OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT

Bills and resolutions

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

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

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]

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

Remarks in House

Courts: 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]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (S. 1272), S7982 [17JN]

Texts of

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