S 1855
105th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Administrative procedure
Chemicals
Commerce
Department of Labor
Electronic data interchange
Electronic mail systems
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Industrial accidents
Industrial toxicology
Law
Occupational health and safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Workplace literacy
Workplace Information Readability and Electronic Dissemination Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Mar 24, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2490-2491)
Mar 24, 1998
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Workplace Information Readability and Electronic Dissemination Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Labor to revise certain regulations to: (1) provide that an employer complies with a specified standard if the employer makes information on each hazardous chemical used in the workplace readily accessible (available for retrieval within 24 hours, or immediately in the case of an emergency) to employees through electronic access or other alternatives to paper copies of Material Standard Data Sheets (MSDSs); and (2) require a standard format for MSDSs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1