Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 739) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a notice of contest by an employer following the issuance of a citation or proposed assessment of a penalty by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 740) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 741) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission with respect to an order issued by the Commission; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 742) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorneys' fees and costs to small.

Action history

1. 2005-07-12Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2. 2005-07-12On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 224 - 189 (Roll no. 366).
3. 2005-07-12On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 191 (Roll no. 365).
4. 2005-07-12DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 351.
5. 2005-07-12Considered as privileged matter.
6. 2005-07-11The rule provides for separate consideration in the House of H.R. 739, H.R. 740, H.R. 741 and H.R. 742. The rule provides one hour of general debate for each bill, equally divided and controlled. The amendments in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in H.R. 740 and H.R. 741, shall be considered as adopted. In the engrossment of H.R. 739, the Clerk shall add the texts of H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 739, and then lay on the table H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742. If H.R. 739 is disposed of without reaching the stage of engrossment, then whichever of the 3 remaining bills first passes the House shall be treated in the manner specified for H.R. 739 and all other bills which have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
7. 2005-07-11Introduced in House
8. 2005-07-11The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-163, by Mr. Bishop (UT).
9. 2005-07-11Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 60.