OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Amendments
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5894), H5767, H5768, H5770, H5771, H5772, H5773, H5774, H5775, H5776, H5777, H5778, H5779, H5780, H5781, H5782, H5783, H5784, H5785, H5787, H5788, H5789, H5790, H5791, H5809, H5810, H5811, H5812, H5813, H5814, H5815, H5816, H5817, H5818, H5819, H5820, H5821, H5822, H5823, H5824, H5826, H5827, H5828, H5829, H5830, H5831, H5832, H5833, H5834, H5835, H5836, H5837, H5844, H5845, H5846, H5847, H5848, H5849, H5850, H5851, H5852, H5853 [14NO]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5894), consideration (H. Res. 864), H5738 [14NO]
Bills and resolutions
Abolish (see H.R. 69), H100 [9JA]
Agriculture: require certain businesses to provide wage increases and safe working conditions to continue receiving certain contracts and assistance (see S. 2601), S3754 [27JY] (see H.R. 4978), H4137 [27JY]
Appropriations: limit funding (see H.R. 1942), H1625 [29MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: improve health and safety protections for meatpacking workers, protect market share of small processing plants, and require GAO report on racial disparities in meat and poultry processing (see S. 270), S230 [2FE] (see H.R. 798), H678 [2FE]
Dept. of Labor: conduct study on effectiveness of OSHA spending to provide technical assistance and compliance assistance in relation to heat-related illness (see H.R. 4269), H3071 [21JN]
——— increase capacity of Federal and State labor enforcement agencies to address labor violations (see H.R. 6634), H6207 [6DE]
——— issue occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (see S. 1176), S1210 [18AP] (see H.R. 2663), H1844 [18AP]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2624), S3754 [27JY] (see H.R. 5894), H4989 [6OC]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5894), consideration (see H. Res. 864), H5727 [13NO]
Employment: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, disclose violations of workplace safety regulations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide safe worksite (see H.R. 2998), H2116 [28AP]
Government regulations: issue occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses (see S. 2501), S3619 [26JY] (see H.R. 4897), H4028 [26JY]
Voluntary Protection Programs: authorize (see S. 925), S909 [22MR] (see H.R. 1706), H1326 [22MR]
Workers’ Memorial Day: establish as Federal holiday (see H.R. 3022), H2117 [28AP]
Remarks in House
Biden, President: evaluation of administration relative to coronavirus pandemic, H2109 [28AP]
Colleges and universities: prohibit funding for enforcement of coronavirus vaccine mandate as condition of employment or enrollment at institutions of higher education, H5819, H5820 [14NO]
Dept. of Labor: reduce salary of Assistant Sec. of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, H5835 [14NO]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5850 [14NO]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5894), H5740–H5793, H5799–H5806, H5809–H5854 [14NO], H5869–H5880 [15NO], E1103 [14NO], E1111, E1112, E1114, E1115 [17NO]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5894), consideration (H. Res. 864), H5735–H5740 [14NO]
——— prohibit funding to enforce coronavirus vaccine mandate, H5823 [14NO]
——— prohibit funding to enforce or implement Executive order requiring Federal agencies partner with certain organizations to promote voter registration, H5851, H5852 [14NO]
——— prohibit funding to establish, implement, or enforce any vaccine mandate, H5848 [14NO]
——— prohibit funding to finalize any rule or regulation that has or is likely to have certain effects on economy, H5817, H5818 [14NO]
——— prohibit funding to implement certain Executive orders relative to climate change, H5847, H5848 [14NO]
——— prohibit funding to promulgate new rules likely to result in certain impact on economy, major increase in consumer prices, or adverse effects on U.S. global competition, H5821, H5822 [14NO]
Derstine’s, Inc.: OSHA Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) participant, E669 [13JY]
Funding, H5770 [14NO]
Postal Service: urge investigation into Postal Service concerning allegations of unsafe working conditions for postal employees during Buffalo, NY, winter storm, H1770 [18AP]
Texas: passage of legislation eliminating water breaks for construction workers, H3876 [20JY], H3940 [25JY]
Workers’ Memorial Day: observance, H2040 [26AP]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 5894, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 864) (H. Rept. 118–272), H5727 [13NO]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2624) (S. Rept. 118–84), S3752 [27JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 864, consideration of H.R. 5894, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H5735 [14NO]
H.R. 5894, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H5746–H5767 [14NO]