Congress orders study on whether OSHA heat-illness aid actually works
H.R. 4353 — Timothy J. Barber Act · Filed by Claudia Tenney (R-NY) · Introduced Jul 10, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the Secretary of Labor to study how effectively the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) spends money on technical and compliance assistance related to heat-related illness, and to report findings and recommendations to Congress within 180 days. The bill does not change any law or allocate new funding; it simply requires a study and report.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a straightforward mandate for a government study on OSHA heat-illness assistance spending. It contains no substantive policy change, appropriation, or regulatory action—only a requirement to gather data and report findings.
What the text implies
- Study findings may inform future legislative action to reallocate OSHA resources or expand heat-illness protections, particularly in regions where heat-related workplace illness is rising.
- Regional-level analysis may reveal geographic disparities in OSHA assistance, potentially highlighting underserved areas or sectors with high heat exposure.
- Recommendations from the report could support arguments for increased OSHA funding or new heat-illness standards if current spending is found ineffective.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Workers exposed to heat-related hazards benefit from evidence-based policy. A study examining whether OSHA's current spending on technical and compliance assistance is effective, and how it could be improved, creates a factual foundation for better workplace safety policy. The study itself imposes no costs on citizens and may lead to more effective worker protections.
Named in the bill
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and Workforce
Where it stands
- Jul 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $216,377 in lobbying spend. A filing names 101 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Claudia Tenney, the sponsor, reported $1,189,908 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Associated General Contractors of America — $216,377 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (792 characters) on Aug 24, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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