by the Secretary of this Act or any standard, regula-
tion, or order pursuant to this Act. 
(c) RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—With regard to record-
keeping and reporting, the Secretary and Secretary 
of Health and Human Services shall have the same 
authority to prescribe regulations related to this Act 
as under section 8 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act (29 U.S.C. 657). 
(2) 
CONSOLIDATING
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Secretary may incorporate recordkeeping and report-
ing requirements under this section into existing rec-
ordkeeping and reporting requirements promulgated 
pursuant to section 8 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act (29 U.S.C. 657), provided that a viola-
tion of such a requirement with regard to implemen-
tation of this Act shall be enforced as a distinct vio-
lation separate and apart from any other simulta-
neous violation of a requirement pursuant to the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act. 
(d) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.— 
(1) COMPLAINT.—Any employee who believes 
that such employee has been discharged or otherwise 
discriminated against by any person in violation of 
section 11(c)(1) of the Occupational Safety and 
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Health Act (29 U.S.C. 660(c)(1)) with regard to any 
matter under or related to this Act may, within 180 
days after such violation occurs, file a complaint 
with the Secretary following the procedures in para-
graph (2) of such section alleging such discrimina-
tion. 
(2) ACTION.—If the Secretary fails to notify 
the complainant of the Secretary’s determination on 
the complaint within 90 days pursuant to section 
11(c)(3) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
(29 U.S.C. 660(c)(3)) or determines not to bring an 
action pursuant to paragraph (2) of such section, 
such employee may bring an action in any appro-
priate United States district court against such per-
son for all appropriate relief in accordance with 
paragraph (2) of such section as well as reasonable 
attorney’s fees and costs. 
SEC. 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act is 
held invalid, the remainder of this Act shall not be affected 
thereby. If the application of any provision of this Act to 
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the application 
of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall 
not be affected thereby. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated from sums not otherwise 
appropriated, for each fiscal year, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 6. AGENDA FOR FURTHER REVIEW AND ACTION. 
The Secretary shall update the National Agricultural 
Workers Survey with such questions that, in the Sec-
retary’s judgment, are useful to identify the incidence and 
prevalence of heat-related illness and injury and assess the 
impact of standards and enforcement pursuant to this Act. 
Within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and 
Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate a report on the Secretary’s implementation of this 
section. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Review Commission. 
(2) The term ‘‘employee’’ has the same mean-
ing as in section 3(6) of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 652(6)). 
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(3) The term ‘‘employer’’ has the same meaning 
as in section 3(5) of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 652(5)). 
(4) The term ‘‘heat stress’’ means the load of 
heat that a person experiences due to— 
(A) sources of heat or heat retention (in-
cluding the combined contributions of metabolic 
heat, environmental factors, and clothing or 
personal protective equipment); or 
(B) the presence of heat in a work setting. 
(5) The term ‘‘heat-related illness’’ means a 
material impairment of health that occurs due to 
heat stress. 
(6) The term ‘‘heat-related injury’’ means an 
injury caused by exposure to heat or sources of heat 
or occurring as a result of heat stress. 
(7) The term ‘‘Institute’’ means the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 
(8) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Labor. 
(9) The term ‘‘worker heat protection stand-
ard’’ means a standard that regulates employee ex-
posure to heat stress and prevents heat-related ill-
ness and injury by requiring conditions or the adop-
tion or use of one or more practices, means, meth-
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ods, operations, or processes reasonably necessary or 
appropriate to provide employment and places of 
employment that are safe or healthful. 
Æ 
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