Protecting America’s Workers Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3036 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3036 To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to provide rights for victims or their family members, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2025 Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Omar, Ms. Bonamici, and Mr. Norcross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to provide rights for victims or their family members, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting America's Workers Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--COVERAGE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES, VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, AND APPLICATION OF ACT Sec. 101. Coverage of public employees. Sec. 102. Authorized employee representatives. Sec. 103. Application of Act. TITLE II--INCREASING WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS Sec. 201. Enhanced protections from retaliation. TITLE III--IMPROVING REPORTING, INSPECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT Part A--Duties and Standards Sec. 301. General duty of employers. Sec. 302. Occupational safety a