HR 571 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Ensuring Worker Safety Act

Introduced Feb 9, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Mazie K. Hirono D-HI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 4, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 9, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Ensuring Worker Safety Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) to revise requirements for the Secretary of Labor's continuing evaluation of approved state occupational safety and health plans.

Requires: (1) the review of state plans to include an assessment of whether a state continues to meet certain conditions for the approval of such plans; and (2) the Secretary to determine whether a state that fails to comply substantially with the provisions of a plan should be given the opportunity to remedy such deficiencies. Prescribes general requirements for the provision to a state of such an opportunity.

Requires the Comptroller General periodically to review and assess: (1) whether state plans to develop and enforce safety and health standards are at least as effective as federal OSHA program standards in preventing occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths, and investigating discrimination complaints; (2) the effectiveness of the Secretary's oversight of such plans; and (3) the adequacy of the Secretary's investigations in response to Complaints About State Plan Administration (CASPA) as well as whether policy issues have been identified and corrective actions fully implemented by each state.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2011 to Feb 7, 2012, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalFeb 9, 2011
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalFeb 9, 2011
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalFeb 9, 2011
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalFeb 9, 2011
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalFeb 9, 2011
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 9, 2011
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanFeb 7, 2012

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 4, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Feb 9, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Feb 9, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  4. Feb 9, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E183)

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 190Protecting America's Workers ActRelated billFeb 25, 2011
S 1166Protecting America's Workers ActRelated billJun 9, 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

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  1. Feb 9, 2011Introduced in House

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