EMPLOYMENT related term(s) Unemployment

Addresses

Affirmative Action Policies: President Clinton, S10306-S10309 [19JY]

Benefits From Affirmative Action in Corporate America: John H. Bryan, E2221 [20NO]

Campaign for Human Development—Theological-Historical Roots: Joseph Bernadin, S13174-S13176 [11SE]

Economic Crisis of the First World—The Fear of a Post-Constitutional America: Anthony Harrigan, S11794-S11797 [7AU]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12363 [11AU]

Reform of Unemployment Compensation and Insurance Procedures: Leon Lynch, United Steelworkers of America, E1199-E1201 [8JN]

School-To-Work—A Larger Vision: Samuel Halperin, S5542-S5545 [7AP]

School-To-Work—Reinventing America's Work Force: Shawntel Smith, S14994 [11OC]

United Rubber Workers' Strike at Bridgestone/Firestone Co. Plants: Amy Brindley, S7267 [23MY]

Vocational Rehabilitation Program: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, E1639 [4AU]

Amendments

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (H.R. 1114), H10661 [24OC]

Courts: exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (H.R. 1225), H8123 [1AU]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8726 [8SE], H8757, H8763, H8764, H8766, H8767, H8768, H8770, H8771 [12SE]

Government: allow members of employee associations to represent their views before the Government (H.R. 782), H10667 [24OC]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), S14991 [11OC], H9003 [14SE], H9133, H9134, H9135 [18SE], H9165, H9169, H9178, H9181, H9182, H9187, H9191, H9192, H9193, H9205, H9246 [19SE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 143), S14825, S14852, S14855, S14860, S14862, S14867, S14869, S14877, S14878, S14907, S14939, S14940, S14941 [10OC], S14979, S14981, S15043, S15046, S15047, S15054 [11OC]

House of Representatives: payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former employees (H. Res. 35), H251 [17JA]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9505 [25SE], H9536, H9547, H9552, H9553, H9592 [27SE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S11575, S11640 [5AU], S11894 [8AU], S12428, S12511 [11AU], S12802, S12804, S12807, S12810, S12811, S12819, S12820, S12823, S12825, S12827, S12829, S12842, S12864, S12867, S12868, S12869, S12870 [7SE], S12874, S12875, S12876, S12877, S12878, S12883, S12885, S12886, S12887, S12889, S12890, S12891, S12892, S12893, S12895, S12896, S12897, S12898, S12899, S12900, S12901, S12902, S12903, S12904, S12905, S12906, S12907, S12908, S12910, S12911, S12914, S12916, S12917, S12918, S12920, S12925, S12926, S12927, S12928, S12929, S12931, S12932, S12933, S12937, S12938, S12939, S12940, S12941, S12942, S12944, S12945, S12946, S12947, S12948, S12949, S12950, S12951, S12952, S12953, S12954, S12955, S12956, S12957, S12958, S12968, S12969, S12970, S12971, S12972, S12973, S12976, S12977, S12978, S12984, S12985, S12986, S12987, S12988, S12995, S12996, S13031, S13032, S13033, S13034, S13035, S13036, S13037, S13038, S13040, S13044, S13045, S13048, S13049, S13050, S13051, S13054, S13055, S13056, S13057, S13058, S13059, S13060, S13061, S13064, S13066, S13070, S13071, S13120, S13121, S13123, S13126, S13128, S13129, S13130, S13133, S13139 [8SE], S13203 [11SE], S13495, S13547 [13SE], S13561, S13567, S13571, S13572, S13573 [14SE], S13628, S13629, S13632, S13634, S13636, S13637, S13642, S13645, S13646, S13652, S13667, S13670 [15SE], S13771, S13866 [19SE], H3276, H3277 [15MR], H3491, H3496, H3497, H3509, H3514, H3515, H3517, H3525, H3527 [22MR], H3582, H3586, H3592, H3595, H3600, H3603, H3605, H3609, H3617, H3622, H3628, H3634 [23MR], H3742 [24MR]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16581, S16630 [2NO]

USIA: extension of au pair programs (S. 1465), S18565, S18579 [13DE]

Analyses

Fair Pay Act (H.R. 1507), E853 [7AP]

Guide to GATT Law and Practice, S16519-S16523 [1NO]

Immigration Enforcement Improvement Act (S. 754), S6102-S6106 [3MY]

Indian Reservation Jobs and Investment Act (S. 1303), S14904 [10OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Data Bank, S10144 [17JY]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 995), E397-E400 [22FE]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 996), E402 [22FE]

Pension Simplification Act (S. 1006), S9527-S9533 [30JN]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]

Tax Treatment of Pensions of Indian Tribal Governments and Their Employees (S. 1304), S14904 [10OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, S15199 [17OC], H9710, H9735 [29SE], H10670 [24OC]

———H.R. 1617, consolidate Federal job training programs, H10693 [24OC]

Glass Ceiling Commission, S3641 [8MR]

Office of Fair Employment Practices, H3092 [14MR], H3343 [21MR]

Articles and editorials

Addicts Squander Checks on Drugs, Alcohol—Your Cash Supports Abusers' Habits, S11772-S11774 [7AU]

AFDC Numbers—Bad Enough, But Not That Bad, S12681 [6SE]

Affirmative Action, E1383 [30JN]

Affirmative Action, on the Merit System, S12629 [5SE]

Affirmative Action Is as ``American as the Constitution'', S16681 [3NO]

Affirmative Action on the Edge—A Divisive Debate Begins Over Whether Women and Minorities Still Deserve Favored Treatment, S3474-S3476 [3MR]

Affirmative Action—Aid in Doing the Right Thing, S5927 [1MY]

Affirmative Action—The ``Radical Republican'' Example, S12306 [10AU], S12422 [11AU]

Age Discrimination—Lift Earnings Cap, S15784 [26OC]

Average American Has Reason To Be Angry—Low Pay, Long Hours, and Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor, E1183 [8JN]

Basic Retraining, E2342 [12DE]

Better Ways To Measure Progress, S15187 [17OC]

Betting on a Loser, S16677 [3NO]

Big Mac To Go; Hold the Lies; New York's Recipe for Recovery—and What D.C. Can Take From It, S12627-S12629 [5SE]

Bitter Battle Reveals That Repealing Law Won't Save Money, H10029 [12OC]

Changes in Welfare Rules Fulfill Will of the People, S11765 [7AU]

Charting the State of Welfare, S12681 [6SE]

Companies Merge, Families Break Up, H8587 [6SE]

Confronting the Myths, E2236 [28NO]

Confronting the Myths—The Truth About Poverty and Welfare, E2157 [10NO]

Consumer Price Index—Measuring Inflation and Causing It, S15447-S15453 [23OC]

Corporate Focus—Bridgestone Bets It Can Defeat Rubber Workers' Strike—Kaizaki Tries To Turn Around Firestone by Bucking Industrywide Contract, S3738 [9MR]

Decent Minimum Wage, E286 [7FE]

Deeply Flawed Immigration Bill, S16634 [2NO]

Dual Education Teaches Students To Work, S10662 [25JY]

End Social Security Earning Curb, S15784 [26OC]

Expense Sometimes Stops FAA From Ordering Safety Improvements, S18290 [8DE]

Federal Cuts Put Squeeze on Welfare, E1937 [12OC]

Federal Workers Test Drive Telecommuting, S8471 [15JN]

Firing Based on Race Not Real Affirmative Action, S7117 [22MY]

Firm Foundations—New Approach to Welfare Reform—Humility, S14562 [28SE]

Flexel Workers Face Pay Cut, H8667 [7SE]

Food-Stamp Racket, S13157 [11SE]

Frayed Lifeline—Hunger Among Elderly Surges—Meal Programs Just Can't Keep Up, S1569 [26JA]

Free Trade in the Western Hemisphere, E96 [13JA]

Funky Way of Looking at U.S. ``Growth'', S15186 [17OC]

Gap in Wealth in the United States Called Widest in West, H4538 [3MY]

Gay Rights Activist Savors Big Victory, E889 [1MY]

Glass Ceiling? It's More Like a Steel Cage—Bush Panel Finds Little Room at Top for Women or Nonwhites, S5926 [1MY]

GOP Bills To Overhaul Welfare Worry City and County Officials, S6926 [18MY]

GOP Breaches of `Contract'?, S17042 [14NO]

GOP Stance on Wage Irks Working Widow, E333 [13FE]

Green Revenue Path—For Healthy Growth, Washington Should Tax Resources, Not Labor, E1759 [12SE]

Green Thumb Senior Community Service Employment Program, E1918 [11OC]

Hard Hearts, Soft Heads, S19154 [22DE]

Here's a Grand Little Story To Stir Your Blood on a Monday Morning, H2300 [27FE], H5161 [17MY]

Hill May Be a Health Hazard for Safety Agency—Shift in Political Forces Brings GOP Push To Weaken OSHA, E1629-E1631 [4AU]

His Experiences Give Bishop Ideas on Welfare Reform, S5512 [6AP]

House Seeks Pilot Hearings—Airline Record-Sharing Part of Safety Equation, S18290 [8DE]

Income Gap Is Issue No. 1, Debaters Agree, H14352 [12DE]

It's the U.N.'s 50th Birthday, But Its Employees Get the Gifts, E2085 [1NO]

Led Astray by the Poverty `Experts', E604 [15MR]

Losers Get Spoils, Too, S10522 [24JY]

Marginal Pilots Put Passengers' Lives at Risk, S18293-S18295 [8DE]

Medicaid System Handcuffs California, H15517 [21DE]

Mentor Projects a Good Idea, S11762 [7AU]

Minorities Can't Measure Up? That's What Affirmative Action Policies Imply, Though You Won't Hear Its Liberal Backers Say So, S3474 [3MR]

Mother of Them All—Carol Porter Feeds Poor Kids in Houston—Without a Cent From the Government, S5028 [3AP]

Myth About Public Servants, E1361 [29JN]

NAFTA—Is This Success?, S17184 [16NO]

NAFTA's Bubble Bursts, S14099 [21SE]

Needed—A Two-Way Social Contract in the Workplace, E1582 [2AU]

Obsolete Law Endangers a Marriage, S16438 [31OC]

Odds Aren't Worth It, S17871 [30NO]

OSHA's Enemies Find Themselves in High Places, E1631-E1633 [4AU]

Paternalism and Welfare Reform, S19090-S19093 [21DE]

Pay Cut of 11 Percent Goes Into Effect on Monday, H8667 [7SE]

Pilot Error—Solutions, Better Regulations, Safer Skies, S18290 [8DE]

Pilot Performance—Top Officials Respond, S18289 [8DE]

Pilot Who Crashed Flight 3379, S18290-S18293 [8DE]

Politics of Paternity Leave, E1816 [20SE]

Poverty in America—Causes, Cures..., S1635 [26JA]

Preferential Treatment Backlash, S3476 [3MR]

Productivity Is All, But It Doesn't Pay Well, S10957 [31JY]

Program Helps Iowans Get Off Welfare, S11765 [7AU]

Proper Role for Affirmative Action, S5927 [1MY]

Public Deserves More From FAA Watchdog, S18289 [8DE]

Quadriplegics Get Help in Work-at-Home Program, S8472 [15JN]

Ramspecked, S10523-S10525 [24JY]

Rich Get Richer Faster, H4539 [3MY]

Safe Haven for Ex-Aides?, S10525 [24JY]

Safety Board Urges Government To Monitor Pilot's Job Records, S18288 [8DE]

Say No to This Welfare Reform, S16675 [3NO]

Stop Whining—Pay Workers, S1704 [27JA]

Striker Replacement Issue, S16510 [1NO]

Take Good Ideas and Run With Them, S11763 [7AU]

They Play To Lose—Compulsive Gambling Is a Disease That Gradually Overwhelms One's Life, Ruth Beker Writes, S13134 [8SE]

They'll Never Leave, S10523 [24JY]

This One's Different, S11765 [7AU]

Toward a Middle Ground—Rethink Affirmative Action, But Don't Kill It—Issue Demands Caution, S5292 [6AP]

Two Years Later, the Promises Used To Sell NAFTA Haven't Come True, But Its Foes Were Wrong, Too, H11564 [31OC]

Unfair Looting, S4123 [17MR]

United Rubber Workers' Strike at Bridgestone/Firestone Co. Plants, S3736 [9MR]

United-Manhattan Post No. 9 American Legion Salutes the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Passage of the GI Bill of Rights, E207 [27JA]

Welfare, End of—Events That Led to Its Demise in 1995, and the Striking Consequences in the Years Since, S18826 [18DE]

Welfare Contract a Worthwhile Idea, S11765 [7AU], S12910 [8SE]

Welfare Fade, S16676 [3NO]

Welfare On the Cheap Is Not Reform, E771 [4AP]

Welfare Reform Shows Promise, S11764 [7AU]

Welfare Shock, S12680 [6SE]

Welfare System Finally Works, S11765 [7AU]

Welfare Winner—Iowa's Family Investment Plan Could Be a National Model, S11763 [7AU]

Welfare—Two Kinds of Compromise, S12758 [7SE]

What Special Interest?, H3700 [23MR]

What's Wrong on the Right—Second Thoughts of a Black Conservative, E2423 [20DE]

White-Collar Visas—Importing Needed Skills or Cheap Labor?, S15571 [24OC]

Who Needs Affirmative Action?, S5926 [1MY]

Why Push Them Out of Work?, S15784 [26OC]

Will Davis-Bacon Repeal Save Money?, H10030 [12OC]

Will Prevailing Wage Laws Be Repealed?, H10028 [12OC]

Work Not Welfare in the Mormon Church, S13136 [8SE]

Workfare Wimp-Out, E445 [27FE]

Working While on Welfare, S13507 [13SE]

Wrong Target, S5928 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: replace the Job Opportunities Basic Skills Training Program with self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 865), H1460 [8FE]

———weekly benefits relative to employment or attendance at courses at educational institutions (see H.R. 220), H169 [9JA]

Airlines: verify training and employment records of pilot applicants (see S. 1461), S18287 [8DE]

Amtrak: establish limitations on wage continuation and severance benefits for employees displaced by a discontinuance of service (see H.R. 832), H1281 [6FE]

Armed Forces: clarify employment and reemployment rights and responsibilities (see H.R. 1941), H6480 [28JN]

———pension annuity computation (see S. 820), S6912 [18MY]

Aviation: develop information system on, and investigation of pilot aptitude (see H.R. 2758, 2772), H14310 [12DE], H14764 [13DE]

Benefits: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see S. 1326; H.R. 1715), S15227 [17OC], H5607 [25MY]

———require employers to notify workers before health care or retirement benefits are terminated (see H.R. 1305), H3732 [23MR]

BLS: conduct time use surveys and calculate monetary value of unremunerated work (see H.R. 2544), H10993 [26OC]

Business and industry: leave policies relative to minimum wage and overtime exemptions (see H.R. 946), H1849 [15FE]

———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2705), H14002 [5DE]

———treatment of businesses dissected by a census tract boundary line of a designated empowerment zone or enterprise community (see S. 1421), S17336 [17NO]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see S. 192; H.R. 463), S789 [11JA], H229 [11JA]

———volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H1688 [13FE]

California: promote balance between natural resources, economic development and job retention (see H.R. 2712), H14002 [5DE]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see S. 744; H.R. 1114), S6006 [2MY], H2584 [2MR]

———child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see S. 1099; H.R. 2089), S11107 [1AU], H7378 [20JY]

———consolidate and expand Federal child care programs (see S. 472), S3052 [23FE]

———consolidate Federal child care programs (see S. 850), S7388 [24MY]

———reform child labor laws (see H.R. 1049), H2224 [24FE]

Civil defense: public safety officer death benefits eligibility for certain civil defense and FEMA employees (see S. 791), S6513 [11MY]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see S. 497, 1085; H.R. 1764, 2128), S3466 [3MR], S10821 [27JY], H5690 [7JN], H7916 [27JY]

———ensure equal opportunity in employment, education, and contracting (see H.R. 1840), H5983 [14JN]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1507), H4431 [7AP]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 932; H.R. 382, 1863), S8493 [15JN], H174 [9JA], H6045 [15JN]

———prohibit preferential treatment (see S. 26, 318; H.R. 254), S48 [4JA], S1920 [1FE], H170 [9JA]

———require employers to post information on sexual harassment (see H.R. 1859), H6045 [15JN]

———submission of employee discrimination claims to mandatory and binding arbitration (see S. 366), S2268 [7FE]

Civil Rights Act: applications (see H.R. 658), H592 [24JA]

Collective bargaining: labor organization selection by the signing of membership cards by a majority of employees and a subsequent election (see S. 778), S6337 [9MY]

———permit additional remedies in certain unfair labor practice cases (see S. 782), S6337 [9MY]

———provide equal time to employers and labor organization for presentations at the workplace (see S. 777), S6337 [9MY]

———require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see S. 779), S6337 [9MY]

Colleges and universities: allow employees in classified positions to serve in other academic capacities (see H.R. 2134), H7916 [27JY]

Common carriers: eliminate preemployment alcohol testing in the mass transit, railroad, motor carrier, and aviation industries (see S. 1055; H.R. 1827), S10490 [21JY], H5904 [13JN]

Congress: provide for the issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices (see H. Con. Res. 123), H15135 [19DE]

———treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (see S. 228; H.R. 1353), S944 [13JA], H3974 [29MR]

Consumer Price Index: calculation of rate of inflation (see S. 821), S6912 [18MY]

Contracts: classification of employees and independent contractors relative to Federal procurement contracts (see H.R. 508, 509), H242 [13JA]

———prohibit reimbursement of defense contractors for environmental response costs (see H.R. 2227), H8534 [4AU]

———reimbursement of defense contractors for excessive costs of personnel unallowable under defense contracts (see S. 1102), S11201 [2AU]

———require Federal contracts debarment for violation of National Labor Relations Act provisions (see S. 780; H.R. 2724), S6337 [9MY], H14172 [6DE]

———require Federal contracts debarment for violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act provisions (see S. 781; H.R. 2725), S6337 [9MY], H14172 [6DE]

———require that contractor consolidation cost savings be used for employment retraining and job creation activities (see H.R. 702), H802 [26JA]

———require that work that requires licensing be performed by a person who is so licensed (see H.R. 1722), H5607 [25MY]

———standards and regulations for Government procurement contracts (see H.R. 1959), H6655 [29JN]

Correctional institutions: exemption from Fair Labor Standards Act for inmates in certain programs (see H.R. 868), H1460 [8FE]

———pilot program on feasibility of Federal prisoner employment (see H.R. 2553), H10994 [26OC]

Courts: denial of certain Federal benefits upon conviction of certain drug offenses (see H.R. 141), H167 [9JA]

———equalize remedies available to all victims of intentional discrimination (see S. 296), S1758 [30JA]

———equalize remedies available to victims of intentional employment discrimination (see H.R. 96), H166 [9JA]

———exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (see S. 190; H.R. 1225), S732 [10JA], H3155 [14MR]

———notification to employers of convicted persons relative to drug offenses (see H.R. 138), H167 [9JA]

———protect elected and appointed judges against discrimination based on age (see H.R. 1571), H4545 [3MY]

———protect elected judges against discrimination based on age (see S. 849), S7388 [24MY]

Crime: establish a national clearinghouse to assist in law enforcement employment background checks (see S. 484), S3389 [2MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 500), H242 [13JA]

———revise (see H.R. 2472), H10047 [12OC]

Dept. of Defense: demonstration project to improve personnel policies relative to acquisition work force (see H.R. 2314), H8806 [12SE]

———increase opportunities for veterans held as POW during the Vietnam era to participate in procurement activities (see H.R. 155), H167 [9JA]

———increase opportunities for veterans with service-connected disabilities to participate in procurement activities (see H.R. 137), H167 [9JA]

Dept. of HHS: verification of employee Social Security information (see H.R. 502), H242 [13JA]

Dept. of HUD: grants to depressed communities for economic development based on unemployment level (see H.R. 1017), H2063 [22FE]

Dept. of Labor: revise coverage standards for prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects (see S. 1183), S12370 [11AU]

Dept. of Transportation: waive driving hours-of-service regulations for agricultural purposes during planting and harvest seasons (see S. 604), S4491 [23MR]

Economic Development Administration: assistance to communities affected by closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (see S. 405), S2647 [14FE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9, 1050), H161 [9JA], H2224 [24FE]

———reduction of tax rates and discretionary spending (see H.R. 1327), H3878 [28MR]

Education: development of school-to-work opportunities systems (see S. 696; H.R. 1426), S5404 [6AP], H4413 [6AP]

———increase assistance relative to skills or specialties for which there are critical shortages (see H.R. 1116), H2584 [2MR]

———integration of academic and vocational curriculum and professional development (see H.R. 48), H164 [9JA]

———provide the authority for the construction of vocational education and job training centers for Native Hawaiians and Native American Samoans (see S. 97), S50 [4JA]

EEOC: strengthen enforcement in Federal employment cases (see H.R. 190), H168 [9JA]

Elections: eliminate provisions prohibiting certain State and local employees from seeking elective office (see H.R. 151), H167 [9JA]

Employment: require employers to notify workers before health care or retirement benefits are terminated (see H.R. 1305), H3732 [23MR]

ERISA: auditing of employee benefit plans (see S. 1490), S18999 [20DE]

———extend continuation of coverage of certain retiree health benefits (see S. 1107; H.R. 2168), S11201 [2AU], H8308 [2AU]

———improve pension plan funding (see H.R. 37), H164 [9JA]

———joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 1355), H3974 [29MR]

———litigation relative to termination or reduction of retiree health benefits (see S. 588; H.R. 1293), S4365 [22MR], H3572 [22MR]

———promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2741), H14238 [7DE]

———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (see H.R. 35, 36, 1048), H164 [9JA], H2223 [24FE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see S. 774; H.R. 1594), S6337 [9MY], H4618 [9MY]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), consideration (see H. Res. 215), H8684 [7SE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), technical corrections (see H. Con. Res. 108), H10146 [17OC]

———treatment of pension assets by insurance companies (see S. 1400), S16754 [7NO]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify exemption of houseparents from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (see H.R. 2531), H10848 [25OC]

———make uniform the application overtime exemption for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 1226), H3155 [14MR]

———provide limited exemptions from certain child labor provisions (see H.R. 1228), H3155 [14MR]

Families and domestic relations: unemployment compensation relative to family or medical leave reasons (see H.R. 1730), H5608 [25MY]

FBI: appeal rights of employees concerning adverse personnel actions (see H.R. 2683), H13730 [28NO]

———use of volunteers for tours at training facilities and main building (see H.R. 685), H802 [26JA]

Federal aid programs: establish a job placement voucher program (see S. 579), S4199 [20MR]

———improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers (see S. 90; H.R. 1422), S49 [4JA], H4413 [6AP]

———reform workforce training and literacy programs (see H.R. 2332), H8993 [14SE]

———self-employment assistance programs (see H.R. 1789), H5752 [8JN]

———training assistance (see H.R. 998), H1967 [21FE]

Federal employees: age and service requirements for immediate annuities (see H.R. 1848), H5983 [14JN]

———agreements with local governments relative to tax withholding (see H.R. 295), H171 [9JA]

———constitutional amendment to limit years of employment (see H.J. Res. 39), H176 [9JA]

———eligibility for Federal health benefits for certain temporary appointees (see H.R. 1724), H5607 [25MY]

———eliminate exemptions of civil service requirements for judicial or legislative branch employees involuntarily separated from their jobs (see H.R. 913), H1688 [13FE]

———eliminate exemptions of civil service requirements for judicial or legislative branch employees involuntary separated from their jobs (see S. 177), S653 [9JA]

———granting of competitive status relative to transfers or reassignments (see H.R. 294), H171 [9JA]

———payment of retirement and separation incentives and reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (see H.R. 2751), H14238 [7DE]

———priority placement program for employees affected by reductions-in-force (see S. 1486; H.R. 2082), S18999 [20DE], H7378 [20JY]

———provide that services performed by air traffic supervisors and managers be creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1777), H5690 [7JN]

———reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (see H.R. 2825), H15574 [21DE]

———repeal prohibitions on political recommendations (see S. 174, 253), S653 [9JA], S1271 [20JA]

———require preemployment drug testing (see H.R. 143), H167 [9JA]

———review of employment discriminations claims (see H.R. 2133), H7916 [27JY]

———treatment of early-retirement reduction regulations (see H.R. 2574), H11686 [1NO]

———treatment of early-retirement reduction regulations relative to defense base closures (see H.R. 2375), H9452 [21SE]

———treatment of honoraria and postemployment restrictions (see H.R. 1639), H4958 [15MY]

———treatment of service performed under Federal-State cooperative programs relative to civil service retirement (see H.R. 2487), H10146 [17OC]

———vocational rehabilitation services in the Civil Service Disability Retirement Program (see H. Con. Res. 3), H176 [9JA]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of medical foods (see H.R. 2009), H6830 [11JY]

Firefighters: age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans (see S. 553; H.R. 344, 2649), S3891 [14MR], H173 [9JA], H13142 [16NO]

———exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see S. 324), S1920 [1FE]

Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreement (see H.R. 2714), H14002 [5DE]

———prohibit imports produced by child labor (see S. 706), S5404 [6AP]

Government: allow members of employee associations to represent their views before the Government (see H.R. 782), H1051 [1FE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (see S. 143, 180; H.R. 511, 1120, 1617), S51 [4JA], S653 [9JA], H242 [13JA], H2584 [2MR], H4873 [11MY]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), consideration (see H. Res. 222), H9132 [18SE]

———improve the acquisition workforce of civilian Federal agencies (see H.R. 1770), H5690 [7JN]

———job creation programs (see H.R. 805), H1156 [2FE]

———replace Federal job training programs with a training account system (see S. 6), S47 [4JA]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (see S. 603, 989; H.R. 1176), S4491 [23MR], S9421 [29JN], H2892 [8MR]

Government regulations: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 849), H1371 [7FE]

———clarify workplace requirements for hearing-aid compatible telephones (see H.R. 1892), H6158 [20JN]

———exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements individuals who volunteer their time for occupational opportunity (see H.R. 1589), H4618 [9MY]

———permit flexible work schedules and improve regulations on hiring and leave policies (see S. 1129; H.R. 2723), S11785 [7AU], H14172 [6DE]

Hawaii: prepaid health care services relative to ERISA (see S. 266), S1442 [24JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 995, 996), H1967 [21FE]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 1797), H5752 [8JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see S. 969; H.R. 1936, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1968, 1970; H. Con. Res. 79), S9174 [27JN], H6396 [27JN], H6481 [28JN], H6655, H6656 [29JN]

Homeless: assistance for veterans (see S. 1257), S13728 [18SE]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (see H. Res. 7), H162 [9JA]

———payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former employees (see H. Res. 35), H296 [17JA]

———provide for the issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices (see H. Res. 311), H15136 [19DE]

———transfer of two employees from the majority whip to the majority leader (see H. Res. 10), H162 [9JA]

Housing: encourage gainful employment of residents of public housing (see H.R. 921), H1688 [13FE]

Immigration: enforce employer sanctions and limit the adjustment of status relative to illegal aliens (see S. 759; H.R. 2164), S6169 [4MY], H8308 [2AU]

———enforcement of employer sanctions law (see H.R. 570), H398 [19JA]

———moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see S. 160; H.R. 373), S480 [5JA], H174 [9JA]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see S. 269, 580, 754, 999; H.R. 560, 756, 1018, 1915, 1929, 2202), S1442 [24JA], S4262 [21MR], S6082 [3MY], S9421 [29JN], H325 [18JA], H969 [31JA], H2175 [23FE], H6269 [22JN], H6396 [27JN], H8533 [4AU]

Income: create a livable wage (see H.R. 768), H1050 [1FE]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (see H.R. 1227, 1273), H3155 [14MR], H3416 [21MR]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 2391), H9452 [21SE]

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act: modify assistance programs for dislocated fishers (see S. 1499), S19110 [21DE]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see S. 295; H.R. 743), S1758 [30JA], H889 [30JA]

———allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), consideration (see H. Res. 226), H9451 [21SE]

Labor unions: clarify standards on use of business property or facilities by community organizations relative to similar usage for union advocacy activities (see H.R. 2497), H10307 [18OC]

———prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see S. 550), S3891 [14MR]

———prevent union violence (see H.R. 1796), H5752 [8JN]

———repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment (see S. 581; H.R. 1279), S4262 [21MR], H3416 [21MR]

Law enforcement officers: age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans (see S. 553; H.R. 344, 2649), S3891 [14MR], H173 [9JA], H13142 [16NO]

———death benefits for retired public safety officers (see H.R. 1572), H4545 [3MY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 287, 309), H171, H172 [9JA]

Long Island Railroad Co.: remove police officers from certain Federal employment laws (see H.R. 2044), H7067 [17JY]

Mass transit: standards and procedures for arbitrators relative to labor disputes involving transit agencies in the National Capital area (see H.R. 1463), H4415 [6AP]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see S. 194; H.R. 952, 2685), S789 [11JA], H1849 [15FE], H13803 [29NO]

Members of Congress: limit participation in Federal Employees' Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1618, 2456), H4873 [11MY], H9784 [10OC]

———reduce pay pending a minimum wage increase (see H.R. 876), H1555 [9FE]

Merit Systems Protection Board: performance of certain hearings functions only by administrative law judges (see H.R. 1983), H6697 [30JN]

Minimum wage: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 620), H467 [20JA]

———increase level and establish commission to study indexation (see S. 203), S789 [11JA]

———level (see S. 413; H.R. 363, 619, 764, 940, 1583), S2647 [14FE], H173 [9JA], H467 [20JA], H969 [31JA], H1751 [14FE], H4618 [9MY]

Motor vehicles: prohibit Federal requirement for State plans on trip reduction requirements (see S. 235; H.R. 478), S1070 [18JA], H229 [11JA]

NAFTA: assessment (see S. 1417), S17183 [16NO]

———withdraw supplemental agreements on labor and environmental cooperation (see H.R. 796), H1156 [2FE]

———withdrawal (see H.R. 499, 2651), H241 [13JA], H13142 [16NO]

National Labor Relations Act: penalties for encouraging employers or labor organizations to violate provisions (see S. 784), S6337 [9MY]

National Public Employment Relations Commission: establish (see H.R. 1355), H3974 [29MR]

NLRB: jurisdiction in labor disputes on Johnston Atoll (see H.R. 1723), H5607 [25MY]

———time limit for labor rulings on discharge complaints (see S. 783), S6337 [9MY]

Occupational safety and health: establish voluntary programs to protect employees from hazards (see H.R. 1824), H5904 [13JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 707, 1783, 1834), H802 [26JA], H5691 [7JN], H5982 [14JN]

Oregon: waiver of ERISA relative to employer mandates in health care reform plan (see S. 713), S5547 [7AP]

Pensions: annuity computation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (see S. 819), S6912 [18MY]

———establish a Federal cause of action for failure of State and local governments to fulfill the terms of pensions plans (see H.R. 1683), H5470 [23MY]

———limitations on cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and Federal and military retirees (see S. 822), S6912 [18MY]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13340 [18NO]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments and their employees (see S. 1304, 1313; H.R. 1966), S14883 [10OC], S15033 [11OC], H6656 [29JN]

Professional Trade Service Corps: establish (see H.R. 1567), H4545 [3MY]

Public welfare programs: assistance to able-bodied individuals relative to participation in workfare programs (see H.R. 161), H168 [9JA]

———establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 1212), S12716 [6SE]

———reform (see S. 36, 140, 209, 707, 736, 746, 828, 834, 840, 1117, 1120; H.R. 4, 315, 759, 781, 819, 982, 1146, 1157, 1181, 1214, 1250, 1267), S48, S51 [4JA], S901 [12JA], S5404 [6AP], S5805 [27AP], S6082 [3MY], S6912 [18MY], S7014 [19MY], S7120 [22MY], S11323 [3AU], H159, H172 [9JA], H969 [31JA], H1051 [1FE], H1207 [3FE], H1907 [16FE], H2810 [7MR], H2891 [8MR], H2988 [9MR], H3072 [13MR], H3276 [15MR], H3415 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 117, 119), H3326 [16MR], H3415 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 319), H15237 [20DE]

Public works: national program to create jobs and restore infrastructure (see H.R. 1405), H4335 [5AP]

———provide employment opportunities during repair and renovation of community facilities (see H.R. 1282), H3416 [21MR]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: reduce waiting period for benefits (see H.R. 2594), H11938 [8NO]

Railroads: administration of the Railroad Retirement System and railroad unemployment insurance (see H.R. 2233), H8535 [4AU]

———employee protection benefits (see H.R. 1357), H3974 [29MR]

———recommend dismantlement of Railroad Retirement System (see H. Res. 29), H177 [9JA]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1210), H3049 [10MR]

Retraining: allowances for workers undergoing retraining after being displaced by NAFTA consequences (see S. 556; H.R. 1231), S3891 [14MR], H3156 [14MR]

Senate: severance pay for certain employees of the office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (see S. Res. 172), S13656 [15SE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in Office of Senate Sergeant at Arms v. Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices (see S. Res. 194), S16921 [9NO]

Small business: establish incentives for employees under a performance-based reward plan (see H.R. 647), H592 [24JA]

———install devices to improve safety at convenience stores (see H.R. 2675), H13658 [20NO]

Social Security: assistance to beneficiaries in the administration of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 420), H175 [9JA]

———diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans (see S. 824), S6912 [18MY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 31, 252; H.R. 145, 201, 243, 374), S48 [4JA], S1271 [20JA], H167, H169, H170, H174 [9JA]

———earnings test on retirement annuities of Members of Congress (see S. 48), S48 [4JA]

———increase earnings limit (see S. 1372, 1432, 1440, 1466, 1470; S. 2668; H.R. 2684; H. Con. Res. 109), S16422 [31OC], S17666 [28NO], S17865 [30NO], S18363 [11DE], S18442 [12DE], H10848 [25OC], H13658 [20NO], H13803 [29NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (see H. Res. 245), H10847 [25OC]

———increase normal and early retirement ages (see S. 818), S6912 [18MY]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6200 [21JN]

———provide remedies for failure to report information on earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1183), H2988 [9MR]

———solvency of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see S. 825), S6912 [18MY]

———tribute to Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H. Res. 209), H8309 [2AU]

States: ban the utilization of Federal funds to lure jobs and businesses from other States (see H.R. 1842), H5983 [14JN]

———establish grants to reduce crime and poverty in poor neighborhoods (see H.R. 1414), H4335 [5AP]

Taxation: allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve (see H.R. 471, 1168, 1532), H229 [11JA], H2891 [8MR], H4511 [2MY]

———assessment of retail dealer occupational taxes (see H.R. 302), H172 [9JA]

———assessment of retail dealer occupational taxes (H.R. 302), consideration (see H. Res. 246), H10994 [26OC]

———computation of adjusted gross income for school bus drivers (see S. 500), S3521 [6MR]

———credit for employee training expenses paid or incurred by the employer (see H.R. 2382), H9452 [21SE]

———credit to employers for providing English language training (see H.R. 124), H167 [9JA]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see S. 434; H.R. 1003), S2822 [16FE], H1967 [21FE]

———dependent care tax credit (see S. 264), S1442 [24JA]

———determination of employment status (see H.R. 510), H242 [13JA]

———determination of employment status of individuals as employees or independent contractors (see H.R. 582), H399 [19JA]

———economic recovery incentives for areas affected by employment losses in the financial institution and real estate sectors (see H.R. 2015), H6830 [11JY]

———eliminate State requirement to pay unemployment compensation on election worker services (see H.R. 2809), H15135 [19DE]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H1555 [9FE]

———employment taxes relative to compensation for unpaid wages (see H.R. 1088), H2486 [1MR]

———establish estate tax credit for certain employees of international organizations equivalent to the limited marital deduction (see H.R. 1401), H4335 [5AP]

———establish special rules for certain gratuitous transfers of employer securities to employees (see H.R. 1962), H6655 [29JN]

———exclude Social Security tax from certain self-employment income received by insurance salesmen after retirement (see H.R. 2004), H6829 [11JY]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H167 [9JA]

———incentives for employers to hire displaced workers relative to closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (see S. 408), S2647 [14FE]

———income exclusion limitations relative to U.S. citizens working overseas (see H.R. 57), H165 [9JA]

———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (see S. 1299), S14883 [10OC]

———increase the child care credit for lower-income working parents (see H.R. 131), H167 [9JA]

———limit deduction for health care costs by employers who terminate promised retiree health benefits (see S. 827), S6912 [18MY]

———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see S. 501; H.R. 1251, 2221), S3521 [6MR], H3276 [15MR], H8534 [4AU]

———promote tax credits for private investments on Indian reservations (see S. 1303), S14883 [10OC]

———provide for contributions to section 457 individual retirement account plans for certain cafeteria plans (see H.R. 2810), H15135 [19DE]

———repeal limitation on business meal and entertainment deductions (see H.R. 2734), H14172 [6DE]

———requirements for tax exempt trust status relative to multiple employer health benefits arrangements (see H.R. 1035), H2176 [23FE]

———restore prior law formula for the inclusion in gross income of Social Security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 1775), H5690 [7JN]

———simplify reporting requirements for pension payments (see S. 1006), S9516 [30JN]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H6697 [30JN]

———State establishment of health insurance systems for temporarily unemployed individuals (see H.R. 2432), H9737 [29SE]

———tax credit for defense industries to invest in worker retraining and retooling (see S. 409), S2647 [14FE]

———treatment of certain contributions relative to veterans' reemployment (see H.R. 1469), H4430 [7AP]

———treatment of certain personal care services under the unemployment tax (see H.R. 1919), H6269 [22JN]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 1095; H.R. 746), S10966 [31JY], H890 [30JA]

———treatment of excess benefit arrangements of certain tax-exempt group medical practices (see H.R. 2452), H9784 [10OC]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments as local governments or nonprofit organizations relative to unemployment compensation (see H.R. 838), H1281 [6FE]

———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 2338), H8994 [14SE]

———treatment of operating expenses for school bus drivers (see S. 499), S3520 [6MR]

———treatment of undergraduate and post-secondary vocational education tuition and fees (see H.R. 2543), H10993 [26OC]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (see S. 878, 1179; H.R. 1370, 2410), S7615 [26MY], S12215 [10AU], H4031 [30MR], H9591 [27SE]

———workmen's compensation relative to certain personal liability assignments (see H.R. 1037), H2223 [24FE]

Telecommunications: develop program making career opportunities information available on publicly accessible networks and other electronic media (see H.R. 2376), H9452 [21SE]

Tobacco products: treatment of overtime exemptions for employees relative to the sale and processing of green and cigar leaf tobacco (see H.R. 636), H537 [23JA]

Tongass National Forest: changes in land management planning process relative to protection of timber jobs (see S. 1054), S10490 [21JY]

Trinidad and Tobago: participation in NAFTA (see S. Res. 200), S18920 [19DE]

U.S. Fire Administration: convert certain excepted service positions to competitive service positions (see S. 1488), S18999 [20DE]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (see S. 17), S48 [4JA]

———promote national agenda (see H.R. 1297), H3572 [22MR]

———provide grants to establish teen resource and education centers (see H.R. 1283), H3416 [21MR]

USIA: extension of au pair programs (see S. 1465; H.R. 2767), S18363 [11DE], H14764 [13DE]

Veterans: educational assistance programs (see S. 1329), S15227 [17OC]

———establish training programs to employ at public housing authorities and management companies (see H.R. 505), H242 [13JA]

———Government employment preference for active duty service veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (see H.R. 2510), H10484 [19OC]

———housing, training and employment programs (see H.R. 2289), H8725 [8SE]

———tax treatment of contributions to pension plans by veterans who have returned to employment (see S. 831), S7013 [19MY]

———technical corrections to training and employment programs (see H.R. 1633), H4915 [12MY]

———training and employment programs (see H.R. 1593), H4618 [9MY]

Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 94), H166 [9JA]

Volunteer workers: allow State and local government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer without requiring overtime pay (see S. 530), S3803 [10MR]

Women: tax credit for the hiring of displaced homemakers (see H.R. 110), H166 [9JA]

Broadcasts

Fleecing of America/The Davis-Bacon Act: NBC Nightly News, H10026 [12OC]

Cloture motions

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S13199 [11SE]

Conference reports

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (H.R. 4), H15317-H15487 [21DE]

Descriptions

Iowa Family Investment Program, S12883 [8SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act Amendments (H.R. 1834), E1262 [15JN]

Proposal To Increase Social Security Retirement Earning Limit, S18732 [15DE]

Workforce Development Act: Michigan Programs, S14986 [11OC]

Documents

Goal Analysis and Participation Summary of the Native American Samoan Job Training Partnership Act Program in the State of California, H4175 [4AP]

Support for a Minimum Wage Increase: several economists, H10716 [24OC]

Essays

How Job Corps Changed My Life: Andy Trujillo, E2095 [2NO]

Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in America From Becoming a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them Beneficial To the Public: Jonathan Swift, E521 [6MR]

Participating in the ``American Dream'': Linda Overmoyer, E1911 [11OC]

Factsheets

Reachback Tax Facts—A Primer on the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefits Act, S10336-S10338 [20JY]

Histories

Iowa Senior Community Service Employment Program Case, S5356 [6AP]

Letters

Administration for Children and Families staff working on AFDC and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills programs: Mary Jo Bane, Dept. of HHS, S11757 [7AU]

Affirmative action policies: Dave Malcolm, E1769 [13SE]

———Senator Dole, S3930 [15MR]

Allocation of employment positions to U.S. citizens at the U.N.: Representative Hamilton, Committee on International Relations (House), E1511 [25JY]

———Wendy R. Sherman, Dept. of State, E1511 [25JY]

Cambodian compliance with international labor standards: Lane Kirkland, AFL-CIO, E1137 [26MY]

Child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters: Harry Sullivan, Food Marketing Institute, H8238 [2AU]

Davis-Bacon Act: Peter A. Cockshaw, H10028 [12OC]

———Ronald Reagan, H2790 [7MR]

Dept. of Transportation waiver of driving hours-of-service regulations for agricultural purposes during planting and harvest seasons: several Senators, S4497 [23MR]

Due Process for FBI Agents Act: Ed Bethune, FBI Agents Association, E2246 [28NO]

Equal Opportunity Act: Barbara J. Ledeen, Independent Women's Forum, S10832 [27JY]

———Linda Chavez, Center for Equal Opportunity, S10831 [27JY]

Expenditure of welfare funds in accordance with State laws and procedures: James J. Lack, National Conference of State Legislatures, S12803 [7SE]

FAA waiver of certain Federal personnel and procurement laws: Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, S12116 [10AU]

Family assistance block grant work requirements: Robin Arnond-Williams, Utah Dept. of Human Services, H3701 [23MR]

Federal child care programs: Fred Kammer, Catholic Charities U.S.A., S13184 [11SE], S13534 [13SE], S13600 [14SE]

———several educational organizations, S13185 [11SE]

Federal Employee Representation Improvement Act: Leonard P. Hirsch, Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees of the Federal Government (organization), H10668 [24OC]

Food Stamp Block Grant Program: A. Wayne Lord, National Peanut Council, Inc., S13339 [12SE]

———David Beckmann, Bread for the World (organization), S13635 [15SE]

———Food Research and Action Center, S13635 [15SE]

———Kevin Burke, Food Distributors Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, S13635 [15SE]

———Sheri Spader, National Cattleman's Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Tim Hammonds, Food Marketing Institute, S13338 [12SE]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, S13338 [12SE]

Issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices for the House of Representatives and its employees: Representative Hoyer, H15115 [19DE]

———Robin H. Carle, H15113, H15115 [19DE]

Job availability for certain college graduates: Jonathan R. Dean, H4526 [3MY]

———Michael J. Booker, H4526 [3MY]

Job Corps: Eric S. Lerner, Pennsylvania Job Corps Leadership Coaltion, S14973 [11OC]

———LaVera Leonard, National Job Corps Coalition, S14973 [11OC]

———several former Dept. of Labor officials, S14964, S14974 [11OC]

———Tom Murphy, Mayor of Pittsburgh, PA, S14974 [11OC]

Job Training Partnership Act funding: William T. Emmsley, Jr., Samoan Service Providers Association, H4175 [4AP]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: Anthony J. Knettel, Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Data Bank, S10143 [17JY]

———Donald A. Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S10144 [17JY]

———Mark J. Ugoretz, ERISA Industry Committee, S10143 [17JY]

Minimum wage level: Donald Knight, H13863 [30NO]

New Urban Agenda Act: Bob O'Connor, S189 [4JA]

———Senator Specter, S189 [4JA]

———Stephen P. Clark, S189 [4JA]

———Stephen R. Reed, S189 [4JA]

Pension Simplification Act: Jack Faris, National Federation of Independent Business, S9526 [30JN]

———Paula A. Calimafde, Small Business Council of America, S9526 [30JN]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S9526 [30JN]

Personal Responsibility Act: Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii, H3691 [23MR]

———Gaston Caperton, Governor of West Virginia, H3694 [23MR]

———Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont, H3691 [23MR]

———John Sharp, H3548 [22MR]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, H3691 [23MR]

———Mike Lowry, Governor of Washington, H3693 [23MR]

———National Governors' Association, H3391 [21MR]

———President Clinton, H3365 [21MR]

———Representative Archer, H3353, H3354, H3355 [21MR]

———Representative Bliley, H3354 [21MR]

———Representative Spence, H3353 [21MR]

———Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado, H3694 [23MR]

———several Republican Governors, H3683 [23MR]

———Thomas R. Carper, Governor of Delaware, H3692 [23MR]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Gregory S. Lashutka, Douglas R. Bovin, and Norman B. Rice, S19106 [21DE]

———National League of Cities, National Association of Counties, and U.S. Conference of Mayors, H15508 [21DE]

———Stephen D. Minnich, Oregon Dept. of Human Resources, S19173 [22DE]

———Thomas E. McGlinchy, School District of Philadelphia, PA, H15523 [21DE]

Proposal to increase Social Security retirement earning limit: John D. Hawke, Jr., Dept. of the Treasury, S18733 [15DE]

Public welfare programs reform, E720 [29MR]

———George V. Voinovich, Governor of Ohio, S13185 [11SE]

———Jane L. Campbell, National Conference of State Legislatures, S13184 [11SE]

———Senator Harkin, S12688 [6SE]

———Senator Moynihan, S18434 [12DE]

———several religious organizations, S12360 [11AU]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, and Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, National Governors, Association, S13649 [15SE]

Restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for ERISA employee benefit plans: Olivia S. Mitchell, H8739 [12SE]

Social Security earnings limit: Cheryll Schramm, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, S15786 [26OC]

———Daniel A. Quirk, National Association of State Units on Aging, S15786 [26OC]

———Daniel Thursz, National Council on the Aging, Inc., S15785 [26OC]

———Dianna Morgan, Walt Disney World Co., S15785 [26OC]

———Harold Price, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, S15786 [26OC]

———Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S15785 [26OC]

———James D. Staton, Air Force Sergeants Association, S15785 [26OC]

———John M. Adams, Retired Enlisted Association, S15786 [26OC]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S16586 [2NO]

———Lawrence T. Smedley, National Council of Senior Citizens, S15785 [26OC]

———Lou Glasse, Older Women's League, S15785 [26OC]

———Mark E. Talisman, Council of Jewish Federations, S15785 [26OC]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S15786 [26OC]

State and Local Volunteer Preservation Act: John T. Whetsel, International Association of Chiefs of Police, S3807 [10MR]

State corrective action plans relative to block grant funding penalties: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13778 [19SE]

Status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees: John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, S3728 [9MR]

Student aid programs: Chowan County, NC, Summer Youth Employment and Training Program Participants and Tomeka L. Ward, H8783 [12SE]

Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act: James V. Franze, AFL-CIO, H9533 [27SE]

———Joseph F. Lyscas, AFL-CIO, H9533 [27SE]

Timber salvage sales on Federal lands: Barbara Huguenin, S4880 [30MR]

———Dave Van De Graaff, Boise Cascade Corp., S4880 [30MR]

———Holly Thrash, S4871 [30MR]

———Kevin C. Boling, Potlatch Corp., S4879 [30MR]

———Larry Isenberg, Crown Pacific Inland Corp., S4879 [30MR]

———Patrick Withen, S4871 [30MR]

———President Clinton, S4872 [30MR]

———Senator Murray, S4872 [30MR]

———Sue Knoll, S4880 [30MR]

———Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations and Liz Hamilton, Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association, S4880 [30MR]

Treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums: Senator Cochran, S10336 [20JY]

Tribal Government employee salary reduction plans: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S15041 [11OC]

United Rubber Workers' strike at Bridgestone/Firestone Co. plants, S561 [6JA]

———Carlos C. Jayne, S3737 [9MR]

———Gary R. Sullivan, Sr., S3713 [9MR]

———Joe Weisshaar, S753 [11JA]

———Sherrie Wallace, S752 [11JA], S3711 [9MR]

Work opportunities tax credit: W.E. Hainline, Restaurants, Inc., S15683 [25OC]

Worker Retraining Flexibility Act: Bill Easly, Job Training Partnership Act Administration, S316 [4JA]

Workforce Development Act: Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota, and Thomas R. Carper, Governor of Delaware, National Governors' Association, S14827, S14861 [10OC]

———Bret Lovejoy, American Vocational Association, S14828 [10OC]

———Madeleine B. Hemmings, National Association of State Directors of Vocational Technical Education, S14828 [10OC]

———Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools, S14828 [10OC]

———Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, S14829 [10OC]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S14829 [10OC], S14980 [11OC]

———Republican Governors' Association, S14827 [10OC]

———Roberta G. Doering and Thomas A. Shannon, National School Boards Association, S14828 [10OC]

———several educational organizations, S14829 [10OC]

———William H. Kohlberg, National Alliance of Business, S14829 [10OC]

Lists

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on amendments to H. Res. 119, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3438 [22MR]

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund participants, S5376 [6AP]

Consumer Price Index accuracy witnesses, S15446 [23OC]

Contractors-Labor Coalition, S12374 [11AU]

Corporate financial incentives that impact domestic employment and tax rates, S13169 [11SE]

Davis-Bacon Act supporters: several contractors, H10030 [12OC]

ERISA Industry Committee members, S10143 [17JY]

Job Corps success stories in Pennsylvania, S14973 [11OC]

Organizations opposed to child welfare services and foster care provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, S19170-S19172 [22DE]

Organizations supporting the Specter/Simon amendment to the Workforce Development Act relative to the Job Corps, S14973 [11OC]

Reasons to support the Senior Community Service Employment Program, S5356 [6AP]

Supporters of H.R. 782, Federal Employee Representation Improvement Act, H10669 [24OC]

Memorandums

Consumer Price Index Accuracy: Harry C. Ballantyne, S15462 [23OC]

Job Corps: Craig Higgins and Jim Sourwine, S14975 [11OC]

Republican Study Committee Job Bank: Grace L. Crews, S697 [10JA]

Status of Federal Contractors That Hire Permanent Replacements for Striking Employees: Walter Dellinger, Dept. of Justice, S3782 [10MR]

Messages

Federal Labor Relations Authority Report: President Clinton, S16919 [9NO], H12065 [9NO]

State of the Union: President Clinton, S1430-S1435 [24JA], S1551-S1555 [25JA], H584-H590 [24JA]

U.S.-Germany Supplementary Agreement on Social Security: President Clinton, S14882 [10OC], H9764 [10OC]

Working Wage Increase Act: President Clinton, S2964 [22FE], H1677 [13FE]

Motions

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), H2623, H2636 [3MR]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S13195 [11SE], H3495, H3499 [22MR], H3785 [24MR], H14136 [6DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15531, H15532 [21DE]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16587 [2NO]

Notices

Congressional Office of Compliance: proposed rulemaking relative to Federal labor and employment law statutes, S14542-S14544 [28SE]

Opinion polls

Minimum wage: Los Angeles (CA) Times, S1872 [1FE]

Petitions and memorials

Personal Responsibility Act: Rhode Island House of Representatives, S6744 [16MY]

SBA funding: Rhode Island General Assembly, S8570 [16JN]

Poems

``It's a Crime To Tell a Lie,'' Representative Owens, E848 [7AP]

Questionnaires

Republican Study Committee job placement information, S697 [10JA]

Republican Study Committee political issues, S697 [10JA]

Questions and answers

Effect of the Workforce Development Act on vocational rehabilitation programs, S14839 [10OC]

Understanding the Consumer Price Index: BLS, S15453-S15456 [23OC]

Remarks in House

AFDC: replace the Job Opportunities Basic Skills Training Program with self-sufficiency programs (H.R. 865), H2493 [2MR], E297 [8FE]

American Society for Training and Development: tribute, E1844 [27SE]

Benefits: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (H.R. 1715), H10089-H10093 [17OC], E1141 [26MY], E1943 [13OC], E1969 [18OC]

Boeing Co.: moving of plant to Mexico, H13941 [5DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3400-H3406 [21MR]

Business and industry: assistance for U.S. tourist trade, H1376 [8FE]

———corporation policies on employees, E1582 [2AU]

———employment levels versus profit margins, H5487 [24MY]

———stimulate employment opportunities, H315-H321 [18JA]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (H.R. 463), H184 [11JA]

———volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (H.R. 910), E331 [13FE]

———worker's wages, H7469 [24JY]

Cambodia: compliance with international labor standards, E1137 [26MY]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters, H8237 [2AU]

———child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (H.R. 1114), H10661-H10667 [24OC]

———exempt child labor legislation relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H869, H870 [30JA]

———expand child care block grant programs, H3582-H3586 [23MR]

———summer youth jobs progam, H2732 [7MR]

———summer youth jobs program, H3089, H3133 [14MR], H3247 [15MR], H3296, H3297 [16MR], E674 [23MR]

———summer youth jobs programs, H13766 [29NO]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies, H2158-H2163 [23FE], H2290-H2295 [27FE], H2380-H2385 [28FE], H2646-H2648 [3MR], H2709-H2714 [6MR], H3576 [23MR], H5760, H5761, H5779, H5894 [13JN], H5908, H5910 [14JN], H5988 [15JN], H6079 [16JN], H7076 [18JY], H7264 [20JY], H7381 [21JY], H7706 [26JY], H10064 [13OC], E706 [28MR], E848 [7AP], E1493 [21JY], E1526 [27JY], E1769 [13SE], E2220 [20NO]

———affirmative action policies (H.R. 1764), H5778 [13JN], H5989 [15JN]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1507), E852 [7AP]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation, E889 [1MY]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (H.R. 382), E2041 [26OC]

———support of affirmative action laws, H1295 [7FE]

Coast Guard: Governors Island, NY, base employee benifits, H4592 [9MY]

Colleges and universities: allow employees in classified positions to serve in other academic capacities (H.R. 2134), E1530 [27JY]

———availability of jobs for certain graduates, H4525 [3MY]

Common carriers: eliminate preemployment alcohol testing in the mass transit, railroad, motor carrier, and aviation industries (H.R. 1827), E1229 [13JN]

Congress: provide for the issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices (H. Con. Res. 123), H15155, H15156 [19DE]

Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus: tribute, H10851 [26OC]

Contracts: require Federal contracts debarment for violation of National Labor Relations Act provisions (H.R. 2724), E2300 [6DE]

———require that contractor consolidation cost savings be used for employment retraining and job creation activities (H.R. 702), E1079 [19MY]

Courts: equalize remedies available to victims of intentional employment discrimination (H.R. 96), E18 [4JA]

———exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (H.R. 1225), H8122 [1AU], E588 [14MR]

Cuba: human rights violations, H11459 [31OC]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, H2789, H2790, H2792, H2793 [7MR], H9569 [27SE], H9594, H9597, H9647, H9650 [28SE], E1859 [28SE]

———repeal (H.R. 500), H235 [13JA], H9899, H10026 [12OC]

———revise (H.R. 2472), H10027 [12OC]

———tribute, H1746 [14FE]

Dept. of Energy: reform management and decrease staffing levels at civilian laboratories, H9835-H9843 [11OC]

Dept. of HUD: grants to depressed communities for economic development based on unemployment level (H.R. 1017), E396 [22FE]

Dept. of Labor: revise coverage standards for prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects (H.R. 2472), E1936 [12OC]

Dept. of State: employment for longshoremen, E1477 [20JY]

Detroit, MI: tribute to Trade Union Leadership Council, E2276 [30NO]

Disabled: tribute to vocational rehabilitation programs, E1639 [4AU]

Domestic policy: national objectives, H603 [25JA]

Economy: domestic income levels and standard of living, H12184 [13NO], H14352 [12DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H1447-H1456 [8FE], H6258 [22JN], H6649 [29JN], H6684 [30JN], H8586, H8588 [6SE], H8670-H8676 [7SE], H9366 [21SE], H9509, H9511 [27SE], H9793 [11OC], H10027 [12OC], H10063 [13OC], H11590 [1NO], H12184 [13NO], H15267 [20DE], H15567-H15571 [21DE]

———national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), H1531 [9FE], H2607-H2639 [3MR], E49 [5JA], E168 [24JA]

———national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), motion to recommit, H2636, H2637 [3MR]

———reduction in the standard of living, H6036 [15JN]

———U.S. distribution of wealth, H4530-H4534 [3MY]

Education: development of school-to-work opportunities systems (H.R. 1426), E826 [7AP]

———funding for school-to-work transition programs, H8228-H8232 [2AU]

———integration of academic and vocational curriculum and professional development (H.R. 48), E41 [5JA]

———provide education and job training for Native Hawaiians and Native American Samoans, H4171 [4AP]

EEOC: allegations of sexual discrimination against Hooters restaurants, H13144 [17NO]

EPA: Office of Research and Development hiring suspension, H7908-H7911 [27JY]

ERISA: extend continuation of coverage of certain retiree health benefits (H.R. 2168), E1595 [2AU]

———housing construction investments, H8764-H8766 [12SE]

———promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (H.R. 2741), E2324 [8DE]

———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (H.R. 1048), E422, E437 [24FE]

———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (H.R. 36), E46 [5JA]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H4551 [9MY], H8730, H8740-H8776 [12SE], H11924 [8NO], H12332 [14NO], E959 [9MY], E1996 [20OC]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), consideration (H. Res. 215), H8737-H8739 [12SE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 108), H10089 [17OC]

Fair Labor Standards Act: make uniform the application overtime exemption for inside sales personnel (H.R. 1226), E594 [14MR]

Families and domestic relations: use of paternity leave, E1816 [20SE]

———women working outside the home, H3052 [13MR]

Family and Medical Leave Act: exempt clarifications sought by employers from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2192-H2194 [24FE]

FBI: appeal rights of employees concerning adverse personnel actions (H.R. 2683), E2246 [28NO]

Federal employees: allow ICC employees being separated from service to apply unused annual leave to qualify for an annuity, H12307 [14NO]

———eliminate exemptions of civil service requirements for judicial or legislative branch employees involuntarily separated from their jobs (H.R. 913), H1621 [13FE]

———ensure Federal workplace safety standards, H414 [20JA]

———payment of retirement and separation incentives and reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (H.R. 2751), E2320 [8DE]

———priority placement program for employees affected by reductions-in-force (H.R. 2082), E1478 [20JY]

———reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (H.R. 2825), H15549 [21DE]

———treatment of early-retirement reduction regulations relative to defense base closures (H.R. 2375), E1856 [28SE]

Federal-State relations: exempt laws establishing minimum wage levels from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H876 [30JA]

———exempt workplace safety regulations from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H824-H829 [27JA]

———Federal agency preparation of analysis on industry job losses relative to unfunded Federal mandates, H941, H942 [31JA]

———require agencies to consider the impact of unfunded Federal mandates on working people, H925 [31JA]

Food stamps: electronic transfer system relative to allowable food items and security, H3603-H3605 [23MR]

———electronic transfer system relative to photograph requirements, H3600-H3603 [23MR]

———replace with State block grants, H3315-H3318 [16MR], H3612-H3616 [23MR]

Foreign trade: budget reconcilliation provisions relative to foreign trade, H10906 [26OC]

Forests: emergency measure to harvest dead, burnt and diseased timber, H2993 [10MR]

Fort Lauderdale, FL: tribute to Step-Up program, E715 [29MR]

Fremont, CA: tribute to Century Village Apartment residents enrolled in Housing Scholarship Program, E1731 [7SE]

GATT: implementation, H3813 [28MR], H4676 [10MY], H5899-H5903 [13JN], H6304-H6307 [26JN]

Gingrich, Marianne: appointment to aid in establishment of a free trade zone in Israel, H2395 [1MR]

Government: allow members of employee associations to represent their views before the Government (H.R. 782), H1468 [9FE], H10667-H10670 [24OC], E244 [1FE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1120), E501 [2MR]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), H9143, H9153-H9220, H9238-H9244 [19SE], E1012, E1013, E1016 [11MY], E1811 [20SE], E1831 [21SE], E1835 [25SE], E1854 [28SE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), consideration (H. Res. 222), H9145-H9150 [19SE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 511), E92, E95 [13JA]

———job creation programs, H1161 [3FE]

———job creation programs (H.R. 805), E260 [2FE]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees, H2816, H2817 [8MR], H3299 [16MR], H8224, H8225, H8226 [2AU]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (H.R. 1176), H2899 [9MR]

———treatment of federal employees, H4447 [2MY]

Government regulations: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), H3822-H3824 [28MR], E283 [7FE]

———child labor, minimum wage, and occupational safety standards, H517-H525 [23JA]

———exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements individuals who volunteer their time for occupational opportunity (H.R. 1589), H4550 [9MY]

GPO: employment reduction, H6220-H6222 [22JN], E1347 [28JN]

Harrington, Jude: Corps of Engineers national resources management employee of the year award recipient, E2065 [30OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 995), E397 [22FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 996), E402 [22FE]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (H.R. 1797), E1215 [9JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (H.R. 1936), H6317, H6319 [27JN]

Hershey Foods Corp.: moving of factory from Pennsylvania to Mexico, H9594 [28SE]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (H. Res. 7), H106 [4JA]

———payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former employees (H. Res. 35), H250 [17JA]

———Progressive Caucus agenda, E192 [26JA]

———provide for the issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices (H. Res. 311), H15111-H15116 [19DE]

———transfer of two employees from the majority whip to the majority leader (H. Res. 10), H107 [4JA]

Immigration: enforce employer sanctions and limit the adjustment of status relative to illegal aliens (H.R. 2164), E1600 [2AU]

———enforcement of employer sanctions law (H.R. 570), E127 [19JA]

———moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (H.R. 373), E1 [4JA]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security, H12135 [13NO]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 1915), H7731 [26JY]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 1929), E1336 [27JN]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H9220 [19SE], H14029 [6DE]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 560), E122 [18JA]

Income: create a livable wage (H.R. 768), H1560 [10FE]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), E590 [14MR]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 2391), E1826 [21SE]

Industrial arbitration: require equal representation between employees and management during negotiations, H9552-H9553 [27SE]

———require that employee representatives participating in involvement groups be elected, H9547-H9552 [27SE]

Irvine, PA: tribute to National Forge Co., E1576 [1AU]

Job Corps Program: funding, E1831 [21SE]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H4563 [9MY], H9509, H9510, H9511, H9512, H9523-H9556 [27SE], E220 [30JA], E228 [31JA], E1097 [23MY], E1483 [20JY], E1867 [28SE], E1922 [11OC]

———allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), consideration (H. Res. 226), H9516-H9522 [27SE]

———striker replacement policies, H2073 [23FE]

Labor unions: clarify standards on use of business property or facilities by community organizations relative to similar usage for union advocacy activities (H.R. 2497), H15490 [21DE]

———collective bargaining rights of mass transit employees, H7588-H7599 [25JY]

———employer remedies relative to disruptive union loyalists, H15211 [20DE]

———prevent union violence (H.R. 1796), E1488 [21JY]

———repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment (H.R. 1279), E646 [21MR]

Lincoln Technical Institute: anniversary, E2395 [19DE]

Marin County, CA: tribute to Casa Allegra Community Services project, E1958 [17OC]

Mass transit: standards and procedures for arbitrators relative to labor disputes involving transit agencies in the National Capital area (H.R. 1463), E829 [7AP]

Middle River, MD: tribute to Glenn L. Martin Plant workers during World War II, E1940 [12OC]

Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of Christian Center Neighborhood Improvement Project, E2259 [29NO]

Minimum wage: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (H.R. 620), E143 [20JA]

———level, H550 [24JA], H599, H600 [25JA], H699 [26JA], H1147 [2FE], H1161, H1162, H1163, H1164, H1165, H1166, H1167, H1192 [3FE], H1213, H1214, H1219, H1220, H1221, H1268 [6FE], H1287, H1288, H1290, H1291, H1292, H1294, H1295, H1297, H1298, H1341 [7FE], H1376, H1377, H1378, H1438, H1439, H1455 [8FE], H1468, H1469, H1470, H1472, H1536 [9FE], H1560 [10FE], H1693, H1695 [14FE], H1765 [15FE], H1954 [21FE], H1974 [22FE], H2657 [6MR], H8148 [1AU], H10066 [13OC], H10697, H10711-H10720 [24OC], H13862-H13865 [30NO], E268 [3FE], E283 [7FE], E333 [13FE], E387 [16FE], E737 [30MR]

———level (H.R. 363), H6682 [30JN]

———level (H.R. 619), E143 [20JA]

———level (H.R. 940), H6741 [11JY]

NAFTA: expansion, H10811 [25OC]

———impact on employment and the economy, H211-H218 [11JA], H315-H321 [18JA], H4411 [6AP], H6038 [15JN], H8667 [7SE], H8814 [13SE], H9768 [10OC], H11465 [31OC], H12164, H12165 [13NO], H13038 [16NO], H13941 [5DE], H14026 [6DE], H15174 [19DE], H15210 [20DE]

———implementation, H384-H390 [19JA], H955, H963, H965-H968 [31JA], H1272, H1273, H1274, H1276, H1277, H1278 [6FE], H1292 [7FE], H1468 [9FE], H8076 [1AU], H11563 [31OC], E2212 [17NO], E2326 [8DE]

———repeal, E83 [11JA]

———withdrawal (H.R. 499), H1955 [21FE]

National Center for Disability Services: Dept. of Labor Epic Award recipient, E1802 [19SE]

National Federation of Independent Business: small business agenda, H661 [25JA]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: funding, H8221, H8222 [2AU]

National objectives: standard of living changes, H2780 [7MR]

National Summer Youth Job Programs: funding, H2816 [8MR]

New Jersey: tribute to First Occupational Center, E1090 [22MY]

NLRB: funding, H8073, H8139, H8141 [1AU], H8223, H8226, H8227 [2AU]

———labor ruling on employment practices of Overnight Transportation Co., H8138 [1AU]

———use of funds for investigations or court cases dealing with certain unfair labor practice allegations, H8239-H8242 [2AU]

Occupational safety and health: establish voluntary programs to protect employees from hazards (H.R. 1824), E1238 [14JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (H.R. 707), H898 [31JA]

———amend (H.R. 1834), H5907 [14JN], H6381-H6389 [27JN], H7075 [18JY], H8138 [1AU], H8179 [2AU], E1261 [15JN]

———combine the functions of OSHA and the Mine Safety Health Administration, H6386-H6388 [27JN]

———treatment of Federal employees, H6383 [27JN]

OSHA: funding, H7995, H8004 [31JY], H8071, H8073, H8075, H8076, H8141 [1AU], H8182, H8219-H8222, H8225, H8226 [2AU]

———program funding, H3200 [15MR], H3298 [16MR]

———reform, H6739 [11JY]

———regulatory reform and restructuring, H1620 [13FE], H1911 [21FE]

Overmoyer, Linda: National Industries for the Blind Testimony To Work Essay Contest award recipient, E1910 [11OC]

Part-Time Professionals' Day: observance, E1993, E1995 [20OC]

Pennsylvania: observance of York-Adams County Central Labor Council Workers Memorial Day, E871 [7AP]

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration: funding, H8222 [2AU]

Pensions: private funds, H8225 [2AU]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (H.R. 2664), E2220, E2223 [20NO]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments and their employees (H.R. 1966), E1364 [29JN]

Professional Trade Service Corps: establish (H.R. 1567), H4529 [3MY]

Public housing: preferential treatment relative to participation in State welfare work programs, H3595-H3600 [23MR]

Public welfare programs: reform, H415, H450 [20JA], H542 [24JA], H662, H664 [25JA], H836 [27JA], H895 [31JA], H1028, H1030 [1FE], H1439, H1445, H1451, H1454 [8FE], H1560, H1601-H1604 [10FE], H1682-H1687 [13FE], H1910, H1911 [21FE], H2071 [23FE], H2296 [27FE], H2318, H2320 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400 [1MR], H2491, H2492, H2493, H2582 [2MR], H2585, H2586, H2588, H2589, H2590, H2640 [3MR], H2659, H2660 [6MR], H2730, H2734, H2735 [7MR], H2814, H2815 [8MR], H2900, H2973, H2975 [9MR], H2991, H2992, H2993, H3031 [10MR], H3095, H3123, H3124, H3126 [14MR], H3159, H3160 [15MR], H3280 [16MR], H3816, H3864-H3870 [28MR], H3884 [29MR], H4145 [4AP], H5161 [17MY], H5605 [25MY], H6911 [12JY], H9661-H9666 [28SE], H10799, H10805 [25OC], H11582 [31OC], H12197 [14NO], H13039 [16NO], H13295 [17NO], H13808 [30NO], H14029 [6DE], H14265 [12DE], H14878 [14DE], H15273 [20DE], E217 [30JA], E293 [8FE], E445 [27FE], E521 [6MR], E603 [15MR], E720 [29MR], E771 [4AP], E1221 [9JN], E1733 [7SE], E1937 [12OC], E2157 [10NO], E2188 [15NO], E2236 [28NO]

———reform (H.R. 4), H189 [11JA], H663, H671, H672-H674, H675 [25JA], H1896, H1904-H1906 [16FE], H1911, H1912 [21FE], H2073, H2157 [23FE], H2319 [28FE], H2567, H2576 [2MR], H2973 [9MR], H3134 [14MR], H3280, H3315, H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3331, H3332, H3333, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339, H3340, H3341, H3352-H3398, H3406-H3414 [21MR], H3419-H3435, H3449-H3552, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3731 [23MR], H3736-H3790, H3793-H3796 [24MR], H3813, H3815, H3820, H3870-H3874 [28MR], H9223 [19SE], H9501-H9504 [25SE], H10783, H10808 [25OC], H12069 [9NO], H14136 [6DE], E693, E694, E696 [24MR], E704, E706, E707, E708 [28MR], E714, E718 [29MR], E755 [3AP], E832 [7AP]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15491-H15533 [21DE], E2444, E2452, E2453 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 117), H3343-H3351 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 119), H3424, H3436-H3449 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 319), H15501 [21DE]

———reform (H.R. 759), H1468, H1469, H1471 [9FE], E232, E233 [31JA]

———reform (H.R. 1146), E538 [7MR]

———reform (H.R. 1214), H3334 [21MR]

———status of legal immigrants, H3591, H3592 [23MR]

Railroads: increase labor protections afforded to employees of small and midsize railroads during acquisitions or mergers, H12297-H12306 [14NO]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (H.R. 1210), E574 [10MR]

Raleigh County, WV: tribute to Vocational Technical Center, E1298 [20JN]

Republican Party: race relations agenda, E2422 [20DE]

Rhode Island: impact of Government shutdown on displaced employees of Almacs Supermarkets, H15100 [19DE]

Rural areas: funding for loans for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, H7331, H7332 [20JY]

Safety: occurrence of workplace illness, H8312 [3AU]

Saginaw, MI: anniversary of Opportunities Industrialization Center, E140 [19JA]

Senior citizens: nutrition programs relative to work requirements, H1146 [2FE], H1541 [9FE]

———tribute to Green Thumb senior employment training program, H8324 [3AU]

Senior Environmental Employment Program: funding, H8038-H8040 [31JY]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: commemorate 50th anniversary, E207 [27JA]

Small business: cap on travel agency commissions, E840 [7AP]

———establish incentives for employees under a performance-based reward plan (H.R. 647), E164 [24JA]

———install devices to improve safety at convenience stores (H.R. 2675), E2225 [20NO]

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals, H4188, H4191, H4249, H4251, H4258, H4263, H4264 [5AP], E778 [4AP]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 243), E37 [5JA]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 374), E23 [4JA]

———increase earnings limit, E2096 [2NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (H.R. 8), H128, H132 [5JA], H3984 [30MR], E200 [27JA]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), H10868-H10872 [26OC], E2048 [26OC], E2068 [30OC]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (H. Res. 245), H10853-H10868 [26OC]

———increase earnings limit (H.R. 2668), H13351 [20NO], E2219 [20NO]

———increase earnings limit (H.R. 2684), H13844 [30NO], H13872 [4DE], H13962-H13971 [5DE], H14144 [6DE], E2298 [6DE], E2346 [13DE], E2398, E2415 [19DE]

———maintain link between senior citizen and blind persons earnings test limit, H13965, H13966, H13969 [5DE]

———tribute to Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (H. Res. 209), H8180 [2AU]

States: authority to transfer funds relative to youth and adult block grants, H9178-H9181 [19SE]

———development of educational policies, H9181, H9182 [19SE]

Taxation: credit to employers for providing English language training (H.R. 124), E24 [4JA]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (H.R. 1003), E367 [16FE], E391 [21FE]

———dependent care tax credit, H4251, H4257 [5AP]

———determination of employment status (H.R. 510), E566 [9MR]

———earned income tax credit, H11462 [31OC]

———earned income tax credit fraud, H9900 [12OC]

———economic recovery incentives for areas affected by employment losses in the financial institution and real estate sectors (H.R. 2015), E1416 [12JY]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (H.R. 881), H1471 [9FE]

———establish estate tax credit for certain employees of international organizations equivalent to the limited marital deduction (H.R. 1401), E787 [5AP]

———income exclusion limitations relative to U.S. citizens working overseas (H.R. 57), E163 [24JA]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (H.R. 1972), E1374 [30JN]

———treatment of certain contributions relative to veterans' reemployment, H11201 [26OC]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (H.R. 1370), E1500 [24JY]

Telecommunications: study on effects of full market competition, E669 [23MR]

Tongass National Forest: changes in land management planning process, H14802, H14808, H14809 [13DE]

U.N.: allocation of positions to U.S. citizens, E1511 [25JY]

———salaries and perks of employees, E2085 [1NO]

Unemployment: reform of compensation and insurance procedures, E1199 [8JN]

USIA: extension of au pair programs (H.R. 2767), H14961, H14962 [15DE], E2364 [14DE]

———extension of au pair programs (S. 1465), H14975, H14976 [18DE]

Veterans: employment preference during legislative branch workforce reductions, H8576 [6SE]

———housing, training and employment programs (H.R. 2289), H14336-H14340 [12DE], E2363 [14DE]

———training and employment programs (H.R. 1593), E979 [9MY]

West Valley City, UT: tribute to Green Thumb Senior Community Service Employment Program, E1917 [11OC]

Women: State educational programs, H9187-H9191 [19SE]

Remarks in Senate

AFDC: require recipients to enter into a personal responsibility contract, S12908-S12910 [8SE]

———work requirement for food stamp recipients, S13152-S13158, S13196-S13198 [11SE], S13377 [12SE]

Agriculture: provide for migrant or seasonal farmworker program and national discretionary grants, S14870-S14871 [10OC]

Airlines: verify training and employment records of pilot applicants (S. 1461), S18288-S18295 [8DE]

Armed Forces: pension annuity computation (S. 820), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

Aviation: treatment of flight crews engaged in international operations, S12056, S12057 [9AU]

Benefits: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (H.R. 1715), S15294 [18OC], S15415 [23OC], S16440 [31OC]

———relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (S. 1326), S15234 [17OC]

Budget: funding of labor programs relative to tax deductions, S7443 [25MY]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to public welfare programs, S7353 [24MY]

Business and industry: promotion of telecommuting, S8352, S8353 [14JN], S8470 [15JN]

———tax deductibility of compensation paid to employees relative to Social Security earnings penalty, S15795, S15796 [26OC]

———tribute to private sector training providers, S13478 [12SE]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (S. 192), S791 [11JA]

Charities: anniversary of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies, S5635 [25AP]

Child and Adult Care Food Program: participation, S12828 [7SE]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (S. 744), S6009 [2MY]

———child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (S. 1099), S11107 [1AU]

———consolidate and expand Federal child care programs, S12784 [7SE], S12918-S12923, S12929-S12931 [8SE], S13147-S13150, S13164-S13196 [11SE], S13776 [19SE]

———consolidate and expand Federal child care programs (S. 472), S3061-S3064 [23FE]

———consolidate Federal child care programs (S. 850), S7389, S7390 [24MY]

———impose child support obligations on paternal grandparents when both parents are minors, S12810 [7SE], S13569 [14SE]

———summer youth jobs progam, S9498-S9512 [30JN]

Civil defense: public safety officer death benefits eligibility for certain civil defense and FEMA employees (S. 791), S6515 [11MY], S6649 [15MY]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies, S3929-S3939, S3941-S3944 [15MR], S4133 [17MR], S4559 [24MR], S4940-S4944 [30MR], S5044 [3AP], S5290-S5293 [6AP], S5926, S5927, S5928 [1MY], S8376-S8378 [14JN], S8526, S8530 [16JN], S10255 [18JY], S10260, S10305, S10315 [19JY], S12306 [10AU], S12422, S12427 [11AU], S13550 [13SE], S16633 [2NO], S16681 [3NO]

———affirmative action policies (S. 497), S3471-S3473 [3MR]

———affirmative action policies (S. 1085), S10829 [27JY], S14656 [29SE]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (S. 932), S8501 [15JN]

———prohibit preferential treatment (S. 26), S221 [4JA]

———submission of employee discrimination claims to mandatory and binding arbitration (S. 366), S2271 [7FE]

Collective bargaining: labor organization selection by the signing of membership cards by a majority of employees and a subsequent election (S. 778), S6354 [9MY]

———permit additional remedies in certain unfair labor practice cases (S. 782), S6354 [9MY]

———provide equal time to employers and labor organization for presentations at the workplace (S. 777), S6354 [9MY]

———require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (S. 779), S6354 [9MY]

Common carriers: eliminate preemployment alcohol testing in the mass transit, railroad, motor carrier, and aviation industries (S. 1055), S10493 [21JY]

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund: funding, S5375 [6AP]

Community Development Financial Institutions fund: funding, S14376, S14377 [27SE], S14559 [28SE]

Congress: treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (S. 228), S2079 [3FE], S3068 [23FE]

Congressional employees: prohibit practice of requesting views on policy matters relative to employment, S697, S698, S706, S709 [10JA]

Consumer Price Index: calculation of rate of inflation, S15445-S15447 [23OC]

———calculation of rate of inflation (S. 821), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

Contracts: reimbursement of defense contractors for excessive costs of personnel unallowable under defense contracts (S. 1102), S11202 [2AU]

———require Federal contracts debarment for violation of National Labor Relations Act provisions (S. 780), S6354 [9MY]

———require Federal contracts debarment for violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act provisions (S. 781), S6354 [9MY]

Courts: equalize remedies available to all victims of intentional discrimination (S. 296), S1788 [30JA]

———exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (H.R. 1225), S11709 [5AU]

———exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (S. 190), S738 [10JA]

———product liability reform relative to workmen's compensation, S6078 [3MY]

Crime: establish a national clearinghouse to assist in law enforcement employment background checks (S. 484), S3394 [2MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, S7149 [23MY]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations reduction and application of savings to education and job training programs, S7199-S7203 [23MY]

———transition of troops affected by reduced defense spending, S11308-S11310 [3AU]

Dept. of Labor: revise coverage standards for prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects (S. 1183), S12373 [11AU]

Dept. of Transportation: waive driving hours-of-service regulations for agricultural purposes during planting and harvest seasons (S. 604), S4496 [23MR]

Detroit, MI: tribute to Focus—Hope job training program, S1974 [2FE]

Disabled: ensure access to Federal job training programs, S14983 [11OC]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (S. 932), S8502 [15JN]

Drugs: random drug testing of Federal job training program applicants, S14878-S14882 [10OC], S14975-S14979 [11OC]

Economic Development Administration: assistance to communities affected by closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (S. 405), S2654 [14FE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S562 [6JA]-S7290 [24MY], S11794 [7AU], S12423 [11AU], S16562, S16565-S16568 [2NO], S16717 [7NO], S18780 [16DE]

———opportunities, S6193-S6195 [5MY]

———use gross domestic product as a guideline of economic measurement, S15185 [17OC]

Education: development of school-to-work opportunities systems, S5542 [7AP]

———development of school-to-work opportunities systems (S. 696), S5431 [6AP]

———displaced homemaker training, S14863-S14865, S14875 [10OC]

———provide the authority for the construction of vocational education and job training centers for Native Hawaiians and Native American Samoans (S. 97), S325 [4JA]

———school-to-work transition programs, S10662 [25JY]

———State use of vouchers to provide education and training services to displaced workers, S14867-S14869 [10OC]

———stress importance of museums and libraries in Federal job training programs, S14981 [11OC]

ERISA: auditing of employee benefit plans (S. 1490), S19008, S19009 [20DE]

———extend continuation of coverage of certain retiree health benefits (S. 1107), S11203 [2AU]

———litigation relative to termination or reduction of retiree health benefits (S. 588), S4366 [22MR]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (S. 774), S6352 [9MY]

———treatment of pension assets by insurance companies (S. 1400), S16756 [7NO]

FAA: waiver of certain Federal personnel and procurement laws, S12062-S12068 [9AU], S12114, S12116, S12120 [10AU]

Federal aid programs: economic assistance to small businesses located in distressed areas, S12745 [6SE]

———establish a job placement voucher program (S. 579), S4201 [20MR]

———improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers (S. 90), S315 [4JA]

———job training programs for displaced homemakers, S12889 [8SE]

Federal employees: eliminate exemptions of civil service requirements for judicial or legislative branch employees involuntarily separated from their jobs, S10521-S10526, S10554 [24JY]

———eliminate exemptions of civil service requirements for judicial or legislative branch employees involuntary separated from their jobs (S. 177), S654 [9JA]

———priority placement program for employees affected by reductions-in-force (S. 1486), S19001 [20DE]

———reduction of work force, S7102 [23MY], S7102-S7112 [22MY]

———repeal laws that prohibit trading with tribal governments by spouses of Federal workers, S16437 [31OC]

———repeal prohibitions on political recommendations, S16571 [2NO]

———repeal prohibitions on political recommendations (S. 253), S1272 [20JA]

———requirements relative to hiring of former employees who received cash incentives for retirement, S5361 [6AP]

Federal-State relations: treatment of existing child pornography, child abuse, or child labor legislation relative to unfunded Federal mandates, S1403 [24JA], S1607-S1609 [26JA]

Firefighters: age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans (S. 553), S3894 [14MR]

———exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (S. 324), S1956 [1FE]

Forest Service: Alaskan timber policy, S18316 [11DE]

Forests: mandate specified level of timber salvage sales on Federal lands, S4869-S4882 [30MR]

Gambling Impact Study Commission: establish (S. 704), S10912-S10916 [31JY], S11472 [4AU], S13134 [8SE], S16106 [27OC], S16677 [3NO], S17871 [30NO], S17929 [4DE]

GATT: implementation, S5514-S5516 [6AP], S16516 [1NO]

General Agreement on Trade in Services: implementation, S9311 [28JN]

Government: consolidate Federal job training programs, S13650 [15SE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), S14991-S14993 [11OC]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), insert language of S. 143 in lieu, S14991 [11OC]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 143), S401 [4JA], S14803-S14843, S14851-S14882 [10OC], S14958, S14961-S14993 [11OC]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 143), unanimous-consent agreement, S14975 [11OC]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 180), S658 [9JA]

———reduce Federal bureaucracy in job training programs, S14979, S14980 [11OC]

———replace Federal job training programs with a training account system (S. 6), S14, S22, S24, S103, S107-S109 [4JA]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees, S3672-S3674, S3685-S3687 [8MR], S3696-S3741 [9MR], S3774-S3776, S3781-S3794, S3797-S3801, S3819-S3821 [10MR], S3831-S3840 [13MR], S3869-S3875 [14MR], S3909-S3918, S3926-S3929, S3944-S3961 [15MR], S16510 [1NO]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (S. 603), S5287 [6AP]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (S. 989), S9433 [29JN]

Government regulations: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), S4803 [29MR]

———age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), placed on calendar, S5175 [5AP]

———permit flexible work schedules and improve regulations on hiring and leave policies (S. 1129), S11788-S11790 [7AU]

Hawaii: prepaid health care services relative to ERISA (S. 266), S1444 [24JA]

Health: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (S. 969), S9175-S9177 [27JN]

Homeless: assistance for veterans (S. 1257), S13742 [18SE]

Idaho: effects on State economy from the National Marine Fisheries efforts to preserve the salmon in the Snake and Columbia River systems, S1344 [23JA]

Immigration: enforce employer sanctions and limit the adjustment of status relative to illegal aliens (S. 759), S6178-S6180 [4MY]

———increased legal protections for U.S. workers, S15570 [24OC]

———moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (S. 160), S486 [5JA]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security, S2256, S2266 [7FE], S16634 [2NO]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), S17042 [14NO]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 269), S1453 [24JA], S3072-S3074 [24FE]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 580), S4262-S4264 [21MR], S4388 [22MR]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 754), S6092 [3MY], S6187 [4MY]

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act: modify assistance programs for dislocated fishers (S. 1499), S19121 [21DE]

Iowa: Family Investment Program implementation, S12883 [8SE]

IRS: funding for additional agents, S17072 [15NO]

Job Corps: maintain as a national program, S14961-S14975, S14978, S14989 [11OC]

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals Program: funding, S12820-S12822 [7SE]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (S. 295), S1787 [30JA]

Labor unions: hiring of permanent replacement workers by Federal contractors in the event of a legal strike, S14441-S14455 [28SE]

———prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 550), S3892 [14MR]

———repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment (S. 581), S15367 [19OC]

Law enforcement: staffing levels funding, S18163 [7DE]

Law enforcement officers: age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans (S. 553), S3894 [14MR]

Lillie Rubin, Inc.: EEOC regulations relative to employment of male salespeople in a women's dress shop, S3780 [10MR]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal, S9925 [13JY], S10142-S10144 [17JY]

———repeal (S. 194), S793 [11JA]

Minimum wage: increase level and establish commission to study indexation (S. 203), S800, S801 [11JA]

———level, S1704 [27JA], S1871 [1FE], S2078, S2079 [3FE], S2756 [15FE], S3697 [9MR], S3770, S3771 [10MR], S3949-S3953 [15MR], S10949-S10959, S10961 [31JY], S15817, S15818 [26OC], S15981 [27OC]

———level (S. 413), S2657 [14FE]

NAFTA: assessment (S. 1417), S17183 [16NO], S17513-S17516, S17527 [27NO]

———impact on employment and the economy, S458 [5JA], S6745-S6748 [16MY], S8128 [12JN], S9014-S9016 [26JN], S11837 [8AU], S14099 [21SE], S15087 [12OC]

———implementation, S1697-S1699 [27JA], S16695 [3NO]

Nashua, NH: anniversary of Bronze Craft Co., S18925 [19DE]

National Highway System: repeal Davis-Bacon Act relative to highway construction work, S8531-S8541 [16JN]

National Labor Relations Act: penalties for encouraging employers or labor organizations to violate provisions (S. 784), S6354 [9MY]

National Right To Work Committee: anniversary, S5389 [6AP]

Native Americans: effects of public welfare program reforms and block grants on resources available to tribes, S3683 [8MR]

———provide Federal job training programs, S14987, S14988 [11OC]

Nevada: tribute to the Nevada Partners employment program, S4567 [24MR]

NLRB: time limit for labor rulings on discharge complaints (S. 783), S6354 [9MY]

Oregon: waiver of ERISA relative to employer mandates in health care reform plan (S. 713), S5547 [7AP]

OSHA: regulations governing logging operations, S1415, S1416 [24JA]

Pensions: annuity computation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (S. 819), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———limitations on cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and Federal and military retirees (S. 822), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments and their employees (S. 1304), S14900-S14902 [10OC]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments and their employees (S. 1313), S15040 [11OC]

Piscataway, NJ: Board of Education affirmative action policies, S7117 [22MY]

Poverty: require welfare recipients to work, S11825-S11830 [8AU]

Public welfare programs: allow States to use an income tax intercept to collect overpayments in assistance, S13206 [11SE]

———assignment of block grant programs to county governments, S12827 [7SE]

———awarding of national rapid response grants for dislocated workers, S12903 [8SE]

———calculation of family participation rates in States, S13374 [12SE], S13491 [13SE]

———Dept. of HHS report on Senate welfare reform, S16466 [1NO]

———development of tamper-resistant Social Security card, S12915 [8SE]

———establish a job placement performance incentive bonus to States for placing individuals in unsubsidized jobs, S13504-S13507 [13SE]

———establish community works progress programs, S13571, S13572, S13609 [14SE], S13631, S13632, S13673 [15SE]

———establish State contingency fund, S13373 [12SE], S13780 [19SE]

———exempt victims of domestic violence from certain eligibility requirements, S13525-S13527 [13SE], S13561, S13562 [14SE]

———expenditure of funds in accordance with State laws and procedures, S12802-S12804 [7SE], S12875 [8SE]

———funding to States to handle additional growth in welfare caseloads, S12808 [7SE], S13200-S13206 [11SE], S13316, S13317 [12SE]

———reform, S1568-S1571, S1635 [26JA], S1796-S1798 [31JA], S2993 [23FE], S4677-S4682 [28MR], S5028 [3AP], S5087, S5089 [4AP], S5512 [6AP], S5687-S5689 [26AP], S6846-S6848, S6881 [18MY], S7172, S7222, S7225-S7227 [23MY], S8129 [12JN], S8994 [23JN], S10070 [14JY], S10768, S10771 [27JY], S10860-S10864 [28JY], S10911, S10937, S10955 [31JY], S11099-S11101 [1AU], S11190 [2AU], S16050-S16051 [27OC], S16675 [3NO], S16940 [9NO], S17006 [13NO], S18433-S18437 [12DE], S18826 [18DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), S958 [17JA], S6744 [16MY], S9493, S9596 [30JN], S10333-S10335 [20JY], S11556, S11575-S11602, S11711-S11713 [5AU], S11735-S11784, S11800-S11802 [7AU], S11803-S11845, S11888-S11890 [8AU], S12360, S12363, S12428, S12510-S12513 [11AU], S12622 [5SE], S12680-S12715 [6SE], S12757-S12796, S12802-S12830 [7SE], S12873-S12958, S13136, S13139 [8SE], S13147-S13150, S13152-S13207 [11SE], S13315-S13378 [12SE], S13481-S13539 [13SE], S13558-S13575, S13578-S13617 [14SE], S13627-S13653, S13673 [15SE], S13746 [18SE], S13749, S13751, S13752, S13770-S13804 [19SE], S13885 [20SE], S14097 [21SE], S14562 [28SE], S14772-S14777 [29SE], S15360 [19OC], S18262-S18264 [8DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, S19086-S19107, S19140-S19143 [21DE], S19154-S19181, S19225-S19228 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S19081 [21DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), unanimous-consent agreement, S11736, S11782 [7AU], S12910, S13138 [8SE], S13497, S13524 [13SE], S13606 [14SE], S13640, S13653 [15SE]

———reform (S. 36), S228 [4JA]

———reform (S. 140), S394-S397 [4JA]

———reform (S. 209), S902 [12JA]

———reform (S. 707), S5448 [6AP]

———reform (S. 736), S5838-S5841 [27AP]

———reform (S. 746), S6083-S6085 [3MY]

———reform (S. 828), S6917-S6920 [18MY]

———reform (S. 834), S7016 [19MY]

———reform (S. 840), S7127 [22MY]

———reform (S. 1117), S11325, S11326, S11327, S11328 [3AU]

———reform (S. 1120), S11840 [8AU], S12201 [10AU]

———require development of strategic plan for State family assistance programs, S13628 [15SE]

———require welfare recipients to work relative to State assistance services, S12819 [7SE], S13345-S13351 [12SE], S13483 [13SE]

———State determination of benefits relative to children born to current welfare recipients, S13368-S13372 [12SE], S13487-S13489 [13SE]

———State sanctioning of recipients relative to drug testing, S12888 [8SE]

Retraining: allowances for workers undergoing retraining after being displaced by NAFTA consequences (S. 556), S3902 [14MR]

Senate: severance pay for certain employees of the office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (S. Res. 172), S13673 [15SE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in Office of Senate Sergeant at Arms v. Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices (S. Res. 194), S16939 [9NO]

Senior Community Service Employment Program: funding, S13491-S13495 [13SE]

Shreveport, LA: tribute to Hamilton Terrace Learning Center for receiving the Innovations in American Government Award, S15700 [25OC]

Small business: effects of Government regulation and tax policy, S5533 [7AP]

Social Security: diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans (S. 824), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 252), S1271 [20JA]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 31), S225, S226 [4JA]

———increase earnings limit, S15783, S15786 [26OC]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16442 [31OC], S16575, S16577-S16589, S16620 [2NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1432), S17674 [28NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1440), S17869 [30NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1470), S18443 [12DE], S18553 [13DE], S18732 [15DE]

———increase normal and early retirement ages (S. 818), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———reduce waiting period for disability benefits, S17928 [4DE]

———solvency of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (S. 825), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

States: block grants for job training programs, S14861, S14862 [10OC]

———evaluation of job training programs, S14877 [10OC]

Sweeney, John J.: election as president of the AFL-CIO, S15704 [25OC]

Taxation: computation of adjusted gross income for school bus drivers (S. 500), S3521 [6MR]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (S. 434), S2828 [16FE]

———dependent care tax credit (S. 264), S1443 [24JA]

———earned income tax credit, S7449 [25MY]

———Federal mining operations tax rates, S18315 [11DE]

———incentives for employers to hire displaced workers relative to closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (S. 408), S2654 [14FE]

———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (S. 1299), S14883-S14885 [10OC]

———limit deduction for health care costs by employers who terminate promised retiree health benefits (S. 827), S6916 [18MY]

———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (S. 501), S3522 [6MR]

———promote tax credits for private investments on Indian reservations (S. 1303), S14900-S14902 [10OC]

———simplify reporting requirements for pension payments (S. 1006), S9517, S9526, S9527 [30JN]

———tax credit for defense industries to invest in worker retraining and retooling (S. 409), S2654 [14FE]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (S. 1095), S10968, S10969 [31JY]

———treatment of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, S15815, S15816 [26OC]

———treatment of operating expenses for school bus drivers (S. 499), S3521 [6MR]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (S. 1179), S12277-S12279 [10AU]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (S. 878), S10336 [20JY]

———work opportunities tax credit, S15683 [25OC]

Tongass National Forest: changes in land management planning process relative to protection of timber jobs (S. 1054), S10491 [21JY]

Trinidad and Tobago: participation in NAFTA (S. Res. 200), S18921 [19DE]

U.S. Fire Administration: convert certain excepted service positions to competitive service positions (S. 1488), S19007 [20DE]

United Rubber Workers: strike at Bridgestone/Firestone Co. plants, S534, S557-S562 [6JA], S751-S753 [11JA], S3735-S3739 [9MR], S7267 [23MY]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (S. 17), S179-S185 [4JA]

USIA: extension of au pair programs (S. 1465), S18579 [13DE], S19270 [22DE]

———extension on Au Pair programs, S14539 [28SE]

Veterans: educational assistance programs (S. 1329), S15237 [17OC]

———tax treatment of contributions to pension plans by veterans who have returned to employment (S. 831), S7014 [19MY]

Volunteer workers: allow State and local government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer without requiring overtime pay (S. 530), S3806 [10MR]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S6002 [2MY]

Workforce Development Act: community college participation, S13537 [13SE]

Reports

Affirmative Action Policies: Congressional Research Service, S3930-S3938 [15MR]

Cost Estimate of Increase of the Earning Limit on Social Security: CBO, S16586 [2NO]

Nutrition, Health, and Economic Consequences of Block Grants for Federal Food Assistance Programs: Dept. of Agriculture, S958 [17JA]

Senate Welfare Reform: Dept. of HHS, S16466 [1NO]

Timber Salvage Sales on Federal Lands: E. Thomas Tuchman, S4873 [30MR]

Toward a More Accurate Measure of the Cost of Living: Advisory Commission To Study the Consumer Price Index, S15456-S15462 [23OC]

Reports filed

Allow Employee Association Members To Represent Their Views Before the Government: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 782) (H. Rept. 104-230), H8532 [4AU]

Child Labor Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act Relative to Loading of Materials Into Balers and Compacters: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (H.R. 1114) (H. Rept. 104-278), H10145 [17OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 104-431), H15237 [20DE]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Increase Social Security Earnings Limit: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 245) (H. Rept. 104-292), H10847 [25OC]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 117) (H. Rept. 104-83), H3326 [16MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 119) (H. Rept. 104-85), H3415 [21MR]

Consideration of H.R. 743, Cooperative Efforts Between Management and Labor to Improve Economic Competitiveness: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 226) (H. Rept. 104-256), H9451 [21SE]

Exempt State and Local Court Reporters From Certain Federal Compensatory Time Requirements: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 1225) (H. Rept. 104-219), H8173 [1AU]

Federal Child Care Program Consolidation: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 850) (S. Rept. 104-94), S8033 [8JN]

Federal Job Training Programs Consolidation: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 1617) (H. Rept. 104-152), H6268 [22JN]

Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 9) (H. Rept. 104-33), H1848 [15FE]

Job Training Consolidation Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 143) (S. Rept. 104-118), S10565 [24JY]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank Repeal: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2685) (H. Rept. 104-394), H14252 [11DE]

National Labor Relations Act Amendments: Committee on Educational and Economic Opportunities (House) (H.R. 743) (H. Rept. 104-248), H9132 [18SE]

Personal Responsibility Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4) (S. Rept. 104-96), S8177 [12JN]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4) (H. Rept. 104-430), H15237 [20DE]

Public Welfare Programs Reform: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1157) (H. Rept. 104-81), H3275 [15MR]

Restrict Government Promotion of Economically Targeted Investments for Employee Benefit Plans: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 1594) (H. Rept. 104-238), H8596 [6SE]

Social Security Earnings Limit Increase: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1470), S18737 [15DE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2684) (H. Rept. 104-379), H13929 [4DE]

Status of Federal Contractors That Hire Permanent Replacements for Striking Employees: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 1176) (H. Rept. 104-163), H6396 [27JN]

USIA Extension of Au Pair Programs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1465), S18437 [12DE]

Veterans Housing, Training, and Employment Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2289) (H. Rept. 104-397), H14252 [11DE]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Investing in a Skilled Workforce, E2028 [25OC]

———Job Training, E17 [4JA]

———Reforming Welfare, E1718 [7SE]

———Trade and Job Security, E4 [4JA]

———Welfare Reform, E726 [29MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Davis-Bacon Act: NAACP, H2791 [7MR]

State control of Federal welfare block grant funds: American Legislative Exchange Council, S12803 [7SE]

———National Speakers Conference, S12803 [7SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3496 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15531 [21DE]

Statements

Effects of Full Competition in the Telecommunications Markets: G.W. Woodlief and E. Strumingher, E670 [23MR]

———Jack B. Grubman, E670 [23MR]

———John Bain, E670 [23MR]

———Kenneth Leon, E670 [23MR]

———Morton Bahr, Communications Workers of America, E670 [23MR]

———Philip A. Managieri, E670 [23MR]

———Richard C. Toole, D. Reingold, and M. Kastan, E670 [23MR]

———Telechoice Inc., E670 [23MR]

———Timothy N. Weller and Nick Frelinghuysen, E670 [23MR]

Equal Opportunity Act: Brian W. Jones, Center for New Black Leadership, S10832 [27JY]

———William J. Bennett, S10831 [27JY]

Family Support Act (1986): Ronald Reagan, S6925 [18MY]

Federal Child Care Programs: Gerald H. Miller and A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13184 [11SE]

———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13183 [11SE]

Immigration Reform: Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, S17043 [14NO]

Invest Now, or Pay More Later: Richard J. Riordan, S5269 [5AP]

Job Training Partnership Act Funding: Pat H. Luce, Samoan Affairs, Inc., H4174 [4AP]

National Women's Pledge on Welfare Reform, Principles for Eliminating Poverty: Council of Presidents (organization), H1684 [13FE]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: American School Food Service Association, H15523 [21DE]

———Charles Miller, Fred Kammer, Kenneth L. Hodder, and Preme Mathai-Davis, S19106 [21DE]

Restrict Government Promotion of Economically Targeted Investments for ERISA Employee Benefit Plans, H8739 [12SE]

Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Senator Boxer, S5176 [5AP]

Workers' Compensation Benefits Relative to Migrant and Seasonal Workers: several Representatives, E1943 [13OC]

Workforce Development Act: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S14980 [11OC]

Studies

Case Studies of Successful Corporate Affirmative Action Programs, S4944-S4953 [30MR]

Summaries

Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act (S. 1299), S14898 [10OC]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Social Security Earnings Limit (H. Res. 245), H10854 [26OC]

Consolidate Federal Child Care Programs (S. 850), S7389 [24MY]

Employment Enhancement Reform Act (H.R. 1120), E502 [2MR]

Equal Opportunity Act (S. 1085), S10830 [27JY]

ERISA Auditing of Employee Benefit Plans (S. 1490), S19008 [20DE]

Graham-Bumpers Children's Fair Share Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13366-S13368 [12SE]

Labor Relations Legislation, S6355 [9MY]

Leadership Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13650 [15SE]

Payment of Federal Retirement and Separation Incentives and Reemployment Assistance Relative To Workforce Reductions (H.R. 2751), E2321 [8DE]

Pension Simplification Act (S. 1006), S9525 [30JN]

President's 1996 Immigration Initiative—Strengthening the Nation's Immigration System, S2257 [7FE]

Prohibit Discrimination of Employment on the Basis of Affectional or Sexual Orientation (S. 932), S8502 [15JN]

Promote and Improve Employee Stock Ownership Plans (H.R. 2741), E2324 [8DE]

Public Welfare Program Reform (S. 828), S6920-S6925 [18MY]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12510, S12511 [11AU]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 736), S5840 [27AP]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]

Research on the Minimum Wage: Minimum Wage Study Commission, E387 [16FE]

Tongass National Forest Land Management Planning Process Changes Relative to Protection of Timber Jobs (S. 1054), S10492 [21JY]

Welfare Bill Modifications: Senator Dole, S12913 [8SE]

Welfare Reform (H.R. 1250), H3760 [24MR]

Workforce Development Act (S. 180), S671 [9JA]

Tables

Additional costs of child care and work programs under the Senate Republican leadership welfare plan, S13366 [12SE]

Change in deficit if adjustment made for Consumer Price Index overstatment, S15462 [23OC]

Child tax credit payment amounts eligible to States, S4099 [16MR]

Comparison of State allocations, S13206 [11SE]

Comparison of U.N. employees' salaries and benefits with private New York, NY, counterparts, E2085 [1NO]

Distribution of total time on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]

Dynamic growth State welfare formula analysis, S13366 [12SE]

Economic impact of Major League Baseball players' strike on Major League cities, S2430 [9FE]

Executive department employment levels, S3078 [24FE]

Full time employee cuts in Federal agencies, S3078 [24FE]

Impact of congressional proposals on poverty: under the pre-tax money income definition used for official poverty statistics, S17007 [13NO]

———using a comprehensive post-tax, post-transfer definition of income, S17006 [13NO]

Impact of Job Corps in Pennsylvania, S14975 [11OC]

Number of families affected by a 60-month time limit on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]

Number of market promotion program jobs by State, S13755 [19SE]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: proposed provisions comparison, S19156 [22DE]

Preliminary estimate of amendment providing state flexibility to participate in the TAP or WAGE programs, S13162 [11SE]

Preliminary estimate of the number of children denied AFDC due to the 60 month time limit—under the House and Senate welfare bills, S17006 [13NO]

Proposed allocations to the States under S. 1120, Dole welfare legislation, 1996-2000, S13205 [11SE]

Public welfare programs costs, S12777 [7SE]

Senior Environmental Employment Program appropriations, H8039 [31JY]

State welfare allocation per child in poverty, S13365 [12SE]

State-by-State welfare allocations, S13364 [12SE]

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Block Grant Program estimated allocations, S13204 [11SE]

Timber sales on Federal lands, S4872, S4873 [30MR]

Testimonies

NAFTA and Economic Development in California: Representative Filner, E681 [24MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 108, technical corrections to H.R. 1594, restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans, H10089 [17OC]

H. Con. Res. 123, provide for the issuance and approval of congressional employment regulations and practices, H15155 [19DE]

H. Res. 7, compensation of certain minority employees in the House of Representatives, H106 [4JA]

H. Res. 10, transfer of two employees from the majority whip to the majority leader in the House of Representatives, H107 [4JA]

H. Res. 35, payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former House employees, H251 [17JA]

H. Res. 117, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3343 [21MR]

H. Res. 215, consideration of H.R. 1594, restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans, H8737 [12SE]

H. Res. 222, consideration of H.R. 1617, consolidate Federal job training programs, H9145 [19SE]

H. Res. 226, consideration of H.R. 743, Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act, H9516 [27SE]

H. Res. 245, consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Social Security earnings limit, H10853 [26OC]

H. Res. 311, provide for the issuance and approval of employment regulations and practices for the House of Representatives and its employees, H15111 [19DE]

H. Res. 319, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, H15501 [21DE]

H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S11576-S11601 [5AU]

H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3449-H3491 [22MR]

H.R. 9, Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act, H2607-H2623 [3MR]

H.R. 782, allow members of employee associations to represent their views before the Government, E244 [1FE]

H.R. 782, Federal Employee Representation Improvement Act, H10667 [24OC]

H.R. 849, age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters, H3822 [28MR]

H.R. 1114, child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters, H10661 [24OC]

H.R. 1225, exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements, H8123 [1AU]

H.R. 1463, standards and procedures for arbitrators relative to labor disputes involving transit agencies in the National Capital area, E830 [7AP]

H.R. 1715, relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers, H10089 [17OC], E1943 [13OC]

H.R. 1972, Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act, E1375 [30JN]

H.R. 2289, Veterans Housing, Employment Programs, and Employment Rights Benefits Act, H14336-H14338 [12DE]

H.R. 2683, Due Process for FBI Agents Act, E2246 [28NO]

H.R. 2684, Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act, H13962-H13965 [5DE]

H.R. 2767, USIA extension of au pair programs, E2364 [14DE]

S. 6, Working Americans Opportunity Act, S103-S107 [4JA]

S. 17, New Urban Agenda Act, S185-S189 [4JA]

S. 26, Civil Rights Restoration Act, S222 [4JA]

S. 36, Welfare to Work Act, S229-S231 [4JA]

S. 90, Worker Retraining Flexibility Act, S315 [4JA]

S. 97, provide the authority for the construction of vocational education and job training centers for Native Hawaiians and Native American Samoans, S325 [4JA]

S. 140, Welfare and Medicaid Responsibility Exchange Act, S395 [4JA]

S. 143, Job Training Consolidation Act, S402-S404 [4JA]

S. 143, Workforce Development Act, S14803-S14825 [10OC]

S. 180, Workforce Development Act, S659-S671 [9JA]

S. 190, exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements, S739 [10JA]

S. 192, use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities, S791 [11JA]

S. 203, American Family Fair Minimum Wage Act, S801 [11JA]

S. 252, Older Americans' Freedom To Work Act, S1272 [20JA]

S. 253, repeal prohibitions on political recommendations for Federal employees, S1272 [20JA]

S. 264, Working Families Tax Relief Act, S1444 [24JA]

S. 266, Hawaiian prepaid health care services relative to ERISA, S1445 [24JA]

S. 295, Teamwork for Employees and Management Act, S1787 [30JA]

S. 296, Equal Remedies Act, S1788 [30JA]

S. 366, Civil Rights Procedures Protection Act, S2272 [7FE]

S. 413, Working Wage Increase Act, S2657 [14FE]

S. 434, tax deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service, S2828 [16FE]

S. 472, Child Care Consolidation and Investment Act, S3062 [23FE]

S. 497, Act To End Unfair Preferential Treatment, S3473 [3MR]

S. 530, State and Local Volunteer Preservation Act, S3807 [10MR]

S. 550, prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes, S3893 [14MR]

S. 553, age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans for firefighters and law enforcement officers, S3895 [14MR]

S. 556, Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Improvement Act, S3903 [14MR]

S. 579, Job Placement Act, S4202 [20MR]

S. 580, Illegal Immigration Control and Enforcement Act, S4388-S4394 [22MR]

S. 588, Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act, S4367 [22MR]

S. 696, Career Preparation Education Reform Act, S5431-S5440 [6AP]

S. 744, Compactors and Balers Safety Standards Modernization Act, S6010 [2MY]

S. 754, Immigration Enforcement Improvement Act, S6093-S6102 [3MY]

S. 759, Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act, S6180 [4MY]

S. 777, Labor Organizations Equal Presentation Time Act, S6354 [9MY]

S. 778, labor organization selection by the signing of membership cards by a majority of employees and a subsequent election, S6354 [9MY]

S. 779, Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act, S6355 [9MY]

S. 780, Federal Contractor Labor Relations Enforcement Act, S6355 [9MY]

S. 781, Federal Contractor Safety and Health Enforcement Act, S6355 [9MY]

S. 782, Labor Relations Remedies Act, S6355 [9MY]

S. 783, National Labor Relations Board Ruling Time Limit Act, S6355 [9MY]

S. 784, National Labor Relations Penalty Act, S6355 [9MY]

S. 827, limit tax deduction for health care costs by employers who terminate promised retiree health benefits, S6916 [18MY]

S. 831, tax treatment of contributions to pension plans by veterans who have returned to employment, S7014 [19MY]

S. 878, tax treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums, S7628 [26MY]

S. 969, New Borns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, S9176 [27JN]

S. 989, status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees, S9434 [29JN]

S. 1006, Pension Simplification Act, S9517-S9525 [30JN]

S. 1085, Equal Opportunity Act, S10829 [27JY]

S. 1095, tax treatment of employer-provided educational assistance, S10969 [31JY]

S. 1099, child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks, S11107 [1AU]

S. 1102, reimbursement of defense contractors for excessive costs of personnel unallowable under defense contracts, S11202 [2AU]

S. 1107, Retiree Continuation Coverage Act, S11204 [2AU]

S. 1179, Small Non-Coal Producing Company Relief Act, S12279 [10AU]

S. 1212, Assets for Independence Act, S12728-S12732 [6SE]

S. 1257, assistance for homeless veterans, S13742 [18SE]

S. 1299, Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act, S14885-S14898 [10OC]

S. 1303, Indian Reservation Jobs and Investment Act, S14902-S14904 [10OC]

S. 1304, tax treatment of pensions of Indian tribal governments and their employees, S14904 [10OC]

S. 1313, tax treatment of pensions for Indian tribal governments and their employees, S15041 [11OC]

S. 1329, Servicepersons Readjustment Act, S15237-S15246 [17OC]

S. 1461, airline verification of training and employment records of pilot applicants, S18288 [8DE]

S. 1465, USIA extension of au pair programs, S18580 [13DE], H14975 [18DE]

S. 1486, Public Servant Priority Placement Act, S19001 [20DE]

S. Res. 172, severance pay for certain Senate employees of the office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, S13667, S13673 [15SE]

S. Res. 194, Senate Legal Counsel representation for the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in Office of Senate Sergeant at Arms v. Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices, S16923, S16939 [9NO]

S. Res. 200, participation of Trinidad and Tobago in NAFTA, S18921 [19DE]