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Sponsored by Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) · 1 active : 1 Democrat
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 463.
Michael Enzi Voluntary Protection Program Act of 2025
This bill provides statutory authority for the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Under VPP, an employer that has established an OSHA-approved comprehensive safety and health management system (SHMS) is exempt from programmed inspections (i.e., OSHA-initiated inspections relating to enforcement priorities). A participating employer's SHMS must include hazard assessment and control measures; management and employee participation; and employee safety and health training. Participating employers must conduct annual self-evaluations and are also subject to onsite evaluations by OSHA.
The bill prohibits the Department of Labor from requiring payment for employers to qualify for or participate in VPP. It also directs Labor to develop a plan for modernizing VPP technology. OSHA must also dedicate at least 5% of annual fiscal year appropriations to funding VPP.
Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
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Ideology is each member’s score. The cluster low on the chart includes the bill’s 2 sponsor and cosponsors in the House: they have already committed, so they score as entrenched. 2 representatives without a DW-NOMINATE score or with insufficient data are not plotted.
Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 7.5 (needs 5.0).
