ative of the victim may elect to submit a letter to the Sec-
retary and the parties. 
‘‘(d) SECRETARY PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall 
establish procedures— 
‘‘(1) to inform victims of their rights under this 
section; and 
‘‘(2) for the informal review of any claim of a 
denial of such a right. 
‘‘(e) COMMISSION
PROCEDURES
AND
CONSIDER-
ATIONS.—The Commission shall— 
‘‘(1) establish procedures relating to the rights 
of victims to be heard in proceedings before the 
Commission; and 
‘‘(2) in rendering any decision, provide due con-
sideration to any statement or information provided 
by any victim before the Commission. 
‘‘(f) FAMILY LIAISONS.—The Secretary shall des-
ignate at least 1 employee at each area office of the Occu-
pational Safety and Health Administration to serve as a 
family liaison to— 
‘‘(1) keep victims informed of the status of in-
vestigations, enforcement actions, and settlement ne-
gotiations; and 
‘‘(2) assist victims in asserting their rights 
under this section. 
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‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘victim’ 
means— 
‘‘(1) an employee, including a former employee, 
who has sustained a work-related injury or illness 
that is the subject of an inspection or investigation 
conducted under section 8; or 
‘‘(2) a family member (as further defined by 
the Secretary) of a victim described in paragraph 
(1), if— 
‘‘(A) the victim dies as a result of an inci-
dent that is the subject of an inspection or in-
vestigation conducted under section 8; or 
‘‘(B) the victim sustains a work-related in-
jury or illness that is the subject of an inspec-
tion or investigation conducted under section 8, 
and the victim because of incapacity cannot rea-
sonably exercise the rights under this section.’’. 
PART E—PROCEDURE FOR ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 341. RIGHT TO CONTEST CITATIONS AND PENALTIES. 
Section 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 659(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘that he intends to 
contest a citation issued under section (9)’’ the 
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following: ‘‘(or a modification of a citation 
issued under this section)’’; 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘the issuance of a 
citation under section 9’’ the following: ‘‘(in-
cluding a modification of a citation issued 
under such section)’’; and 
(C) by inserting after ‘‘files a notice with 
the Secretary alleging’’ the following: ‘‘that the 
citation fails properly to designate the violation 
as serious, willful, or repeated, that the pro-
posed penalty is not adequate, or’’; 
(2) by inserting after the first sentence, the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The pendency of a contest before the Com-
mission shall not bar the Secretary from inspecting 
a place of employment or from issuing a citation 
under section 9.’’; and 
(3) by amending the last sentence— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘employers and’’ after 
‘‘Commission shall provide’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end ‘‘, and notification of any modification of a 
citation’’. 
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SEC. 342. CORRECTION OF SERIOUS, WILLFUL, OR RE-
PEATED VIOLATIONS PENDING CONTEST AND 
PROCEDURES FOR A STAY. 
Section 10 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 659) is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) CORRECTION OF SERIOUS, WILLFUL, OR RE-
PEATED VIOLATIONS PENDING CONTEST
AND PROCE-
DURES FOR A STAY.— 
‘‘(1) PERIOD PERMITTED FOR CORRECTION OF 
SERIOUS, WILLFUL, OR
REPEATED
VIOLATIONS.— 
For each violation which the Secretary designates as 
serious, willful, or repeated, the period permitted for 
the correction of the violation shall begin to run 
upon receipt of the citation. 
‘‘(2) FILING OF A MOTION OF CONTEST.—The 
filing of a notice of contest by an employer— 
‘‘(A) shall not operate as a stay of the pe-
riod for correction of a violation designated as 
serious, willful, or repeated; and 
‘‘(B) may operate as a stay of the period 
for correction of a violation not designated by 
the Secretary as serious, willful, or repeated. 
‘‘(3) CRITERIA AND RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR 
STAYS.— 
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‘‘(A) MOTION FOR A STAY.—An employer 
that receives a citation alleging a violation des-
ignated as serious, willful, or repeated and that 
files a notice of contest to the citation asserting 
that the time set for abatement of the alleged 
violation is unreasonable or challenging the ex-
istence of the alleged violation may file with the 
Commission a motion to stay the period for the 
abatement of the violation. 
‘‘(B) CRITERIA.—In determining whether 
a stay should be issued on the basis of a motion 
filed under subparagraph (A), the Commission 
may grant a stay only if the employer has dem-
onstrated— 
‘‘(i) a substantial likelihood of success 
on the areas contested under subparagraph 
(A); and 
‘‘(ii) that a stay will not adversely af-
fect the health and safety of workers. 
‘‘(C) RULES OF PROCEDURE.—The Com-
mission shall develop rules of procedure for con-
ducting a hearing on a motion filed under sub-
paragraph (A) on an expedited basis. At a min-
imum, such rules shall provide: 
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‘‘(i) That a hearing before an admin-
istrative law judge shall occur not later 
than 15 days following the filing of the 
motion for a stay (unless extended at the 
request of the employer), and shall provide 
for a decision on the motion not later than 
15 days following the hearing (unless ex-
tended at the request of the employer). 
‘‘(ii) That a decision of an administra-
tive law judge on a motion for stay is ren-
dered on a timely basis. 
‘‘(iii) That if a party is aggrieved by 
a decision issued by an administrative law 
judge regarding the stay, such party has 
the right to file an objection with the Com-
mission not later than 5 days after receipt 
of the administrative law judge’s decision. 
Within 10 days after receipt of the objec-
tion, a Commissioner, if a quorum is seat-
ed pursuant to section 12(f), shall decide 
whether to grant review of the objection. 
If, within 10 days after receipt of the ob-
jection, no decision is made on whether to 
review the decision of the administrative 
law judge, the Commission declines to re-
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view such decision, or no quorum is seated, 
the decision of the administrative law 
judge shall become a final order of the 
Commission. If the Commission grants re-
view of the objection, the Commission shall 
issue a decision regarding the stay not 
later than 30 days after receipt of the ob-
jection. If the Commission fails to issue 
such decision within 30 days, the decision 
of the administrative law judge shall be-
come a final order of the Commission. 
‘‘(iv) For notification to employees or 
representatives of affected employees of re-
quests for such hearings and shall provide 
affected employees or representatives of af-
fected employees an opportunity to partici-
pate as parties to such hearings.’’. 
SEC. 343. INACTION BY THE REVIEW COMMISSION. 
Section 10 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 659), as amended by sections 341 and 
342, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) INACTION BY REVIEW COMMISSION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A decision or order issued 
by an administrative law judge of the Commission 
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for which a petition for review has been filed in a 
timely manner, and for which 1 year after the Com-
mission has accepted such petition and directed that 
such petition be reviewed by the Commission, the 
Commission has failed to issue a final decision or 
order because the Commission lacks a quorum— 
‘‘(A) shall be deemed a final decision or 
order of the Commission; and 
‘‘(B) may be appealed pursuant to section 
11(a). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to motions to stay filed under 
subsection (d)(3).’’. 
SEC. 344. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) VIOLATIONS DESIGNATED AS SERIOUS, WILL-
FUL, OR REPEATED.—The first sentence of section 10(b) 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 659(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, with the excep-
tion of violations designated as serious, willful, or re-
peated,’’ after ‘‘(which period shall not begin to run’’. 
(b) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—The first sentence of section 
11(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
(29 U.S.C. 660(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(or the failure of the Commis-
sion, including an administrative law judge, to make 
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a timely decision on a petition for a stay or other 
review)’’ after ‘‘an order’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (c), (d), or (e)’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘(or in the case of a petition 
from a final Commission order regarding a stay 
under section 10(d), 15 days)’’ after ‘‘sixty days’’. 
(c) FAILURE TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS.—Section 
17(d) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
(29 U.S.C. 666(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) Any employer who fails to correct a violation 
designated by the Secretary as serious, willful, or repeated 
and for which a citation has been issued under section 9(a) 
within the period permitted for its correction (and a stay 
has not been issued by the Commission under section 
10(d)) may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than 
$7,000 for each day during which such failure or violation 
continues. Any employer who fails to correct any other vio-
lation for which a citation has been issued under section 
9(a) of this title within the period permitted for its correc-
tion (which period shall not begin to run until the date 
of the final order of the Commission in the case of any 
review proceeding under section 10 initiated by the em-
ployer in good faith and not solely for delay of avoidance 
of penalties) may be assessed a civil penalty of not more 
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than $7,000 for each day during which such failure or vio-
lation continues.’’. 
PART F—PENALTIES 
SEC. 351. CIVIL PENALTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17 of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 666) is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$70,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$136,532’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$9,753’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In 
determining whether a violation is repeated, the 
Secretary or the Commission shall consider the 
employer’s history of violations under this Act 
and under State occupational safety and health 
plans established under section 18. If such a 
willful or repeated violation caused or contrib-
uted to the death of an employee, such civil 
penalty amounts shall be increased to not more 
than $250,000 for each such violation, but not 
less than $50,000 for each such violation, ex-
cept that for an employer with 25 or fewer em-
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ployees such penalty shall not be less than 
$25,000 for each such violation.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$7,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$13,653’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If 
such a violation caused or contributed to the 
death of an employee, such civil penalty 
amounts shall be increased to not more than 
$50,000 for each such violation, but not less 
than $20,000 for each such violation, except 
that for an employer with 25 or fewer employ-
ees such penalty shall not be less than $10,000 
for each such violation.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$7,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$13,653’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), as amended by section 
344(c), by striking ‘‘$7,000’’ each place it occurs 
and inserting ‘‘$13,653’’; 
(5) by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) 
and subsections (j) through (l), as subsections (f) 
through (j) and subsections (l) through (n), respec-
tively; and 
(6) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘$7,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,653’’. 
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(b) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Section 17 of such 
Act (29 U.S.C. 666), as amended by subsection (a), is fur-
ther amended by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) Amounts provided under this section for civil 
penalties shall be adjusted by the Secretary once each 
year, not later than January 15 of such year, to account 
for the percentage increase or decrease in the Consumer 
Price Index for all urban consumers during such period, 
consistent with the requirements of the Federal Civil Pen-
alties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 
note).’’. 
SEC. 352. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17 of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 666) (as 
amended by section 351) is further amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (f) (as redesignated 
by section 351(a)(5)) to read as follows: 
‘‘(f)(1) Any employer who knowingly violates any 
standard, rule, or order promulgated under section 6 of 
this Act, or of any regulation prescribed under this Act, 
and that violation caused or significantly contributed to 
the death of any employee, shall, upon conviction, be pun-
ished by a fine in accordance with title 18, United States 
Code, or by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or 
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both, except that if the conviction is for a violation com-
mitted after a first conviction of such person under this 
subsection or subsection (i), punishment shall be by a fine 
in accordance title 18, United States Code, or by imprison-
ment for not more than 20 years, or by both. 
‘‘(2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term ‘em-
ployer’ means, in addition to the definition contained in 
section 3 of this Act, any officer or director.’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (g) (as redesignated 
by section 351(a)(5)) to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) Unless otherwise authorized by this Act, any 
person that knowingly gives, causes to give, or attempts 
to give or cause to give, advance notice of any inspection 
conducted under this Act with the intention of impeding, 
interfering with, or adversely affecting the results of such 
inspection, shall be fined under title 18, United States 
Code, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.’’; 
(3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by section 
351(a)(5)), by striking ‘‘fine of not more than 
$10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than six 
months,’’ and inserting ‘‘fine in accordance with title 
18, United States Code, or by imprisonment for not 
more than 5 years,’’; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (j) (as redesig-
nated by section 351(a)(5)) the following: 
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‘‘(D) protracted loss or impairment, either tem-
porary or permanent, of the function of a bodily 
member, organ, or mental faculty.’’. 
(b) JURISDICTION FOR PROSECUTION UNDER STATE 
AND LOCAL CRIMINAL LAWS.—Such section 17 (29 
U.S.C. 666) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(o) Nothing in this Act shall preclude a State or 
local law enforcement agency from conducting criminal 
prosecutions in accordance with the laws of such State or 
locality.’’. 
SEC. 353. PREJUDGMENT INTEREST. 
Section 17(n) of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 666(n)) (as redesignated by sec-
tion 351(a)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Pre-final order interest on such penalties shall 
begin to accrue on the date the party contests a citation 
issued under this Act, and shall end upon the issuance 
of the final order. Such pre-final order interest shall be 
calculated at the current underpayment rate determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 6621 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and shall be com-
pounded daily. Post-final order interest shall begin to ac-
crue 30 days after the date a final order of the Commis-
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sion or the court is issued, and shall be charged at the 
rate of 8 percent per year.’’. 
TITLE IV—STATE PLANS 
SEC. 401. CONCURRENT ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY AND 
REVIEW OF STATE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY 
AND HEALTH PLANS. 
Section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 668) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary shall, on the basis of reports 
submitted by the State agency and the Secretary’s own 
inspections, make a continuing evaluation of the manner 
in which each State that has a plan approved under this 
section is carrying out such plan. Such evaluation shall 
include an assessment of whether the State continues to 
meet the requirements of subsection (c) of this section and 
any other criteria or indices of effectiveness specified by 
the Secretary in regulations. Whenever the Secretary 
finds, on the basis of such evaluation, that in the adminis-
tration of the State plan there is a failure to comply sub-
stantially with any provision of the State plan (or any as-
surance contained therein), the Secretary shall make an 
initial determination of whether the failure is of such a 
nature that the plan should be withdrawn or whether the 
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failure is of such a nature that the State should be given 
the opportunity to remedy the deficiencies, and provide no-
tice of the Secretary’s findings and initial determination. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary makes an initial determination 
to reassert and exercise concurrent enforcement authority 
while the State is given an opportunity to remedy the defi-
ciencies, the Secretary shall afford the State an oppor-
tunity for a public hearing within 15 days of such request, 
provided that such request is made not later than 10 days 
after Secretary’s notice to the State. The Secretary shall 
review and consider the testimony, evidence, or written 
comments, and not later than 30 days following such hear-
ing, make a determination to affirm, reverse, or modify 
the Secretary’s initial determination to reassert and exer-
cise concurrent enforcement authority under sections 8, 9, 
10, 13, and 17 with respect to standards promulgated 
under section 6 and obligations under section 5(a). Fol-
lowing such a determination by the Secretary, or in the 
event that the State does not request a hearing within the 
timeframe set forth in this paragraph, the Secretary may 
reassert and exercise such concurrent enforcement author-
ity, while a final determination is pending under para-
graph (3) or until the Secretary has determined that the 
State has remedied the deficiencies as provided under 
paragraph (4). Such determination shall be published in 
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the Federal Register. The procedures set forth in section 
18(g) shall not apply to a determination by the Secretary 
to reassert and exercise such concurrent enforcement au-
thority. 
‘‘(3) If the Secretary makes an initial determination 
that the plan should be withdrawn, the Secretary shall 
provide due notice and the opportunity for a hearing. If 
based on the evaluation, comments, and evidence, the Sec-
retary makes a final determination that there is a failure 
to comply substantially with any provision of the State 
plan (or any assurance contained therein), he shall notify 
the State agency of the withdrawal of approval of such 
plan and upon receipt of such notice such plan shall cease 
to be in effect, but the State may retain jurisdiction in 
any case commenced before the withdrawal of the plan in 
order to enforce standards under the plan whenever the 
issues involved do not relate to the reasons for the with-
drawal of the plan. 
‘‘(4) If the Secretary makes a determination that the 
State should be provided the opportunity to remedy the 
deficiencies, the Secretary shall provide the State an op-
portunity to respond to the Secretary’s findings and the 
opportunity to remedy such deficiencies within a time pe-
riod established by the Secretary, not to exceed 1 year. 
The Secretary may extend and revise the time period to 
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remedy such deficiencies, if the State’s legislature is not 
in session during this 1-year time period, or if the State 
demonstrates that it is not feasible to correct the defi-
ciencies in the time period set by the Secretary, and the 
State has a plan to correct the deficiencies within a rea-
sonable time period. If the Secretary finds that the State 
agency has failed to remedy such deficiencies within the 
time period specified by the Secretary and that the State 
plan continues to fail to comply substantially with a provi-
sion of the State plan, the Secretary shall withdraw the 
State plan as provided for in paragraph (3).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i) Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, and again 5 years thereafter, the 
Comptroller General shall complete and issue a review of 
the effectiveness of State plans to develop and enforce 
safety and health standards to determine if they are at 
least as effective as the Federal program and to evaluate 
whether the Secretary’s oversight of State plans is effec-
tive. The Comptroller General’s evaluation shall assess— 
‘‘(1) the effectiveness of the Secretary’s over-
sight of State plans, including the indices of effec-
tiveness used by the Secretary; 
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‘‘(2) whether the Secretary’s investigations in 
response to Complaints About State Plan Adminis-
tration (CASPA) are adequate, whether significant 
policy issues have been identified by headquarters 
and corrective actions are fully implemented by each 
State; 
‘‘(3) whether the formula for the distribution of 
funds described in section 23(g) to State programs 
is fair and adequate; and 
‘‘(4) whether State plans are as effective as the 
Federal program in preventing occupational injuries, 
illnesses and deaths, and investigating discrimina-
tion complaints, through an evaluation of at least 20 
percent of approved State plans, and which shall 
cover— 
‘‘(A) enforcement effectiveness, including 
handling of fatalities, serious incidents and 
complaints, compliance with inspection proce-
dures, hazard recognition, verification of abate-
ment, violation classification, citation and pen-
alty issuance, including appropriate use of will-
ful and repeat citations, and employee involve-
ment; 
‘‘(B) inspections, the number of pro-
grammed health and safety inspections at pri-
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vate and public sector establishments, and 
whether the State targets the highest hazard 
private sector work sites and facilities in that 
State; 
‘‘(C) budget and staffing, including wheth-
er the State is providing adequate budget re-
sources to hire, train and retain sufficient num-
bers of qualified staff, including timely filling of 
vacancies; 
‘‘(D) administrative review, including the 
quality of decisions, consistency with Federal 
precedent, transparency of proceedings, deci-
sions and records are available to the public, 
adequacy of State defense, and whether the 
State appropriately appeals adverse decisions; 
‘‘(E) anti-discrimination, including whether 
discrimination complaints are processed in a 
timely manner, whether supervisors and inves-
tigators are properly trained to investigate dis-
crimination complaints, whether a case file re-
view indicates merit cases are properly identi-
fied consistent with Federal policy and proce-
dure, whether employees are notified of their 
rights, and whether there is an effective process 
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for employees to appeal the dismissal of a com-
plaint; 
‘‘(F) program administration, including 
whether the State’s standards and policies are 
at least as effective as the Federal program and 
are updated in a timely manner, and whether 
National Emphasis Programs that are applica-
ble in such States are adopted and implemented 
in a manner that is at least as effective as the 
Federal program; 
‘‘(G) whether the State plan satisfies the 
requirements for approval set forth in this sec-
tion and its implementing regulations; and 
‘‘(H) other such factors identified by the 
Comptroller General, or as requested by the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce of 
the House of Representatives or the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 402. EVALUATION OF REPEATED VIOLATIONS IN 
STATE PLANS. 
Section 18(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 668(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and 
inserting a comma; 
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(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 
(3) by adding after paragraph 8 the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) provides that in determining whether a 
violation is repeated, the State shall consider the 
employer’s violations within the State, in conjunction 
with the employer’s history of violations under other 
States’ occupational safety and health plans ap-
proved by the Secretary and the employer’s history 
of violations in those States where the Secretary has 
jurisdiction under this Act, in a manner that is at 
least as effective as provided under section 17.’’. 
TITLE V—NATIONAL INSTITUTE 
FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY 
AND HEALTH 
SEC. 501. HEALTH HAZARD EVALUATIONS BY THE NA-
TIONAL 
INSTITUTE 
FOR 
OCCUPATIONAL 
SAFETY AND HEALTH. 
Section 20(a)(6) of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 669(a)(6)) is amended by 
striking the second sentence and inserting the following: 
‘‘The Secretary shall determine following a written request 
by any employer, authorized representative of current or 
former employees, physician, other Federal agency, or 
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State or local health department, specifying with reason-
able particularity the grounds on which the request is 
made, whether any substance normally found in the place 
of employment has potentially toxic effects in such con-
centrations as used or found or whether any physical 
agents, equipment, or working condition found or used has 
potentially hazardous effects; and shall submit such deter-
mination both to employers and affected employees as 
soon as possible.’’. 
SEC. 502. TRAINING AND EMPLOYEE EDUCATION. 
Paragraph (1) of section 21(c) of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 670(c)) is 
amended to read as follows: ‘‘(1) provide for the establish-
ment and supervision of programs for the education and 
training of employers and employees in the recognition, 
avoidance, and prevention of unsafe or unhealthful work-
ing conditions, and employee rights and employer respon-
sibilities under this Act, which shall include grant pro-
grams to provide grants for nonprofit organizations (in-
cluding grants to develop or expand the capacity of such 
organizations to provide safety and health training, edu-
cation, and related assistance to the targeted audiences, 
grants for the training of employees and employers on oc-
cupational safety and health hazards of particular concern 
or for particular industries, or groups of workers at high 
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risk of injury, illness, or exposure to hazards, and grants 
for the development of training materials on particular 
topics), and’’ 
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 601. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided for in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTION FOR STATES AND POLITICAL SUB-
DIVISIONS.—The following are exceptions to the effective 
date described in subsection (a): 
(1) A State that has a State plan approved 
under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 667) shall amend its 
State plan to conform with the requirements of this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act not later 
than 12 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. The Secretary of Labor may extend the pe-
riod for a State to make such amendments to its 
State plan by not more than 12 months, if the 
State’s legislature is not in session during the 12- 
month period beginning with the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. Such amendments to the State 
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