H. Res. 351

In the House of Representatives, U.S., 

July 12, 2005.

Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it 

shall be in order without intervention of any point of order 

to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 739) to amend the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for 

adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a notice of 

contest by an employer following the issuance of a citation or 

proposed assessment of a penalty by the Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration. The bill shall be considered as 

read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 

the bill to final passage without intervening motion except: 

(1) one hour of debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit. 

SEC. 2. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be 

in order without intervention of any point of order to consider 

in the House the bill (H.R. 740) to amend the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for greater effi-
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ciency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The bill shall be considered as read. The amendment 

in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall 

be considered as adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage 

without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on 

the bill, as amended, equally divided and controlled by the 

chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

SEC. 3. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be 

in order without intervention of any point of order to consider 

in the House the bill (H.R. 741) to amend the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Occupational 

Safety and Health Review Commission with respect to an 

order issued by the Commission. The bill shall be considered 

as read. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. 

The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 

bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening motion 

except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill, as amended, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
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ity member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

SEC. 4. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be 

in order without intervention of any point of order to consider 

in the House the bill (H.R. 742) to amend the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of 

attorney’s fees and costs to small employers when such employers prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 

The bill shall be considered as read. The previous question 

shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage 

without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on 

the bill equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 

ranking minority member of the Committee on Education 

and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit. 

SEC. 5. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 739, the Clerk 

shall—

(1) await the disposition of all the bills contemplated in sections 2–4; 

(2) add the respective texts of all the bills contemplated in sections 2–4, as passed by the House, as 

new matter at the end of H.R. 739; 
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(3) conform the title of H.R. 739 to reflect the addition to the engrossment of the text of all the bills contemplated in sections 2–4 that have passed the House; 

(4) assign appropriate designations to provisions 

within the engrossment; and 

(5) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment. 

(b) Upon the addition of the text of the bills contemplated in sections 2–4 that have passed the House to the 

engrossment of H.R. 739, such bills shall be laid on the table. 

(c) If H.R. 739 is disposed of without reaching the stage 

of engrossment as contemplated in subsection (a), the bill 

contemplated in sections 2–4 that first passes the House 

shall be treated in the manner specified for H.R. 739 in subsections (a) and (b), and all other bills contemplated in sections 2–4 that have passed the House shall be laid on the 

table. 

Attest:

Clerk.