US Congress House Bill 2067 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 119-1-1)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-04-28 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Heath Act of 1977. Sets forth increased protections for whistle blowers under OSHA. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) the posting of employee rights; (2) a prohibition against the adoption or implementation of policies or practices by employers that discourage the reporting of work-related injuries or illnesses or that discriminate or provide for adverse action against any employee for reporting such injury or illness; (3) a prohibition against the loss of wages or employee benefits as a result of an employee participating in or aiding workplace inspections; (4) investigations of incidents in a place of employment resulting in a death or the hospitalization of two or more employees; (5) a prohibition against designating a citation for an occupational health and safety standard violation as an unclassified citation; (6) the rights of an employee who has sustained a work-related injury or illness that is the subject of an investigation; (7) an employer's right to contest citations and penalties; (8) the Secretary's assertion of an employer's failure to correct a serious hazard during an employer's contest to a citation; and (9) employee objections to modifications of citations. Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators. Requires a state that has an approved plan for the development and enforcement of occupational safety and health standards to amend its plan to conform to the requirements of this Act within 12 months after enactment of this Act.

Protecting America's Workers Act

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]	Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Schauer [D-MI]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]
Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-28		Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2010-03-16		Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2009-05-21		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2009-04-23		Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

SB1580 (Same As) 2009-08-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2067/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2067/BILLS-111hr2067ih.pdf