Workplace safety and health regulations would be among those affected by a sweeping measure making its way through Congress that would enable lawmakers to overturn any and all regulations passed during the final year of a President’s term.
H.R. 21: Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017, introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Cal.), was approved by the House of Representatives and now goes to the Senate. The measure could overturn nearly 4,000 regulations passed during 2016, including OSHA’s respirable silica and electronic recordkeeping rules.