Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 739) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a notice of contest by an employer following the issuance of a citation or proposed assessment of a penalty by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 740) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 741) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission with respect to an order issued by the Commission; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 742) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorneys' fees and costs to small.

Bill: 109-hres-351
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House rules and procedure
Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: 
Sets forth the rule for consideration of: (1) H.R. 739 (Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2005); (2) H.R. 740 (Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2005); (3) H.R. 741 (Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2005); and (4) H.R. 742 (Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2005).
 
 
Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in the engrossment of H.R. 739, to: (1) await the disposition of H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742; (2) add their respective texts, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 739; (3) conform the title of H.R. 739 to reflect such addition; (4) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the engrossment; and (5) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment.
 
Provides that: (1) upon the addition of the text of such bills that have passed the House to the engrossment of H.R. 739, they shall be laid on the table; and (2) if H.R. 739 is disposed of without reaching the engrossment stage, the bill in this Act that first passes the House shall be treated in the same specified manner as H.R. 739 and all other bills in this Act that have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
 

 
 

action_date: 2005-07-11
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Sets forth the rule for consideration of: (1) H.R. 739 (Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2005); (2) H.R. 740 (Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2005); (3) H.R. 741 (Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2005); and (4) H.R. 742 (Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2005).
 
 
Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in the engrossment of H.R. 739, to: (1) await the disposition of H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742; (2) add their respective texts, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 739; (3) conform the title of H.R. 739 to reflect such addition; (4) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the engrossment; and (5) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment.
 
Provides that: (1) upon the addition of the text of such bills that have passed the House to the engrossment of H.R. 739, they shall be laid on the table; and (2) if H.R. 739 is disposed of without reaching the engrossment stage, the bill in this Act that first passes the House shall be treated in the same specified manner as H.R. 739 and all other bills in this Act that have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
 

 

action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Sets forth the rule for consideration of: (1) H.R. 739 (Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2005); (2) H.R. 740 (Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2005); (3) H.R. 741 (Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2005); and (4) H.R. 742 (Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2005).
 
 
Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in the engrossment of H.R. 739, to: (1) await the disposition of H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742; (2) add their respective texts, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 739; (3) conform the title of H.R. 739 to reflect such addition; (4) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the engrossment; and (5) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment.
 
Provides that: (1) upon the addition of the text of such bills that have passed the House to the engrossment of H.R. 739, they shall be laid on the table; and (2) if H.R. 739 is disposed of without reaching the engrossment stage, the bill in this Act that first passes the House shall be treated in the same specified manner as H.R. 739 and all other bills in this Act that have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 224 - 189 (Roll no. 366). (text: CR H5661)
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 224 - 189 (Roll no. 366).(text: CR H5661)
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 191 (Roll no. 365). (consideration: CR H5674-5675; text: CR H5674)
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 351.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H5661-5676)
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 60.
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: The rule provides for separate consideration in the House of H.R. 739, H.R. 740, H.R. 741 and H.R. 742. The rule provides one hour of general debate for each bill, equally divided and controlled. The amendments in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in H.R. 740 and H.R. 741, shall be considered as adopted. In the engrossment of H.R. 739, the Clerk shall add the texts of H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 739, and then lay on the table H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742. If H.R. 739 is disposed of without reaching the stage of engrossment, then whichever of the 3 remaining bills first passes the House shall be treated in the manner specified for H.R. 739 and all other bills which have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-163, by Mr. Bishop (UT).
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-163, by Mr. Bishop (UT).
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Introduced in House