108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 536
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce
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 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION 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'.
END
