HR 3036 119th Congress
Protecting America’s Workers Act
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to provide rights for victims or their family members, and for other purposes.
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| Official actionReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · House floor actions · Code H11100 | Congress.gov | |
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Protecting America's Workers ActThis bill expands the coverage of requirements governing workplace safety and health to include protection for federal, state, and local government employees. However, the bill does not cover working conditions otherwise covered by federal requirements for mine safety and health.The bill revises requirements governing worker protection, including byexpanding protections for whistle-blowers, such as protections for employees who refuse to perform work because they reasonably believe the work would result in serious injury or illness and for employees who aid inspections;directing employers to furnish a hazard-free place of employment to all individuals performing work, not just employees;directing employers to report work-related deaths or certain injuries, illnesses, or hospitalizations;establishing rights for victims, or representatives of victims, with respect to inspections or investigations of work-related bodily injuries or deaths; andsetting the permitted period for employers to correct serious, willful, or repeated violations while citations for the violations are being contested.The bill also revises enforcement and oversight of workplace safety, including byincreasing civil and criminal penalties for certain violations,requiring the Department of Labor to investigate fatalities or significant incidents in the workplace,expanding enforcement requirements relating to state occupational safety and health plans,expanding requirements for workplace health hazard evaluations by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, andrequiring Labor to provide training programs concerning employee rights and employer responsibilities.
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- Introduced in HouseApr 28, 2025