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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6213

Introduced

Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025

Sponsor
RMark B. Messmer· Indiana
Introduced
November 20, 2025
Policy area
Labor and Employment
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.November 20, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6213 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6213

To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or 
enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness 
prevention.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 20, 2025

Mr. Messmer (for himself, Mr. Grothman, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Webster of 
Florida, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Wittman, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. 
Finstad, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Cline, Mr. 
Onder, Mr. Roy, Mr. McGuire, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mrs. 
Fedorchak, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Jack, 
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, and Mr. Gooden) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Workforce

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A BILL

To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or 
enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness 
prevention.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Heat Workforce Standards Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING, IMPLEMENTING, OR ENFORCING A 
PROPOSED STANDARD WITH RESPECT TO HEAT INJURY AND ILLNESS 
PREVENTION.

The Secretary of Labor may not finalize, implement, or enforce the 
proposed standard titled ``Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in 
Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings'' published by the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration in the Federal Register on August 30, 2024 
(89 Fed. Reg. 70698), or any substantially similar standard.
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