EMPLOYMENT related term(s) Unemployment

Addresses

American Economy and the Rest of the World—Two Sides of the Same Coin: Felix G. Rohatyn, S8918-S8921 [13JY]

Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Coretta Scott King, S7583 [23JN]

———Justin Dart, S7583 [23JN]

Financial Accounting Standards Board's Treatment of Employee Stock Options and Purchase Plans: Walter Schuetze, S5038 [3MY]

Salute to State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation: Senator Harkin, S8439 [1JY]

———Senator Mathews, S5446 [10MY]

Amendments

Armed Forces: improve benefits of certain members and reemployment rights and benefits of veterans (H.R. 995), H9117, H9124 [13SE]

Education: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), S1006, S1008, S1013, S1017, S1028, S1031, S1032, S1033, S1034, S1035, S1087, S1088, S1089 [7FE], S1094, S1102, S1103, S1165 [8FE]

Federal aid programs: reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), S4692 [21AP], S5093 [3MY]

Federal employees: employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), S1524, S1526 [11FE], S2834, S2881 [11MR], H452, H453 [10FE]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), S8826 [12JY]

Analyses

Amend SSI Eligibility Regulations for the Disabled Relative to Self-Support, Education, Housing, and Marriage (S. 2161), S6532 [7JN]

Davis-Bacon Wages Boost Rebuilding Cost: W. Snow Hume, E928 [13MY]

Immigration Control and Reform Act (S. 2533), S14542-S14545 [6OC]

Reemployment Act (S. 1951), S3240-S3252 [17MR]

School-to-Work Opportunities Act (S. 1361): Application to Individuals With Disabilities, S1037-S1040 [7FE]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers' Investment Returns, S9511 [22JY]

Why Employer Mandates Hurt Workers: National Center for Policy Analysis, S8463 [11JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2884, School-to-Work Opportunities Act, S1116 [8FE], H1352 [16MR]

———H.R. 3345, Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, S2842 [11MR], H1302 [11MR]

———H.R. 4277, establish Social Security Administration as an independent agency, H4752 [21JN]

———H.R. 4278, Social Security Domestic Employment Reform Act, H4750 [21JN]

———S. 2000, Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization, H2901 [28AP]

Review Panel of the Office of Fair Employment Practices, H2176 [12AP]

Articles and editorials

Advantages of Employer Health Plans Are Disappearing, E1349 [28JN]

After NAFTA, We'll Have Winners, Losers, E178 [10FE]

Agenda For the Jobs Summit, S4011 [25MR]

Banning Mining Will Ensure There Will Always Be Enough Servants, S9633 [25JY]

Better Life Lies Across ``Bridge'', S1030 [7FE]

Broken Promise—Family Still Waits, S11332 [11AU]

Business Training Program Deemed Successful, S11337 [11AU]

Catholic Community and the I.L.O.—A Commonality of Social Purpose, E389 [9MR]

Cigarette Taxes, Smuggling, and Revenues, S10044-S10046 [28JY]

Clinton Administration Adds to Bureaucratic Jungle, S11331 [11AU]

Clinton Administration on Timber Crisis—Just Wait for Results, S11329 [11AU]

``Clinton Recovery'' Is a Study in Self-Contradictions, H7974 [11AU]

Communities See Hope as They Turn Away From Timber, S11336 [11AU]

Conference Held for Timber Towns—It Was a Joke, S11335 [11AU]

Course Funded by State Angers Displaced Worker, S11335 [11AU]

Customer Service at Social Security, S10876 [5AU]

Different Kind of Whistle-Blower, S9228 [19JY], S9292 [20JY], S14014 [4OC]

Don't Let Taxpayers Steal Briggs Jobs, S11342 [11AU]

Environmentalists, Loggers Decide To Work Together on Crisis, S11338 [11AU]

Ex-Millworker Must Choose Between School or Survival, S11333 [11AU]

Family Struggles To Make Do After Fall From Middle Class, H1283 [11MR]

Family Willing To Try Anything To Survive, S11329 [11AU]

Fined for Heroism, S2864 [11MR]

Food-Stamp Racket, E582 [24MR]

Forget Europe as a Model for Creating Jobs—Clinton's Health Plan Has the Same Blind Spot—Broader Benefits Require Higher Taxes, S4010 [25MR]

G.I. Bill, 50 Years On, E1293 [22JN]

Get Out of the Way, E1333 [27JN]

Getting From School to Work, S1004 [7FE]

Getting Help To Fight Back, S9511 [22JY]

Helms vs. Espy, Round One, Etc., S14015 [4OC]

Help From Helms, S14015 [4OC]

Here's Health-Care Reform That Works, S9761 [27JY]

I Have No Desire To Work and Be Poor, S11332 [11AU]

I Made a Vow to Myself I Wouldn't Log, S11337 [11AU]

If the Rich Don't Get Richer, Can the Economy Thrive?, S1683 [23FE]

Iowa's Way To End Welfare as We Know It, S204 [26JA]

Is Timber Money Being Wasted on Silly Games at Conferences, S11333 [11AU]

It Seemed Like They Promised You Everything at the Start, S11332 [11AU]

Job Protection for Gays, E1492 [19JY]

Job Training That Works—Standout San Jose Program Deserves More Funding, E12 [25JA]

Labor Board Nominee, S2246 [2MR]

Labor Department Puts Harsh Burden on Teens, E780 [26AP]

Last Year's Budget Deal Was a Success, S10714 [5AU]

Loggers Left With Crumbs, S11328 [11AU]

Loggers Say New Timber Plans Have No Magic Formula, S11333 [11AU]

Low Pay and Closed Doors Greet Young in Job Market, H1282 [11MR]

Mandates Would Hurt the Middle Class, S11462 [12AU]

Man's Opinions Lead to Transfer—He Spoke Against Gay Rights at Agriculture Department, S9292 [20JY], S14014 [4OC]

Man's Transfer After Remark on Gays Angers Helms, S9293 [20JY]

Mediation of Civil Rights Complaints—Win/Win, S3678 [24MR], S9935 [27JY]

Mutual Aid, E1294 [22JN]

NAFTA at Six Months—A Positive Report, E2258 [8OC]

NAFTA Debate That Never Was, S2514 [8MR]

Nobody Can Explain Where the Money Has Gone, S11328 [11AU]

Nonprofit Corporation's Aim Is To Help Create Jobs, S11335 [11AU]

No-Penalty Strike, S8522 [12JY]

North American Community—From the Yukon to the Yucatan, E1081 [26MY]

On Not Blaming Immigrants First, S5745 [16MY]

One Man's View, S12237 [19AU]

One Year Later—How the Clinton Tax Hike Is Harming America, E1712 [11AU]

Opposite Views on One Issue, S11338 [11AU]

OSHA Regulations and Fines, S2864 [11MR]

Our Forgetful Electorate, E1661 [5AU]

Outrage in Boston, E1086 [26MY]

Politician's Dream Is a Businessman's Nightmare, S11665 [13AU]

Poll Finds Worries About Finances, Jobs, S1684 [23FE]

Preparing for the Jobs Summit—Five Principles of Job Creation, S8459-S8463 [11JY]

Priority Matter, E45 [1FE]

Raid on America's Pension Funds, E2248 [8OC]

Religion on the Job, E1436 [12JY]

Religious Freedom on the Race Track, and Off, E1338 [27JN]

Retrained Timber Worker Once Again Without Work, S11334 [11AU]

Retraining Program Turned Out Useless, S11331 [11AU]

Right To File Suit for Bias at Work—Arbitration Is Required, S4267 [13AP]

Sara Lee Cuts 8,000 Jobs—But Few, If Any, in Mexico, H4878 [22JN]

Securities Arbiters Mostly White Men, S4268 [13AP]

Should Social Security Benefits Be Means-Tested?, S9749 [26JY]

Skills Explosion—High-Tech Jobs All Over the Map, S15330-S15332 [1DE]

Small-Time Logging Outfits Will Be Shut Out of Sales, S11332 [11AU]

So You Want To Get Your Roof Fixed, H9534 [22SE]

State Takes the Credit for Carver, S11334 [11AU]

State Timber Workers Last To Get Federal Aid, S11330 [11AU]

Strike Bill Could Destroy Critical Workplace Balance, S8459 [11JY]

Striker Replacement Bill, S8508, S8537 [12JY], E1431 [12JY]

Striking a Balance—Workers Who Strike Should Not Risk Losing Their Jobs, S8515 [12JY]

System Doesn't Work—This Might, S13941 [3OC]

30 Years of Mismanagement and Betrayal in Washington Have Eroded America's Global Edge, S12969 [19SE]

Timber Money Traced to Several Studies Done for Washington Cities, S11335 [11AU]

Timber Workers Offered New Change Program, S11334 [11AU]

Town Tied to Timber Industry Is Forced Into a New Way of Life, S11336 [11AU]

Undiplomatically Yours, S12935 [14SE]

Voluntary Sessions Bring Scriptures Into the Workplace, S4961 [2MY]

We're Doing Just Fine, H2360 [14AP]

Where Did $100 Million Come From?, S11330 [11AU]

Where's the Economic Boom?, E828 [3MY]

Why America Needs Unions, S8472-S8474 [11JY]

Why Your Wages Keep Falling, E190-E192 [11FE]

With Housing Strong, Builders Often Find Skilled Help Lacking, S10239-S10241 [2AU]

Woman Wins in Welfare Fiasco, S1168 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions

Accounting practices: penalties for inadequate recordkeeping of employee citizenship and wages (see H.R. 4288), H2638 [21AP]

AFDC: reform (see H.R. 4983), H8595 [17AU]

Agriculture: adjust the maximum hour exemption for agricultural employees (see S. 2544), S14830 [7OC]

Amtrak: establish limitations on wage continuation and severance benefits for employees displaced by a discontinuance of service (see H.R. 5208), H11199 [6OC]

Budget: deficit (see S. 2202), S7066 [16JN]

Business and industry: establish guidelines for socially responsible business practices for U.S. businesses operating in foreign countries (see H.R. 5261), H11427 [7OC]

———promote performance-based reward plans and employee decisionmaking participation programs (see H.R. 5204), H11199 [6OC]

———provide incentives for job apprenticeship programs and study the consolidation of Federal dislocated worker programs (see H.R. 3736), H82 [26JA]

———State programs to encourage employee ownership and participation (see S. 1870), S1860 [24FE]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see S. 2379), S11341 [11AU]

Children and youth: child labor laws relative to operation of motor vehicles (see H.R. 4303), H2838 [26AP]

Civil rights: guidelines relative to religious accommodation in employment (see H.R. 5233), H11200 [6OC]

———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. 2238; H.R. 4636), S7560 [23JN], H4958 [23JN]

———submission of employee discrimination claims to mandatory and binding arbitration (see S. 2012), S4266 [13AP]

Commission on Integration of Workers' Compensation Medical Benefits: establish (see H.R. 4609), H4779 [21JN]

Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces: establish (see S. 2356), S10538 [3AU]

Committee on Education and Labor (House): expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 345), H287 [3FE]

Congress: application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (see S. 2071; H.R. 4444), S5179 [4MY], H3681 [18MY]

Contracts: defense contractor consolidation savings relative to job training and creation (see H.R. 5012), H9008 [21AU]

———require local hiring preference on certain defense contracts near labor surplus areas or closing military bases (see H.R. 4309), H2913 [28AP]

Courts: encourage mediation of employer discrimination charges (see S. 2327), S9933 [27JY]

———repeal authority to award punitive damages for civil and disabled rights violations (see H.R. 5145), H10445 [30SE]

Crime: availability of information to employers relative to child-related sex offenses (see H. Con. Res. 203), H357 [8FE]

Defense industries: transition of industries, communities, and workers affected by reduced defense spending (see H.R. 4240, 5121), H2397 [18AP], H10006 [28SE]

Dept. of Labor: exempt employers from citation relative to rescues by employees of individuals in life-threatening accidents (see S. 1793), S54 [25JA]

Discrimination: mandatory use of binding arbitration in job discrimination cases (see S. 2405; H.R. 4981), S12099 [18AU], H8595 [17AU]

Dislocation: minimize adverse effects (see H.R. 4072), H1539 [17MR]

District of Columbia: disapprove action of city council relative to protection of displaced workers (see H.J. Res. 345), H1996 [24MR]

———eliminate unfunded pension liabilities (see H.R. 3728), H42 [25JA]

———repeal the Displaced Workers Protection Act (see H.R. 4337), H3055 [4MY]

Domestic policy: minimize the adverse effects of employment dislocation (see S. 1969), S3684 [24MR]

Ecology and environment: establish environmental response training and employment programs (see H.R. 4411), H3344 [12MY]

Economic Development Administration: assistance to communities affected by closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (see H.R. 4644), H4958 [23JN]

Education: adjustments in the calculation of need for student assistance for dislocated workers (see H.R. 4065), H1539 [17MR]

———application of minimum wage and overtime compensation laws to educational enterprise employees (see H.R. 4547), H4219 [8JN]

———counseling for dislocated workers relative to postsecondary education options (see H.R. 4064), H1539 [17MR]

———establish a professional development program (see H.R. 3730), H42 [25JA]

———establish workforce preparation and development system (see H.R. 4407), H3344 [12MY]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see S. Res. 219; H. Con. Res. 265; H. Res. 446), S6522 [7JN], H4165 [26MY], H5547 [12JY]

ERISA: auditing of employee benefit plans (see S. 2547; H.R. 5226), S14830 [7OC], H11200 [6OC]

———availability of remedies for certain former pension plan participants and beneficiaries (S. 1312), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 304), H10538 [3OC]

———fiduciary duties relative to external benefits, social investing, and economically targeted investments (see H.R. 5135), H10372 [29SE]

———improve pension and welfare benefits of workers (see S. 2531), S14479 [6OC]

———provide for joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 5126), H10007 [28SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: coverage of vision impaired or blind individuals (see H.R. 3966), H1066 [7MR]

———exempt employees performing certain court reporting duties from compensatory time requirements applicable to certain public agencies (see S. 2565), S15235 [30NO]

FBI: use of volunteers for tours at training facilities and main building (see H.R. 4942), H7991 [11AU]

Federal aid programs: assistance for employment relocation activities (see H.R. 4996), H8754 [19AU]

———consolidate and restructure Federal training programs (see S. 1943, 2516), S3208 [17MR], S14478 [6OC]

———establish a workforce skills and development loan program for upgrading skills of non-managerial employees (see H.R. 4222), H2367 [14AP]

———grants to encourage work force diversity and improve working conditions (see H.R. 4461), H3755 [19MY]

———job opportunity and training programs relative to independence from welfare system (see H.R. 3742), H83 [26JA]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (see S. 2000), S3954 [25MR]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 421), H3278 [11MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program and Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4250), H2506 [19AP]

Federal employees: age and service requirements under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (see H.R. 4268), H2582 [20AP]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), consideration (see H. Res. 357), H410 [9FE]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 380), H1087 [8MR]

———employment recommendations (see S. 2348), S10357 [2AU]

———mandatory retirement age for Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers (see S. 1984), S3953 [25MR]

———political recommendations (see S. 2391), S11798 [15AU]

———prohibit contract employees from duties once performed by employees that accepted voluntary separation incentive payments (see H.R. 4488), H4090 [25MY]

———provide additional points on the competitive service entrance examination for certain veterans (see H.R. 3830), H410 [9FE]

———statute of limitations for back pay claims (see S. 2274), S8382 [1JY]

———transferable placement of employees between Federal agencies and federally funded research and development centers (see S. 2040; H.R. 4287), S4730 [21AP], H2638 [21AP]

Foreign trade: inclusion of workers rights and environmental standards provisions in trade agreements (see H.R. 4710), H5462 [30JN]

GATT: establish a working party on trade and worker rights and labor standards (see H.R. 4271), H2582 [20AP]

———trade-related worker rights and labor standards (see S. 2268), S8381 [1JY]

Government: consolidation of Federal assistance programs (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]

Government contracts: licensing requirements (see H.R. 4785), H5870 [19JY]

Government regulations: extend protection of Federal labor and civil rights laws to part-time, temporary, and leased employees, independent contractors, and other contingent workers (see S. 2504), S14242 [5OC]

Guam: grant authority for giving preference in awarding contracts to companies employing U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 5074), H9569 [22SE]

Health: employment impact of national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3882), H679 [23FE]

———worksite health promotion program (see H.R. 4755), H5760 [14JY]

House of Representatives: require that committee reports on authorization and revenue bills include CBO employment impact statements (see H. Res. 354), H410 [9FE]

House Rules: transition salary continuation for certain committee staff (see H. Res. 588), H11565 [29NO]

ICC: limit authority to overturn certain employee protection agreements (see H.R. 5018), H9008 [21AU]

Immigration: enforcement of immigration and labor laws and naturalization of eligible aliens (see S. 1987), S3954 [25MR]

———expand the scope of unfair immigration-related employment practices and protections (see H.R. 4053), H1439 [16MR]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see S. 1923, 2533), S2779 [10MR], S14479 [6OC]

Income: prohibit wage discrimination based on sex, race, or nationality (see H.R. 4803), H5950 [20JY]

Information services: provide access to career information on public networks and electronic media (see H.R. 4872), H6549 [1AU]

Job training: establish a public works and public service job training program (see H.R. 4184), H2251 [13AP]

———provide employment and training assistance for individuals working at or residing near a facility or plant scheduled for significant layoffs (see H.R. 3826), H410 [9FE]

John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program: modify relative to employment of participants (see S. Res. 238), S8382 [1JY]

Labor: application of overtime exemptions for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 4150), H1995 [24MR]

———exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives (see S. 1851), S1456 [10FE]

———treatment of cooperative efforts between management and labor (see S. 2499), S14112 [4OC]

Languages: establish that English language usage requirements may cause an adverse and disparate effect on employees and applicants (see H.R. 5127), H10007 [28SE]

Law enforcement officers: establish a national clearinghouse to assist in background checks for applicants (see S. 1965), S3684 [24MR]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal employer requirement to file certain reports (see H.R. 4365), H3155 [5MY]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (see S. 1933; H.R. 4095), S2963 [15MR], H1780 [21MR]

Minorities: establish Federal minority setaside requirements to Hispanic Americans of Spanish or Portuguese descent (see H.R. 5027), H9087 [12SE]

Motor vehicles: provide Federal assistance for compliance with inspection and maintenance requirements and employee trip reduction requirements under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 5205), H11199 [6OC]

National Commission on the Future of Disability: establish (see S. 2016), S4334 [14AP]

National objectives: establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see S. 1951, 1964; H.R. 4040, 4050, 5166), S3208 [17MR], S3550 [23MR], H1438, H1439 [16MR], H10727 [4OC]

———national program to create job opportunities (see H.R. 5278), H11428 [7OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise regulations and programs (see H.R. 4597), H4721 [17JN]

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs: appeals process and judicial review (see H.R. 4977), H8595 [17AU]

———procedures for the selection of second-opinion physicians (see H.R. 4978), H8595 [17AU]

———selection of board-certified second-opinion physicians (see H.R. 4979), H8595 [17AU]

OMB: determine and report number of employees working under contract for executive branch agencies (see H.R. 4487), H4090 [25MY]

OPM: establish an interagency placement program for Federal employees affected by reductions in force (see S. 2190), S6857 [14JN]

OSHA: reform agency goals and activities and promote cooperation and education with employers (see H.R. 5146), H10445 [30SE]

———revise regulations and programs (see S. 1950), S3208 [17MR]

Postal Service: employment recommendations (see S. 2348), S10357 [2AU]

———reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see S. 1983), S3953 [25MR]

Public housing: encourage gainful employment among residents (see H.R. 4159), H1996 [24MR]

Public welfare programs: assistance to recipients most likely to end welfare dependence (see H.R. 4498), H4090 [25MY]

———improve education and job training programs and strengthen support services and case management (see H.R. 4318), H2913 [28AP]

———reform (see S. 1795, 2057, 2134, 2224; H.R. 4126, 4414, 4473, 4566, 4605, 4667, 4767; H. Res. 525), S54 [25JA], S5049 [3MY], S6123 [19MY], S7242 [21JN], H1994 [24MR], H3344 [12MY], H3887 [23MY], H4343 [10JN], H4779 [21JN], H5315 [28JN], H5760 [14JY], H8696 [18AU]

———reform (H.R. 3500), consideration (see H. Res. 386), H1253 [10MR]

———require any reform legislation with employment requirements for AFDC recipients be conditional on State unemployment rate (see H. Con. Res. 226), H1540 [17MR]

Public works: devote public funds and encourage private investment in the development of infrastructure (see H.R. 5120), H10006 [28SE]

———national program to create jobs and restore infrastructure (see H.R. 4708), H5462 [30JN]

Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H544 [11FE]

———extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (see S.J. Res. 226; H.J. Res. 417), S13853 [30SE], H10007 [28SE]

———recommend dismantlement of Railroad Retirement System (see H. Res. 582), H11428 [7OC]

RTC: exemption from overtime provisions for contractor or subcontractor employees (see H.R. 5151), H10445 [30SE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in Rhonda Farmer v. Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices (see S. Res. 282), S14831 [7OC]

Sexual harassment: application of laws to certain businesses (see S. 1864), S1860 [24FE]

———dissemination of information (see S. 1979), S3684 [24MR]

Ships and vessels: coverage of Federal labor laws on foreign documented vessels (see S. 1855), S1524 [11FE]

Small business: establish a minority graduate mentor program (see H.R. 4366), H3155 [5MY]

———participation in Federal health benefits program (see H.R. 4857), H6482 [29JY]

Social Security: allow States to replace JOBS program with a program to assist AFDC recipients (see H.R. 4793), H5870 [19JY]

———amend certain tax policies and benefit distribution practices (see H.R. 4105), H1897 [22MR]

———cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4373), H3222 [10MY]

———determination of disability benefits relative to drug trafficking enterprises and ability to engage in gainful activities (see H.R. 3929), H911 [1MR]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 1892), S2415 [7MR]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 300), consideration (see H. Res. 402), H2218 [12AP]

———earnings test for retiring Members of Congress (see S. 1893), S2415 [7MR]

———eligibility age for Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits (see H.R. 4372), H3222 [10MY]

———establish procedures for verification of employee information (see H.R. 4557), H4292 [9JN]

———improve information on account statements (see H.R. 4374), H3222 [10MY]

———improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 4278), H2638 [21AP]

———penalty for employer failure to file medicare and medicaid data bank reports (see H.R. 4515), H4164 [26MY]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 4277), H2638 [21AP]

SSI: amend eligibility regulations for the disabled relative to self-support, education, housing, and marriage (see S. 2161), S6522 [7JN]

States: require taxation of military retirement annuities on the same basis of State retirement annuities (see H.R. 3915), H865 [24FE]

Taxation: allow credit for businesses that provide work experiences for high school students (see H.R. 4207), H2251 [13AP]

———allow employers tax credit for employee training expenses (see H.R. 4878), H6549 [1AU]

———allow targeted jobs credit for employment of individuals receiving or eligible for unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3828), H410 [9FE]

———availability of the earned income tax credit and the repeal of the temporary Federal unemployment tax (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]

———compliance with certain pension requirements (see H.R. 4534), H4165 [26MY]

———credit for employers who hire AFDC recipients (see H.R. 4512), H4164 [26MY]

———dependent care tax credit adjustments (see H.R. 4470), H3791 [20MY]

———incentives for employers to hire displaced workers relative to closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (see H.R. 4639), H4958 [23JN]

———increase excise tax on tobacco products (see H.R. 4089), H1540 [17MR]

———provide exclusion from gross income for amounts contributed by employers to medical incentives accounts (see H.R. 5106), H9762 [26SE]

———tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see S. 1968), S3684 [24MR]

———treatment of earned income tax credit (see H.R. 5193), H11000 [5OC]

———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 5089), H9600 [23SE]

Tobacco products: treatment of overtime exemptions for employees relative to the sale and processing of green and cigar leaf tobacco (see H.R. 5187), H11000 [5OC]

U.S. Labor Attache Corps: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H4883 [22JN]

Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (see H.R. 4437), H3521 [17MY]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (see S. 2535; H.R. 5279), S14830 [7OC], H11428 [7OC]

———use of census block group data in the designation of empowerment zones (see H. Con. Res. 205), H500 [10FE]

Veterans: clarify disabled classification for employment and training purposes (see H.R. 4572), H4390 [13JN]

———employment programs (see H.R. 4776), H5768 [18JY]

———employment training (see S. 2387), S11478 [12AU]

Veterans Employment Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), H4653 [16JN]

Women: promote fairness for women in the workplace (see S. 2514), S14478 [6OC]

Working Mothers' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 312), H156 [1FE]

Chronologies

GATT inaction on worker rights, E760 [21AP]

Cloture motions

Federal employees: employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), conference report, S3536 [23MR], S3618 [24MR]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), S8380 [1JY], S8484 [11JY], S8524 [12JY], S8844 [13JY]

Descriptions

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., volunteer program, S14375 [6OC]

Social Security tax policy and benefit distribution amendments (H.R. 4105), E512 [22MR]

Directives

Wage and Hour Division's Field Operations Handbook: Dept. of Labor, H4215 [8JN]

Documents

Davis-Bacon Act—Action During the 103rd Congress: William G. Whittaker, H1270 [11MR]

Health Coverage Reporting Requirements, S2979 [15MR]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Bank, S2976 [15MR]

Explanations

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (H.R. 995), S13636-S13642 [28SE], H9136-H9143 [13SE]

Factsheets

National Program To Create Job Opportunities, E2239 [8OC]

Work and Responsibility Act (S. 2224), S7318-S7320 [21JN]

Letters

Child labor laws relative to operation of motor vehicles: Maria Echaveste, Dept. of Labor, E780 [26AP]

Contract Agreement Between Fellows Corp. and United Electrical Workers: Representative Sanders, E427 [11MR]

Dept. of Agriculture personnel policy relative to homosexuality: Mike Espy, Sec. of Agriculture, S14012 [4OC]

———Senator Helms, S14015 [4OC]

EEOC guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment: James A. Smith, Southern Baptist Convention, H4920 [23JN]

———Mark E. Chopko, U.S. Catholic Conference, H4921 [23JN]

———Representatives Charles H. Taylor and Wolf, H4920 [23JN]

———Senator Dole, S7026 [16JN]

———Susan R. Meisinger, Society for Human Resource Management, S7017, S7021 [16JN]

———several Representatives, H4920 [23JN]

Federal employee training restrictions and temporary voluntary separation incentive: Vice President Gore, S2836 [11MR]

FRS minority hiring practices: Representative Gonzalez, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (House), H322 [8FE]

Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families Reauthorization: William Bryant, S4702 [21AP]

Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization: Senator Durenberger, S5547 [11MY]

Health care reform: Barbara J. Davis and Kevin C. Nortness, E1468 [14JY]

———Santa Fe Springs, CA, Chamber of Commerce and Industrial League, E1049 [24MY]

———several Senators, S12395 [24AU]

Job Corps: Robert B. Reich, Sec. of Labor, S9048 [14JY]

———several Senators, S9049 [14JY]

Labor regulations relative to teenagers: several Representatives, H5263 [28JN]

Lifting export ban on Alaskan North Slope oil: California Independent Petroleum Association, E1499 [19JY]

Mandatory retirement age for Capitol Police: Martin Corry, American Association of Retired Persons, S7046 [16JN]

———Robert L. Benoit, S7047 [16JN]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: Angela Williams, S2977 [15MR]

———Anthony J. Knettel, Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Bank, S2975 [15MR]

———John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, S2977 [15MR]

———Joseph Semo, National Employee Benefits Institute, S2977 [15MR]

———Kelly L. Traw, Washington Business Group on Health, S2978 [15MR]

———Mark J. Ugoretz, ERISA Industry Committee, S2978 [15MR]

———Stephen E. Sandherr, Associated General Contractors of America, S2978 [15MR]

———Tim Hammonds, Food Marketing Institute, S2978 [15MR]

Minimum wage increase: James L. Blum, CBO, H7030 [5AU]

NAFTA: Donald S. Abelson, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, E69 [2FE]

———Dorothy G. Harwood, Federation of State Medical Boards of the U.S., Inc., E69 [2FE]

NAFTA impact on employment: Representative Kaptur, H4877 [22JN]

Nomination of William B. Gould IV to be Chairman of the NLRB: Jerry J. Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, S2238 [2MR]

———John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, S2239 [2MR]

———Michael R. Losey, Society for Human Resource Management, S2240 [2MR]

———William A. Stone, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2239 [2MR]

———William E. Coday, Pacific Maritime Association, S2245 [2MR]

Pension Annuitants Protection Act: Robert B. Reich, Sec. of Labor, H10622 [3OC]

Prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes: Arthur G. Potthoff, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, S8498 [12JY]

———Blair Maddock, Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co., S8489 [11JY]

———D.L. Whitford, Winn Dixie, S8490 [11JY]

———David B. Parker, NLRB, S8836 [13JY]

———Dixie-Narco (business), S8488 [11JY]

———Ernest R. Allen, Pepperidge Farm, Inc., S8490 [11JY]

———George E. Payton, International Paper Co., S8489 [11JY]

———James R. Carlson, PYA/Monarch, Inc., S8490 [11JY]

———Jim McDonald, S8488 [11JY]

———John Calhoun Wells, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, S8512 [12JY]

———Joseph G. Gerard, American Furniture Manufacturers Association, S8489 [11JY]

———National Council of Agricultural Employers, S8489 [11JY]

———Nils W. Lindbloom III, Tool Shed, Inc., S8488 [11JY]

———President Clinton, S8839 [13JY]

———R.G. Rocamora, Cooper Industries, S8489 [11JY]

———Shawn M. Hart, Teamsters Local 542, S8516 [12JY]

———William R. Hill, Burlington Menswear, Inc., S8490 [11JY]

Public welfare programs reform: Cecil D. Andrus, Governor of Idaho, S1167 [8FE]

Reemployment Act: Marc Racicot, Governor of Montana, S7164-S7166 [21JN]

———Senator Baucus, S7164 [21JN]

Reform prevailing wage requirements for construction of water treatment plants: Coalition To Reform the Davis-Bacon Act, S5808 [17MY]

———Samuel A. Carradine, Jr., National Association of Minority Contractors, S5808 [17MY]

School-to-work transition programs: Dale J. Jorgenson, Minneapolis Technology, Inc., S1156 [8FE]

———Robert P. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, S1023 [7FE]

Summer Youth Employment and Training Program: F. Edwin Woodley, S1029 [7FE]

Transition benefits for members of the Coast Guard who are leaving due to force reductions: Representative Dellums, Committee on Armed Services (House), E1197 [13JN]

———Representative Montgomery, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), E1198 [13JN]

Treatment of insurance benefits relative to bankruptcy proceedings: John F. McLaughlin, United Carolina Bank, S4653 [21AP]

———John G. Medlin, Jr., Wachovia Corporation, S4652 [21AP]

Urban agenda promotion: Senator Specter, S14834 [7OC]

———Stephen P. Clark, Mayor of Miami, FL, S14834 [7OC]

———Stephen R. Reed, Mayor of Harrisburg, PA, S14834 [7OC]

Workers rights and environmental standards provisions in trade agreements: several Members of Congress, E1409 [1JY]

Lists

Academic community members endorsing stock option accounting reform, S5040 [3MY]

Coalition To Reform the Davis-Bacon Act members, S5808 [17MY]

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on conference report to S. 2000, Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization, H3310 [12MY]

Minnesota leaders who gave input to the School-to-Work-Opportunities Act, S1011 [7FE]

Organizations committed to Job Corps, S10932 [8AU]

Supporters of the Economic and Employment Impact Act, S2616 [9MR]

Supporters of the nomination of William B. Gould IV to be Chairman of the NLRB, S2250 [2MR]

Memorandums

Dept. of Agriculture Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Employee Organization: Wardell C. Townsend, Jr., Dept. of Agriculture, S9229 [19JY]

Dept. of Agriculture Personnel Policy Relative to Homosexuality: Korona I. Prince, Dept. of Agriculture, S9293 [20JY]

Performance Appraisal of Karl C. Mertz: Korona I. Prince, Dept. of Agriculture, S9229 [19JY]

Timber Series Sprang From Logger Anger: Jack Keith, S11339 [11AU]

Messages

Federal Labor Relations Authority: President Clinton, S13927 [3OC], H10672 [3OC]

NAFTA Implementation: President Clinton, S14476 [6OC], H11180 [6OC]

Reemployment Act: President Clinton, S2961 [15MR], S3239 [17MR], H1417 [16MR]

Work and Responsibility Act: President Clinton, S7236 [21JN], H4753 [21JN]

Motions

Federal aid programs: reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), H2900 [28AP]

Federal employees: employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), H1301 [11MR]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), conference report, H1945 [23MR]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), H4750 [21JN]

Newsletters

USDA GLOBE Officially Chartered: Federal EEO Update (publication), S9229 [19JY]

Petitions and memorials

Excise Tax on Tobacco Products: Kentucky State Senate, E1318 [24JN]

Press releases

FRS minority hiring practices: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (House), H323 [8FE]

Health care reform: Tom Redder, SBA, S12395 [24AU]

Proposals

Up From the Ashes—Ecosystem Restoration, Rehabilitation, and Timber Recovery in Western National Forests, S14699 [7OC]

Questions and answers

Implementation of Federal Worker Protection Standards: U.S. Association of Departments of Agriculture and Ohio Dept. of Agriculture, S2606 [9MR]

Remarks in House

AFDC: reform (H.R. 4983), H8510 [17AU]

Architect of the Capitol: personnel practices, H5417 [29JN]

Armed Forces: improve benefits of certain members and reemployment rights and benefits of veterans (H.R. 995), H9117-H9143 [13SE]

Benefits: job security and pension and benefit protection for workers (H.R. 3396), E1540 [22JY]

Bring Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, H2844, H2846, H2847 [28AP]

Business and industry: economic impact of insomnia, E2140 [6OC]

———establish guidelines for socially responsible business practices for U.S. businesses operating in foreign countries (H.R. 5261), E2201 [8OC]

———loss of domestic jobs to foreign markets, H5319 [29JN]

———promote performance-based reward plans and employee decisionmaking participation programs (H.R. 5204), E2137-E2139 [6OC]

———provide incentives for job apprenticeship programs and study the consolidation of Federal dislocated worker programs (H.R. 3736), E53 [1FE]

Business Development Commercialization Corp.: establish, H3255-H3263 [11MY]

Business industry: classification of employees relative to health care benefits, E150 [9FE]

California: anniversary of Almansor Center, E1639 [3AU]

Chicago, IL: tribute to businesses and organizations aiding in awareness of Federal earned income tax credit, E711 [19AP]

Children and youth: child labor laws relative to operation of motor vehicles (H.R. 4303), E779 [26AP]

———labor regulations relative to teenagers, H4214 [8JN], H5263 [28JN]

Civil rights: guidelines relative to religious accommodation in employment (H.R. 5233), E2157 [6OC]

———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (H.R. 4636), E1311 [23JN]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation, E1417 [1JY], E1492 [19JY], E1779 [19AU]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (H.R. 431), E621 [12AP]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, E1086 [26MY]

Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, H5956, H5957 [21JY]

———State of the Union Message, H50 [26JA]

Coast Guard: transition benefits for members who are leaving due to force reductions, E1197 [13JN]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House): subcommittee hearing on careers for women in science and technology, E933 [16MY]

Congress: application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (H.R. 349), H904-H910 [1MR], H2503 [19AP], E176 [10FE], E2218 [8OC]

———application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (H.R. 4444), H5779 [19JY], H5956 [21JY], H6108 [22JY], H6208 [26JY], H6258 [27JY], H6385 [28JY], H6461 [29JY], H6563 [2AU], H7912 [11AU]

———application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (S. 2071), H3882-H3886 [23MY]

Contracts: repeal of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers, H1269 [11MR]

———simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers, H271 [3FE], E928 [13MY]

Courts: repeal authority to award punitive damages for civil and disabled rights violations (H.R. 5145), E2015 [30SE]

Defense industries: assistance to workers affected by reduced arms sales abroad, H4188 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense: conversion of military bases to commercial endeavors, H5321 [29JN]

———disparity between military and civilian pay, H5751-H5754 [14JY]

Dept. of HUD: community development grants funding relative to employment, H5374 [29JN]

Dept. of Labor: Long Beach, CA, expansion of Job Corps, E443 [16MR]

———regulations relative to prevailing wage requirements for helpers and apprentices on Federal construction projects, H5276-H5281 [28JN]

———tribute to Job Corps in California, E1005 [20MY]

Dept. of State: employment practices, H5119 [27JN]

Discrimination: mandatory use of binding arbitration in job discrimination cases (H.R. 4981), E1753 [17AU]

District of Columbia: eliminate unfunded pension liabilities (H.R. 3728), E19 [25JA]

Ecology and environment: establish environmental response training and employment programs (H.R. 4411), E914 [12MY]

Economy: company layoffs, H208 [3FE], H3897 [24MY]

———effect of earned income tax credit, H5955 [21JY]

———impact of environmental, employer, and consumer government regulations and subsidies, H550 [22FE]

———impact of political process, H478 [10FE]

———income disparities between classes, H4085-H4088 [25MY]

———national objectives priority assignments, H46 [26JA], H1446 [17MR], H1763-H1766 [21MR], H2163 [24MR], H2975-H2980 [3MY], H4224 [9JN], H4295, H4296 [10JN], H4556, H4557, H4558, H4559, H4560 [16JN], H5661, H5662, H5664, H5665, H5666, H5667 [14JY], H6107, H6111, H6146 [22JY], H6244-H6246 [26JY], H7970, H7977, H7978 [11AU], H9445 [22SE], H11208, H11210 [7OC], E828 [3MY], E1661 [5AU]

Education: establish workforce preparation and development system (H.R. 4407), E924 [13MY]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), conference report, H2450 [19AP], H2514-H2517 [20AP], E1273 [21JN]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment, H4920-H4923, H4930, H4932, H4948 [23JN], H5159-H5165 [27JN], E1338 [27JN], E1434, E1436 [12JY]

———guidelines relative to use of English language in the workplace, E1274 [21JN]

ERISA: availability of remedies for certain former pension plan participants and beneficiaries (S. 1312), H10621-H10623 [3OC]

———availability of remedies for certain former pension plan participants and beneficiaries (S. 1312), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 304), H10623 [3OC]

———fiduciary duties relative to external benefits, social investing, and economically targeted investments (H.R. 5135), E2248 [8OC]

———prevent preemption of certain State laws (H.R. 1036), E209 [22FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: coverage of vision impaired or blind individuals (H.R. 3966), E426 [11MR]

Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (H.R. 1), H2360 [14AP], H6986, H6987, H6989, H6990 [5AU], E1663 [5AU]

———importance of strong families relative to welfare reform, H2906 [28AP]

Federal aid programs: establish a workforce skills and development loan program for upgrading skills of non-managerial employees (H.R. 4222), E668 [15AP]

———grants to encourage work force diversity and improve working conditions (H.R. 4461), E995 [19MY]

———job opportunity and training programs relative to independence from welfare system, H299 [8FE]

———job opportunity and training programs relative to independence from welfare system (H.R. 3742), E57 [1FE], E72 [2FE]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), H2890-H2901 [28AP]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), conference report, H3310-H3321 [12MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 421), H3309, H3310 [12MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), insert language of H.R. 4250 in lieu, H2900 [28AP]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program and Community Development Block Grant Program (H.R. 4250), H2728-H2751 [26AP], H2889-H2901 [28AP], E797, E798, E799 [28AP], E827 [3MY]

Federal employees: employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), H445-H456 [10FE], H1301 [11MR], E250 [24FE]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), conference report, H1940-H1946 [23MR], E543 [24MR]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), conference report—consideration (H. Res. 388), H1938-H1940 [23MR]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), consideration (H. Res. 357), H442-H445 [10FE]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 380), H1077-H1082 [8MR]

———veterans preference in hiring and retention, H6459 [29JY]

First Occupational Center of New Jersey: tribute, E707 [19AP]

Foreign countries: purchase of U.S. equipment and products with economic assistance, H4075 [25MY]

Foreign trade: inclusion of workers rights and environmental standards provisions in trade agreements (H.R. 4710), E1408 [1JY]

FRS: minority hiring practices, H322 [8FE]

GATT: establish a working party on trade and worker rights and labor standards (H.R. 4271), E720 [20AP], E759 [21AP]

Government: consolidation of Federal assistance programs (H.R. 4861), H6463 [29JY], E1608 [29JY]

Government regulations: impact on economic conditions of businesses and employees, H4702 [17JN]

GPO: full-time equivalent positions, H4130, H4131 [26MY]

Green Thumb, Inc. (nonprofit organization): tribute for job training and employment programs for senior citizens, E515 [22MR]

Greensboro, NC: tribute to Industry-Education Alliance, E2248 [8OC]

Guam: grant authority for giving preference in awarding contracts to companies employing U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent resident aliens (H.R. 5074), H9525 [22SE]

Health: effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, H481 [10FE], H567 [23FE], H1962 [24MR], H2490-H2496 [19AP], H2920, H2921 [2MY], H3017, H3019 [4MY], H3058, H3059, H3060, H3061, H3063 [5MY], H3225 [11MY], H3282 [12MY], H3379 [17MY], H3527, H3529, H3672-H3677 [18MY], H3692, H3694 [19MY], H3895 [24MY], H4345, H4347 [13JN], H4450 [15JN], H4726, H4730, H4731, H4732, H4757 [21JN], H4783, H4784, H4786 [22JN], H4886, H4887, H4889 [23JN], H4962 [24JN], H5176, H5182 [28JN], H5470, H5471 [12JY], H5555 [13JY], H5663, H5664, H5666, H5745 [14JY], H5773 [19JY], H5877 [20JY], H6256, H6257, H6333-H6339 [27JY], H6706, H6743 [3AU], H7305 [10AU], H8703 [19AU], H9092 [13SE], E696 [18AP], E859, E865 [5MY], E1019 [23MY], E1049 [24MY], E1268, E1272 [21JN], E1333 [27JN], E1468 [14JY], E1492 [19JY]

———employment impact of national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3882), E228 [23FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H417 [10FE], H2408, H2410 [19AP], H2842, H2843, H2844, H2845, H2848, H2849 [28AP], E635 [13AP]

Hire the Older Worker Week: observance, E515 [22MR]

House of Representatives: require that committee reports on authorization and revenue bills include CBO employment impact statements (H. Res. 354), E151 [9FE]

House Rules: transition salary continuation for certain committee staff (H. Res. 588), H11542, H11543 [29NO]

ICC: limit authority to overturn certain employee protection agreements (H.R. 5018), E1791 [21AU]

Illegal aliens: prohibit participation in certain Federal benefits programs, H5165 [27JN]

Immigration: employment of undocumented immigrants, H2588 [21AP]

International relations: jobs summit in Detroit, MI, H1258 [11MR]

Job Links (organization): tribute to employment training program, H86 [1FE]

Job training: establish a public works and public service job training program (H.R. 4184), H2224 [13AP], E657 [14AP]

———provide employment and training assistance for individuals working at or residing near a facility or plant scheduled for significant layoffs (H.R. 3826), E147 [9FE]

Labor: application of overtime exemptions for inside sales personnel (H.R. 4150), E560, E564 [24MR]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), E1431 [12JY]

Languages: establish that English language usage requirements may cause an adverse and disparate effect on employees and applicants (H.R. 5127), E1985 [29SE]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal employer requirement to file certain reports (H.R. 4365), E859 [5MY]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (H.R. 4095), H1791 [22MR], E519 [22MR]

NAFTA: impact on economy, H5445, H5451-H5457 [30JN]

———impact on employment issues, H1790 [22MR], H4296 [10JN], H4450 [15JN], H4876 [22JN], H4886 [23JN], E1051 [24MY]

———implementation, H10003-H10005 [28SE], H10362 [29SE], H10684 [4OC], E2253, E2257 [8OC]

———ratification, E68 [2FE], E178 [10FE], E1080 [26MY]

National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Day: observance, E2288 [29NO]

National objectives: establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services, H4225, H4226 [9JN]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (H.R. 4050), H6596 [2AU], E442, E444, E449 [16MR], E2050 [4OC], E2091 [6OC]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (H.R. 5166), E2049, E2050 [4OC]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (S. 1951), H3694, H3695, H3696 [19MY], H4098, H4099 [26MY], H4298 [10JN], H4888, H4889 [23JN], H6551, H6556 [2AU]

———national program to create job opportunities (H.R. 5278), E2239 [8OC]

Oakland, CA: tribute to Career Information Resource Center, E558 [24MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise regulations and programs (H.R. 4597), E1253, E1257 [17JN]

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs: appeals process and judicial review (H.R. 4977), E1751 [17AU]

———procedures for the selection of second-opinion physicians (H.R. 4978), E1751 [17AU]

———selection of board-certified second-opinion physicians (H.R. 4979), E1751 [17AU]

Oklahoma: closing of Dayton Tire Plant relative to OSHA regulations, H2921 [2MY]

OSHA: reform agency goals and activities and promote cooperation and education with employers (H.R. 5146), H10447 [3OC], E2005 [30SE]

———reform (H.R. 1280), H4398 [14JN], E715 [19AP], E805 [28AP], E2005 [30SE]

———regulations (H. Con. Res. 14), H11340 [7OC]

Philadelphia, PA: tribute to the graduates of the Employability Skills Training Program, E1194 [13JN]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (H.R. 3246), H5785-H5788 [19JY]

Public welfare programs: improve education and job training programs and strengthen support services and case management (H.R. 4318), H2844, H2849 [28AP]

———reform, H19 [25JA], H346-H348 [8FE], H414, H416, H418, H419 [10FE], H505 [11FE], H1246, H1247 [10MR], H1310-H1314 [11MR], H1793 [22MR], H2164-H2173 [24MR], H2410 [19AP], H2568-H2577 [20AP], H2991 [3MY], H3042-H3054 [4MY], H4296, H4297 [10JN], H4400, H4401, H4402 [14JN], H4449, H4450, H4451, H4452 [15JN], H4556, H4643 [16JN], H4732, H4733 [21JN], H5466 [12JY], H5664 [14JY], H6256 [27JY], H6705 [3AU], H7198, H7210 [9AU], H9100 [13SE], E6, E15 [25JA], E45 [1FE], E582 [24MR], E1197 [13JN], E1326 [24JN], E2321 [29NO]

———reform (H. Res. 525), H8600 [18AU]

———reform (H.R. 4605), H4755, H4756 [21JN]

———reform (H.R. 4667), E1358 [29JN]

———reform (H.R. 4767), E1478 [15JY]

Public works: devote public funds and encourage private investment in the development of infrastructure (H.R. 5120), H9906, H9989 [28SE]

Railroads: extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (H.J. Res. 417), H9993 [28SE], H10573-H10575 [3OC]

———recommend dismantlement of Railroad Retirement System (H. Res. 582), E2279 [8OC]

San Jose, CA: tribute to the Center for Employment Training, E12 [25JA]

Service Education Redevelopment Program: tribute, E494 [21MR]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: commemorate 50th anniversary, H4784, H4786, H4787, H4860 [22JN], E1267 [21JN], E1278, E1284, E1290, E1292 [22JN], E1304 [23JN], E1324 [24JN], E1390 [30JN]

Small business: impact of environmental, employer, and consumer government regulations, H2974 [3MY]

———impact of environmental, employer, and consumer regulations, H9533-H9536 [22SE]

Social Security: allow States to replace JOBS program with a program to assist AFDC recipients (H.R. 4793), H5778 [19JY]

———amend certain tax policies and benefit distribution practices (H.R. 4105), E512 [22MR]

———cost-of-living adjustments (H.R. 4373), E881 [10MY]

———domestic service employment taxes collection, Federal disability insurance trust fund allocations, and denial of certain benefits to incarcerated individuals (H.R. 4278), H3198-H3202 [10MY], E911, E913 [12MY]

———domestic service employment taxes collection, Federal disability insurance trust fund allocations, and denial of certain benefits to incarcerated individuals (H.R. 4278), conference report, H11014-H11020 [6OC], E2223 [8OC]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals, H3895 [24MY], E1524 [21JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 300), H3226, H3227, H3230, H3231, H3232, H3233 [11MY], E893, E899, E900, E903 [11MY], E912 [12MY], E1100 [26MY]

———eligibility age for Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits (H.R. 4372), E881 [10MY]

———improve information on account statements (H.R. 4374), E881 [10MY]

———penalty for employer failure to file medicare and medicaid data bank reports (H.R. 4515), E1117 [26MY]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), H3062 [5MY], H3430-H3452 [17MY]

———establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), conference report, H7021 [5AU], H7915-H7925 [11AU], E1724 [12AU]

———establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), motion to instruct conferees, H4750-H4752 [21JN]

Springfield, VT: contract agreement between Fellows Corp. and United Electrical Workers, E427 [11MR]

Taxation: allow credit for businesses that provide work experiences for high school students (H.R. 4207), H2229 [13AP]

———availability of the earned income tax credit and the repeal of the temporary Federal unemployment tax (H.R. 4861), H6463 [29JY], E1608 [29JY]

———credit for employers who hire AFDC recipients (H.R. 4512), E1112 [26MY]

———excise tax on tobacco products, E1367 [29JN]

———increase excise tax on tobacco products (H.R. 4089), E474 [17MR]

———treatment of earned income tax credit (H.R. 5193), E2109 [6OC]

U.S. Catholic Conference: social doctrine relative to rights of organized labor, E389 [9MR]

U.S. Labor Attache Corps: tribute (H. Con. Res. 257), H10588-H10590 [3OC], E1284 [22JN], E1569 [26JY]

Urban areas: crime-prevention through youth job training programs, H6612-H6614 [2AU]

Ventura, CA: tribute to the Ventura Unified School District's continuing education program, E480 [17MR]

Veterans: employment programs (H.R. 4776), H6502, H6503 [1AU], E2299 [29NO]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, E715 [19AP], E779 [26AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: adjust the maximum hour exemption for agricultural employees (S. 2544), S14840 [7OC]

Arizona: tribute to job search seminars for welfare mothers, S10394 [2AU]

Armed Forces: improve benefits of certain members and reemployment rights and benefits of veterans (H.R. 995), S13633-S13636 [28SE]

Benefits: job security and pension and benefit protection for workers, S15394 [1DE]

Browning, Margaret A.: nomination to the NLRB, S2248 [2MR]

Business and industry: establish reemployment services and job training programs, S2633 [9MR]

———plant relocation data collection, S10925 [8AU]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (S. 2379), S11341 [11AU]

Capitol Police: mandatory retirement age, S7045-S7048 [16JN]

Children and youth: child care providers' wages and benefits, S4746 [21AP]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (S. 2238), S7581-S7585 [23JN]

———submission of employee discrimination claims to mandatory and binding arbitration (S. 2012), S4266 [13AP]

Clinton, President: evaluation, S14734 [7OC]

Cohen, Charles I.: nomination to the NLRB, S2248 [2MR]

Commission for the Future of Worker/Management Relations: hearings relative to labor law reform, S3678 [24MR]

Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces: establish (S. 2356), S10539 [3AU]

Congress: application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (S. 103), S5125 [4MY]

———application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (S. 2071), S5180-S5188 [4MY], S5700 [12MY], S13311 [22SE]

———legislative priorities, S1-S3 [25JA]

Contingent work force: wages and benefits, S455-S457 [1FE]

Contracts: simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers, S5900, S5901, S5903, S5910 [18MY]

Coors Brewing Co.: Golden Door Program for ex-criminal offenders to return to the workplace, S14934 [7OC]

Courts: encourage mediation of employer discrimination charges (S. 2327), S9934 [27JY]

Crisafulli J&J, Inc.: tribute, S540 [1FE]

Defense industries: job transition assistance for workers affected by reduced export of defense articles and services, S8237 [1JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: personnel policy relative to remarks in opposition to departmental policy on homosexuality, S9226-S9230 [19JY], S9289-S9297, S9303 [20JY], S14012-S14015 [4OC]

Dept. of Commerce: funding for Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers, S9510-S9512 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: notice requirements for termination of defense contracts, S8238 [1JY]

Dept. of Labor: tribute to Job Corps, S9048 [14JY]

Dept. of State: application of visa fees to NAFTA countries, S343 [28JA]

———employment policies, S12935 [14SE]

———hiring of U.S. citizens abroad, S426-S428 [31JA]

Detroit, MI: anniversary of International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit, S5932 [18MY]

Discrimination: mandatory use of binding arbitration in job discrimination cases (S. 2405), S12101 [18AU]

Domestic policy: minimize the adverse effects of employment dislocation (S. 1969), S3796-S3801 [24MR]

———pension and insurance plan protection, and worker security (S. 1780), S11442 [12AU]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S7107 [20JN], S8918 [13JY], S10714 [5AU], S12969 [19SE], S13567-S13570 [28SE], S14770-S14773 [7OC], S15382 [1DE]

Education: gender equity training for school personnel, S10303 [2AU]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States, S932 [4FE], S1097-S1099 [8FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), S1107-S1116, S1156 [8FE], S1530 [11FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), conference report, S4596-S4601, S4683-S4691 [21AP]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), unanimous-consent agreement, S1091 [7FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), S987-S1011, S1013-S1017, S1020-S1024, S1027-S1041 [7FE], S1094, S1095, S1101-S1116 [8FE], S1271, S1305 [9FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), insert language of H.R. 2884 in lieu, S1107 [8FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), unanimous-consent agreement, S1091, S1092 [7FE]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment, S7016-S7023, S7025-S7027 [16JN], S7115 [20JN], S9556 [22JY]

———guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (S. Res. 219), S6536-S6538 [7JN]

ERISA: auditing of employee benefit plans (S. 2547), S14855 [7OC]

———availability of remedies for certain former pension plan participants and beneficiaries (S. 1312), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 304), S15024 [8OC]

———improve pension and welfare benefits of workers (S. 2531), S14529 [6OC]

Executive Office of the President: drug testing of employees, S7219, S7222, S7223, S7231 [21JN], S7396 [22JN]

FAA: employment preference for former air traffic controllers, S7027, S7028 [16JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: exempt employees performing certain court reporting duties from compensatory time requirements applicable to certain public agencies (S. 2565), S15236 [30NO]

Federal aid programs: consolidate and restructure Federal training programs, S7388-S7393 [22JN]

———consolidate and restructure Federal training programs (S. 1943), S3209-S3217 [17MR]

———consolidate and restructure Federal training programs (S. 2516), S14491 [6OC]

———funding relative to youth training, S10963 [9AU]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), S3982 [25MR], S4691-S4727 [21AP], S5093 [3MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), conference report, S5543-S5548 [11MY]

———reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families (S. 2000), unanimous-consent agreement, S5496 [11MY]

Federal employees: employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), S1523, S1524 [11FE], S1847 [24FE], S2831-S2843 [11MR]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), conference report, S3536 [23MR], S3615-S3619 [24MR], S3906 [25MR]

———employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), unanimous-consent agreement, S2763 [10MR]

———employment recommendations (S. 2348), S10358 [2AU]

———optional early retirement program (S. 797), S2022 [28FE]

———statute of limitations for back pay claims (S. 2274), S8400 [1JY]

———transferable placement of employees between Federal agencies and federally funded research and development centers (S. 2040), S4735 [21AP], S4785 [25AP]

Feinstein, Frederick: nomination to the NLRB, S2248 [2MR]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: maintain current accounting treatment of employee stock options and purchase plans, S5030-S5039 [3MY]

Forests: effect on small business of timber harvesting policy, S3056, S3058 [16MR]

———President Clinton's policy toward timber harvesting, S1317 [10FE], S1847 [24FE], S14698-S14702 [7OC]

GATT: trade-related worker rights and labor standards (S. 2268), S8389 [1JY]

Gould, William B., IV: nomination to be Chairman of the NLRB, S2237 [2MR]

Government regulations: Dept. of Labor regulation of paper balers in grocery stores, S10702 [5AU]

———extend protection of Federal labor and civil rights laws to part-time, temporary, and leased employees, independent contractors, and other contingent workers (S. 2504), S14247 [5OC]

Green Thumb, Inc.: tribute, S9330 [20JY]

Health: effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, S11459-S11464, S11467-S11469 [12AU], S12246, S12247 [22AU], S13814 [30SE], S14733, S14734 [7OC]

———enforcement of employer insurance requirements, S11953-S11963, S11967-S11972 [17AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9760 [27JY]

———self-insurance for certain small businesses, S12205 [19AU]

Immigration: enforcement of immigration and labor laws and naturalization of eligible aliens (S. 1987), S3955-S3957 [25MR]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security, S6456 [7JN], S10690 [5AU]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1923), S2798-S2802 [10MR], S5745-S5747 [16MY]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 2533), S14534 [6OC]

Insurance: integrate workers' compensation medical coverage into national health care, S3009 [16MR]

International Labor Organization Convention: ratification, S14950 [7OC]

International relations: jobs summit in Detroit, MI, S4010 [25MR]

Job Corps: anniversary, S14709 [7OC]

———funding, S10917, S10918, S10932 [8AU]

John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program: modify relative to employment of participants (S. Res. 238), S8345, S8346, S8404 [1JY]

Labor: reform prevailing wage requirements for construction of water treatment plants, S5805-S5813 [17MY]

———treatment of cooperative efforts between management and labor (S. 2499), S14113 [4OC]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), S8380 [1JY], S8447-S8458, S8469-S8484, S8486-S8490 [11JY], S8495-S8516, S8518-S8530, S8532-S8534, S8537-S8541, S8543-S8545 [12JY], S8833-S8847 [13JY], S12237 [19AU]

Law enforcement officers: establish a national clearinghouse to assist in background checks for applicants (S. 1965), S3685 [24MR]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (S. 1933), S2974 [15MR]

Minneapolis, MN: Twin Cities Opportunities Industrialization Center funding, S13345 [26SE]

NAFTA: impact on economy, S8851 [13JY]

———implementation, S14708, S14959 [7OC]

———ratification, S2514 [8MR]

National Commission on the Future of Disability: establish (S. 2016), S4334-S4338 [14AP]

National objective: promote employment of persons with disabilities, S14736 [7OC]

National objectives: establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (S. 1951), S3239-S3254, S3282 [17MR], S7164 [21JN]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (S. 1964), S3550, S3551, S3569 [23MR]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services(S. 1951), S10708 [5AU]

National Worthy Wage Day: observance, S4746 [21AP]

Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund: funding, S10924, S10925 [8AU]

OPM: establish an interagency placement program for Federal employees affected by reductions in force (S. 2190), S6866 [14JN]

———interagency placement program for Federal employees affected by reduction in force actions, S8225, S8226 [1JY]

OSHA: exemption from citation for violations occurring during rescue operations or situations of imminent danger, S2864, S2865 [11MR]

———revise regulations and programs (S. 1950), S3234-S3238 [17MR]

Postal Service: employment recommendations (S. 2348), S10358 [2AU]

———reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (S. 1983), S3954 [25MR]

Public employees: improve pension and welfare benefits of workers, S14399 [6OC]

Public welfare programs: reform, S203 [26JA], S387 [31JA], S950 [4FE], S1125, S1167 [8FE], S3375-S3378 [22MR], S3907-S3910, S3923 [25MR], S6808, S6810, S6822, S6837 [14JN], S9139 [18JY], S10910 [8AU], S13045 [21SE], S13940 [3OC], S15062 [8OC]

———reform (S. 1795), S57 [25JA]

———reform (S. 2057), S5049-S5053 [3MY]

———reform (S. 2134), S6123, S6124 [19MY]

———reform (S. 2224), S7264-S7267 [21JN]

Railroad Retirement Board: status, S1663 [22FE]

Railroads: extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (H.J. Res. 417), S14222 [5OC]

———extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (S.J. Res. 226), S13657 [29SE]

Retirees: assistance for obtaining retirement and pension income, S10925 [8AU]

Rural areas: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems, S1305 [9FE]

Rural Business Enterprise Grant: funding, S9212 [19JY]

Senate: Fair Employment Office funding relative to hiring of lawyers, S1347 [10FE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in Rhonda Farmer v. Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices (S. Res. 282), S14680 [7OC]

Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act: funding, S11277, S11286-S11288 [11AU]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: commemorate 50th anniversary, S7032 [16JN], S7168 [21JN], S7394, S7395, S7457, S7465, S7466 [22JN]

———commemorate 50th anniversary (S.J. Res. 202), S7473-S7477 [22JN]

Sexual harassment: application of laws to certain businesses (S. 1864), S1860, S1862 [24FE]

———dissemination of information (S. 1979), S3723 [24MR]

Social Security: domestic service employment taxes collection, Federal disability insurance trust fund allocations, and denial of certain benefits to incarcerated individuals (H.R. 4278), S6421-S6423 [25MY]

———domestic service employment taxes collection, Federal disability insurance trust fund allocations, and denial of certain benefits to incarcerated individuals (H.R. 4278), conference report, S14392, S14396, S14397 [6OC], S14603 [7OC]

———domestic service employment taxes collection, Federal disability insurance trust fund allocations, and denial of certain benefits to incarcerated individuals (H.R. 4278), insert language of S. 1231 in lieu, S6421 [25MY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals, S2202-S2205 [2MR], S9749 [26JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 1892), S2420 [7MR]

———earnings test for retiring Members of Congress (S. 1893), S2420 [7MR]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), S6186 [23MY]

———establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), conference report, S10873-S10877 [5AU], S10933 [8AU], S11162 [10AU]

———establish as independent agency (H.R. 4277), insert language of S. 1560 in lieu, S6186 [23MY]

Sports: establish grants for midnight basketball programs in low-income communities, S713, S715, S716 [3FE]

SSI: amend eligibility regulations for the disabled relative to self-support, education, housing, and marriage (S. 2161), S6531 [7JN]

States: exempt for certain labor standards commitment of repayments to State revolving funds, S5897-S5899 [18MY]

Summer Youth Employment and Training Program: placement of youths in private sector jobs, S1029-S1031 [7FE]

Taxation: increase excise tax on tobacco products, S10043 [28JY]

———tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (S. 1968), S3687 [24MR]

University of Rhode Island: tribute to Labor Research Center, S11893 [16AU]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (S. 2535), S14831-S14833 [7OC]

Veterans: employment training (S. 2387), S11482 [12AU]

Women: promote fairness for women in the workplace (S. 2514), S14490 [6OC]

Women Employed (organization): Exemplary Public Interest Contribution Award recipient, S13615 [28SE]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S5007, S5008 [3MY]

Reports

Democratic Freshman Class Principles for Welfare Reform, H2569 [20AP]

Performance Appraisal of Karl C. Mertz: Korona I. Prince, Dept. of Agriculture, S9229 [19JY]

Why American Businesses Should Support Managed Competition: Senator Durenberger, S817 [3FE]

Reports by conference committees

Federal Workforce Restructuring Act (H.R. 3345), H1372 [16MR]

Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families Reauthorization (S. 2000), H3159-H3180 [9MY]

School-to-Work Opportunities Act (H.R. 2884), H2454-H2470 [19AP]

Social Security Administration Establishment as Independent Agency (H.R. 4277), H6843-H6883 [4AU]

Social Security Domestic Employment Reform Act (H.R. 4278), H11010-H11014 [6OC]

Reports filed

Administration and Enforcement of Employment Taxes—A Status Report on Ideas for Change: Committee on Government Operations (House) (H. Rept. 103-861), H11564 [29NO]

Administrative Review of Federal Employees Discrimination Claims: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (House) (H.R. 2721), H8754 [19AU]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 2000, Reauthorization of Certain Federal Aid Programs: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 421) (H. Rept. 103-502), H3278 [11MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3345, Employee Training Restriction Elimination and Temporary Voluntary Separation Incentive: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 357) (H. Rept. 103-422), H410 [9FE]

Coverage of Federal Labor Laws on Foreign Documented Vessels: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 1517) (H. Rept. 103-818), H10537 [3OC]

Employment Discrimination Claims Review: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2721) (H. Rept. 103-599), H5654 [13JY]

Establish Social Security Administration as Independent Agency: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4277) (H. Rept. 103-506), H3344 [12MY]

Federal Construction Procurement and Prevailing Wage Protection for Construction Workers: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 1231) (H. Rept. 103-856), H11426 [7OC]

Federal Employee Training Restrictions and Separation Incentives: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1535) (S. Rept. 103-223), S951 [4FE]

Federal Workforce Restructuring Act: committee of conference (H.R. 3345) (H. Rept. 103-435), H1438 [16MR]

Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families Reauthorization: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 2000) (S. Rept. 103-251), S4464 [19AP]

———committee of conference (S. 2000) (H. Rept. 103-497), H3191 [9MY]

Head Start Program and Community Development Block Grant Program Reauthorization: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 4250) (H. Rept. 103-483), H2838 [26AP]

International Labor Conference Convention Concerning Labor Administration: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 103-33), S13448 [27SE]

OSHA Reform: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 1280) (H. Rept. 103-825), H10538 [3OC]

Prevent Preemption of Certain State Laws by ERISA: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (H. 1036) (S. Rept. 103-299), S8381 [1JY]

Reemployment of Postal Service Retirees in Temporary Positions Relative to Annuity Offsets: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (House) (H.R. 3246) (H. Rept. 103-594), H5546 [12JY]

Retirement Protection Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3396) (H. Rept. 103-632), H9030 [26AU]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H. 3396) (H. Rept. 103-632), H6482 [29JY]

School-to-Work Opportunities Act: committee of conference (H.R. 2884) (H. Rept. 103-480), H2506 [19AP]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act 50th Anniversary Commemoration (S.J. Res. 201), S7461 [22JN]

Social Security Administration Establishment as Independent Agency: committee of conference (H.R. 4277) (H. Rept. 103-670), H6983 [4AU]

Social Security Domestic Employment Reform Act: committee of conference (H.R. 4278) (H. Rept. 103-842), H11199 [6OC]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1231) (S. Rept. 103-252), S4464 [19AP]

Social Security Management of Domestic Service Employment Taxes, Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and Benefits for Incarcerated Individuals: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4278) (H. Rept. 103-491), H3054 [4MY]

Veterans' Employment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4776) (H. Rept. 103-630), H6453 [28JY]

Waiving Points of Order Against Conference Report of H.R. 3345, Federal Workforce Restructuring Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 388) (H. Rept. 103-436), H1438 [16MR]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Creating Good Jobs, E1131 [8JN]

———Economic Outlook, E137 [9FE]

———Improving the Economy in Southern Indiana, E1637 [3AU]

———Middle Class and the 103rd Congress, E1893 [21SE]

———State of the Union and the Congressional Agenda, E216 [23FE]

Specifications

Work and Responsibility Act (S. 2224), S7320-S7371 [21JN]

Statements

Classification of Employees Relative to Health Care Benefits: Representative Lantos, E150 [9FE]

Concerns of Disabled Persons: Humphrey Taylor, Louis Harris and Associates (business), S14737-S14739 [7OC]

Consolidate and Restructure Federal Training Programs: Senators Kennedy and Kassebaum, S7390 [22JN]

EEOC Guidelines Relative to Religious Harassment in Employment: several members of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, H4921 [23JN]

Exemplary Public Interest Contribution Award: Women Employed (organization), S13615 [28SE]

Integrate Workers' Compensation Medical Coverage Into National Health Care: Alliance of American Insurers, S3012 [16MR]

———International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, S3010 [16MR]

———National Association of Manufacturers, S3011 [16MR]

———National Federation of Independent Business, S3010 [16MR]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S3011 [16MR]

Job Training Consolidation Act: Senator Kassebaum, S3214 [17MR]

Pacific Pension Institute Pension Issues: Senator Pressler, S11442 [12AU]

Pizza Hut's Human Resource Policies: Allan S. Huston, E1610 [29JY]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: Garnett Shropshire, E1324 [24JN]

———Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, E1324 [24JN]

———President Clinton, E1325 [24JN]

Studies

Jobs Impact of Health Care Reforms: Peter J. Ferrara, Heritage Foundation, S8463-S8465 [11JY]

Nowhere To Run, No Place To Hide—State Data on the Family Impact of Employer-Mandated Health Care: Family Research Council, S11461 [12AU]

Summaries

Congressional Accountability Act (S. 2071), S5186 [4MY]

Contingent Workforce Equity Act (S. 2504), S14253 [5OC]

Essex Technical Center—Cooperative Education Program, S4601 [21AP]

Job Training Consolidation and Reform Act (S. 2516), S14503 [6OC]

Minimize the Adverse Effects of Employment Dislocation (S. 1969), S3799-S3801 [24MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act Regulations and Programs (H.R. 4597), E1256 [17JN]

Reemployment, Job Training and Income Support Services System (H.R. 5166), E2049 [4OC]

Urban Agenda Promotion (S. 2535), S14833 [7OC]

Welfare to Work Act (S. 2057), S5052 [3MY]

Surveys

Effect of Mandated Benefits Package: Committee on Economics (Joint) minority staff, E1273 [21JN]

Tables

Comparing industries—how minimum wage industries compared to other industries, E636 [13AP]

Federal employment and training program funding levels, S4686 [21AP]

Firms that have moved production to Mexico since NAFTA, H4877 [22JN]

Jobs in the woods—Wenatchee National Forest, S14764 [7OC]

Jobs lost to the chronic U.S. trade deficit, S15330 [1DE]

Testimonies

Mandatory Retirement Age for Capitol Police: Leon A. Monroe, S7047 [16JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 14, OSHA regulations, H11340 [7OC]

H. Con. Res. 257, tribute to U.S. Labor Attache Corps, H10588 [3OC]

H. Con. Res. 304, corrections in enrollment of S. 1312, Pension Annuitants Protection Act, H10623 [3OC]

H. Res. 357, consideration of H.R. 3345, Federal employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive, H442 [10FE]

H. Res. 380, consideration of H.R. 3345, employee training restrictions and temporary voluntary separation incentive, H1077-H1080 [8MR]

H. Res. 388, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3345, Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, H1938 [23MR]

H. Res. 421, consideration of conference report on S. 2000, Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization, H3309 [12MY]

H.J. Res. 417, extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute, H10573 [3OC]

H.R. 995, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, S13626-S13633 [28SE]

H.R. 2884, School-to-Work Opportunities Act, S1108-S1116 [8FE]

H.R. 3246, Postal Service reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity, H5785 [19JY]

H.R. 3345, Federal employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive, S2831-S2834 [11MR]

H.R. 3450, North American Free Trade Agreement, H108-H155 [1FE]

H.R. 3728, eliminate unfunded pension liabilities in the District of Columbia, E20-E22 [25JA]

H.R. 4089, Tobacco Health Tax and Agricultural Assistance Act, E475-E477 [17MR]

H.R. 4095, repeal medicare and medicaid coverage data bank, E519 [22MR]

H.R. 4250, Head Start Program and Community Development Block Grant Program reauthorization, H2728-H2742 [26AP]

H.R. 4277, establish Social Security Administration as independent agency, H3430-H3446 [17MY]

H.R. 4278, Social Security Domestic Employment Reform Act, S6422 [25MY]

H.R. 4278, Social Security domestic service employment taxes collection, Federal disability insurance trust fund allocations, and denial of certain benefits to incarcerated individuals, H3198 [10MY]

H.R. 4461, Workforce Diversity Partnership Act, E995 [19MY]

H.R. 4776, Veterans' Employment Act, H6502 [1AU]

S. 1312, Pension Annuitants Protection Act, H10621 [3OC]

S. 1361, School-to-Work Opportunities Act, S987-S1002 [7FE]

S. 1864, Harassment-Free Workplace Act, S1861 [24FE]

S. 1892, Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act, S2421 [7MR]

S. 1893, Social Security earnings test for retiring Members of Congress, S2421 [7MR]

S. 1923, Immigration Stabilization Act, S2802-S2810 [10MR]

S. 1933, repeal medicare and medicaid coverage data bank, S2975 [15MR]

S. 1943, Job Training Consolidation Act, S3210-S3214 [17MR]

S. 1950, Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act, S3235-S3238 [17MR]

S. 1965, Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers Employment Registration Act, S3685 [24MR]

S. 1979, Sexual Harassment Prevention Act, S3724 [24MR]

S. 1987, Immigration Enforcement Reform Act, S3957-S3959 [25MR]

S. 2000, Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families reauthorization, S4716-S4727 [21AP], H2890-H2900 [28AP]

S. 2000, reauthorization of Head Start, LIHEAP, Community Development Block Grant Program, and Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families, S3983 [25MR]

S. 2012, Protection From Coercive Employment Agreements Act, S4267 [13AP]

S. 2016, National Commission on the Future of Disability establishment, S4336 [14AP]

S. 2040, transferable placement of employees between Federal agencies and federally funded research and development centers, S4735 [21AP]

S. 2057, Welfare to Work Act, S5050-S5052 [3MY]

S. 2071, Congressional Accountability Act, S5182-S5186 [4MY]

S. 2161, amend SSI eligibility regulations for the disabled relative to self-support, education, housing, and marriage, S6532 [7JN]

S. 2190, Federal Service Priority Placement Program Act, S6867 [14JN]

S. 2224, Work and Responsibility Act, S7269-S7318 [21JN]

S. 2238, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, S7582 [23JN]

S. 2268, Workers Rights and Labor Standards Trade Act, S8390 [1JY]

S. 2379, Prohibition of Incentives for Relocation Act, S11342 [11AU]

S. 2387, employment training for veterans, S11482 [12AU]

S. 2405, Civil Rights Procedures Protection Act, S12101 [18AU]

S. 2499, Worker-Management Relations for the 21st Century Act, S14114 [4OC]

S. 2504, Contingent Workforce Equity Act, S14248-S14253 [5OC]

S. 2516, Job Training Consolidation and Reform Act, S14492-S14503 [6OC]

S. 2533, Immigration Control and Reform Act, S14535-S14542 [6OC]

S. 2544, adjust the maximum hour exemption for agricultural employees, S14840 [7OC]

S. 2547, auditing of ERISA benefit plans, S14856 [7OC]

S. 2565, Court Reporter Fair Labor Standards Act, S15237 [30NO]

S. Res. 219, EEOC guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment, S6536 [7JN]

S. Res. 238, modify John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program relative to employment of participants, S8345, S8404 [1JY]

S. Res. 282, Senate Legal Counsel representation for the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in Rhonda Farmer v. Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices, S14882 [7OC]

S.J. Res. 202, commemorate 50th anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, S7473 [22JN]