Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
29 U.S.C. § 672 — Grants to States
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Designation of State agency to assist State in identifying State needs and responsibilities and in developing State plans** The Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and the two succeeding fiscal years, to make grants to the States which have designated a State agency under [section 667 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section667&num=0&edition=prelim) to assist them—
(1) in identifying their needs and responsibilities in the area of occupational safety and health,
(2) in developing State plans under [section 667 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section667&num=0&edition=prelim), or
(3) in developing plans for—
(A) establishing systems for the collection of information concerning the nature and frequency of occupational injuries and diseases;
(B) increasing the expertise and enforcement capabilities of their personnel engaged in occupational safety and health programs; or
(C) otherwise improving the administration and enforcement of State occupational safety and health laws, including standards thereunder, consistent with the objectives of this chapter.
**(b) Experimental and demonstration projects** The Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and the two succeeding fiscal years, to make grants to the States for experimental and demonstration projects consistent with the objectives set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
**(c) Designation by Governor of appropriate State agency for receipt of grant** The Governor of the State shall designate the appropriate State agency for receipt of any grant made by the Secretary under this section.
**(d) Submission of application** Any State agency
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 29 U.S.C. § 672
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Original supplied file — preserved unchanged
Download original Markdown file
File SHA-256: b7bc597186c6dc1485ef7a73c5032b7f154f8b81880fbad6b1a1f33072a753f3. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.
Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_cb0e1a1a0cae999ed38ebe10
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-29/section-672-grants-to-states--b1b7085ced.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 95a0c1468514c4e2fad0a1178cb0d41a7cb3d4d9b0e6235f90289f779bf4171b
Source location: Title 29, Chapter 15, § 672; chapter-015-occupational-safety-and-health.md
Stored source content
**(a) Designation of State agency to assist State in identifying State needs and responsibilities and in developing State plans** The Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and the two succeeding fiscal years, to make grants to the States which have designated a State agency under [section 667 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section667&num=0&edition=prelim) to assist them—
(1) in identifying their needs and responsibilities in the area of occupational safety and health,
(2) in developing State plans under [section 667 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section667&num=0&edition=prelim), or
(3) in developing plans for—
(A) establishing systems for the collection of information concerning the nature and frequency of occupational injuries and diseases;
(B) increasing the expertise and enforcement capabilities of their personnel engaged in occupational safety and health programs; or
(C) otherwise improving the administration and enforcement of State occupational safety and health laws, including standards thereunder, consistent with the objectives of this chapter.
**(b) Experimental and demonstration projects** The Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and the two succeeding fiscal years, to make grants to the States for experimental and demonstration projects consistent with the objectives set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
**(c) Designation by Governor of appropriate State agency for receipt of grant** The Governor of the State shall designate the appropriate State agency for receipt of any grant made by the Secretary under this section.
**(d) Submission of application** Any State agency designated by the Governor of the State desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application therefor to the Secretary.
**(e) Approval or rejection of application** The Secretary shall review the application, and shall, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, approve or reject such application.
**(f) Federal share** The Federal share for each State grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this section may not exceed 90 per centum of the total cost of the application. In the event the Federal share for all States under either such subsection is not the same, the differences among the States shall be established on the basis of objective criteria.
**(g) Administration and enforcement of programs contained in approved State plans; Federal share** The Secretary is authorized to make grants to the States to assist them in administering and enforcing programs for occupational safety and health contained in State plans approved by the Secretary pursuant to [section 667 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section667&num=0&edition=prelim). The Federal share for each State grant under this subsection may not exceed 50 per centum of the total cost to the State of such a program. The last sentence of subsection (f) shall be applicable in determining the Federal share under this subsection.
**(h) Report to President and Congress** Prior to June 30, 1973, the Secretary shall, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmit a report to the President and to the Congress, describing the experience under the grant programs authorized by this section and making any recommendations he may deem appropriate.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Assertion of State standards in absence of applicable Federal standards** Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any State agency or court from asserting jurisdiction under State law over any occupational safety or health issue with respect to which no standard is in effect under [section 655 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section655&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Submission of State plan for development and enforcement of State standards to preempt applicable Federal standards** Any State which, at any time, desires to assume responsibility for development and enforcement therein of occupational safety and health standards relating to any occupational safety or health issue with respect to which a Federal standard has been promulgated under [section 655 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section655&num=0&edition=prelim) shall submit a State plan for the development of such standards and their enforcement.
**(c) Conditions for approval of plan** The Secretary shall approve the plan submitted by a State under subsection (b), or any modification thereof, if such plan in his judgment—
(1) designates a State agency or agencies as the agency or agencies responsible for administering the plan throughout the State,
(2) provides for the development and enforcement of safety and health standards relating to one or more safety or health issues, which standards (and the enforcement of which standards) are or will be at least as effective in providing safe and healthful employment and places of employment as the standards promulgated under [section 655 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section655&num=0&edition=prelim) which r
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 29 U.S.C. § 667
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Page 188
TITLE 29—LABOR
§ 672
employee transported releases of hazardous
materials; and
(B) prepare and submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report concerning
the result of such determination.
(2) Additional regulations or standards
If the Secretary of Labor determines that
additional regulations or standards are needed
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pro-
mulgate, pursuant to the Secretary’s author-
ity under the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), such regula-
tions or standards as determined to be appro-
priate not later than 3 years after such deter-
mination.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated from
sums otherwise authorized to be appropriated,
for each fiscal year such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 102–522, title II, § 209, Oct. 26, 1992, 106
Stat. 3420.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, re-
ferred to in subsecs. (c)(1)(B)(i)(II) and (d)(2), is Pub. L.
91–596, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1590, which is classified
principally to this chapter. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 651 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Fire Administra-
tion Authorization Act of 1992, and not as part of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which com-
prises this chapter.
§ 672. Grants to States
(a) Designation of State agency to assist State in
identifying State needs and responsibilities
and in developing State plans
The Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1971, and the two suc-
ceeding fiscal years, to make grants to the
States which have designate
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 29 U.S.C. § 672
Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. Same stored citation; legal effect and authority still require review.