), H6867 [15JY]

———provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (see H.R. 2731), H6867 [15JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Labor: Mine Safety and Health Administration underground coal mine dust level regulations, H6561-H6563 [10JY], E901 [9MY]

Longmont, CO: tribute to ConAgra Foods, Inc., facility, E2346 [20NO]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (H.R. 3431), H10320 [4NO], H10383 [5NO]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: provide adjudicative improvement (H.R. 1583), E665 [3AP], E1483 [15JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (H.R. 2729), E1483 [15JY]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (H.R. 2728), E1483 [15JY]

OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (H.R. 2730), E1483 [15JY]

———provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (H.R. 2731), E1483 [15JY]

Robinson, IL: Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, Illinois Refining Division recipient of Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, President's Award for Responsible Care, E1457 [11JY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics, S1441 [23JA]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas, S13481 [29OC], S15371 [21NO]

North Carolina Agromedicine Institute: funding, S14020 [5NO]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (S. 1272), S7982 [17JN]

Texts of

S. 1272, Wrongful Death Accountability Act, S7983 [17JN]