Title: Susan Harwood Training Grant Program Authorization Act
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
Susan Harwood Training Grant Program Authorization Act
This bill establishes a Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. Under the program, the Department of Labor must award grants to (1) provide training and education programs for employers and workers on the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of safety and health hazards in workplaces; and (2) inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under requirements governing occupational safety and health.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4843 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4843

         To authorize the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 2019

     Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee of 
    California, Ms. Wild, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
 Norcross, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Wilson of 
 Florida, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Ms. Meng, and Mr. Takano) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
         To authorize the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Susan Harwood Training Grant Program 
Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSAN HARWOOD TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, shall (1) provide for the establishment and 
supervision of programs for the education and training of employers and 
employees in the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of unsafe or 
unhealthful working conditions and in employee rights and employer 
responsibilities under this Act and (2) consult with and advise 
employers and employees, and organizations representing employers and 
employees as to effective means of preventing occupational injuries and 
illnesses.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) The Secretary shall create a program known as the Susan 
Harwood Training Grant Program to competitively award grants to 
nonprofit organizations, employer associations, labor unions, and 
institutions of higher education supported by State and local 
governments to provide training and education programs for employers 
and workers on the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of safety and 
health hazards in workplaces and to inform workers of their rights and 
employers of their responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act (including grants to develop or expand the capacity of such 
organizations to provide safety and health training, education, and 
related assistance to the targeted audiences, grants for the training 
of employees and employers on occupational safety and health hazards of 
particular concern or for particular industries, or groups of workers 
at high risk of injury, illness, or exposure to hazards, and grants for 
the development of training materials on particular topics).''.
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