Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 987) to require the Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before promulgating a standard or guideline on ergonomics.

H.Res. 271 of the 106th Congress, introduced on August 2, 1999, entitled "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 987) to require the Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before promulgating a standard or guideline on ergonomics," aims to set the stage for discussing H.R. 987, a bill mandating that the Secretary of Labor must defer the issuance of any standard or guideline related to ergonomics until a National Academy of Sciences study is completed.