; prohibition on discouraging employee reporting. Sec. 305. No loss of employee pay for inspections. Sec. 306. Investigations of fatalities and significant incidents. Sec. 307. Prohibition on unclassified citations. Sec. 308. Victims’ rights. Sec. 309. Right to contest citations and penalties. Sec. 310. Correction of serious, willful, or repeated violations pending contest and procedures for a stay. Sec. 311. Inaction by the Review Commission. Sec. 312. Conforming amendments. Sec. 313. Civil penalties. Sec. 314. Criminal penalties. Sec. 315. Prejudgment interest. TITLE IV—State Plans Sec. 401. Concurrent enforcement authority and review of State occupational safety and health plans. Sec. 402. Evaluation of repeated violations in State plans. TITLE V—National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Sec. 501. Health hazard evaluations by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. TITLE VI—Effective date Sec. 601. Effective date. 2. References Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.). I Coverage of public employees, voluntary emergency responders, and application of Act 101. Coverage of public employees (a) In General Section 3(5) ( 29 U.S.C. 652(5) ) is amended by striking but does not include and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting including the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State. . (b) Construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the application of section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 667 ). 102. Authorized employee representative Section 3 ( 29 U.S.C. 652 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (15) Authorized employee representative The term authorized employee representative — (A) means any person or