REVERSE OSHA Mandates Act

Bill: 117-hr-7281
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2022-03-30
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4014)

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Reversing Every Vaccine Emergency Requirement and Stopping Employee OSHA Mandates Act or the REVERSE OSHA Mandates Act</strong></p> <p>This bill limits the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to regulate workplace safety and health matters.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill repeals OSHA's authority to issue emergency temporary standards related to workplace safety and health. The bill further specifies that OSHA may not, under its authority to regulate workplace safety and health, require the administration of any drug, vaccine, or other biological product to an employee.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7281 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 30, 2022 Mr. Clyde (for himself, Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. Norman , Mr. Donalds , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Nehls , Mr. Mooney , Mr. Davidson , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Brooks , Mr. Cloud , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. Harris , Mr. Rosendale , Mr. Massie , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Biggs , Mrs. Greene of Georgia , Mr. LaHood , Mr. Loudermilk , Mr. Meuser , Mr. Tiffany , Ms. Van Duyne , Mr. Grothman , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Babin , Mr. Mann , Mr. Johnson of Louisiana , Mr. Allen , Mr. LaMalfa , and Mr. Hice of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to repeal the Secretary’s authority to issue emergency temporary standards, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reversing Every Vaccine Emergency Requirement and Stopping Employee OSHA Mandates Act or the REVERSE OSHA Mandates Act . 2. Repeal of emergency temporary standard Section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 655 ) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (c); and (2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively. 3. Prohibition on standards subjecting workers to medical treatments Section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 655 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Nothing in this section may be construed to provide authority to require any drug (as defined in section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) or vaccine or other biological product (as defined in section 351(i)(1) of the Public Health Service Act) to be administered to any employee. .