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H.R. 4037 (105th)

To require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to recognize that electronic forms of providing Material Safety Data Sheets provide the same level of access to information as paper copies and to improve the presentation of safety and emergency information on such Data Sheets.

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Introduced

11 June 1998

Last action

31 August 1998 · Introduced

Status

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

Sponsors

Kay Granger, Rep. Roemer, Tim [D-IN-3], Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO], Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4], Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Ken Calvert, Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3], Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2], Rep. Snowbarger, Vince [R-KS-3], Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5], STEVE CHABOT, Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5]

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23 March 2026

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Summary

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to direct the Secretary of Labor to revise certain regulations to: (1) provide that an employer complies with a specified standard if the employer makes information on each hazardous chemical used in the workplace readily accessible (available for retrieval immediately in the case of an emergency) to employees through electronic access or other alternatives to paper copies of Material Standard Data Sheets MSDSs; and (2) require a standard format for MSDSs, including an emergency overview which warns of health and physical hazards that require immediate attention in an emergency. Directs the Secretary to: (1) study the comprehensibility of specified OSHA required hazard warnings to the average industrial worker; and (2) make the resulting report available to chemical manufacturers and importers required to prepare MSDSs.

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Timeline

  1. 11 June 1998

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 11 June 1998

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 11 June 1998

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 26 June 1998

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

    Source: Committee

  5. 29 July 1998

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Discharged.

    Source: Committee

  6. 29 July 1998

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Source: Committee

  7. 29 July 1998

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  8. 4 August 1998

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  9. 4 August 1998

    Passed

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

  10. 4 August 1998

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

  11. 4 August 1998

    Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.

    Source: Floor

  12. 4 August 1998

    Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7008-7011)

    Source: Floor

  13. 4 August 1998

    Floor

    Mr. Ballenger moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    Source: Floor

  14. 31 August 1998

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

    Source: IntroReferral

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