To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to modify the provisions relating to citations and penalties.

April 28, 2005

Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to modify the provisions relating to citations and penalties.

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 `Workplace Wrongful Death Accountability Act'.

SEC. 2. OSHA CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

Section 17 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 666) is amended--

(1) in subsection (e)--

(A) by striking `fine of not more than $10,000' and inserting `fine in accordance with section 3571 of title 18, United States Code,';

(B) by striking `six months' and inserting `10 years';

(C) by inserting `under this subsection or subsection (i)' after `first conviction of such person';

(D) by striking `fine of not more than $20,000' and inserting `fine in accordance with section 3571 of title 18, United States Code,'; and

(E) by striking `one year' and inserting `20 years';

(2) in subsection (f), by striking `fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months,' and inserting `fine in accordance with section 3571 of title 18, United States Code, or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years'; and

(3) in subsection (g), by striking `fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than six months,' and inserting `fine in accordance with section 3571 of title 18, United States Code, or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year,'.

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