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Mark Messmer (R-IN)

Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025

H.R. 6213 · House bill Labor and Employment

A Republican bill with 74 Republican cosponsors · See all 74 cosponsors

Last activity — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.

Introduced, nothing more yet

Formally proposed, and not yet handed to a committee.

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Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced

What this bill would do

This bill is called the Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025. It stops the Secretary of Labor from finishing, putting into action, or enforcing a specific proposed standard. The proposed standard is titled Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings. It was published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on August 30, 2024. The bill also bans any substantially similar standard.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    The bill benefits business owners by preventing the costs associated with complying with new federal heat safety regulations.

  • Scored +3

    Does this make it easier to run a small business?

    The bill reduces regulatory burdens on businesses by preventing the implementation of new heat safety standards.

  • Scored +2

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    By blocking a federal mandate, the bill leaves heat safety regulation largely to individual state authority or employer discretion.

The opposite· 3 of 6

  • Scored -5

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The bill removes a specific safety standard that labor unions have sought to protect workers from heat-related illnesses.

  • Scored -3

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    Low-income workers often perform manual labor in outdoor or unconditioned environments that are most affected by heat.

  • Scored -3

    Would Hispanic Americans be better off under this?

    Hispanic Americans are disproportionately represented in outdoor agricultural and construction labor sectors vulnerable to heat.