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HR 2871 105th Congress House Labor and Employment Administrative procedure Department of Labor Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publications Health Law Occupational health and safety

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the establishment of advisory panels for the Secretary of Labor.

Introduced: November 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 1998
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 27, 1998
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Dec 10, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Nov 7, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 7, 1997
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Labor, upon determination that a rule should be promulgated or modified in order to serve the objectives of such Act, to appoint an advisory panel to review the scientific and economic data which forms the basis for such standard and the relevance of the data to industries and workers which would be affected by the standard. Requires reports of the panel, including any individual and minority reports, to be published together with any proposed or final rule on the standard.

Directs the Secretary to provide a written response to all significant comments of the panel and include such responses with the proposed or final rule to which the reports of the panel members are attached.

Makes such requirements inapplicable when the rule is completed through negotiated rulemaking.

What's happening now April 29, 1998

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2