3.0.0 3433 2023-01-11T13:33:31Z 2023-01-11T13:33:31Z Senate S 2016-09-28 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-28T20:28:33Z 2016-09-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N Labor and Employment Department of Labor Executive agency funding and structure Policy sciences Research administration and funding Labor and Employment 00 2016-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-20T12:46:13Z Comprehensive Labor Evaluation and Research Act or the CLEAR Act

This bill establishes in the Department of Labor an Office of Labor Evaluation and Research to collaborate with federal agencies to ensure that evaluations of labor issues meet evidence-based research standards and that the results are disseminated in forms that are usable or adaptable by practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public.

Labor must appoint a Chief Evaluation Officer as the head of the office to: (1) manage and conduct scientifically valid evaluation and research of labor issues, (2) assist in establishing and refining structures for programs and activities, (3) measure impacts of programs, (4) carry out data analytics to strengthen management, (5) solicit stakeholder recommendations, (6) identify long-term priority topics, (7) coordinate activities with other federal agencies, and (8) disseminate information to stakeholders.

The Chief Evaluation Officer must maintain a Clearinghouse for Labor Evaluation and Research that: (1) reviews whether labor evaluations and research meet evidence-based research standards; (2) promotes accessibility and public awareness of results that meet the standards; (3) encourages the use of reviewed evaluations and research to inform policies, programs, and activities; (4) assesses the quality of evaluations that examine the effectiveness of particular programs; and (5) acts to synthesize evaluations and research within a topic area, highlight gaps in literature, and identify areas for further research.

The Chief Evaluation Officer may award grants, enter contracts and cooperative agreements, and provide technical assistance to Labor agencies and other entities to carry out this bill.

]]> CLEAR Act Display Title CLEAR Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to coordinate, manage, and implement the Department of Labor's evaluation and research programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced CLEAR Act Short Titles as Introduced Comprehensive Labor Evaluation and Research Act Introduced in Senate 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3433is/xml/BILLS-114s3433is.xml 2016-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.