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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 14

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to certain regulations of the

Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 6, 1993

Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. OXLEY) submitted the following concurrent

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

OCTOBER 7, 1994

Additional sponsors: Mr. STOKES, Mr. OWENS, Mr. FAZIO, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr.

SHAYS, Mr. COX, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BOEHNER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. TORRES, Mr. SLATTERY, Mr. KLUG, Mr. SAWYER, Mr.

MCDERMOTT, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. PENNY, Mr. KOPETSKI, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr.

HUTTO, Mr. OLVER, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. MCCLOSKEY, Mr.

BUNNING, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. GALLO, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr.

CLYBURN, Mr. WISE, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. SANGMEISTER, Mr.

ANDREWS of New Jersey, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. WALSH, Mr. BRYANT,

Mr. KASICH, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. LAZIO, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. MILLER of

California, Mr. SPENCE, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr.

EVANS, Mr. VALENTINE, Mr. FIELDS of Texas, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER,

Mr. SANDERS, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. BORSKI, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr.

WOLF, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. HYDE, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. WHEAT, Mr.

BOEHLERT, Mr. ROSE, Mr. RAVENEL, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr.

JACOBS, Mr. LEACH, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. SHARP, Mr. FRANKS of New

Jersey, Ms. DANNER, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr. LAFALCE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr.

HANCOCK, Mr. YATES, Mr. STARK, Mr. COBLE, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska,

Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. PARKER, Mr. WHITTEN,

Mr. DORNAN, Mr. ROWLAND, Mr. PICKETT, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. SABO,

Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mrs. LLOYD, Mr. KILDEE, Mr.

MACHTLEY, Mr. LAROCCO, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. ARCHER, Mr. LANTOS, Mr.

BONIOR, Mr. WYNN, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. EDWARDS of

California, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. ANDREWS of Texas, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. MCMILLAN, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. WELDON, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Mr. MICHEL, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr.

NEAL of North Carolina, Ms. SHEPHERD, Mr. HOAGLAND, Mr. HOKE,

Ms. HARMAN, Mr. SARPALIUS, Mr. CRANE, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. KENNEDY,

Mr. THOMAS of California, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. FROST, Mrs. VUCANO-
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VICH, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MAZZOLI, Mr.

HOBSON, Mr. BARLOW, Mr. MANN, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mrs. UNSOELD,

Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. FISH, Mr. LEHMAN,

Mr. GORDON, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. WASHINGTON, Ms.

SLAUGHTER, Mr. TALENT, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr.

BONILLA, Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. PETRI, Mr.

FLAKE, Mr. SCHAEFER, Ms. FURSE, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. LANCASTER, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. CLINGER,

Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. INHOFE,

Mr. RIDGE, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. COOPER, Mr.

PETERSON of Florida, Ms. MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, Mrs. BYRNE, Ms.

ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. GLICKMAN, Mr.

PAXON, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, Mr. SWETT, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr.

ROTH, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. MCDADE, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr.

GOODLATTE, Mr. HOYER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Mr. GILCHREST,

Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr.

MORAN, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. GRANDY, Mr.

TEJEDA, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. DARDEN, Mr.

ANDREWS of Maine, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. DERRICK, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr.

KREIDLER, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. VENTO, Mr.

BLUTE, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. HAYES, Mr. CAMP, Mr.

KING, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr.

DOOLEY, Mr. FILNER, Mr. QUILLEN, Mr. QUINN, Mr. BISHOP, Ms.

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. GILMAN, Mr.

HOEKSTRA, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. PICKLE, Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. KLEIN, Miss

COLLINS of Michigan, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. INSLEE, Mr.

BLACKWELL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin, Mr.

KLINK, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. REGULA,

Mr. EMERSON, Mr. HERGER, Mr. DIXON, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. MEEHAN,

Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MINGE, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. KYL, Mr.

DIAZ-BALART, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CLAY, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. SPRATT,

Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. APPLEGATE, Mr. CANADY, Ms.

DELAURO, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr.

TORRICELLI, Ms. BROWN of Florida, and Mr. TRAFICANT

OCTOBER 7, 1994

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; considered and agreed to

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to certain

regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Whereas it is in the public interest to reduce the frequency

of workplace accidents and the human and economic

costs associated with such injuries;

Whereas workplace accidents involving powered industrial

trucks are often the result of operation by poorly trained,

untrained, or unauthorized operators;

Whereas Federal regulations promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and codified at

29 C.F.R. 1910.178 require that operators of powered industrial trucks be trained and authorized;

Whereas existing regulations lack any guidelines to measure

whether operators of powered industrial trucks are in

fact trained and authorized;

Whereas operator training programs have been demonstrated

to reduce the frequency and severity of workplace accidents involving powered industrial trucks; and

Whereas a petition to amend existing regulations to specify

the proper components of a training program for operation of powered industrial trucks has been pending before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

since March 1988: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That the Occupational Safety and Health Ad3 ministration is requested to publish, within one year of

4 passage of this resolution, proposed regulations amending

5 the regulation published as 29 C.F.R. 1910.178 to specify

6 the components of an adequate operator training program
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1 and to provide that only trained employees be authorized

2 to operate powered industrial trucks.

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