Sponsor
Claudia Tenney
Representative · R-NY
Representative · R-NY
The bill directs a rapid, evidence-based study to improve OSHA support and regional targeting to reduce heat-related illness among outdoor workers, but it consumes agency resources, risks producing preliminary findings under a tight 180‑day timeline, and may not lead to implemented protections.
Outdoor workers (especially construction and transportation workers) will get more effective OSHA assistance—through improved regional analysis, tailored outreach, and training—reducing heat-related illness in high-risk areas.
Congress and taxpayers will receive evidence-based recommendations within 180 days to consider targeted legislative fixes or funding changes for worker heat protections.
OSHA and federal staff time and resources may be diverted to the study, potentially delaying immediate protective actions for workers.
Workers (especially those in construction and transportation) may see no real change if the study's recommendations are not implemented, leaving current protections unchanged.
The 180‑day deadline for recommendations could limit the depth of analysis, producing preliminary findings that require follow-up study.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Secretary of Labor to study OSHA spending on technical and compliance assistance for heat-related illness and report findings and recommendations to Congress within 180 days.
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study on the effectiveness of spending by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to provide technical assistance and compliance assistance in relation to heat-related illness.
Introduced July 10, 2025 by Claudia Tenney · Last progress July 10, 2025
Requires the Secretary of Labor to study how OSHA spends money on technical assistance and compliance assistance aimed at preventing heat-related illness, evaluate how effective that spending is at national and regional levels, identify ways to improve effectiveness, and send a report with findings and recommendations to Congress within 180 days of enactment. Also establishes a short title for the Act.