House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a notice of contest by an employer following the issuance of a citation or proposed assessment of a penalty by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, to provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission with respect to an order issued by the Commission, and to provide for the award of attorneys' fees and costs to small employers when such employers prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Norwood R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2005
- Committee actionApr 13, 2005
- Passed HouseJul 12, 2005 · 256–164
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 739.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 739, Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2005” on April 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 13, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16444
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 739, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/739
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c009f40f7892f68c2b905900dc55a1993d2388c2be3edae960a75b56f78027e6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 739, Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2005” on April 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 13, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16444
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 739, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/739
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c009f40f7892f68c2b905900dc55a1993d2388c2be3edae960a75b56f78027e6
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-46 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 18, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 18, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/46
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 739, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/739
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c009f40f7892f68c2b905900dc55a1993d2388c2be3edae960a75b56f78027e6
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
J. Barrett (R-SC), Judy Biggert (R-IL), John Boehner (R-OH), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Thelma Drake (R-VA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Ric Keller (R-FL), John Kline (R-MN), John Kuhl (R-NY), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Ron Paul (R-TX), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Tom Price (R-GA), Mark Souder (R-IN), John Sullivan (R-OK), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Norwood.
- H.R. 741 (109th) Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2005
- H.R. 742 (109th) Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2005
- H.R. 740 (109th) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2005
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.