Congress Holds OSHA Budget Steady, Maintains CFATS Funds In FY24 Deal

Just-released fiscal year 2024 spending legislation keeps OSHA and other Labor Department (DOL) worker-protection agencies at their current funding despite an overall cut to the department, while preserving some of the budget for the lapsed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS) program -- which could allow Congress to revive it later in the year. Early on March 21, lawmakers unveiled a compromise FY24 bill for DOL, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the other executive agencies that were left out...