H.Res. 351
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.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 351 Engrossed in House (EH)]
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
July 12, 2005.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order
without intervention of any point of order to consider in the House 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. The bill shall be
considered as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the
bill to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate
on the bill 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.
Sec. 2. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without
intervention of any point of order to consider in the House 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. The bill
shall be considered as read. The amendment in the nature of a substitute
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. 3. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without
intervention of any point of order to consider in the House 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. The bill
shall be considered as read. The amendment in the nature of a substitute
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. 4. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without
intervention of any point of order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 742)
to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award
of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when such employers prevail in
litigation prompted by the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration. The bill shall be considered as read. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without
intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill 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.
Sec. 5. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 739, the Clerk shall--
(1) await the disposition of all the bills contemplated in sections
2-4;
(2) add the respective texts of all the bills contemplated in
sections 2-4, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R.
739;
(3) conform the title of H.R. 739 to reflect the addition to the
engrossment of the text of all the bills contemplated in sections 2-4
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 of the text of the bills contemplated in sections 2-4
that have passed the House to the engrossment of H.R. 739, such bills shall be
laid on the table.
(c) If H.R. 739 is disposed of without reaching the stage of engrossment as
contemplated in subsection (a), the bill contemplated in sections 2-4 that first
passes the House shall be treated in the manner specified for H.R. 739 in
subsections (a) and (b), and all other bills contemplated in sections 2-4 that
have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
Attest:
Clerk.