,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,markey 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,schumer1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,lujn1    
,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,van    
,hollen1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mr4            
,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 and ,mr4    
,schiff7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,occupational ,safety and     
,health ,act of #aigj to expand coverage
 under such ,act to public employees4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,public ,service ,worker        
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,coverage of     
public employees  7a7 ,in general       
,section #c7e7 of the ,occupational     
,safety and ,health ,act of #aigj 7#bi  
,u4,s4,c4 #feb7e77 is amended by        
striking but does not include and all   
that follows through the period at the  
end and inserting including the ,united 

,states1 a ,state1 or a political       
subdivision of a ,state44  7b7 ,rule of 
,construction ,nothing in this ,act     
shall be construed to affect the        
application of section #ah of the       
,occupational ,safety and ,health ,act  
of #aigj 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #ffg74  7c7     
,effective date  7#a7 ,in general       
,subject to paragraph 7#b71 this ,act   
and the amendment made by this ,act1    
shall take effect on the date that is   
#ij days after the date of enactment of 
this ,act4  7#b7 ,exception for ,states 
and political subdivisions ,this ,act1  
and the amendment made by this ,act1    
shall take effect on the date that is   
#cf months after the date of enactment  
of this ,act with respect to a workplace
 of a ,state1 or a political subdivision
 of a ,state1 that does not have a      
,state plan approved under section #ah  
of the ,occupational ,safety and ,health
 ,act of #aigj 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #ffg74