Executive Order 13999

The record

Jurisdiction

United States (workplaces under the OSH Act)

Level

Federal

Authority

Constitution and laws of the United States; OSH Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.)

Issued

2021-01-21 Jan. 21, 2021

Effective

2021-01-21

End

not revoked during the claim period (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Jan. 21, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Workplace rules

Addressees

• the Secretary of Labor and OSHA

Functions reached

• predicate for the OSHA layer; the ETS recites it

Collection

Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A

Operative words

Sec. 2. Protecting Workers from COVID-19 Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health... shall: (a) issue, within 2 weeks of the date of this order... revised guidance to employers on workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic; (b) consider whether any emergency temporary standards on COVID-19, including with respect to masks in the workplace, are necessary, and if such standards are determined to be necessary, issue them by March 15, 2021; (c) review the enforcement efforts of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) related to COVID-19...; (d) launch a national program to focus OSHA enforcement efforts related to COVID-19 on violations that put the largest number of workers at serious risk or are contrary to anti-retaliation principles

Enforcement

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