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Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5219-5220) Bill TextA bill 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 certain violators, and for other purposes. 4/26/2007--Introduced. Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Heath Act of 1977. Sets forth increased protections for whistleblowers under OSHA. Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) victims' rights; (2) posting of employee rights; (3) investigations of fatalities [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes. 4/26/2007--Introduced. Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Heath Act of 1977. Sets forth increased protections for whistleblowers under OSHA. Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) victims' rights; (2) posting of employee rights; (3) investigations of fatalities and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/23/2008 - Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. 10/30/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 - Title I: Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2012 for: (1) Amtrak capital and operating grants, including capital grants to states; (2) the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); (3) Amtrak repayment of long-term debt and capital leases; (4) payment into the Railroad Retirement Account that portion of Amtrak's Railroad Retirement Tier II Tax which exceeds the Tier II annuities paid to Amtrak retirees; and (5) the rail cooperative research program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for: (1) grants to Amtrak and states participating in the Next Generation Corridor Train Equipment Pool Committee; and (2) Amtrak to evaluate improvements necessary to make all existing intercity rail stations readily accessible to and usable by individuals with [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Chinese Communist Party should be condemned for engaging in coercive abortion practices, and for other purposes. 10/2/2007--Introduced. Declares that: (1) women in China possess a fundamental, inalienable right to carry their pregnancies to term free from coercive tactics designed to force a woman to abort her child; (2) coercion by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to coerce abortion and sterilization is immoral, reprehensible, and a violation of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (3) the House of Representatives expresses its regrets and condolences to the innocent victims of the CCP's one-child policy; and (4) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should publicly condemn the CCP's one child policy, coerced abortions, and coerced sterilizations at appropriate international forums.
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Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Chinese Communist Party should be condemned for engaging in coercive abortion practices, and for other purposes. 10/2/2007--Introduced. Declares that: (1) women in China possess a fundamental, inalienable right to carry their pregnancies to term free from coercive tactics designed to force a woman to abort her child; (2) coercion by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to coerce abortion and sterilization is immoral, reprehensible, and a violation of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (3) the House of Representatives expresses its regrets and condolences to the innocent victims of the CCP's one-child policy; and (4) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should publicly condemn the CCP's one child policy, coerced abortions, and coerced sterilizations at appropriate international forums.
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Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5219-5220) Bill TextA bill 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 certain violators, and for other purposes. 4/26/2007--Introduced. Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Heath Act of 1977. Sets forth increased protections for whistleblowers under OSHA. Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) victims' rights; (2) posting of employee rights; (3) investigations of fatalities [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Civil rights, Criminal justice, Damages, Death, Department of Labor, Disciplining of employees, Discrimination in employment, Dismissal of employees, Economic policy, Employee rights, Employers' liability, Equipment and supplies, Executive departments, Federal employees, Fines (Penalties), Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grievance procedures, Indexing (Economic policy), Injunctions, Judicial review, Labor, Labor unions, Law, Legal fees, Local employees, Local laws, Medical care, Medicine, Occupational health and safety, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Prosecution, State and local government, State employees, State laws, Wage restitution, Whistle blowing, Witnesses
Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes. 4/26/2007--Introduced. Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Heath Act of 1977. Sets forth increased protections for whistleblowers under OSHA. Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) victims' rights; (2) posting of employee rights; (3) investigations of fatalities and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accounting, Administrative procedure, Airline passenger traffic, Alaska, Animals, Auditing, Authorization, Biological warfare, Bonds, Border patrols, Budgets, Business, Buy American, Canada, Capital investments, Chemical warfare, Collective bargaining, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consultants, Corporate finance, Corporation directors, Cost accounting, Criminal justice, Customs administration, Department of Transportation, Disabled, District of Columbia, Dogs, Early retirement, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Employee training, Environmental protection, Evacuation of civilians, Executive departments, Explosives, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to transportation, Finance, Freight, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Highspeed ground transportation, Income tax, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, Interest, Intermodal transportation, Interstate compacts, Job training, Labor, Law, Leases, Legislation, Liability (Law), Loans, Magnetic levitation vehicles, Maintenance and repair, Maryland, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), New York City, Nuclear terrorism, Pensions, Performance measurement, Planning-programming-budgeting, Police, Politics and government, Public contracts, Public-private partnerships, Railroad accidents, Railroad commuting traffic, Railroad employees, Railroad engineering, Railroad equipment, Railroad finance, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Railroad retirement plans, Railroad safety, Railroad terminals, Rating of employees, Research and development, Right-of-way, Rural affairs, Salaries, Science policy, Security measures, Severance pay, State and local government, Stock repurchasing, Subsidies, Taxation, Telecommunication, Telephone, Terrorism, Trade, Transportation, Transportation and the disabled, Transportation of hazardous substances, Transportation planning, Transportation research, Tunnels, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 07/23/2008 - Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. 10/30/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 - Title I: Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2012 for: (1) Amtrak capital and operating grants, including capital grants to states; (2) the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); (3) Amtrak repayment of long-term debt and capital leases; (4) payment into the Railroad Retirement Account that portion of Amtrak's Railroad Retirement Tier II Tax which exceeds the Tier II annuities paid to Amtrak retirees; and (5) the rail cooperative research program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for: (1) grants to Amtrak and states participating in the Next Generation Corridor Train Equipment Pool Committee; and (2) Amtrak to evaluate improvements necessary to make all existing intercity rail stations readily accessible to and usable by individuals with [...] show full description
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