HR 2435
110th 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
Equal Protection for All Workers Act
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 17, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jun 25, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 22, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
May 22, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Equal Protection for All Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to specifically include any individual employed under contract among employees whose deaths resulting from employers' willful violations of standards under the Act subject such employers to criminal penalties.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.