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

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8999 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8999

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2022

 Mr. Cawthorn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


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

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

SECTION 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''.
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