Common Sense Certification Reform Act

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5988 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5988

To provide relief for crane operators from third party certification in 
cases in which such operators are only delivering or retrieving propane 
                              containers.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Common Sense Certification Reform 
Act''.

SEC. 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.
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