House Votes to Block Funding for OSHA's Ergonomics Rule
June 15, 2000
In a 217-214 vote, the House last night approved H.R. 4577, the FY 2001 appropriations bill for the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, including
language that prohibits funding for OSHA to "promulgate, issue, implement,
administer, or enforce any proposed, temporary, or final standard on
ergonomic protection."
Within the next two weeks, the Senate will consider its own version of
the Labor-HHS spending bill. It is expected that an ergonomic provision
similar to that approved by the House will be included in the Senate
bill.
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