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HR 3165 109th Congress House Labor and Employment Commerce Contractors Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal liability Death Employee leasing Employers' liability Fines (Penalties) Health Law Occupational health and safety

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.

Introduced: June 30, 2005 Introduced by: Green, Al Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 23, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jun 30, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 30, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to specifically include contract employees among employees whose deaths resulting from employers' willful violations of standards under the Act subject such employers to criminal penalties.

What's happening now August 23, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
D
Sherman, Brad
California · Oct 25, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 20, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3165: To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3165/
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"H.R. 3165: To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide for criminal liability for willful safety standard violations resulting in the death of contract employees.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3165/.
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H.R. 3165, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3165/.
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