Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing OSHA's proposed workplace heat illness standard or any substantially similar standard.

Official title: Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025

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Introduced 20-NOV-2025

Referred 20-NOV-2025

Approved by committee 21-JUL-2026

Key points

Names the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed standard, published in the Federal Register on August 30, 2024, on heat injury and illness prevention in outdoor and indoor work settings
Extends the prohibition to any substantially similar standard
Is titled the Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025

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Official CRS summary

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Labor and Employment

Sponsor Mark B. Messmer (R-IN) Cosponsors · 69

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