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119-hr-10790119th CongressWALLET

Chemical Safety Board Accountability Act

Sponsored By: Representative Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]

Introduced

Summary

Require practical trades experience on the Chemical Safety Board. This bill would reshape CSB leadership and appointments to prioritize hands-on industrial experience and defined technical qualifications while giving the Chair explicit executive authority.

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  • Workers and trades: Ensures at least one board member has substantial trades or industrial labor experience, so investigations and recommendations include practical, on-the-job perspectives.
  • CSB leadership and staff: Sets the Board at five members with five-year terms and makes the Chair the Chief Executive Officer who handles executive and administrative functions.
  • Federal appointment process: Forces faster vacancies handling by requiring the President to nominate replacements within 90 days or report reasons and then provide updates at least every 90 days until a nomination is submitted.
  • Accountability: Allows removal of any member, including the Chair, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance.

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New rules for chemical safety board

If enacted, this bill would set the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board at five members, including a Chair appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Members would serve five-year terms and must have technical qualifications in fields like accident reconstruction, safety engineering, human factors, toxicology, or air pollution regulation. At least one member would need substantial experience in the trades or industrial labor. The Chairperson would serve as the Board's Chief Executive Officer and handle its executive and administrative functions. After a vacancy, the President would have 90 days to nominate a replacement or report to the Senate committee with reasons and a plan; if no nomination follows, the President would have to report at least every 90 days until a nomination is submitted. Members could be removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]

WA • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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