DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Amendments

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), H54, H60, H64, H65, H66 [16JA]

———establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), consideration (H. Res. 918), H43 [16JA]

Occupational safety and health: issue interim and final standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2914, H2915 [30AP]

———issue interim and final standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), consideration (H. Res. 1157), H2893 [30AP]

Articles and editorials

Comment Quickly on Immigration Reform, S3785 [6MY]

Dark Addiction, H62 [16JA]

Mine Safety—Congress Considers Overhaul of Rules and Regs, H53 [16JA]

Toughen Mine Safety—Bill Adds Scrutiny to Accident Investigations, H53 [16JA]

Unaddressed Risks—Additional Mine Safety Measure Needed, H53 [16JA]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: establish a Federal employees program to authorize use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service (see S. 3163), S5832 [19JN] (see H.R. 6326), H5729 [19JN]

———require that each member receive employment assistance, job training assistance, and other Dept. of Labor transitional services before that member separates from active duty service (see H.R. 6925), H8396 [17SE]

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see S. 3368), S7780 [30JY]

Children and youth: authorize additional appropriations for summer youth employment activities (see H.R. 6332), H5796 [20JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for summer youth employment activities (see H.R. 5444), H993 [14FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: include federally recognized tribal organizations in certain grant programs for States and territories (see S. 3000), S3975 [8MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3230), S6441 [8JY]

Education: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in certain energy and environmental fields (see S. 3124), S5592 [12JN]

Employment: evaluate certain certification programs (see S. 3461), S8275 [10SE]

———summer youth job programs funding (see S. 2755), S2132 [13MR]

Federal Workforce Investment Act: establish a program to provide grants to States for incumbent worker training (see H.R. 6797), H7807 [1AU]

Health: establish an interagency task force responsible for creating a national strategy to combat obesity (see S. 3321), S7148 [23JY]

Job Corps: facilitate placement of graduates (see H.R. 6829), H7808 [1AU]

Minimum wage: condition further increases applicable to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands on a Dept. of Labor determination that such increases will not adversely impact territorial economies (see H.R. 5154), H555 [29JA]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), consideration (see H. Res. 918), H23 [15JA]

Occupational safety and health: issue interim and final standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (see H.R. 5522), H1219 [4MR]

———issue interim and final standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), consideration (see H. Res. 1157), H2852 [29AP]

———prohibit issuance, administration, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from a proposal submitted to OMB on occupational health risk assessments (see S. 3566), S9415 [24SE] (see H.R. 6660), H7627 [30JY]

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (see S. 3636), S9658 [26SE]

Senior citizens: improve employability (see S. 2933), S3507 [29AP]

Taxation: extend renewable electricity production credit and establish workforce training and education program for renewable energy and efficiency, green technology, and sustainable environmental practices (see H.R. 6759), H7787 [31JY]

Technology: make grants for the establishment of information technology centers in rural areas (see H.R. 5727), H2069 [8AP]

Trade adustment assistance program: certify certain groups of workers to apply if their firm sells articles which are related to articles that were previously the basis for such certification (see H.R. 6442), H6229 [8JY]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (see S. 3432), S8035 [1AU] (see H.R. 7178), H10299 [27SE]

USEC Privatization Act: waive sovereign immunity and extend period during which individuals may bring a suit for certain violations of employee protection provisions (see H.R. 6623), H7164 [24JY]

Cost Estimates

Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act (H.R. 5749): CBO, H5350 [12JN]

Letters

Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act: OSHA Fairness Coalition, H2916 [30AP]

Lists

Industries that could be impacted by combustible dust, H2917 [30AP]

OSHA standards addressing combustible dust, H2917 [30AP]

Motions

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), H73 [16JA]

———establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), consideration (H. Res. 918), H43 [16JA]

Occupational safety and health: issue interim and final standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2919 [30AP]

Remarks in House

Civil rights: delay implementation of new wage discrimination regulations and develop technical assistance materials to assist small businesses with compliance, H7695, H7696 [31JY]

———delay implementation of new wage discrimination regulations until a study is conducted examining effect on employer recruiting and hiring, H7694, H7695 [31JY]

———prevent protections for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex from including job applicants, H7693 [31JY]

Disasters: eliminate delays by certain mine operators in providing supplies of breathable air for use by miners who may become trapped, H61, H64 [16JA]

Federal Workforce Investment Act: establish a program to provide grants to States for incumbent worker training (H.R. 6797), H8280 [17SE]

Fire prevention: increase time permitted for installation of fire-resistant conveyor belts, H61, H64 [16JA]

Food industry: exempt organic dust in food grain from standards relative to worker exposure to combustible dust if standards would increase the domestic price of such food grain, H2919, H2920 [30AP]

Health: personal coal dust monitors funding, H61, H64 [16JA]

Immigration: increase oversight of H-2B visa program, H5332 [12JN]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants, H2360 [16AP]

Miners: award grants to provide rehabilitation services to current and former miners suffering from mental health impairments, H64, H65 [16JA]

———require study on substance abuse and authorize establishment of a substance abuse testing and treatment program if deemed necessary, H42, H45, H46, H61, H64 [16JA]

———require substance abuse testing, H73 [16JA]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), H45-H75 [16JA], E54 [22JA]

———establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), consideration (H. Res. 918), H39-H44 [16JA]

———provide relief to mine operators who pay fines in a timely fashion and establish trust fund consisting of mine safety civil penalities to be used for mine safety inspections and investigations, H65, H66 [16JA]

Occupational safety and health: issue interim and final standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2736 [24AP], H2909-H2922 [30AP], E793 [1MY], E847 [7MY]

———issue interim and final standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), consideration (H. Res. 1157), H2891-H2894 [30AP]

———issue interim and final standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), corrections in engrossment, H2922 [30AP]

———issue interim and final standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), motion to recommit, H2919, H2920 [30AP]

———prohibit issuance, administration, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from a proposal submitted to OMB on occupational health risk assessments (H.R. 6660), E1632 [31JY]

Remarks in Senate

AFL-CIO: replace noncompetitive earmarks for the Working for America Institute and Appalachian Council, Inc., funding with competitive grants, S915, S916 [12FE]

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (S. 3368), S7786-S7789 [30JY], S10166 [30SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: investigation of Inspector General, S6098 [25JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: include federally recognized tribal organizations in certain grant programs for States and territories, S8882 [16SE]

———include federally recognized tribal organizations in certain grant programs for States and territories (S. 3000), S3979 [8MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 3230), S6864 [16JY]

Employment: evaluate certain certification programs (S. 3461), S8277 [10SE]

———impact of certain pending legislation on U.S. labor and employment laws, S5733-S5735 [18JN]

Immigration: proposal to amend regulations governing the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program, S3785 [6MY]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies, S6262 [26JN]

Senior citizens: improve employability (S. 2933), S3510 [29AP]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement, S8882, S8883 [16SE]

Reports filed

Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 5522) (H. Rept. 110-601), H2551 [22AP]

Consideration of H.R. 2768, Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (S-MINER) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 918) (H. Rept. 110-508), H23 [15JA]

Consideration of H.R. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1157) (H. Rept. 110-613), H2852 [29AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3230) (S. Rept. 110-410), S6441 [8JY]

Nomination of Neil Romano To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Disability Employment Policy: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2132 [13MR]

Tables

States where individuals could qualify for unemployment compensation after 2 weeks of work, H5350 [12JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 918, consideration of H.R. 2768, Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (S-MINER) Act, H39 [16JA]

H. Res. 1157, consideration of H.R. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act, H2891 [30AP]

H.R. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act, H2913 [30AP]

S. 2755, Summer Jobs Stimulus Act, S2138 [13MR]

S. 2933, Incentives for Older Workers Act, S3511 [29AP]

S. 3000, Native American Veterans Access Act, S3979 [8MY]

S. 3368, Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act, S7786-S7789 [30JY]