Common Sense Certification Reform Act

Bill: 115-hr-5988
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-01
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Labor

Licensing and registrations

Oil and gas

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Common Sense Certification Reform Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from requiring the certification of employees for operating power-operated equipment (e.g., cranes) used in construction activities to deliver or retrieve propane containers.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5988 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 1, 2018 Mr. Ferguson (for himself, Mr. Francis Rooney of Florida , and Mr. Gibbs ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To provide relief for crane operators from third party certification in cases in which such operators are only delivering or retrieving propane containers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Common Sense Certification Reform Act . 2. Relief from third party certification for crane operators delivering or retrieving propane containers The Administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall not administer, enforce, or otherwise implement any regulation, policy, or interpretation of the Administration that requires an employee to obtain or receive certification to operate power-operated equipment described in section 1926.1400(a) of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other regulation, for the delivery or retrieval of propane containers.