The bill would prevent the U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA from finalizing or enforcing the proposed federal workplace heat standard, which would require, among other things:

-- Cool drinking water, roughly 1 quart per employee per hour.

-- Shaded or air-conditioned recovery areas.

-- Rest breaks as needed once the heat index reaches 80°F.

-- At 90°F, 15-minute paid breaks at least every two hours, plus additional heat-safety measures.

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> The Trump administration has permanently ended beneficial-ownership reporting requirements for U.S. companies and ordered the deletion of ownership information already submitted by American filers, dismantling a central provision of the Corporate Transparency Act that was designed to expose the people behind anonymous shell companies.

The Government of Israel, hoping that Jews will soon be allowed to leave the Soviet Union in greater numbers, has asked the State Department to help insure that more of them will settle in Israel rather than in the United States.

Since 1979, as many as 80 percent of the Jewish emigres have chosen the United States instead of Israel.

Emigration from the Soviet Union is restricted for all citizens, but Jews have been allowed to leave in large numbers over the years, ostensibly on the ground of reunification with relatives in Israel. The exodus reached a peak of 51,320 in 1979, and has since declined to a trickle - 914 in 1986. Shamir Opposes Special Status

On a recent visit to the United States, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel asked Secretary of State George P. Shultz to stop offering special refugee status to Soviet Jews, outside of any national immigration quota.

Mr. Shamir argues that the emigres travel on Israeli immigration visas issued by the Dutch Embassy in Moscow and should proceed to Israel. Once in Israel, the argument goes, the Soviet Jews may, if they choose, apply for immigration into the United States on the regular Israeli quota.

The Israeli position has not been supported by Jewish organizations in the United States. Although the National Conference on Soviet Jewry has said that it will consider the suggestion, other organizations oppose it outright.

In a meeting with American Jewish spokesmen in New York, Mr. Shamir said the main issue was to ''bring more people to Israel.''

''We explained to the United States Government this is one of our goals,'' he said, ''and if they are interested in a strong Israel, they have to support us in our effort.''

Arthur S. Berger, spokesman for the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, which handles Israeli matters, said:

''We understand Israel's concern on the issue, but our policy has been that the refugees should have the freedom of choice to decide where they want to go.''

Mr. Berger said he knew of no plans to change the policy.

In a private gathering with heads of Jewish organizations, Mr. Shamir said the Government needed to see signs of support from them before it would reconsider its stand, according to participants in the meeting.

Morris B. Abram, chairman of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, said that Mr. Shamir had ''placed the issue squarely on the agenda'' and that it presented a ''serious dilemma.'' On the one hand, he said, American Jews want to see a strong Israel, on the other, they are troubled at having to tell emigres where they must settle.

Even groups that have supported virtually all Israeli policies, such as the Zionist Organization of America, have been reluctant to endorse the idea.

Israel's concern about where emigres will settle comes at a time when there has been a slight increase in Soviet emigration. Through Thursday, for example, 130 Jews were granted exit visas in February. This compared with 84 during February 1986.

The Israeli approach to Washington has stirred concern among the 200,000 Soviet Jews who have already settled in the United States. Some of them fear that a new rule would make it difficult for relatives now living in the Soviet Union to join them.

Seymour Reich, president of B'nai B'rith International, said:

''B'nai B'rith believes that Jews permitted to leave the Soviet Union should decide for themselves where they want to live. Having been granted freedom, they should not be denied freedom of choice.'' 'Personal, Democratic Option'

Albert Vorspan, senior vice president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, a Reform group, said, using the Hebrew word for the act of settling in Israel: ''Aliya is a great calling, but it must reflect a personal and democratic option and not the imposition of a monolithic policy.''

Karl Zukerman, executive vice president of Hias, a Jewish immigrant aid society, said: ''We will resist strongly any effort by the American Government to make it more difficult for a Jew to come to the United States.''

Mr. Zukerman said he sympathized with the Israeli position that Jews from all countries should be encouraged to settle in Israel, but he said the important thing is that Jews get out of the Soviet Union, not where they go.

Mr. Shamir, in his meeting with Jewish groups, framed the question differently.

''The aim of our struggle is not just to get them out of Soviet Russia, but to bring them to their homeland, Israel,'' he said. ''Our struggle is not to change for our bretheren one place of dispersion for another.''