Title: Safe Workplaces Act
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
Safe Workplaces Act
This bill requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to promulgate an occupational safety and health standard on reducing the threat of workplace violence, including firearm violence.
Additionally, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health must study and make recommendations about ways to reduce workplace violence. OSHA must consider those recommendations when promulgating the workplace safety and health standard.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7540 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7540

 To direct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety 
     and health standard on reducing the threat of violence in the 
                   workplace, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2022

  Mr. Neguse (for himself, Ms. Escobar, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Deutch, Mr. 
  Carson, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mrs. Hayes, and Mr. 
  Horsford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety 
     and health standard on reducing the threat of violence in the 
                   workplace, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Safe Workplaces Act''.

SEC. 2. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD ON REDUCING THE THREAT 
              OF VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE.

    (a) Study.--The Director of the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health shall conduct a study on reducing the threat of 
violence in the workplace, including the threat of firearm violence.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 15 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the Secretary of 
Labor, the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate a report on the results of the study conducted 
under subsection (a), which shall include recommendations that the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall consider when 
promulgating an occupational safety and health standard on reducing the 
threat of violence in the workplace.
    (c) Occupational Safety and Health Standard.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 4 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall, pursuant 
        to section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
        1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)), promulgate an occupational safety and 
        health standard on reducing the threat of violence in the 
        workplace, including the threat of firearm violence.
            (2) Consideration.--In promulgating the standard required 
        under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider the 
        recommendations included in the report required under 
        subsection (b).
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