Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2728) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the adjudicative flexibility with regard to an employer filing of a notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2729) 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. 2730) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for an independent review of citations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2731) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to very small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of citations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2432) to amend the Paperwork Reduction Act and titles 5 and 31, United States Code, to reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes.

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 645 Engrossed in House (EH)]

In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

May 18, 2004.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to
consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2728) to amend the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to an
employer filing of a notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill shall be considered
as read for amendment. The amendment recommended by the Committee on Education
and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to
final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the
bill, as amended, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) one
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Sec. 2. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to
consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2729) to amend the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety
and Health Review Commission. The bill shall be considered as read for
amendment. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the
Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill, modified by
the amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final
passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill,
as amended, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to
recommit with or without instructions.
Sec. 3. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to
consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2730) to amend the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 to provide for an independent review of citations issued by
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill shall be considered
as read for amendment. The amendment recommended by the Committee on Education
and the Workforce now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in
part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution,
shall be considered as adopted. The previous question shall be considered as
ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening motion
except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill, as amended, equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without
instructions.
Sec. 4. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to
consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2731) to amend the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to very
small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of
citations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill shall
be considered as read for amendment. The amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part C of the report of the Committee
on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to
final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the
bill, as amended, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) one
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Sec. 5. At any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may,
pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the
bill (H.R. 2432) to amend the Paperwork Reduction Act and titles 5 and 31,
United States Code, to reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes. The
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against
consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII
are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed
one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Government Reform. After general debate the bill
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in
order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the
five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the
Committee on Government Reform now printed in the bill. The committee amendment
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. No amendment to the
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those
printed in part D of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this
resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order
against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the
bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House
with such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate
vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the
bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to
final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
Sec. 6. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 2728, the Clerk shall--
(1) await the disposition of all the bills contemplated in sections
2-5;
(2) add the respective texts of all the bills contemplated in
sections 2-5, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R.
2728;
(3) conform the title of H.R. 2728 to reflect the addition to the
engrossment of the text of all the bills contemplated in sections 2-5
that have passed the House;
(4) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the
engrossment; and
(5) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment.
(b) Upon the addition to the engrossment of H.R. 2728 of the text of the
bills contemplated in sections 2-5 that have passed the House, such bills shall
be laid on the table.
(c) If H.R. 2728 is disposed of without reaching the stage of engrossment as
contemplated in subsection (a), the bill that first passes the House as
contemplated in section 2-5 shall be treated in the manner specified for H.R.
2728 in subsections (a) and (b), and only the other bills contemplated in
sections 2-5 that have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
Attest:

Clerk.