To require the Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before promulgating a standard or guideline on ergonomics.
Workplace Preservation Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from promulgating, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, any standard or guideline on ergonomics until the National Academy of Sciences completes a study and submits a report to the Congress.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 18.
Reported by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 106-272.
Reported by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 106-272.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 162.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 271 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 987 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule for a period not to exceed two hours.
Rule H. Res. 271 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 271. (consideration: CR H6909-6927)
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 987 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule for a period not to exceed two hours.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 271 and Rule XXIII.
The Speaker designated the Honorable John Shimkus to act as Chairman of the Committee.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 987.
DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 271, the bill shall be considered for amendment by the Committee under the five-minute rule for a period not to exceed two hours.
DEBATE - Mr. Goodling asked unanimous consent that all debate be concluded in 20 minutes, equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 987.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 209 (Roll no. 366).
Roll Call #366 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 209 (Roll no. 366).
Roll Call #366 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
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