H.R. 4037 — To require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to recognize that electronic forms of providing Material Safety Data Sheets provide the same level of access to information as paper copies and to improve the presentation of safety and emergency information on such Data Sheets. | PoliFocus

H.R. 4037105th Congress

To require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to recognize that electronic forms of providing Material Safety Data Sheets provide the same level of access to information as paper copies and to improve the presentation of safety and emergency information on such Data Sheets.

Subjects

Labor and Employment

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Labor to revise certain regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to: (1) provide that an employer complies with a specified standard if the employer makes information on each hazardous chemical used in the workplace readily accessible to employees through electronic access to Material Standard Data Sheets (MSDSs) under specified conditions; and (2) require prominent display of specified safety information for workers.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) study the comprehensibility of specified OSHA required hazard warnings to industrial workers; and (2) make the resulting report available to chemical manufacturers and importers that prepare MSDSs.

Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees upon U.S. entry into any international agreement regarding the format or contents of MSDSs or labeling of hazardous chemicals with recommendations for changes to the requirements of this Act.

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Legislative Actions

1998-06-11
Introduced in House
1998-06-11
Introduced in House
1998-06-11
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
1998-06-26
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
1998-07-29
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
1998-07-29
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
1998-07-29
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Discharged.
1998-08-04
Mr. Ballenger moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
1998-08-04
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7008-7011)
1998-08-04
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
1998-08-04
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
1998-08-04
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
1998-08-04
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
1998-08-31
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

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