Urgent Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1971: Hearings Before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 - United States - 138 pages

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Page 107 - The Secretary shall compile accurate statistics on work injuries and illnesses which shall include all disabling, serious, or significant...
Page 123 - Welfare. shall (1) provide for the establishment and supervision of programs for the education and training of employers and employees in the recognition, avoidance. and prevention of unsafe or unhealthful working conditions...
Page 79 - No officer or employee of the United States shall make or authorize an expenditure from or create or authorize an obligation under any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein; nor shall any such officer or employee involve the Government in any contract or other obligation, for the payment of money for any purpose, in advance of appropriations made for such purpose, unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law.
Page 57 - The Secretary may enter into an agreement with a State under which the State will be permitted to continue to enforce one or more occupational health and safety standards in effect in such State until final action is taken by the Secretary with respect to a plan submitted by a State under subsection (b) of this section, or two years from the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is earlier.
Page 55 - ... encouraging the States to assume the fullest responsibility for the administration and enforcement of their occupational safety and health laws...
Page 121 - (c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare such sums as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this Act. "DEFINITIONS "SEC. 11. When used in this Act— "(a) The term 'State water pollution control agency...
Page 105 - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970...
Page 123 - He shall- determine following a written request by any employer or authorized representative of employees, specifying with reasonable particularity the grounds on which the request is made, whether any substance normally found in the place of employment has potentially toxic effects in such concentrations as used or found...
Page 121 - ... application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 80 - USC 2021), exercise statutory authority to prescribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting occupational safety or health. (2) The safety and health standards promulgated under the Act of June 30, 1936, commonly known as the Walsh-Healey Act (41 USC 35 et seq.), the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 USC 351...

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