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HR 4029 99th Congress House Labor and Employment Agricultural labor Agriculture and Rural Affairs Federal preemption Health Occupational health and safety Potable water Public health Sanitary engineering Standards Water and Water Resources Development Water supply

A bill to establish an occupational health and safety standard on field sanitation with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations.

Introduced: January 22, 1986 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 16, 1986
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 15, 1986
Executive Comment Received From Labor.
Feb 5, 1986
Executive Comment Requested from Labor.
Feb 5, 1986
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 4, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and Safety.
Jan 22, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jan 22, 1986
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Establishes a field sanitation occupational health and safety standard with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations in the field.

Provides that such standard shall be deemed to be an occupational health and safety standard promulgated, enforceable, and subject to penalties for violations under specified provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).

Prohibits modification, revocation, or challenge of such standard under specified provisions of OSHA.

Provides that this Act shall not preempt any State occupational health and safety standard, or any provision thereof, which is more effective in providing sanitized potable drinking water and toilet and handwashing facilities for agricultural employees than the standard established under this Act.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to submit to the Congress a plan for inspecting agricultural establishments and to report within two years of the effective date of this Act on inspections made pursuant to this Act.

What's happening now April 16, 1986

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 20, 1986
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4029: A bill to establish an occupational health and safety standard on field sanitation with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4029/
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"H.R. 4029: A bill to establish an occupational health and safety standard on field sanitation with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4029/.
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H.R. 4029, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4029/.
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