Clinton request 11 percent increase in FY2001 budget
The Clinton Administration has requested a $426 million budget for OSHA in fiscal year 2001, a $44.4 million increase -- or 11.6 percent more than the $381.6 million appropriated by Congress for the current fiscal year. Nearly half of the $12.1 million increase is earmarked to hire 63 compliance officers who will help conduct wall-to-wall inspections at industries and worksites with above average illness and injury rates.