; 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. I Coverage of public employees, authorized employee representatives, voluntary emergency responders, and application of Act 101. Coverage of public employees (a) In General Section 3(5) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 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 representatives Section 3 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 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 organization that for the purposes of this Act represents not less than one employee at an establishment, factory, plant, construction site, or other workplace, or other environment where work is