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A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to provide rights for victims or their family members, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2621| Senate 
| Updated: 3/22/2018
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (9)
Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Protecting America's Workers Act This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to increase the scope of the Act by applying its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees or individuals performing work for such employees. However, the bill makes OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. The bill revises requirements governing worker protection, including by: increasing protections for whistle-blowers as well as employees participating in or aiding inspections; directing employers to furnish a hazard-free place of employment to all individuals, not just employees; requiring the posting of employee rights concerning protection from retaliation; requiring site logs of employees' work-related injuries and illnesses, including those of employees of other employers and contractors; directing employers to report work-related deaths or hospitalizations; prohibiting employers from discouraging accurate record keeping and reporting of work-related injuries or illnesses; requiring the Department of Labor to investigate an incident in the workplace that results in the death of an employee or one that results in the hospitalization of two or more employees; establishing rights for victims, or representatives of victims, with respect to inspections or investigations of work-related bodily injuries or deaths; setting the permitted period for employers to correct serious, willful, or repeated violations while citations for the violations are being contested; increasing civil and criminal penalties for certain violations; expanding enforcement requirements relating to state occupational safety and health plans, including by allowing Labor concurrent enforcement authority in states where the state plans fail to meet minimum requirements; and expanding requirements for workplace health hazard evaluations by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Timeline
Feb 7, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-914
Introduced in House
Mar 22, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Mar 22, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • February 7, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-914
    Introduced in House


  • March 22, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 22, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • S 115-1000: A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to provide rights for victims or their family members, and for other purposes.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesBusiness recordsCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of LaborEmployment discrimination and employee rightsEvidence and witnessesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsInflation and pricesIntergovernmental relationsJudicial review and appealsLabor-management relationsLegal fees and court costsOccupational Safety and Health Review CommissionState and local government operationsWages and earningsWorker safety and health

A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to provide rights for victims or their family members, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2621| Senate 
| Updated: 3/22/2018
Protecting America's Workers Act This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to increase the scope of the Act by applying its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees or individuals performing work for such employees. However, the bill makes OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. The bill revises requirements governing worker protection, including by: increasing protections for whistle-blowers as well as employees participating in or aiding inspections; directing employers to furnish a hazard-free place of employment to all individuals, not just employees; requiring the posting of employee rights concerning protection from retaliation; requiring site logs of employees' work-related injuries and illnesses, including those of employees of other employers and contractors; directing employers to report work-related deaths or hospitalizations; prohibiting employers from discouraging accurate record keeping and reporting of work-related injuries or illnesses; requiring the Department of Labor to investigate an incident in the workplace that results in the death of an employee or one that results in the hospitalization of two or more employees; establishing rights for victims, or representatives of victims, with respect to inspections or investigations of work-related bodily injuries or deaths; setting the permitted period for employers to correct serious, willful, or repeated violations while citations for the violations are being contested; increasing civil and criminal penalties for certain violations; expanding enforcement requirements relating to state occupational safety and health plans, including by allowing Labor concurrent enforcement authority in states where the state plans fail to meet minimum requirements; and expanding requirements for workplace health hazard evaluations by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Timeline
Feb 7, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-914
Introduced in House
Mar 22, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Mar 22, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • February 7, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-914
    Introduced in House


  • March 22, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 22, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (9)
Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • S 115-1000: A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to provide rights for victims or their family members, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesBusiness recordsCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of LaborEmployment discrimination and employee rightsEvidence and witnessesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsInflation and pricesIntergovernmental relationsJudicial review and appealsLabor-management relationsLegal fees and court costsOccupational Safety and Health Review CommissionState and local government operationsWages and earningsWorker safety and health