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The Sorcery of Biden’s Amendment to ’29 U.S.C. 666′ – OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970 — Biden’s Vax Mandate To Be Enforced By Fining Companies $70,000 To $700,000?

by mosesman

  • ’29 U.S.C. 666‘ — The Satanic sorcery is evident. Emphasis mine:
  • Biden’s Vax Mandate To Be Enforced By Fining Companies $70,000 To $700,000?
    by Adam Andrzejewski, https://www.forbes.com/
    President Joe Biden didn’t just announce a Covid-19 vaccine mandate on companies employing 100 or more people, he plans to enforce it.
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    On Saturday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s House quietly tucked an enforcement mechanism into their $3.5 trillion “reconciliation” bill, passed it out of the Budget Committee, and sent it to the House floor.
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    Buried on page 168 of the House Democrats’ 2,465-page mega bill is a tenfold increase in fines for employers that “willfully,” “repeatedly,” or even seriously violate a section of labor law that deals with hazards, death, or serious physical harm to their employees.
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    The increased fines on employers could run as high as $70,000 for serious infractions, and $700,000 for willful or repeated violations—almost three-quarters of a million dollars for each fine. If enacted into law, vax enforcement could bankrupt non-compliant companies even more quickly than the $14,000 OSHA fine anticipated under Biden’s announced mandate. The Biden Administration has already started implementing its vaccine mandate enforcement blueprint:

    • The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) set precedent this summer and published an emergency Covid-19 rule in the Federal Register taking jurisdiction over and providing justification for Covid-19 being a workplace hazard for healthcare employment.
    • Early in September, Biden announced his 100-or-more employee Covid-19 vaccine mandate and tasked OSHA with drafting an enforcement rule to exert emergency vaccine compliance authority over companies with 100 or more employees.
    • The legislative provision that passed the Budget Committee raises the OSHA fines for non-compliance 10 times higher – and up to $700,000 for each “willful” or “repeated” violation. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not announced when the House will vote on the reconciliation bill that includes the new OSHA fines.
    • If the legislation is enacted, OSHA could levy draconian fines to enforce Biden’s vaccine mandate, a move that could rapidly bankrupt non-compliant companies. The Biden mandate affects employers collectively employing an estimated 80 million workers.

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    • The Legislation
      The provision tucked in the House reconciliation budget bill (on page 168) that increases OSHA fines reads:
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      SEC. 21004. ADJUSTMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES.
      (a) OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970.—Section 17 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 666) is amended—
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      (1) in subsection (a)—
      (A) by striking ‘‘$70,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$700,000’’; and
      (B) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000’’;
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      (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$7,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$70,000’’; and
      (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$7,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$70,000’’
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      That provision would change existing law relating to OSHA’s enforcement fines, the very same section of law whose fines OSHA referenced in its June Covid-19 healthcare worker rule and is likely to use again to enforce its forthcoming vaccine compliance rules.
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