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HR 8818 117th Congress House Labor and Employment

Wind Safety Standard Act of 2022

Introduced: September 14, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Sep 14, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 14, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wind Safety Standard Act of 2022

This bill requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a standard for preventing workplace injuries caused by high winds (i.e., winds of such velocity that the winds could blow an employee from an elevated location, cause an employee to lose control of equipment or material, or expose an employee to other hazards).

What's happening now September 14, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5
D
Chu, Judy
California · Dec 30, 2022
Blumenauer, Earl
· Sep 14, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· Sep 14, 2022
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Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 14, 2022
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 14, 2022
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Green, Al
Texas · Sep 14, 2022
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 14, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8818: Wind Safety Standard Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8818/
MLA
"H.R. 8818: Wind Safety Standard Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8818/.
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H.R. 8818, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8818/.
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[H.R. 8818: Wind Safety Standard Act of 2022](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8818/)
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