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H.R.987
Sponsor: Rep Blunt, Roy (introduced 3/4/1999)
Related Bills: H.RES.271
Latest Major Action: 8/4/1999 Referred to Senate committee
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.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate 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.
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 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.
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COSPONSORS(161), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Aderholt, Robert B. - 4/14/1999 Rep Archer, Bill - 3/24/1999
Rep Armey, Richard K. - 3/4/1999 Rep Bachus, Spencer - 3/11/1999
Rep Baker, Richard H. - 5/11/1999 Rep Ballenger, Cass - 3/4/1999
Rep Barr, Bob - 4/28/1999 Rep Barrett, Bill - 4/14/1999
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. - 4/14/1999 Rep Barton, Joe - 4/28/1999
Rep Bass, Charles F. - 4/14/1999 Rep Biggert, Judy - 4/21/1999
Rep Bliley, Tom - 5/11/1999 Rep Boehner, John A. - 3/4/1999
Rep Bonilla, Henry - 3/4/1999 Rep Bono, Mary - 4/14/1999
Rep Brady, Kevin - 4/14/1999 Rep Bryant, Ed - 4/28/1999
Rep Burr, Richard - 3/4/1999 Rep Burton, Dan - 4/14/1999
Rep Buyer, Steve E. - 5/11/1999 Rep Calvert, Ken - 6/9/1999
Rep Camp, Dave - 6/25/1999 Rep Campbell, Tom - 6/29/1999
Rep Castle, Michael N. - 5/11/1999 Rep Chabot, Steve - 5/4/1999
Rep Chambliss, Saxby - 3/17/1999 Rep Chenoweth-Hage, Helen - 3/24/1999
Rep Clement, Bob - 3/4/1999 Rep Coble, Howard - 3/17/1999
Rep Collins, Mac - 3/24/1999 Rep Combest, Larry - 5/11/1999
Rep Cox, Christopher - 4/14/1999 Rep Cubin, Barbara - 7/14/1999
Rep Cunningham, Randy (Duke) - 3/4/1999 Rep Deal, Nathan - 4/14/1999
Rep DeLay, Tom - 3/4/1999 Rep DeMint, Jim - 4/21/1999
Rep Dickey, Jay - 3/16/1999 Rep Doolittle, John T. - 4/28/1999
Rep Dreier, David - 4/28/1999 Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. - 6/25/1999
Rep Dunn, Jennifer - 3/17/1999 Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. - 4/14/1999
Rep Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. - 4/28/1999 Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 3/17/1999
Rep Everett, Terry - 4/21/1999 Rep Ewing, Thomas W. - 4/14/1999
Rep Fletcher, Ernest L. - 4/14/1999 Rep Foley, Mark - 5/4/1999
Rep Fossella, Vito - 3/17/1999 Rep Fowler, Tillie - 5/11/1999
Rep Ganske, Greg - 4/21/1999 Rep Gibbons, Jim - 4/28/1999
Rep Gillmor, Paul E. - 5/11/1999 Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. - 3/4/1999
Rep Goodlatte, Bob - 3/24/1999 Rep Goodling, William F. - 3/4/1999
Rep Goss, Porter J. - 5/11/1999 Rep Graham, Lindsey O. - 3/17/1999
Rep Granger, Kay - 4/28/1999 Rep Green, Mark - 3/24/1999
Rep Greenwood, James C. - 5/11/1999 Rep Gutknecht, Gil - 5/19/1999
Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 3/4/1999 Rep Hansen, James V. - 4/28/1999
Rep Hastings, Doc - 5/19/1999 Rep Hayes, Robin - 4/28/1999
Rep Hayworth, J. D. - 4/28/1999 Rep Hefley, Joel - 3/4/1999
Rep Herger, Wally - 4/14/1999 Rep Hill, Rick - 3/24/1999
Rep Hilleary, Van - 3/24/1999 Rep Hobson, David L. - 3/24/1999
Rep Horn, Stephen - 4/14/1999 Rep Hostettler, John N. - 6/25/1999
Rep Hunter, Duncan - 6/29/1999 Rep Hutchinson, Asa - 4/14/1999
Rep Hyde, Henry J. - 5/11/1999 Rep Isakson, Johnny - 3/17/1999
Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. - 3/16/1999 Rep Jenkins, William L. - 4/14/1999
Rep John, Christopher - 3/4/1999 Rep Johnson, Sam - 3/24/1999
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. - 5/26/1999 Rep Kasich, John R. - 6/9/1999
Rep Kingston, Jack - 5/26/1999 Rep Knollenberg, Joe - 3/17/1999
Rep Kolbe, Jim - 5/4/1999 Rep Largent, Steve - 5/11/1999
Rep Latham, Tom - 6/9/1999 Rep Lewis, Jerry - 4/28/1999
Rep Lewis, Ron - 5/4/1999 Rep Linder, John - 4/28/1999
Rep Lucas, Frank D. - 5/19/1999 Rep Manzullo, Donald A. - 5/19/1999
Rep McCollum, Bill - 6/29/1999 Rep McCrery, Jim - 4/21/1999
Rep McInnis, Scott - 3/24/1999 Rep McIntosh, David M. - 3/4/1999
Rep McKeon, Howard P. (Buck) - 4/14/1999 Rep Mica, John L. - 5/4/1999
Rep Miller, Dan - 3/16/1999 Rep Miller, Gary - 3/24/1999
Rep Moran, Jerry - 4/14/1999 Rep Myrick, Sue - 4/14/1999
Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. - 4/14/1999 Rep Ney, Robert W. - 4/21/1999
Rep Northup, Anne - 4/21/1999 Rep Norwood, Charlie - 3/16/1999
Rep Oxley, Michael G. - 5/19/1999 Rep Paul, Ron - 4/14/1999
Rep Pease, Edward A. - 5/11/1999 Rep Peterson, John E. - 3/4/1999
Rep Pickering, Charles (Chip) - 3/17/1999 Rep Pickett, Owen B. - 3/4/1999
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 4/28/1999 Rep Pombo, Richard W. - 4/14/1999
Rep Porter, John Edward - 3/17/1999 Rep Portman, Rob - 4/28/1999
Rep Pryce, Deborah - 4/14/1999 Rep Radanovich, George P. - 4/28/1999
Rep Ramstad, Jim - 3/17/1999 Rep Reynolds, Thomas M. - 7/15/1999
Rep Riley, Bob - 5/19/1999 Rep Rogers, Harold - 6/25/1999
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana - 4/28/1999 Rep Roukema, Marge - 3/17/1999
Rep Ryun, Jim - 5/4/1999 Rep Salmon, Matt - 4/28/1999
Rep Scarborough, Joe - 4/28/1999 Rep Schaffer, Bob - 4/28/1999
Rep Sensenbrenner, James, Jr. - 3/24/1999 Rep Sessions, Pete - 5/4/1999
Rep Simpson, Michael K. - 4/21/1999 Rep Sisisky, Norman - 3/4/1999
Rep Skeen, Joe - 4/28/1999 Rep Smith, Lamar - 6/25/1999
Rep Souder, Mark E. - 5/4/1999 Rep Spence, Floyd - 7/1/1999
Rep Stearns, Cliff - 6/29/1999 Rep Stenholm, Charles W. - 3/4/1999
Rep Stump, Bob - 4/28/1999 Rep Sununu, John E. - 3/17/1999
Rep Talent, James M. - 3/11/1999 Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. - 3/24/1999
Rep Tanner, John S. - 3/4/1999 Rep Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) - 4/14/1999
Rep Taylor, Charles H. - 3/24/1999 Rep Thornberry, William (Mac) - 7/1/1999
Rep Thune, John R. - 5/26/1999 Rep Tiahrt, Todd - 5/4/1999
Rep Toomey, Patrick J. - 4/21/1999 Rep Upton, Fred - 3/17/1999
Rep Walden, Greg - 4/28/1999 Rep Wamp, Zach - 4/28/1999
Rep Watkins, Wes - 4/28/1999 Rep Watts, J. C., Jr. - 3/4/1999
Rep Weldon, Dave - 5/4/1999 Rep Whitfield, Ed - 6/9/1999
Rep Wicker, Roger F. - 4/14/1999
Rep Martinez, Matthew G. - 3/4/1999(withdrawn - 4/21/1999) Rep Barcia, James A. - 4/14/1999(withdrawn - 7/21/1999)
Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. - 4/14/1999(withdrawn - 6/22/1999) Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 4/14/1999(withdrawn - 5/18/1999)

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.