[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 165 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 165

   To apply laws relating to part-time career employees, fair labor 
     standards, and occupational safety and health to the Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Duncan introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
 the Committees on House Administration, Education and Labor, and Post 
                        Office and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
   To apply laws relating to part-time career employees, fair labor 
     standards, and occupational safety and health to the Congress.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Reform and Compliance 
Act of 1992''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF LAWS RELATING TO PART-TIME CAREER EMPLOYEES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sections 3401 through 
3408 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to the House of 
Representatives, the Senate, and the Instrumentalities of the Congress 
in the same manner and to the same extent as they apply to agencies.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF LAWS RELATING TO LABOR STANDARDS AND 
              OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 
et seq.) shall, to the extent that they relate to the terms and 
conditions of employment (including hiring, promotion or demotion, 
salary, benefits, work assignments or reassignments, overtime, and 
termination), occupational safety and health, and the rights and 
responsibilities of employers and employees, apply with respect to the 
Senate, House of Representatives, and Instrumentalities of the Congress 
in the same manner and to the same extent as they apply with respect to 
a private person.
    (b) Right of Appeal.--If an individual referred to in section 4 is 
aggrieved by a violation of the laws referred to in subsection (a), 
such individual may, after exhausting any procedures established 
pursuant to rules or regulations promulgated under section 5, seek 
redress in a Federal district court of competent jurisdiction and shall 
have the same rights and remedies provided to private persons under the 
laws referred to in subsection (a).

SEC. 4. INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY ACT.

    This Act shall apply to the following individuals:
            (1) A Senator or Representative in, or Resident 
        Commissioner or Delegate to, the Congress, for purposes of 
        section 3.
            (2) An employee or officer of either House of Congress, of 
        a committee of either House, or a joint committee of the two 
        Houses.
            (3) An employee of a Member if the pay of the employee is 
        paid by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House 
        of Representatives.
            (4) An employee of an Instrumentality of the Congress.

SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.

    (a) The Congress.--Not later than the 120-day period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act, the House of Representatives and the 
Senate shall each promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this 
Act as it applies to the respective Houses. Such rules and regulations 
shall be consistent with Federal law. If a House of Congress fails to 
promulgate such rules and regulations within such time period--
            (1) in the case of a failure to promulgate rules and 
        regulations to apply the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1939 (29 
        U.S.C. 201 et seq.), the rules and regulations promulgated by 
        the Secretary of Labor pertaining to such Act shall apply to 
        such House;
            (2) in the case of a failure to promulgate rules and 
        regulations to apply the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
        1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), the rules and regulations 
        promulgated by the Secretary of Labor pertaining to such Act 
        shall apply to such House; and
            (3) in the case of a failure to promulgate rules and 
        regulations to apply sections 3401 through 3408 of title 5, 
        United States Code, the Secretary of Labor shall promulgate 
        rules and regulations to make such sections applicable to such 
        House.
    (b) Instrumentalities of the Congress.--Not later than the 120-day 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each 
Instrumentality of the Congress shall promulgate rules and regulations 
to carry out this Act as it applies to such Instrumentality of the 
Congress. Such rules and regulations shall be consistent with Federal 
law. If an Instrumentality of the Congress fails to promulgate such 
rules and regulations within such time period--
            (1) in the case of a failure to promulgate rules and 
        regulations to apply the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1939 (29 
        U.S.C. 201 et seq.), the rules and regulations promulgated by 
        the Secretary of Labor pertaining to such Act shall apply to 
        such Instrumentality of the Congress;
            (2) in the case of a failure to promulgate rules and 
        regulations to apply the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
        1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), the rules and regulations 
        promulgated by the Secretary of Labor pertaining to such Act 
        shall apply to such Instrumentality of the Congress; and
            (3) in the case of a failure to promulgate rules and 
        regulations to apply sections 3401 through 3408 of title 5, 
        United States Code, the Secretary of Labor shall promulgate 
        rules and regulations to make such sections applicable to such 
        Instrumentality of the Congress.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``Instrumentality of the 
Congress'' means the Congressional Research Service, the Office of 
Technology Assessment, the General Accounting Office, the Government 
Printing Office, the Congressional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty 
Tribunal, and, for purposes of section 3, the term ``Instrumentality of 
the Congress'' also includes the Library of Congress, the Botanic 
Garden, and the Architect of the Capitol.

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