YourVoice.Now Summary
Corporate BenefitsWorkers & JobsTransparency & AccountabilityWorksites with strong safety plans could skip routine OSHA inspections under a free program written into law.
Corporate Benefits
While a worksite is in the program, OSHA would not send its planned, routine inspections there. The bill does not stop inspections for other reasons.
OSHA staff and helpers visit program sites to check safety. What they find on those visits cannot be turned into OSHA citations against the employer.
Workers & Jobs
If a program visit finds a serious hazard or violation, the employer must fix it within 90 days. If that is not possible, it must be fixed as soon as it can be.
Each year, OSHA would have to spend at least 5% of the money Congress gives it on running this program.
Transparency & Accountability
OSHA would have to set a policy to write down what its regional offices do after a death or serious injury at a program site. It must also set goals to measure how the program performs.
More about this bill
If you work at a site that joins a federal safety program, OSHA (the federal workplace safety agency) would skip its routine, planned inspections there. To join, an employer must run a full safety plan. It must find hazards, fix them, and train workers. Workers must also take part. Employers check their own sites each year. OSHA staff and trained helpers also visit. These visits cannot lead to OSHA citations. But any serious hazard they find must be fixed within 90 days, or as soon as it can be. OSHA runs a program like this today. The bill writes it into law and names it for the late Senator Michael Enzi. Sites already in good standing could stay in. Joining would be free. OSHA would have to spend at least 5% of its yearly funds on the program. It would also have to track its follow-up after deaths and serious injuries at these sites. Rules are due within 2 years of the bill becoming law. A House committee approved it; the full House has not voted.
Congressional Summary
Michael Enzi Voluntary Protection Program Act of 2025 This bill provides statutory authority for the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Under VPP, an employer that has established an OSHA-approved comprehensive safety and health management system (SHMS) is exempt from programmed inspections (i.e., OSHA-initiated inspections relating to enforcement priorities). A participating employer's SHMS must include hazard assessment and control measures; management and employee participation; and employee safety and health training. Participating employers must conduct annual self-evaluations and are also subject to onsite evaluations by OSHA. The bill prohibits the Department of Labor from requiring payment for employers to qualify for or participate in VPP. It also directs Labor to develop a plan for modernizing VPP technology. OSHA must also dedicate at least 5% of annual fiscal year appropriations to funding VPP.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to House
- Action Date
- 2026-03-03
- Date Added
- 2026-09-23
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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