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

Summary:
Susan Harwood Training Grant Program Authorization Act
This bill provides statutory authority for the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, which awards grants to employer associations, labor unions, and other organizations to provide education and training to employees and employers on workplace safety and health. This training must include information on employee rights and employer responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1432 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1432

         To authorize the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2021

   Mr. Pocan (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Garcia of 
Illinois, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Hastings, 
Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Carson, Ms. Meng, and Mr. Suozzi) 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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