Voluntary Protection Program Act
Latest action · Mar 9, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Voluntary Protection Program Act
This bill provides statutory authority for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) voluntary protection program, under which management, labor, and OSHA establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system.
Cosponsors 69
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2017 to Nov 27, 2018; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| R-AL | Martha Roby | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Mar 15, 2017 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Apr 26, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 9, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 41, March 9, 2017, page H2019.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1878 | Voluntary Protection Program Act | Identical bill | Sep 27, 2017 |
| HR 2500 | Voluntary Protection Program Act | Reintroduction of | Nov 16, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Department of Labor's voluntary protection program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Voluntary Protection Program Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
