OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH related term(s) Safety

Bills and resolutions

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]

CDC: limit funding for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (see H.R. 1969), H1626 [29MR]

Construction industries: preclude absolute liability in any action against property owners or contractors for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development (see H.R. 2542), H1709 [6AP]

——— require paid rest breaks for certain construction employees (see H.R. 785), H677 [2FE]

Correctional institutions: enhance coverage and oversight of occupational safety and health standards in correctional facilities (see S. 518), S457 [16FE] (see H.R. 3220), H2307 [11MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure that contractors in food industry comply with certain labor laws and require companies competing for contracts disclose certain child labor law and worker safety infractions (see S. 1288), S1340 [25AP] (see H.R. 2822), H1945 [25AP]

——— 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 Justice: expand areas eligible under Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for those exposed to atmospheric nuclear testing (see S. 463), S455 [16FE] (see H.R. 1751), H1408 [23MR] (see H.R. 4754), H3857 [19JY]

——— extend compensation provided under Radiation Exposure Compensation Program relative to claims related to uranium mining (see S. 1681), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3497), H2453 [18MY]

——— improve compensation under Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see S. 1751), S1745 [18MY] (see H.R. 4426), H3158 [30JN]

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]

——— ensure that claims for benefits under Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (see S. 3304), S5540 [15NO] (see H.R. 6461), H5901 [21NO]

——— establish uniform accessibility standards for websites and applications of employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, public entities and accommodations, testing entities, and commercial providers (see S. 2984), S4760 [28SE] (see H.R. 5813), H4854 [28SE]

——— expand child labor prohibitions (see S. 3142), S5213 [26OC]

——— increase criminal and civil penalties related to child labor and annually report to Congress on child labor violations (see H.R. 2956), H2084 [27AP]

——— 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]

——— issue occupational safety and health standard that requires employers to keep opioid overdose reversal drugs onsite and develop and implement training plans to respond to drug overdose emergencies (see H.R. 6243), H5465 [6NO]

——— limit funding for Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1941), H1625 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Mine Safety and Health Administration salaries and expenses (see H.R. 1943), H1625 [29MR]

——— prohibit issuance of emergency temporary standard requiring employers to ensure employees receive coronavirus vaccine or testing (see H.R. 526), H323 [25JA]

——— prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (see S. 1921), S2050 [12JN] (see H.R. 4020), H2807 [12JN]

——— promulgate occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from adverse air (see H.R. 6221), H5403 [3NO]

——— provide for timely payment of black lung benefits pending liability determinations (see H.R. 6644), H6208 [6DE]

——— strengthen protections against child labor violations (see S. 3163), S5229 [30OC] (see H.R. 6079), H5172 [26OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) replacement program at certain airports (see H.R. 5356), H4229 [8SE]

Education: express that paraprofessionals and education support staff in schools and universities should have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions (see S. Res. 450), S5360 [6NO]

Employment: strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions (see S. 567), S532 [28FE] (see H.R. 20), H967 [28FE]

EPA: fully protect safety of children and environment and remove dangerous pesticides from use (see S. 269), S230 [2FE] (see H.R. 5085), H4151 [28JY]

FAA: provide progress reports on development and implementation of national transition plan related to fluorine-free firefighting foam (see S. 1929), S2050 [12JN] (see H.R. 5355), H4228 [8SE]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure that Federal contractors comply with child labor laws (see S. 3139), S5213 [26OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: limit funding for related agencies (see H.R. 2045), H1628 [29MR]

OSHA: abolish (see H.R. 69), H100 [9JA]

——— authorize Voluntary Protection Programs (see S. 925), S909 [22MR] (see H.R. 1706), H1326 [22MR]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— limit funding (see H.R. 1942), H1625 [29MR]

Rail Safety Week: designate (see S. Res. 356), S4655 [21SE] (see H. Res. 698), H4381 [18SE]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 5792), H4853 [28SE]

Workers’ Memorial Day: establish as Federal holiday (see H.R. 3022), H2117 [28AP]

Workplace Eye Wellness Month: support goals (see H. Res. 264), H1641 [29MR]

World War II: recognize victims, commemorate anniversary of explosion, and call for exoneration of African-American sailors convicted of mutiny relative to service at Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Concord, CA (see H. Con. Res. 16), H853 [17FE]

Remarks in House

Construction industries: require paid rest breaks for certain construction employees (H.R. 785), H3580 [14JY]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding for Mine Safety and Health Administration proposed rule entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection’’, H5841, H5842 [14NO]

——— reduce salary of Assistant Sec. of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, H5835 [14NO]

Employment: strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions, H805 [9FE]

——— strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions (H.R. 20), H926 [28FE], H991 [1MR], H1120, H1134 [7MR], H1321 [22MR], H2075 [27AP], E174 [3MR]

Imperial Sugar Co.: anniversary of explosion of sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, GA, H769 [8FE]

Workers’ Memorial Day: observance, H2040 [26AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Labor: expand ways beryllium sensitivity can be established for purposes of compensation and extend authorization of Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health, S3135 [19JY], S3563 [26JY]

Employment: strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions (S. 567), S767 [14MR], S971 [27MR], S1278 [20AP], S2134 [20JN]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Program: reauthorize, expand areas eligible for those exposed to atmospheric nuclear testing, and improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining, S3723, S3728 [27JY], S5912–S5915 [12DE], S5942 [13DE]

Reports filed

Protecting the Right To Organize Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 567), S2984 [18JY]

Statements

Protecting the Right To Organize Act: several individuals and organizations, E174 [3MR]

Texts of

S. 1921, Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms Act, S2051 [12JN]

S. Res. 356, Rail Safety Week, S4659 [21SE]

S. Res. 450, express that paraprofessionals and education support staff in schools and universities should have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions, S5361 [6NO]