Sec. 302. Occupational safety and health standards
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Section 6(a) ( 29 U.S.C. 655(a) ) is amended by striking Without regard and all that follows through affected employees. and inserting the following: “(1) Without regard to chapters 5 and 6 of title 5, United States Code, or to the other subsections of this section, the Secretary shall— as soon as practicable during the period beginning with the effective date of this Act and ending 2 years after such date, by rule promulgate as an occupational safety or health standard any national consensus standard, and any established Federal standard, unless the Secretary determines that the promulgation of such a standard would not result in improved safety or health for specifically designated employees; and by rule, not later than 2 years after the effective date under section 601(a) of the Protecting America’s Workers Act , update any national consensus standard that has been promulgated or incorporated by reference pursuant to this subsection, except that such a standard shall not be updated pursuant to this subparagraph, if— the standard has been superseded by a standard promulgated pursuant to subsection (b); or the Secretary determines such update would not result in improved health or safety for specifically designated employees.
In the event of conflict among any such standards, including national consensus standards, or in the event of a consolidation of national consensus standards, the Secretary shall promulgate the standard which assures the greatest protection of the safety or health of the affected employees. No standard, rule, or regulation promulgated under this Act, on or after the date of enactment of the Protecting America’s Workers Act , shall reduce the protection afforded by a health or safety standard, rule, regulation, or national consensus standard in effect on the day before the date of enactment of such Act. .
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