H.R. 1932: To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to allow employers a grace period to abate certain occupational health and safety violations before being subject to a penalty under such Act.

H.R. 1932: To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to allow employers a grace period to abate certain occupational health and safety violations before being subject to a penalty under such Act.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-22 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to allow employers a grace period to abate certain occupational health and safety violations before being subject to a penalty under such Act.

Plain summary

This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit the assessment of penalties against employers for non-willful, unrepeated, or non-serious violations of occupational safety and health standards during the time period fixed for abatement of such a violation in any citation or final order. Furthermore, no penalty shall be assessed for a violation if it shall be abated by the employer in accordance with the citation or order before the end of that period.

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Official text

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to allow employers a grace period to abate certain occupational health and safety violations before being subject to a penalty under such Act.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · 18 cosponsors

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Ann Wagner (R-MO), Sam Graves (R-MO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Darrell Issa (R-CA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1932.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1932 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114