Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6213 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6213

 To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or
 enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness
                              prevention.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2025

  Mr. Messmer (for himself, Mr. Grothman, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Webster of
  Florida, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Wittman, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr.
 Finstad, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Cline, Mr.
    Onder, Mr. Roy, Mr. McGuire, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mrs.
 Fedorchak, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Jack,
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, and Mr. Gooden)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                        Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL

 To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or
 enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness
                              prevention.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Heat Workforce Standards Act of
2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING, IMPLEMENTING, OR ENFORCING A
              PROPOSED STANDARD WITH RESPECT TO HEAT INJURY AND ILLNESS
              PREVENTION.

    The Secretary of Labor may not finalize, implement, or enforce the
proposed standard titled ``Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in
Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings'' published by the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration in the Federal Register on August 30, 2024
(89 Fed. Reg. 70698), or any substantially similar standard.
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