Fairness for State and Local Workers Act

Fairness for State and Local Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for coverage under that Act of state and local government workers.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5320 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5320

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for 
     coverage under that Act of employees of States and political 
            subdivisions of States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2006

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for 
     coverage under that Act of employees of States and political 
            subdivisions of States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for State and Local Workers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES.

    Section 3(5) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 652(5)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``employees,'' the following: 
        ``including a State or political subdivision of a State,''; and
            (2) by striking ``or any State or political subdivision of 
        a State''.
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