H R 987 in Congressional Session 106

Official Summary

 

Bill Number : H R 987

 

Title : To require the Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before promulgating a standard or guideline on ergonomics.

 

SUMMARY AS OF:
3/4/1999--Introduced. Workplace Preservation Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from promulgating, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, any standard or guideline on ergonomics until the National Academy of Sciences completes a study and submits a report to the Congress.

Votes

Title : To require the Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before promulgating a standard or guideline on ergonomics.
Votes in the US Senate
This Bill was not Voted in the US Senate
Votes in the US House
Roll NumberVote DateQuestionDescriptionVote Result
3661999-08-03On Passage Workplace Preservation ActP

Sponsors

 
Congressional Sponsors of H R 987
 
Bill Number : H R 987
Title : To require the Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before promulgating a standard or guideline on ergonomics.
Sponsor: Rep Blunt, Roy [MO-7] (introduced 3/4/1999)      
, ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

    Rep Aderholt, Robert B. [AL-4] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Archer, Bill [TX-7] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Armey, Richard K. [TX-26] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] - 3/11/1999

    Rep Baker, Richard H. [LA-6] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Ballenger, Cass [NC-10] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Barr, Bob [GA-7] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Barrett, Bill [NE-3] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Bass, Charles F. [NH-2] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 4/21/1999

    Rep Bliley, Tom [VA-7] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Boehner, John A. [OH-8] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Bonilla, Henry [TX-23] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Bono Mack, Mary [CA-44] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Bryant, Ed [TN-7] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Burr, Richard [NC-5] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Burton, Dan [IN-6] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-5] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-43] - 6/9/1999

    Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4] - 6/25/1999

    Rep Campbell, Tom [CA-15] - 6/29/1999

    Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Chabot, Steve [OH-1] - 5/4/1999

    Rep Chambliss, Saxby [GA-8] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [ID-1] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Clement, Bob [TN-5] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Collins, Mac [GA-3] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Combest, Larry [TX-19] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Cox, Christopher [CA-47] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Cubin, Barbara [WY] - 7/14/1999

    Rep Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [CA-51] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 4/14/1999

    Rep DeLay, Tom [TX-22] - 3/4/1999

    Rep DeMint, Jim [SC-4] - 4/21/1999

    Rep Dickey, Jay [AR-4] - 3/16/1999

    Rep Doolittle, John T. [CA-4] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Dreier, David [CA-28] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 6/25/1999

    Rep Dunn, Jennifer [WA-8] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. [MD-2] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Everett, Terry [AL-2] - 4/21/1999

    Rep Ewing, Thomas W. [IL-15] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Fletcher, Ernie [KY-6] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Foley, Mark [FL-16] - 5/4/1999

    Rep Fossella, Vito [NY-13] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Fowler, Tillie [FL-4] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Ganske, Greg [IA-4] - 4/21/1999

    Rep Gibbons, Jim [NV-2] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Gillmor, Paul E. [OH-5] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Goodling, William F. [PA-19] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Goss, Porter J. [FL-14] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Graham, Lindsey [SC-3] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Granger, Kay [TX-12] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Green, Mark [WI-8] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Greenwood, James C. [PA-8] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Gutknecht, Gil [MN-1] - 5/19/1999

    Rep Hall, Ralph M. [TX-4] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Hansen, James V. [UT-1] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] - 5/19/1999

    Rep Hayes, Robin [NC-8] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Hayworth, J. D. [AZ-6] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Hefley, Joel [CO-5] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Hill, Rick [MT] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Hilleary, Van [TN-4] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Hobson, David L. [OH-7] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Horn, Stephen [CA-38] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Hostettler, John N. [IN-8] - 6/25/1999

    Rep Hunter, Duncan [CA-52] - 6/29/1999

    Rep Hutchinson, Asa [AR-3] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Hyde, Henry J. [IL-6] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Isakson, Johnny [GA-6] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [OK-5] - 3/16/1999

    Rep Jenkins, William L. [TN-1] - 4/14/1999

    Rep John, Christopher [LA-7] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 5/26/1999

    Rep Kasich, John R. [OH-12] - 6/9/1999

    Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] - 5/26/1999

    Rep Knollenberg, Joe [MI-11] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Kolbe, Jim [AZ-5] - 5/4/1999

    Rep Largent, Steve [OK-1] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Latham, Tom [IA-5] - 6/9/1999

    Rep Lewis, Jerry [CA-40] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Lewis, Ron [KY-2] - 5/4/1999

    Rep Linder, John [GA-11] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Lucas, Frank D. [OK-6] - 5/19/1999

    Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] - 5/19/1999

    Rep McCollum, Bill [FL-8] - 6/29/1999

    Rep McCrery, Jim [LA-4] - 4/21/1999

    Rep McInnis, Scott [CO-3] - 3/24/1999

    Rep McIntosh, David M. [IN-2] - 3/4/1999

    Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Mica, John L. [FL-7] - 5/4/1999

    Rep Miller, Dan [FL-13] - 3/16/1999

    Rep Miller, Gary [CA-41] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Moran, Jerry [KS-1] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [WA-5] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Ney, Robert W. [OH-18] - 4/21/1999

    Rep Northup, Anne M. [KY-3] - 4/21/1999

    Rep Norwood, Charles W. [GA-10] - 3/16/1999

    Rep Oxley, Michael G. [OH-4] - 5/19/1999

    Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Pease, Edward A. [IN-7] - 5/11/1999

    Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [MS-3] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Pickett, Owen B. [VA-2] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Pombo, Richard W. [CA-11] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Porter, John Edward [IL-10] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Portman, Rob [OH-2] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Pryce, Deborah [OH-15] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Ramstad, Jim [MN-3] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Reynolds, Thomas M. [NY-27] - 7/15/1999

    Rep Riley, Bob [AL-3] - 5/19/1999

    Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 6/25/1999

    Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-45] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Roukema, Marge [NJ-5] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Ryun, Jim [KS-2] - 5/4/1999

    Rep Salmon, Matt [AZ-1] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Scarborough, Joe [FL-1] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Schaffer, Bob [CO-4] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Sensenbrenner, James, Jr. [WI-9] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-5] - 5/4/1999

    Rep Simpson, Michael K. [ID-2] - 4/21/1999

    Rep Sisisky, Norman [VA-4] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Skeen, Joe [NM-2] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 6/25/1999

    Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-4] - 5/4/1999

    Rep Spence, Floyd [SC-2] - 7/1/1999

    Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] - 6/29/1999

    Rep Stenholm, Charles W. [TX-17] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Stump, Bob [AZ-3] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Sununu, John E. [NH-1] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Talent, Jim [MO-2] - 3/11/1999

    Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Tanner, John S. [TN-8] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [LA-3] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Taylor, Charles H. [NC-11] - 3/24/1999

    Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] - 7/1/1999

    Rep Thune, John R. [SD] - 5/26/1999

    Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4] - 5/4/1999

    Rep Toomey, Patrick J. [PA-15] - 4/21/1999

    Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] - 3/17/1999

    Rep Walden, Greg [OR-2] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Watkins, Wes [OK-3] - 4/28/1999

    Rep Watts, J. C., Jr. [OK-4] - 3/4/1999

    Rep Weldon, Dave [FL-15] - 5/4/1999

    Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1] - 6/9/1999

    Rep Wicker, Roger F. [MS-1] - 4/14/1999

    Rep Martinez, Matthew G. [CA-31] - 3/4/1999
    (withdrawn - 4/21/1999
    )
    Rep Barcia, James A. [MI-5] - 4/14/1999
    (withdrawn - 7/21/1999
    )
    Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. [OH-17] - 4/14/1999
    (withdrawn - 6/22/1999
    )
    Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] - 4/14/1999
    (withdrawn - 5/18/1999
    )

Other Info

Bill Number : H R 987
Title : To require the Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before promulgating a standard or guideline on ergonomics.
 
 
ALL ACTIONS:
(Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
 
3/4/1999:Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
 
3/26/1999:Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
 
4/21/1999:Subcommittee Hearings Held.
 
5/19/1999:Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
 
5/19/1999:Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
 
6/23/1999:Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
 
6/23/1999:Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 18.
 
7/29/1999 6:30pm:Reported by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 106-272.
 
7/29/1999 6:30pm:Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 162.
 
8/2/1999 7:48pm:Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 271 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 987 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule for a period not to exceed two hours.
 
8/3/1999 6:45pm:Rule H. Res. 271 passed House.
 
8/3/1999 6:46pm:Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 271. (consideration: CR H6909-6927)
 
8/3/1999 6:46pm:Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 987 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule for a period not to exceed two hours.
 
8/3/1999 6:46pm:House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 271 and Rule XXIII.
 
8/3/1999 6:46pm:The Speaker designated the Honorable John Shimkus to act as Chairman of the Committee.
 
8/3/1999 6:46pm:GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 987.
 
8/3/1999 7:46pm:DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 271, the bill shall be considered for amendment by the Committee under the five-minute rule for a period not to exceed two hours.
 
8/3/1999 8:36pm:DEBATE - Mr. Goodling asked unanimous consent that all debate be concluded in 20 minutes, equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
 
8/3/1999 8:56pm:The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 987.
 
8/3/1999 8:57pm:The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
 
8/3/1999 9:22pm:On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 209 (Roll no. 366).
 
8/3/1999 9:22pm:Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
8/4/1999:Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.