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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. NOR-
TON, Mr. TORRES, Mr. SLATTERY, Mr. KLUG, Mr. SAWYER, Mr.
MCDERMOTT, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, 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. SEN-
SENBRENNER, Mr. MCMILLAN, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. WELDON, Mr. COPPER-
SMITH, 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. LAN-
CASTER, 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 Ad-
ministration.
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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 Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administration and codified at
29 C.F.R. 1910.178 require that operators of powered in-
dustrial 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 acci-
dents involving powered industrial trucks; and
Whereas a petition to amend existing regulations to specify
the proper components of a training program for oper-
ation of powered industrial trucks has been pending be-
fore the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
since March 1988: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
ministration is requested to publish, within one year of
passage of this resolution, proposed regulations amending
the regulation published as 29 C.F.R. 1910.178 to specify
the components of an adequate operator training program
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and to provide that only trained employees be authorized
to operate powered industrial trucks.
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