House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Norwood R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2005
- Committee actionApr 13, 2005
- Passed HouseJul 12, 2005 · 235–187
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 12, 2005 — Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 351, H.R. 742 is laid on the table.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 742.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 742, Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice 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/16447
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 742, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51be1845278406c4ad6c171cb90f4c697ddbf1cdf8d2448443e25807679d4cb8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 742, Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice 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/16447
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 742, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51be1845278406c4ad6c171cb90f4c697ddbf1cdf8d2448443e25807679d4cb8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 742, Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2005” on May 19, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 18, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16523
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 742, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51be1845278406c4ad6c171cb90f4c697ddbf1cdf8d2448443e25807679d4cb8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 742, Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2005” on May 19, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 18, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16523
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 742, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51be1845278406c4ad6c171cb90f4c697ddbf1cdf8d2448443e25807679d4cb8
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 109-61,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 109-61,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/61
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/61 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 742, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51be1845278406c4ad6c171cb90f4c697ddbf1cdf8d2448443e25807679d4cb8
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 739.Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 742, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51be1845278406c4ad6c171cb90f4c697ddbf1cdf8d2448443e25807679d4cb8
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 742, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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. 739 (109th) To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a notice of…
- H.R. 741 (109th) Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2005
- H.R. 740 (109th) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2005
- H.Con.Res. 178 (109th) Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, supporting…
- H.R. 3137 (109th) CLEAR Act of 2005
- H.R. 874 (109th) Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2005
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.