EMPLOYMENT

Addresses

Allstate Forum on Public Issues—Labor Force 2000, Corporate America Responds: R.J. Haayen, 10388-10390 [31MY]

American Justice and Civic Responsibility: Joy Cherian, 8454 [8MY]

Making the Trade—The Challenge of Tomorrow's Work Force: Stephen J. Trachtenberg, 7456 [25AP]

Policy Framework for Human Resource Development: Richard F. Schubert, 6092 [12AP]

Workers Memorial Day: Representative Bonior, 8421 [4MY]

Amendments

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (S. 933), 17524 [1AU], 19623 [6SE], 19833, 19834, 19850, 19855, 19873, 19875, 19877, 19879, 19883, 19884, 19886, 19887, 19932-19934 [7SE]

Education and Training for a Competitive America Act: amend (H.R. 678), 7339 [19AP]

Job Training Partnership Act: broader range of training and job placement for women (S. 975), 30141, 30200 [19NO]

Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2), 5230-5232, 5247 [23MR]

———increase (S. 4), 5424 [4AP], 5604 [5AP], 5760 [6AP], 5815, 5831 [7AP], 5976, 5977, 5979, 6049 [11AP], 6103, 6108, 6110, 6111, 6113, 6117, 6122, 6128, 6136, 6143, 6144, 6148, 6149, 6151-6153, 6158, 6159, 6194, 6199-6202 [12AP]

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (S. 1036), 15937 [24JY], 18013, 18016, 18019, 18036, 18040, 18041 [2AU], 18529 [3AU]

Training for the Unemployed Act: enact (S. 678), 7365 [19AP]

Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 20), 4520 [16MR]

Analyses

Effects of Minimum Wage on Employment Status of Youth—Comments on Allison Wellington's Study: Council of Economic Advisers, 5961 [11AP]

Employee Health and Safety Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 436), 2658 [23FE]

Employee Leave Sharing Plan at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 7823 [2MY]

Employment Incentives Act (S. 364), 1820-1824 [7FE]

Job Training Partnership Act Amendment (S. 1300), 14341-14345 [12JY]

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (S. 1036), 9826 [18MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2, minimum wage adjustment, 6757 [17AP]

Articles and editorials

Benefit Managers Cram To Pass Section 89 Test, 6126 [12AP]

Big Brotherly Care, 12989 [22JN]

Bill Whose Time Has Come, 12518 [20JN]

Claude Pepper's Vote for Equality, 20089 [12SE]

Companies Step In Where the Schools Fail, 25300 [19OC]

Comparable Worth—It's Already Happening—Companies Are Quietly Evening Up Pay Scales, 556 [25JA]

Cutting Capital Gains Tax Would Create Jobs, 2923 [28FE]

Eden Express, a Restaurant With a Mission as Well as a Menu, Teaches the Disabled To Fend for Themselves, 357 [24JA]

GOP's Myopic Vision of the Family, 1660 [2FE]

Have We Really Done Enough for Civil Rights?, 13848 [28JN]

Heeding the Whistle on Waste, 4519 [16MR]

Hefco Filter Moving to Pennsylvania, 10375 [31MY]

Help the Working Poor, 14206 [11JY]

Help the Working Poor—Liberals and Conservatives Should Be Able To Agree on Tax Relief, 12991 [22JN]

Help Wanted, Badly, 6002-6004 [11AP]

Impending U.S. Jobs ``Disaster''—Work Force Unqualified to Work, 25299 [19OC]

IRS Drafts New Rules on Worker Benefits, 4423 [15MR]

IRS Provision on Benefits Could Produce Pain, 6125 [12AP]

Job Bias Cases Tied to Immigration Act Rights Group Describes Misuse, Misunderstanding of Reform Law, 27575 [6NO]

Jobs Corps—Nonresidential Training Working, 26698 [31OC]

Juggling Family, Job and Aged Dependent, 1555 [2FE]

Just Say Nothing?, 29755 [17NO]

Kid Stuff No More, 12354 [19JN]

Labor Department Hit by Worker Shortage, 10375 [31MY]

Labor Letter—A Special News Report on People and Their Jobs in Offices, Fields and Factories, 6004 [11AP]

Labor-Saving Equipment Tops Shopping List at Carolina Expo, 10375 [31MY]

Let Us Work!, 24746 [16OC]

Licensing Grandma, 12990 [22JN]

Minimum Vision on Wages?, 6118 [12AP]

Minimum Wage, 5982 [11AP]

Minimum Wage Cowards, 5729 [6AP]

Minimum Wage Must Be Increased, 5969 [11AP]

Never Too Late for White Men, 12480 [20JN]

New Minimum Wage Takes More Than It Gives, 5729 [6AP]

Ohio Day Care Standards Called Success, 13039 [22JN]

Opposition to Disabilities Act OK, 21741 [26SE]

Parental Leave Debate—Where Is the Child?, 5912 [10AP]

``Parenting Penalty'', 12990 [22JN]

Penobscot Job Corps in 10th Year, 19441 [4AU]

Public Transportation, 8713 [9MY]

Ruling in Favor of White Males, 12479 [20JN]

Save Money—Help the Disabled, 19890 [7SE]

Scrap the Minimum Wage, 6115 [12AP]

Section 89—A Crazy Tax Law, 6125 [12AP]

Section 89—Tax Code Limits Workers' Choices, 22184 [27SE]

Set-Aside Ruling Not Sufficient, 1627 [2FE]

Supreme Court and Civil Rights, 14696 [13JY]

Time for New Ideas on Day Care, 15714 [20JY]

Token Wage, 5716 [6AP]

U.S. Will Soon Face Global Labor Standards, 15715 [20JY]

Vote-Fogging 101, 10893 [6JN]

Woodcutters, Forest Service Join Forces To Create Jobs, 1876 [7FE]

Working Parents' Vise, 4448 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions

Aeronautics: limit age restrictions imposed upon aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3498)

———limit duty time for flight attendants (see H.R. 638)

———promote safety and protect airline employees (see S. 48)

———recruitment and retention of airways systems specialists (see H.R. 485)

Age Discrimination in Apprenticeship Programs Act: enact (see S. 516)

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see S. 1293; H.R. 1432)

———waiver of rights under (see S. 54)

Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see S. 1511; H.R. 3200)

———employment in providing child care for low-income families (see H.R. 1816)

———taxation of post-retirement income and benefits (see S. 1120)

Agriculture: adjust the maximum hour exemption for employees (see S. 1889)

American Conservation Corps: establish (see H.R. 1408)

American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act: enact (see S. 356)

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 933)

Broadcasting industry: equal employment opportunities (see H.R. 247)

Building and construction industry: collective bargaining (see H.R. 931)

Building and Construction Industry Labor Law Act: enact (see S. 807)

Business: study on affirmative action employment practices relative to foreign operations in the U.S. (see H. Res. 42)

Civil rights: clarify burden of proof for unlawful employment practices in disparate impact cases (see H.R. 3035)

———nongovernmental discrimination (see H.R. 2941)

Collective bargaining: apply to retirement benefits also (see H.R. 450)

Communications industry: equal employment opportunities (see H.R. 248)

Community Education Employment Center Act: enact (see S. 1477)

Congress: committee analysis of legislation impact on economic factors (see S. Con. Res. 17)

———eliminate exemption from certain Federal employment and privacy provisions (see S. 272; H.R. 233)

Constitutional amendment: employment opportunity (see H.J. Res. 172)

Contracts: economic adjustment to realignments or reductions in defense or aerospace contracts, military facilities, and arms export (see H.R. 101)

———enhance employment opportunities and small business participation (see H.R. 366)

Copyright: amend law relative to work made for hire (see S. 1253)

Corporations: community impact statements in certain mergers affecting employment levels (see H.R. 679)

Crime and criminals: postemployment activities (see H.R. 2267)

Defense contractors: assistance for economic stabilization of areas affected by defense base closings (see H.R. 2852, 699)

Dept. of Labor: access to public employment and job training demonstration program (see H.R. 2530)

———grants to public housing agencies for training for literacy and employment skills (see H.R. 916)

Dept. of State: modify certain L-1 visa requirements for certain Hong Kong employees of qualified U.S. companies (see H.R. 3128)

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: leave-sharing program for medical emergencies of employees (see H.R. 1945)

Displaced Homemakers Employment Training and Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (see S. 1107; H.R. 3069)

Economic Equity Act: enact (see S. 1480)

Economically distressed communities: promoting growth (see H.R. 10, 2079)

Education: accreditation or certification of certain providers of job training (see H.R. 3279)

———community education employment centers (see H.R. 3465)

———tax treatment of amounts paid for employee assistance programs (see S. 260)

———teacher change of employment across State lines without retirement losses (see H.R. 2537)

Education and Training for a Competitive America Act: amend (see H.R. 678)

EEOC: investigate and determine Federal employee discrimination claims made against the Federal Government (see H.R. 1012)

Electronics: prevent potential abuses of monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 2168)

Employee Pension Protection Act: enact (see S. 685)

Employment Education Institute Act: enact (see S. 742)

Employment Incentives Act: enact (see S. 364)

Enterprise Zone Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 6)

Entertainers: collective bargaining (see H.R. 2025)

Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act: enact (see S. 304)

ERISA: amend (see H.R. 2794)

Executive departments: encourage prompt and informal resolution of labor disputes (see H.R. 2497)

FAA: accelerated implementation of a demonstration project for employees at certain facilities (see S. 467)

Fair employment practices resolution: continue provisions (see H. Res. 15)

Fair Employment Reinstatement Act: enact (see S. 1261)

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (see S. 167)

———penalties for violators (see H.R. 3125)

Federal employees: exempt certain provisions relative to offsets from pay for former employees assisting in the decennial census (see S. 1451)

———flexible work and job-sharing arrangements (see H.R. 2435)

———optional early retirement (see H.R. 1877)

———permit certain individuals who are retired or receive workers' compensation to resume group life insurance coverage (see H.R. 726)

———prohibit discrimination in the legislative and judicial branches (see H.R. 3276)

———protections available against prohibited personnel practices (see S. 20)

———retirement contributions (see H.R. 1784)

———service with honor (see H.R. 2337)

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: extension (see S. 1518)

Fringe benefits: include partial cost of meals (see H.R. 1407)

Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act: enact (see S. 1290)

Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (see H.R. 291, 2273)

———grants for programs for physically and mentally impaired individuals (see H.R. 2789)

Health insurance: coverage for workers relative to collective bargaining situation (see H. Con. Res. 77)

———special rules for costs of the self-employed (see S. 1507)

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (see S. 582)

Immigration: application of employer sanctions to longshore work (see S. 1252, 2138)

———make use of the employment verification paperwork system voluntary (see H.R. 1269)

———employment verification (see H.R. 1318)

Indian Employment Opportunity Act: enact (see S. 1650)

Industry: encourage employers to retain work in U.S. (see S. 252)

Ireland, Northern: employment practices of U.S. corporations (see S. 758; H.R. 156, 725)

Job Center Network Act: enact (see S. 1592)

Job Corps: improve operation (see H.R. 2665)

Job Enhancement for Families Act: enact (see S. 492)

Job Training Partnership Act: additional fiscal controls (see H.R. 803)

———amend (see S. 1300; H.R. 900)

———broader range of training and job placement for women (see S. 975)

———improve delivery of services (see H.R. 2039)

———improve delivery of services to hard-to-serve youth and adults (see H.R. 2803)

———strengthen program of employment and training assistance (see S. 543)

Labor: compensatory time allowance for overtime hours (see S. 515)

———deny crew member status in the case of certain strikes and lockouts (see S. 1459)

———enhance access to job training services (see H.R. 3266)

———facilitating industrial homework (see H.R. 647, 1658;, H. Con. Res. 49)

———increase productivity of U.S. labor force in 21st century (see H.R. 2235)

———restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2589)

Labor Management Relations Act: employer payments to employee trust fund (see S. 1099)

Labor Shortage Reduction Act: enact (see S. 741)

Labor unions: hiring of permanent replacement workers during a strike (see H.R. 1383, 2969)

Leave: grant for family and temporary medical emergencies (see S. 345)

———protection of benefits for absence involving birth, adoption, or serious health condition (see H.R. 770, 3445)

Medicare: incentives for handicapped individuals to work (see S. 320)

Medicare/medicaid: exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements (see S. 1460)

Minimum wage: adjust (see S. 4, 1182; H.R. 2)

Minorities: compensation of certain employees (see H. Res. 114)

National Apprenticeship Act: amend (see H.R. 1130)

National Employee Assistance Programs Recognition Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 223)

National Guard: civilian technician positions relative to the competitive service (see H.R. 530)

———grant same rights as Federal employees relative to adverse employment action (see H.R. 529)

National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 148; H.J. Res. 195)

National Labor Relations Act: amend (see H.R. 929)

National Occupational Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378)

National Payroll Practitioner Appreciation Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 211; H.J. Res. 406)

National youth program: establish (see S. 3)

Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act: enact (see S. 1287)

Occupational health and safety: system to identify and notify persons at high risk (see H.R. 3067)

———U.S. obligation in workplaces (see H.R. 1095)

Parental leave: grant (see S. 897)

Parental Leave Act: enact (see S. 951)

Pensions: amend rules on fiduciary duties relative to assets of terminated plans (see H.R. 1661)

———continuation of certain health insurance to individuals disabled at time of employment termination (see H.R. 2308, 2309, 2310)

———disclosure of information to participants (see S. 985)

———joint trusteeship of single-employer plans (see H.R. 2664)

———maintenance of participation and rights of beneficiaries under merged and consolidated plans (see H.R. 3249)

Polygraph tests: conditions of disclosure of information acquired (see H.R. 3451)

Postal Service: limit the pay rate for compensating experts and consultants (see H.R. 2183)

Public Housing Gateway Act: enact (see S. 1254)

Public works: emergency public works jobs program (see H.R. 306)

Railroad Retirement Board: change benefit eligibility requirements (see H.R. 813)

Railroads: protection of employees in certain transactions (see H.R. 2062)

Roads and highways: funding for skill training programs (see S. 832)

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (see S. 1036)

Senate: fair employment practices (see S. 1165; S. Con. Res. 11)

Small business: health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 1547)

Social Security: amend provisions relative to certain employees of tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1251)

———earnings test requirements (see H.R. 420, 841, 853, 2616)

———improved treatment of women through working spouse's benefits (see H.R. 259)

———limitation on outside income of beneficiaries (see H.R. 253, 393, 862, 935, 955)

———prohibit payment of Federal retirement benefits to those not retired as defined under the act (see H.R. 234)

———supplying Dept. of HHS information relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 591)

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8)

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (see S. 1358)

States: taxation of pension income of nonresidents (see H.R. 1227)

Taxation: credit for employing certain older individuals (see H.R. 452)

———credits for employers hiring displaced homemakers (see H.R. 3569)

———credit for employers providing onsite day care facilities (see S. 842; H.R. 2140)

———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 595, 1422, 1535, 2121)

———deduction for employers providing certain family leave for employees (see S. 373; H.R. 1141)

———delay effective date of section 89 of Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2590)

———delay implementation of certain reforms relative to employer benefit plans (see H.R. 518)

———dependent exemption (see H.R. 2942)

———employee benefit plans (see S. Res. 92; H.R. 1219)

———employees in multiemployer plan covered by a collective bargaining agreement (see H.R. 2893)

———employer-provided health care benefits for retired employees (see S. 138)

———employer cost of providing medical benefits to his employees (see H.R. 754)

———exclude certain employees from pension minimum coverage requirements (see S. 1383)

———extend targeted jobs credit (see S. 720, 766; H.R. 2098)

———incentives for the establishment of enterprise zones (see H.R. 193)

———less frequent deposits of payroll taxes of low-paid employees (see S. 1618)

———nondiscrimination requirements under statutory benefit plans (see H.R. 692)

———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037)

———postretirement and long-term health care benefits provided by pension plans (see H.R. 1865, 1866)

———repeal certain provisions relative to rules for coverage and benefits under employee benefit plans (see S. 350, 1687, 1774; H.R. 634)

———simplify the antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans (see S. 1129; H.R. 1864)

———State income tax on nonresidents (see S. 800; H.R. 1091, 1096)

———terminate exclusion from gross income of Americans working abroad (see H.R. 241)

———treatment of certain technical personnel relative to employment taxes (see H.R. 3741)

———treatment of certain transportation furnished by an employer (see H.R. 2265)

———treatment of leave-sharing arrangements (see H.R. 3754)

Training for the Unemployed Act: enact (see S. 678)

Transportation: use of cents-per-mile valuation rule (see H.R. 299)

TVA: employee retention relative to collective bargaining agreements and performance ratings (see S. 835; H.R. 2027)

U.S. Sentencing Commission: part-time positions (see H.R. 2899)

U.S.-Canada Job Opportunity Reciprocity Act: enact (see S. 1927)

Urban areas: tax incentives for employment and development programs (see H.R. 69)

Veterans: amend provisions relative to employment with the Federal Government (see H.R. 2827)

———eligibility for, and extension of the readjustment employment program (see S. 1279)

———increase Dept. of Defense procurement action opportunities for those with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 553)

———status of Purple Heart recipients relative to their preference in civil service (see H.R. 2823)

Veterans Compensated Work Therapy Program Improvements Act: enact (see S. 846)

Vocational education: extend career guidance and counseling program (see H.R. 2064)

———industry-education partnerships (see H.R. 1913)

Vocational Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1128)

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 130)

Wages: elimination of discriminatory practices (see H.R. 41)

Women: employment training and placement (see H.R. 3050)

Working Mothers' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 37)

Youth: employment opportunity wage for a certain period (see H.R. 374)

Youth Opportunities Unlimited Program: establish (see H.R. 2803)

Booklets

``Need a Lift?'' (American Legion handbook), 10702-10713 [1JN]

Books

``Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,'' American Psychiatric Association (excerpt), 20572 [14SE]

Court decisions

Affirmative action: Supreme Court decisions, 12832 [21JN]

Court documents

Older Workers' Benefits: Thurgood Marshall, 19454 [4AU]

Descriptions

Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act (S. 768), 6185 [12AP]

Employee benefit plans: Dept. of the Treasury, 6104 [12AP]

Simplification of antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans (S. 1129), 10980-10983 [6JN]

Simplifcation of antidiscrimination tax rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans (H.R. 1864): Representative Rostenkowski, 6449 [13AP]

Documents

Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act (excerpt), 8049 [3MY]

Essays

How My Chosen Career Affects the Quality of Life in America: Amy Hsu, 14711 [13JY]

———Jessica L. Gladstone, 15954 [24JY]

———Marc Craig, 16207 [25JY]

Explanations

Copyright law relative to work made for hire (S. 1253), 13151, 13153 [22JN]

Minimum wage: Dept. of Labor, 5243 [23MR]

Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 20), 4512-4514 [16MR], 5033 [21MR]

Letters

Age Discrimination in Employment Waiver Protection Act: various organizations, 645 [25JA]

Americans With Disabilities Act: Competitive Telecommunications Association, 19809 [7SE]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, 8513 [9MY], 19869 [7SE]

———National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 19867 [7SE]

———National Organizations Responding to AIDS, 19870 [7SE]

———several religious organizations, 19868 [7SE]

———several religious representatives, 8514 [9MY]

———sundry organizations, 19798 [7SE]

———U.S. Catholic Conference, 19800 [7SE]

Civil service due process amendments: CBO, 27186 [6NO]

Community Education Employment Center Act: American Association for Counseling and Development, 17975 [2AU]

———American Federation of Teachers, 17975 [2AU]

———American School Counselor Association, 17976 [2AU]

———American Vocational Association, 17975 [2AU]

———Center for Law Education, Inc., 17974 [2AU]

———Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, Inc., 17975 [2AU]

———Metropolitan Ecumenical Ministry, Newark, NJ, 17975 [2AU]

———National Association of State Directors of Vocational Education, 17976 [2AU]

———National Career Development Association, 17976 [2AU]

———National Urban League, 17974 [2AU]

———New Jersey Association of School Administrators, 17975 [2AU]

———New Jersey Business and Industry Association, 17976 [2AU]

———New Jersey State Federation of Teachers, 17976 [2AU]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, 17975 [2AU]

Disqualifying illegal drug users as being defined as handicapped: Lauro F. Cavazos, Sec. of Education, 19874 [7SE]

Employee benefit plans: National Small Business United Organization, 6124 [12AP]

Employee leave sharing plan at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 7822 [2MY]

Fair Employment Reinstatement Act: Barbara R. Arnwine, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 13413 [23JN]

———Morton Halperin, ACLU, 13413 [23JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: James A. Helzer, Unicover Corp., 6155 [12AP]

Family and medical leave: Carol T. Crawford, Dept. of Justice, 11224 [7JN]

———Elizabeth H. Dole, Sec. of Labor, 11224 [7JN]

Job placement of inmates of District of Columbia correctional institutions: Hallem H. Williams, Jr., 20510, 20513 [14SE]

Labor shortage reduction: Charlie Marciante, 6004 [11AP]

———Donald M. Scarry, 6005 [11AP]

———James C. Morford, 6004 [11AP]

Minimum wage: John R. McKernan, Jr., Governor of Maine, 5972 [11AP]

———Michael J. Boskin, 5960 [11AP]

———President Bush (sundry), 5807 [7AP]

———Rosechanaw Little, 6632 [13AP]

Plant closing legislation: Richard L. Fogel, GAO, 6140 [12AP]

Reprint of article Child Care Policy Issues in Nebraska: Margaret M. Rasmussen, 12533 [20JN]

Resolving Amtrak employee workplace injury claims: American Short Line Railroad Association, 20293 [13SE]

———Association of American Railroads, 20293 [13SE]

———Dept. of Transportation, 20292 [13SE]

———National Association of Railroad Passengers, 20294 [13SE]

———National Industrial Transportation League, 20293 [13SE]

———Railway Progress Institute, 20294 [13SE]

———Regional Railroads of America, 20293 [13SE]

Social Security income restrictions on handicapped: Rita Jolly, 15286 [19JY]

Tax treatment of certain employer-provided benefits: Packaging Specialties, Inc., 13318 [23JN]

———William C. Nolan, Jr., 13318 [23JN]

Testing railroad employees for drug use: Representative Brooks, 17033 [31JY]

Visa waiver privileges to airline crews: Trans World Airlines, 14563 [13JY]

Welfare reform: Val J. Zimmer, 24750 [16OC]

Whistleblower Protection Act: Representative Schroeder, 5036 [21MR]

———Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, 4511 [16MR], 5034 [21MR]

———Robert D. Raven, ABA, 4511 [16MR]

Lists

Classifications from ``Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'', 20572 [14SE]

Organizations supporting the Americans With Disabilities Act, 19799 [7SE]

Organizations supporting Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act, 6187 [12AP]

Organizations supporting the Economic Equity Act, 17998 [2AU]

Organizations supporting the Family and Medical Leave Act, 1551 [2FE]

Organizations supporting S. 350, employee benefits reform, 6127 [12AP]

Organizations supporting the Whistleblower Protection Act, 4514 [16MR]

Memorials of legislature

California, 12241 [16JN], 23414 [5OC]

Maine, 14817 [17JY]

Motions

Minimum wage: increase (S. 4), table Nickles amendment, 6147 [12AP]

———increase (S. 4), table Wallop amendment, 6158 [12AP]

———increase (S. 4), recommit, 6160 [12AP]

Opinions

Affirmative action: Thurgood Marshall, 12486 [21JN]

Petitions

Center for Immigrants Rights, Inc., 5339 [3AP]

Gary, IN, Common Council, 10051 [23MY]

Greenville, TX, 9141 [15MY]

National Association of Governmental Labor Officials, 20051, 20052 [12SE]

Toledo, OH, City Council, 19927 [7SE]

Press releases

Employment discrimination: National Women's Law Center, 13413 [23JN]

Jobs West program: Alameda County Private Industry Council, 5907 [10AP]

Proposals

Act for Better Child Care Services: President Bush, 12644 [21JN]

Remarks in House

Aeronautics: aviation career improvements, 5132 [22MR]

———limit duty time for flight attendants (H.R. 638), 356 [24JA]

Affirmative action: Supreme Court decisions, 12486 [21JN]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (H.R. 1432), 4461 [15MR], 5909 [10AP]

Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (H.R. 3200), 19481 [4AU]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit to certain employees, 232 [4JA]

———hiring of experienced senior work force, 1889 [7FE]

———providing child care for low-income families (H.R. 1816), 6340 [12AP]

Agriculture: income tax withholding for employees (H.R. 2859), 14066 [11JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (H.R. 2273), 8601 [9MY]

———enact (S. 933), 20096 [12SE], 22731-22734 [2OC]

Berean Institute: tribute, 8731 [9MY]

Centinela Valley, CA: Union High School District's Board of Trustees implementation of Job for America's Graduates Program, 23637 [5OC]

Civil rights: clarify burden of proof for unlawful employment practices in disparate impact cases (H.R. 3035), 16460 [27JY]

———employers test on nondiscrimination of benefit programs, 283 [19JA]

———reverse discrimination, 1627 [2FE]

Commission on Employment Discrimination in the Legislative Branch: establish (H. Con. Res. 95), 6646 [13AP]

Corporations: community impact statements in certain mergers affecting employment levels (H.R. 679), 1128 [27JA]

Defense contractors: Federal assistance to areas heavily dependent (H.R. 2852), 14247 [11JY]

———economic adjustment to realignments (H.R. 101), 30807 [21NO]

Defense Economic Adjustment Act: enact (H.R. 101), 133 [3JA]

Dept. of Defense: impact of Gramm-Rudmam mandatory budget reduction, 27929 [8NO]

Dept. of HUD: funding for personnel compensation and benefit systems, 15406 [20JY]

Dept. of Labor: access to public employment and job training demonstration program (H.R. 2530), 10734 [1JN]

———pension plan audit, 28735 [14NO]

Displaced Homemakers Employment Training and Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (H.R. 3069), 17591 [1AU]

Drug abuse: effects on business and industry, 19514 [6SE]

Economic conditions: business forecasts, 22656 [2OC], 28738 [14NO]

———development and employment programs for certain areas (H.R. 10), 153 [3JA]

Eden Express Restaurant: employment of handicapped, 357 [24JA]

Education: teacher change of employment across State lines without retirement losses (H.R. 2537), 10728 [1JN]

Education and Training for a Competitive America Act: amend (H.R. 678), 1188 [27JA], 3563 [7MR], 7487 [26AP]

EEOC: enforce nondiscrimination policies in Federal employment (H.R. 134), 2219 [9FE]

———investigate and determine Federal employee discrimination claims made against the Government (H.R. 1012), 2565 [22FE]

Employee benefit plans: health insurance coverage, 1664 [2FE]

Employees: equitable and uniform compensation treatment, 18200 [3AU]

Employment Incentives Act: increase salary retention of low-income families (H.R. 882), 1891 [7FE]

Enterprise Zone Improvements Act: enact (H.R. 6), 171 [3JA]

Enterprise zones: establish (H.R. 193), 128 [3JA]

ERISA: amend (H.R. 2794), 14000 [29JN]

———part-time and temporary workers' pension and health benefits (H.R. 2563), 11044 [7JN]

Executive departments: encourage prompt and informal resolution of labor disputes (H.R. 2497), 10208 [25MY]

Family leave: protection of benefits when involving birth, adoption, or serious health condition (H.R. 770), 1639, 1660 [2FE], 3843 [9MR], 8009, 8010, 8012, 8014 [3MY], 11218-11226 [7JN]

———protection of employment and benefit rights (H.R. 3445), 24157 [11OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: enact (H.R. ), 4448 [15MR]

Federal aid programs: day care for children whose parents are in job training programs, 19159 [4AU]

Federal employees: flexible work and job-sharing arrangements (H.R. 2435), 9616 [18MY]

———procedural rights for excepted service personnel, 18194 [2AU]

———protection against prohibited personnel practices (S. 20), 5026-5040 [21MR]

———service with honor (H.R. 2337), 8887 [11MY]

Florida: sugar industry, 5797 [6AP]

Foreign investments: impact, 23948 [10OC]

Foreign trade: effect of trade deficit on U.S. jobs, 25480-25481 [23OC]

GAO: study on family and medical leave, 8602 [9MY]

Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (H.R. 2273), 8712, 8745 [9MY], 13271 [23JN], 15410 [20JY], 18221 [3AU], 18647 [3AU], 26893 [1NO], 29306 [16NO]

Health: increasing number of men entering the nursing profession, 7862 [2MY]

Health insurance: repeal section 89 of Internal Revenue Code, 6666 [13AP]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (S. 582), 17179-17182 [1AU]

Immigration: employer sanctions relative to longshore work (H.R. 2138), 7596 [27AP], 24773 [17OC]

———enforcement of antidiscrimination laws, 17587 [1AU]

———repeal employer sanctions, 28599 [13NO]

———voluntary use of the employment verification paperwork system voluntary (H.R. 1269), 3224 [2MR]

Ireland, Northern: fair employment incentives (H.R. 156), 158 [3JA]

Japan: U.S. investments, 24768 [17OC], 26515, 26517, 26584-26587 [31OC], 26794 [1NO], 26909 [2NO], 27183 [6NO], 27721 [7NO]

Job Corps: anniversary, 340 [24JA]

———improve services, 12198 [15JN]

Job Training Partnership Act: amend to improve delivery of services (H.R. 2039), 7081 [19AP], 27069 [2NO]

Labor: enhance access to job training services (H.R. 3266), 20410 [13SE]

———increase productivity of U.S. labor force in 21st century (H.R. 2235), 8429 [4MY], 11022 [6JN]

———restore certain political rights to workers (H.R. 2589), 11390 [8JN], 13954 [29JN]

Labor unions: hiring of permanent replacement workers during a strike (H.R. 1383), 4144 [14MR]

Low-income families: assistance, 3832 [8MR]

Luzerne County, PA: tribute to Dept. of Human Resources Development, 20710 [18SE]

Mexican American Legal Defense Fund: report on discrimination, 27575 [6NO]

Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2), 5128, 5130, 5142 [22MR], 5163, 5164 [22MR], 5215, 5216-5256 [23MR], 6632 [13AP], 6821 [17AP], 26196-26198 [26OC]

———adjust (H.R. 2), conference report, 8810 [10MY], 8886 [11MY], 8899, 8900, 8905 [11MY], 9456-9462 [17MY], 9594 [17MY]

———adjust (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 111), 5133-5142 [22MR]

———adjust (H.R. 2), permission to file conference report, 8432 [8MY]

National Apprenticeship Act: amend (H.R. 1130), 2806 [27FE]

National Employee Assistance Programs Recognition Month: designate (H.J. Res. 223), 5630 [5AP], 5676 [6AP]

National Job Skills Week: designate (H.J. Res. 195), 4140 [14MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 148), 22278, 22279 [28SE]

National Payroll Practitioner Appreciation Day: designate (H.J. Res. 406), 20932 [19SE]

North Carolina: conference on work force literacy, 6669 [13AP]

Occupational health and safety: U.S. obligation in workplaces (H.R. 1095), 2782 [23FE]

Ohio: concerns of constituents over the economy, 14033 [11JY]

Older Workers Benefit Protection Act: enact, 19453 [4AU]

OMB: hiring practices relative to disabled veterans, 7592 [27AP]

OSHA: reform, 5310 [23MR]

Pensions: benefit plans, 21538-21540, 21543, 21544 [26SE]

———integration participation and vesting requirements (H.R. 3306), 21171 [20SE]

———maintenance of participation and rights of beneficiaries under merged and consolidated plans (H.R. 3249), 20229 [12SE]

———protection in case of corporate mergers or acquisitions, 12187 [15JN]

Polygraph tests: conditions of disclosure of information acquired (H.R. 3451), 24548 [13OC]

Postal Service: limit the pay rate for compensating experts and consultants (H.R. 2183), 7872 [2MY]

Private Industry Council: tribute to on-the-job training program, 11254 [7JN]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, 8392 [4MY]

Reading, PA: observance of Youth Day, 8399 [4MY]

San Francisco, CA: tribute to Enterprise for High School Students, 26894 [1NO]

Social Security: earnings test, 11584-11593 [13JN], 11594 [14JN]

———earnings test (H.R. 2460), 10087 [24MY], 10249 [25MY], 10420 [31MY], 11584 [13JN], 16964 [31JY]

———earnings test (H.R. 420), 159 [3JA]

———remove outside earned income limitations (H.R. 862), 2198 [9FE], 21751 [26SE], 21772, 22054 [27SE]

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (H.R. 8), 123 [3JA], 21554 [26SE], 24748 [16OC]

Sports: minority hirings in major league baseball, 2824 [28FE]

States: taxation of pension income of nonresidents (H.R. 1227), 3082 [1MR]

Supreme Court: affirmative action cases, 12477-12486 [20JN], 13848 [28JN], 13967 [29JN]

———civil rights decisions, 14696 [13JY]

Taxation: child care services deduction (H.R. 1282), 3665 [7MR]

———deduction for employers providing certain family leave (H.R. 1141), 3047 [28FE]

———employee benefit rules, 373 [24JA]

———family plan insurance benefits, 20712 [18SE]

———nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans, 22033-22044 [27SE], 27721 [7NO]

———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (H.R. 2037), 7061 [19AP]

———postretirement and long-term health care benefits provided by pension plans (H.R. 1865), 7887 [2MY]

———postretirement and long-term health care benefits provided by pension plans (H.R. 1866), 7887 [2MY]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (H.R. 634), 4146 [14MR], 4995 [20MR], 6821 [17AP], 10731 [1JN], 16772 [28JY], 19680 [6SE]

———repeal section 89 relative to employer-provided benefits, 15154 [19JY]

———simplify the antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans (H.R. 1864), 6447 [13AP], 6667 [13AP]

———treatment of certain technical personnel relative to employment taxes (H.R. 3741), 30214 [19NO]

———treatment of certain transportation furnished by an employer (H.R. 2265), 8461 [8MY]

TVA: employee retention relative to collective bargaining agreements and performance ratings (H.R. 2027), 7074 [19AP]

Veterans: California observance of Hire a Vet Week, 8717 [9MY]

Vocational education: use of funds for single parents and homemakers, 6078 [11AP]

Vocational Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1128), 2809, 2811 [27FE]

———grants for technical education (H.R. 22), 368 [24JA]

Women: employment training and placement (H.R. 3050), 16828 [28JY]

Workers Memorial Day: designate (H.J. Res. 235), 7480 [25AP], 7581 [26AP]

Working at home: authority, 5349 [3AP]

Youth Employment Services Act: enact (H.R. 1536), 5115 [21MR]

Remarks in Senate

Age Discrimination in Apprenticeship Programs Act: enact (S. 516), 3526 [6MR]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (S. 1293), 14180 [11JY], 18462 [3AU]

———clarify protection relative to employee benefit plans (S. 1511), 18408-18410 [3AU]

———waiver of rights under (S. 54), 644-648 [25JA]

Aged: taxation of post-retirement income and benefits (S. 1120), 10770 [2JN]

American Legion: publication of ``Need a Lift?'' informational handbook, 10702 [1JN]

American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act: enact (S. 356), 1804 [7FE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (S. 933), 8505-8520 [9MY], 8998 [11MY], 17525, 17559 [1AU], 19576 [6SE], 19791-19813, 19823-19863, 19903 [7SE], 20088 [12SE], 20571-20574 [14SE], 21741 [26SE], 22445 [28SE], 29822 [17NO]

———enact (S. 933), order to print, 24707 [16OC]

———executive departments to educate public about requirements of the legislation, 19877-19879 [7SE]

Amtrak: compensate employees for work-related injuries, 18020 [2AU], 20292-20296 [13SE]

Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act: enact (S. 768), 6174 [12AP]

Building and Construction Industry Labor Law Act: enact (S. 807), 6711 [17AP]

Chemicals: protection of workers, 3245 [2MR]

Child Care Assistance Act: enact (S. 761), 6036-6041 [11AP]

Child Care Assistance and Resources Expansion Act: enact (S. 409), 2113 [9FE]

Child Care Development Act: enact (S. 824), 6998 [18AP]

Commission on Work Force Quality and Labor Market Efficiency: policy framework for human resource development, 6092 [12AP]

Community Education Employment Center Act: enact (S. 1477), 17970-17972 [2AU], 25299 [19OC]

Congress: committee analysis of legislation impact on economic factors (S. Con. Res. 17), 3535 [6MR]

———eliminate the exemption from the application of certain provisions of law relative to employment (S. 272), 1026 [25JA]

———include as a beneficiary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, 19879-19881 [7SE]

Congressional Senior Citizen Intern Program: tribute, 18386 [3AU]

Copyright: amend law relative to work made for hire (S. 1253), 13150 [22JN]

Dept. of Defense: postemployment restrictions for employees and former employees, 17402 [1AU]

Dept. of Energy: notice of hirings or resignations of certain personnel, 17686 [2AU]

Diseases: inclusion of acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients into the Americans With Disabilities Act, 19866-19871 [7SE]

Displaced Homemakers Training and Economic Self-Sufficiency Assistance Act: enact (S. 1107), 10639 [1JN]

District of Columbia: residency requirements for employment, 24711 [16OC]

Drug abuse: employment testing, 23938 [7OC]

———exclude individuals who are users of illegal drugs from being qualified as disabled, 19873-19877, 19883 [7SE]

Economic Equity Act: enact (S. 1480), 17981-17983, 17999 [2AU], 18453 [3AU], 19071 [15AU]

Education: New Mexico's Project Uplift, 5842 [7AP]

———tax treatment of amounts paid for employee assistance programs (S. 260), 1011 [25JA]

El Paso, TX: expansion and renovation of the Job Corps Center, 21259 [21SE]

Employee Pension Protection Act: enact (S. 685), 5398, 5448 [4AP]

Employment Education Institute Act: enact (S. 742), 6005 [11AP]

Employment Incentives Act: enact (S. 364), 1818-1819 [7FE], 1910 [8FE]

EPA: Senior Environmental Employment Program, 18925 [4AU]

Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act: enact (S. 304), 1263 [31JA]

FAA: accelerated implementation of a demonstration project for employees at certain facilities (S. 467), 2973 [28FE]

———promote safety and protect airline employees (S. 48), 629 [25JA]

Fair Employment Reinstatement Act: enact (S. 1261), 13411-13414 [23JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (S. 167), 815 [25JA]

Federal employees: exempt certain provisions relative to offsets from pay for former employees assisting in the decennial census (S. 1451), 17496 [1AU]

———protection against prohibited personnel practices (S. 20), 564-568, 1119 [25JA], 4218 [15MR], 4507-4511, 4515-4524, 4528, 4535, 4541 [16MR]

———protection against prohibited personnel practices (S. 20), unanimous-consent request, 4529 [16MR]

Federal Employees Flexible Work Arrangements Act: enact (S. 1072), 9897 [18MY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: extension (S. 1518), 18418, 18420 [3AU]

Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act: enact (S. 1290), 14174 [11JY]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (S. 582), 4349 [15MR]

Housing: teach housing repair skills to public housing tenants, 20797-20801 [19SE]

Immigration: application of employer sanctions to longshore work (S. 1252), 13150 [22JN]

Indian Employment Opportunity Act: enact (S. 1650), 21143-21144 [20SE]

Industry: encourage employers to retain work in United States (S. 252), 1002 [25JA]

Insurance: special rules for health insurance costs of the self-employed (S. 1507), 18404 [3AU]

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers: anniversary of local 11, 11745 [14JN]

Iron and steel industry: impact of imports from EEC, 4421 [15MR]

Japan: U.S. investments, 26601 [31OC]

Job Center Network Act: enact (S. 1592), 20056 [12SE]

Job Enhancement for Families Act: enact (S. 492), 3307 [2MR]

Job Training Partnership Act: amend (S. 1300), 14330 [12JY]

———broader range of training and job placement for women (S. 975), 8969 [11MY], 30139 [19NO]

———strengthen program of employment and training assistance (S. 543), 3764, 3777 [8MR]

Labor: adjust the maximum hour exemption for agricultural employees (S. 1889), 29404 [16NO]

———compensatory time allowance for overtime hours (S. 515), 3526 [6MR]

———deny crew member status in the case of certain strikes and lockouts (S. 1459), 17507 [1AU]

Labor Force 2000: Allstate Insurance Co. forum, 10388 [31MY]

Labor Management Relations Act: employer payments to employee trust fund (S. 1099), 10634 [1JN]

Labor Shortage Reduction Act: enact (S. 741), 6000 [11AP], 10374 [31MY], 13467 [23JN]

Leave: grant for family and temporary medical emergencies (S. 345), 1551-1555 [2FE]

Medicare: incentives for handicapped individuals to work (S. 320), 1300 [31JA]

Medicare/medicaid: exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements (S. 1460), 17508 [1AU]

Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2), 6169 [12AP]

———adjust (H.R. 2), conference report, 9484 [17MY]

———adjust (S. 4), 470 [25JA], 5704-5731, 5760 [6AP], 5807, 5810-5816 [7AP], 5949, 5950, 5953 [11AP], 5961 [12AP], 5994 [11AP], 6096-6122 [12AP], 6168 [1MY], 6171 [12AP], 7894 [3MY]

———restore to fair and equitable rate (S. 1182), 11725 [14JN]

National Job Skills Week: designate (S.J. Res. 148), 10773 [2JN]

National Labor Relations Act: amend relative to employers and performers in the live performing arts (S. 1216), 12710 [21JN]

New Mexico: on-the-job training programs, 31658 [21NO]

Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act: enact (S. 1287), 14168 [11JY]

———enact (S. 758), 6030 [11AP]

Parental Leave Act: enact (S. 951), 8556-8558 [9MY]

Pensions: disclosure of information to participants (S. 985), 9089 [12MY]

Public Housing Gateway Act: enact (S. 1254), 13153 [22JN]

Refugee Early Employment Project, Portland OR: tribute, 26679 [31OC]

Rural areas: assistance, 13287 [23JN]

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (S. 1036), 9812, 9826-9830 [18MY], 12630-12632 [21JN], 12944, 12946 [22JN], 14718 [14JY], 18035-18072 [2AU], 18227-18240, 18245, 18382 [3AU], 30528 [20NO], 31733 [11DE]

———enact (S. 1036), correction of engrossment, 18529 [3AU]

Senate: fair employment practices (S. 1165), 11513 [13JN]

Small business: health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 1547), 18951 [4AU]

Small Day Care Center Assistance Act: enact (S. 1297), 14322 [12JY]

Social Security: retirement test, 13007-13012 [22JN]

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act: enact (S. 1212), 12701-12704 [21JN]

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (S. 1358), 15281-15287, 15316 [19JY]

Supreme Court: ruling on civil rights cases, 11857 [15JN]

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit: administration, 10743 [2JN]

Taxation: additional deduction to employers for costs of providing family birth, adoption, or child illness leave (S. 373), 1935 [8FE]

———credit for employers providing onsite day care facilities (S. 842), 7271 [19AP]

———earned income tax credit to working poor, 14206 [11JY]

———employee benefit programs (S. Res. 92), 5603 [5AP]

———employer-provided benefits, 6613 [13AP]

———exclude certain employees from pension minimum coverage requirements (S. 1383), 15914 [24JY]

———less frequent deposits of payroll taxes for low-paid employees (S. 1618), 20311 [13SE]

———nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (S. 1774), 25361 [20OC]

———nonresident State income tax (S. 800), 6585 [13AP], 7841 [2MY]

———rules for coverage and benefits under certain employee benefit plans (S. 350), 4422 [15MR]

———simplify the antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee health benefit plans (S. 1129), 10974, 10984 [6JN], 11075 [7JN]

———targeted jobs tax credit (S. 720), 5741 [6AP]

———targeted jobs tax credit (S. 766), 6173 [12AP], 28145 [9NO]

———treatment of expenses used for child care (S. 412), 2122-2125 [9FE], 3162 [1MR]

Textile industry and fabrics: historical importance, 3109 [1MR]

Training for the Unemployed Act: enact (S. 678), 4903 [17MR], 7364-7368 [19AP]

U.S.-Canada Job Opportunity Reciprocity Act: enact (S. 1927), 30192 [19NO]

Veterans: eligibility for, and extension of the readjustment employment program (S. 1279), 13437 [23JN]

Veterans Compensated Work Therapy Program Improvements Act: enact (S. 846), 7280-7282 [19AP]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (S.J. Res. 130), 9091 [12MY]

Workers' Political Rights Act: enact (S. 1645), 21136 [20SE]

Youth: job education and training, 5619 [5AP]

Youth Development, Inc.: Job Training Partnership Act Presidential Award, 5844 [7AP]

Reports

Americans With Disabilities Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (excerpt), 20572 [14SE]

Congressional Senior Citizen Intern Program: Lucille Stafford, 18386 [3AU]

Constitutionality of Possible Amendment to Act for Better Child Care Services Relative to Removing Certificate: David M. Ackerman, Library of Congress, 12344 [19JN], 12979 [22JN]

Drugs in the Workplace: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 3929 [9MR]

Kinder, Gentler Minimum Wage Is a Livable Minimum Wage, 8906-8908 [11MY]

Management Review of Superfund Program: William K. Reilly, Administrator of EPA, 18925 [4AU]

Minimum Wage: CBO, 5241-5242 [23MR]

OPIC Activities' Impact on Domestic Employment: GAO, 992 [25JA]

What Every Worker Should Know About Minimum Wage: Maine Bureau of Labor Education, 5973 [11AP]

Whistleblower Protection Act: Congressional Research Service, 4511 [16MR]

Reports by conference committees

Minimum Wage Adjustment (H.R. 2), 8435-8441 [8MY]

Reports filed

Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1432) (H. Rept. 101-221), 19327 [4AU]

———Waiver of Rights: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 54) (S. Rept. 101-79), 15047 [18JY]

Amend Rules on Fiduciary Duties Relative To Assets of Terminated Pension Plans: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1661) (H. Rept. 101-169), 15849 [24JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 933) (S. Rept. 101-116), 19612 [6SE]

Family Leave Involving a Birth, Adoption, or Serious Health Condition With Protection of Benefits: Committee on House Administration (H.R. 770) (H. Rept. 101-28), 7648 [1MY]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 345) (S. Rept. 101-77), 14574 [13JY]

———Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 770) (H. Rept. 101-28), 7613 [27AP]

Job Training Partnership Act Amendments (S. 543) (S. Rept. 101-129), 20521 [14SE]

Minimum Wage Adjustment: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 101-11), 4988 [20MR]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 4) (S. Rept. 101-6), 4241 [15MR]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1182) (S. Rept. 101-117), 19612 [6SE]

National Job Skills Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 148), 11350 [8JN]

Rural Partnerships Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1036) (S. Rept. 101-73), 14148 [11JY]

Training and Job Placement for Women: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 975) (S. Rept. 101-90), 16672 [27JY]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 130), 11350 [8JN]

Statements

Americans With Disabilities Act: I. King Jordan, 19802 [7SE]

———President Bush, 19802 [7SE]

———Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, 19802 [7SE]

———Senator Hatch, 19056, 19576 [6SE]

———Sylvia Piper, 19803 [7SE]

Duty of Government: Abraham Lincoln, 2971 [28FE]

Employer-Provided Health Insurance: Geo. C. Matteson Co., Inc., 10904 [6JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 6168 [12AP]

Government Contracts: National Electrical Contractors Association, 6146 [12AP]

Labor Management Adjustment Board, 10635 [1JN]

Minimum Wage, 8905 [11MY]

———Angel Lopez, 5960 [11AP]

———President Bush, 5957, 5974 [11AP]

———Representative Hawkins, 5248 [23MR]

———Senator Mitchell, 8906 [11MY]

Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 20), 5034 [21MR]

Youth Unemployment: Marion S. Barry, Jr., 5960 [11AP]

Studies

Minimum Wage: University of Michigan, 5959 [11AP]

Summaries

Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act (S. 768), 6186 [12AP]

BLS Compilation of Unemployment Statistics (H.R. 1425), 4468 [15MR]

Displaced Homemakers Employment Training and Self-Sufficiency Act (H.R. 3069), 17592 [1AU]

Displaced Homemakers Training and Economic Self-Sufficiency Assistance Act (S. 1107), 10643 [1JN]

Employee Health and Safety Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 436), 2656 [23FE]

Employee Pension Protection Act (S. 685), 5399 [4AP]

Employment Incentives Act (S. 364), 1824 [7FE]

Fair Employment Reinstatement Act (S. 1261), 13413 [23JN]

Increase Productivity of U.S. Labor Force in 21st Century (H.R. 2235), 8429 [4MY]

Job Training Partnership Act Youth Employment Act Amendment (S. 543), 3774-3777 [8MR]

Maternity Leave Act (H.R. 3445), 24157 [11OC]

Nontraditional Employment for Women Act (S. 975), 8971 [11MY]

Retiree Health Benefits and Pension Preservation Act (H.R. 1866), 7887 [2MY]

Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act (H.R. 1865), 7888 [2MY]

Simplification of Antidiscrimination Rules Applicable to Certain Employee Benefit Plans (S. 1129), 10979 [6JN]

Tax Treatment of Expenses Used for Child Care (S. 412), 2122 [9FE]

Vocational Education Act Appropriations (H.R. 1128), 2809 [27FE]

Work Incentives Relative to Social Security Disability Benefits (H.R. 8), 21555 [26SE]

Surveys

Americans With Disabilities Act: National Council on Disabilities, 19801 [7SE]

Synopses

Major Revisions to the Act for Better Child Care Services (S. 5), 472 [25JA]

Tables

Compensation paid to chief executive officers of major retail trade and service industry employers, 5153 [22MR]

Cost estimates and budget effect of S. 364, Employment Incentives Act, 1824 [7FE]

Current status of District of Columbia inmates placed in jobs (sundry), 20511 [14SE]

Dept. of Labor projection for labor force and employment growth, 1989-92, 5712 [6AP]

Elimination of Social Security retirement earnings test at normal retirement age, 9428 [16MY]

Employed wage and salary workers in the civilian labor force classified by the status under the minimum wage, 27864 [8NO]

Health insurance premium credit, 13302 [23JN]

Utah's 1980 median income by educational attainment, by sex, 12337 [19JN]

Testimonies

Americans With Disabilities Act: Judith Heumann, 19808 [7SE]

———Perry Tillman, 19804 [7SE]

———Robert Burgdorf, Jr., 19802 [7SE]

———Timothy Cook, 19802 [7SE]

Day Care: Diana Cybil, 12326 [19JN]

Dayton-Hudson's Jobplus Program: Marcia Townley, 1689 [6FE]

Delay Implementation of Tax Rules on Certain Employer-Provided Benefits: Representative Crane, 8411 [4MY]

Family and Medical Leave: Cynthia Simpler, 11223 [7JN]

———Mary W. Roberts, 1552 [2FE]

Minimum Wage, 6142 [12AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 111, consideration of H.R. 2, minimum wage adjustments, 5133 [22MR]

H.J. Res. 223, National Employee Assistance Programs Recognition Month, 5630 [5AP]

H.R. 2, minimum wage adjustment, 5216 [23MR]

H.R. 22, Tech-Prep Education Act, 369 [24JA]

H.R. 101, Defense Economic Adjustment Act, 134 [3JA]

H.R. 678, Education and Training for a Competitive America Act correction, 3563 [7MR]

H.R. 679, require community impact statements in certain mergers affecting employment levels, 1129 [27JA]

H.R. 882, Employment Incentives Act, 1891 [7FE]

H.R. 1208, drug and alcohol testing for railroad employees, 17029-17031 [31JY]

H.R. 1269, Immigration Employment Paperwork Reduction Act, 3225 [2MR]

H.R. 2138, employer sanctions relative to longshore work, 24773 [17OC]

H.R. 2435, Federal Employees Flexible Work Arrangements Act, 9616 [18MY]

H.R. 2530, Dept. of Labor provision of access to public employment and establishment of job training demonstration program, 10735 [1JN]

H.R. 2537, Mobile Teachers Retirement Act, 10728 [1JN]

H.R. 2859, income tax withholding for agricultural employees, 14066 [11JY]

H.R. 3069, Displaced Homemakers Employment Training and Self-Sufficiency Act, 17592-17595 [1AU]

H.R. 3266, Workforce 2000 Job Training Partnership Act, 20410-20413 [13SE]

S. 4, Minimum Wage Restoration Act, 470 [25JA], 5704 [6AP]

S. 5, increase quality and availability of child care, 472-481 [25JA]

S. 20, Federal employees protection against prohibited personnel practices, 4535-4541 [16MR], 5026-5032 [21MR]

S. 48, Aviation Safety Protection Act, 629 [25JA]

S. 54, waiver of rights under Age Discrimination in Employment Waiver Protection Act, 645 [25JA]

S. 138, employer-provided health care benefits for retired employees, 773-777 [25JA]

S. 252, encourage employers to retain work in United States, 1002 [25JA]

S. 260, Employee Educational Assistance Act, 1012 [25JA]

S. 272, Fair Employment in Congress Act, 1026 [25JA]

S. 304, Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act, 1264 [31JA]

S. 320, incentives for handicapped individuals to work, 1301 [31JA]

S. 356, American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act, 1805 [7FE]

S. 364, Employment Incentives Act, 1819 [7FE]

S. 492, Job Enhancement for Families Act, 3307 [2MR]

S. 515, compensatory time allowance for overtime hours, 3527 [6MR]

S. 516, Age Discrimination in Apprenticeship Programs Act, 3527 [6MR]

S. 543, strengthen Job Training Partnership Act program of employment and training assistance, 3767-3774 [8MR]

S. 582, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4350-4356 [15MR]

S. 667, extend unemployment benefits to nonprofessional school employees, 4868 [17MR]

S. 678, Training for the Unemployed Act, 4903 [17MR]

S. 685, Employee Pension Protection Act, 5399-5402 [4AP]

S. 720, extend targeted jobs tax credit, 5742 [6AP]

S. 741, Labor Shortage Reduction Act, 6001 [11AP]

S. 742, Employment Education Institute Act, 6005 [11AP]

S. 758, employment practices of U.S. corporations in Northern Ireland, 6030 [11AP]

S. 766, targeted jobs tax credit, 6174 [12AP]

S. 768, Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act, 6176-6185 [12AP]

S. 807, Building and Construction Industry Labor Law Act, 6712 [17AP]

S. 832, highway funding for skill training programs, 7006 [18AP]

S. 842, tax credit for employers who provide onsite day care facilities, 7272 [19AP]

S. 846, Veterans Compensated Work Therapy Program Improvements Act, 7282-7284 [19AP]

S. 933, Americans With Disabilities Act, 8509-8513 [9MY], 19791-19797 [7SE], 19823-19831 [12SE]

S. 951, Parental Leave Act, 8558-8562 [9MY]

S. 975, broader range of training and job placement for women under the Job Training Partnership Act, 30139, 30141-30143 [19NO]

S. 975, Nontraditional Employment for Women Act, 8969-8971 [11MY]

S. 985, pension information disclosure to participants, 9089 [12MY]

S. 1036, Rural Partnerships Act, 9813-9826 [18MY], 18052-18072 [15AU]

S. 1072, Federal Employees Flexible Work Arrangements Act, 9898 [18MY]

S. 1107, Displaced Homemakers Training and Economic Self-Sufficiency Assistance Act, 10640-10643 [1JN]

S. 1109, extend Vocational Education Act authority, 10645 [1JN]

S. 1216, amend National Labor Relations Act relative to employers and performers in the live performing arts, 12710 [21JN]

S. 1253, amend copyright law relative to work made for hire, 13151 [22JN]

S. 1254, Public Housing Gateway Act, 13154-13156 [22JN]

S. 1261, Fair Employment Reinstatement Act, 13412 [23JN]

S. 1279, veterans eligibility for, and extension of the readjustment employment program, 13438 [23JN]

S. 1287, Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act, 14168 [11JY]

S. 1290, Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act, 14174-14177 [11JY]

S. 1297, Small Day Care Center Assistance Act, 14323 [12JY]

S. 1300, Job Training Partnership Act amendment, 14331-14341 [12JY]

S. 1358, Social Security Work Incentives Act, 15282-15284 [19JY]

S. 1459, deny crew member status in the case of certain strikes and lockouts, 17507 [1AU]

S. 1460, exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements under medicare/medicaid, 17508 [1AU]

S. 1477, Community Education Employment Center Act, 17972-17974 [2AU]

S. 1480, Economic Equity Act, 17983-17997 [2AU]

S. 1518, Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, 18419 [3AU]

S. 1547, health insurance costs of self-employed small business people, 18951 [4AU]

S. 1592, Job Center Network Act, 20056 [12SE]

S. 1645, Workers' Political Rights Act, 21136 [20SE]

S. 1650, Indian Employment Opportunity Act, 21145 [20SE]

S. 1774, nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans, 25361 [20OC]

S. 1927, U.S.-Canada Job Opportunity Reciprocity Act, 30194 [19NO]

S. Con. Res. 17, congressional committee analysis of legislation impact on economic factors, 3535 [6MR]

S. Res. 92, employee tax benefit programs, 5603 [5AP]

S.J. Res. 130, Vocational-Technical Education Week, 11442 [9JN]

S.J. Res. 148, National Job Skills Week, 10773 [2JN], 11445 [9JN], 22279 [28SE]