119-s1881

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1881 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1881

 To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand 
 coverage under such Act to public employees.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 22, 2025

 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Lujan, Ms. 
 Warren, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
Baldwin, and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
 Pensions

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 A BILL

 To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand 
 coverage under such Act to public employees.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Public Service Worker Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--

Section 3

    (5) of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 652

    (5) ) is amended by striking ``but does not 
include'' and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ``including the United States, a State, or a political 
subdivision of a State.''.

    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to affect the application of 

section 18 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 667).
            (c) Effective Date.--

    (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph

    (2) , this Act and the 
 amendment made by this Act, shall take effect on the date that 
 is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

    (2) Exception for states and political subdivisions.--This 
 Act, and the amendment made by this Act, shall take effect on 
 the date that is 36 months after the date of enactment of this 
 Act with respect to a workplace of a State, or a political 
 subdivision of a State, that does not have a State plan 
 approved under 

section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
 Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 667).
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