Enhanced enforcement of protections of Occupational Safety and Health Act applicable to legislative branch

(a) Subpoena authority for Office of Congressional Workplace Rights Section 215(c)(1) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1341(c)(1)) is amended— (1) by striking subsections (a), and inserting subsections (a), (b),; and (2) by striking 657(a), and inserting 657(a), (b),. (b) Recordkeeping requirements for employing offices Section 215(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1341(c)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7); (2) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking paragraph (3) or (4) and inserting paragraph (4) or (5); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) Recordkeeping requirements Each employing office shall be subject to the requirements of subsection (c) of section 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 657(c)) that are applicable to employers under such section, and the General Counsel shall exercise the authorities granted to the Secretary of Labor under such subsection.. (c) Prohibiting retaliation Section 208(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1317(a)) is amended— (1) by striking It shall be and inserting (1) It shall be; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) It shall be a violation of this subsection for an employing office to discharge or in any manner discriminate against any covered employee because such employee has requested the General Counsel to take any action authorized under section 215 (relating to occupational safety and health protections), or has instituted or caused to be instituted, or has testified or is about to testify in, any proceeding that arises from the application of section 215 to the employing office, or because of the exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or others of any right provided under section 215.. (d) Effective date (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall take effect upon the adoption of regulations promulgated by the Board of Directors of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to implement the amendments in accordance with section 304 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1384). (2) Interim applicability During the period that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act and ends on the effective date of the regulations referred to in paragraph (1), the amendments made by this section shall be implemented by the Board of Directors of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, the General Counsel of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, or a hearing officer or court under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (as the case may be) by applying (to the extent necessary and appropriate) the most relevant substantive executive agency regulations promulgated to implement the provisions of law that are made applicable to employing offices and covered employees (as such terms are defined in the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995) by such amendments.