A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness".

Bill: 115-sjres-27
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2017-03-02
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

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Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This joint resolution nullifies the Department of Labor's rule that was published on December 19, 2016, about employers' ongoing obligation to make and maintain records of work-related injuries and illnesses. </p>

tv_txt: IIA 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 27 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 2, 2017 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Hatch , Mr. Isakson , and Mr. Daines ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions JOINT RESOLUTION Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Clarification of Employer’s Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Clarification of Employer’s Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness (published at 81 Fed. Reg. 91792 (December 19, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.