To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the expiration of emergency temporary standards after 6 months.

Bill: 117-hr-8999
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-09-28
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill limits to six months the duration during which any emergency temporary standard published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may remain in effect.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8999 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2022 Mr. Cawthorn 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 provide for the expiration of emergency temporary standards after 6 months.

1. Expiration of emergency temporary standards Section 6(c)(2) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 655(c)(2) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , but in no case shall such emergency temporary standard remain in effect for a period exceeding 6 months .