DEPARTMENT OF LABOR related term(s) Bureau of Labor Statistics

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8052, S8073, S8084, S8085 [17DE], S8117, S8126, S8128, S8130, S8141, S8142, S8143, S8144, S8147, S8149, S8150, S8151 [18DE], S8164, S8178, S8184, S8195, S8207, S8208, S8212, S8223, S8224 [19DE], S8305, S8306, S8307 [20DE], S8366, S8368, S8369, S8372 [21DE], S8429, S8430, S8431, S8432, S8433, S8434, S8442 [27DE], S8462, S8463, S8469, S8472, S8476, S8496, S8508 [28DE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: provide off-base transition training for members (see S. 2246), S2166 [28MR] (see H.R. 4051), H900 [16FE]

Business and industry: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see S. 3402), S5134 [18JY]

——— strengthen manufacturing through improved training, retention, and recruitment of workers, deter evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, and promote U.S. exports (see S. 3479), S5870 [1AU]

Children and youth: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see S. 2221), S1932 [21MR] (see H.R. 4157), H1272 [7MR]

Colleges and universities: provide students with information from the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics Program and Occupational Outlook Handbook (see H.R. 6458), H6231 [20SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3295), S4203 [14JN]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see S. 2117), S850 [16FE]

Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative: establish (see S. 3421), S5257 [23JY]

Employment: conduct a study on the feasibility of creating pilot programs to evaluate reforming Federal job training programs for long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 6568), H6302 [5OC]

——— establish a youth summer employment program (see S. 3273), S3838 [7JN]

——— minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see S. 3297), S4203 [14JN]

——— permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests, for flexible work terms and conditions (see S. 2142), S1147 [29FE] (see H.R. 4106), H1099 [29FE]

——— prohibit finalization of proposed rule relative to domestic service employees (see H.R. 5970), H3807 [19JN]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see H.R. 4297), H1803 [29MR]

——— require companies to notify employees and local communities if they are closing plants or laying off U.S. workers to offshore jobs and operations (see S. 3425), S5304 [24JY]

——— require State workforce agencies and employers to certify the active recruitment of Americans for job placement prior to hiring H–2B nonimmigrant workers (see S. 2167), S1459 [7MR] (see H.R. 4159), H1272 [7MR]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 4227), H1427 [20MR]

Federal Black Lung Benefits Program: conduct a review of forms related to obtaining workers’ compensation benefits (see H.R. 4298), H1803 [29MR]

GAO: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to processing of claims for payment of workers who were not paid appropriate wages under certain provisions of law (see H.R. 6371), H5859 [11SE]

Government regulations: disapprove rule on the certification of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment (see S.J. Res. 38), S1932 [21MR]

Immigration: disapprove rule relative to temporary non-agricultural employment of H–2B aliens in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 104), H944 [17FE]

——— simplify petitioning procedure for H–2A agricultural workers and expand the scope of the H–2A program (see H.R. 6373), H5859 [11SE]

Mining and mineral resources: require greater experience of mine safety inspectors (see H.R. 6547), H6276 [21SE]

National Full Employment Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 4277), H1739 [28MR]

Small Business Liaison Pilot Program: establish (see H.R. 5975), H3914 [20JN]

Trade Adjustment Assistance program: include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of State (see H.R. 4316), H1804 [29MR]

Transition Assistance Program: establish a pilot program to have community business leaders mentor Armed Forces members (see H.R. 5712), H2644 [10MY]

Veterans: carry out a pilot program to provide veterans with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate online job searches (see S. 3316), S4368 [20JN] (see H.R. 6401), H5999 [13SE]

——— establish a competitive grant program for community colleges to train veterans for local jobs (see H.R. 4261), H1570 [26MR]

Workforce Investment Act: establish alternate guidelines for measuring progress of State and local performance for entrepreneurial training services (see H.R. 5805), H3102 [17MY]

Youth Corps: establish programs and provide for wider dissemination of the model (see S. 2108), S614 [14FE]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8195 [19DE], S8340 [21DE]

Letters

Dept. of Labor procedures clarification for issuing ‘‘hot goods orders’’ on agricultural enterprises and enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act: several Representatives, E1951 [19DE]

Preserving America’s Family Farms Act: several agricultural organizations, H5166 [24JY]

Motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8016 [13DE], S8195 [19DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8464, S8482 [28DE]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H5945 [13SE], H7478 [31DE], H7567–H7578 [2JA]

Business and industry: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (H.R. 3596), H3749–H3752 [19JN]

California: protect agriculture and fishery-related jobs north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta when addressing certain water-related concerns, H1062, H1063 [29FE]

Children and youth: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, H2080 [25AP]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (H.R. 4157), H5162–H5167 [24JY]

——— reform certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, H581 [8FE]

Dept. of Education: Community College to Career Fund funding, H733 [15FE]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (H. Res. 298), E502 [29MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H5014 [19JY]

Employment: permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests, for flexible work terms and conditions (H.R. 4106), E282 [29FE]

——— prohibit finalization of proposed rule relative to domestic service employees (H.R. 5970), H4067 [27JN], E1154 [27JN]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 4297), H6181 [20SE]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (H.R. 4227), H1397 [20MR]

GAO: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to processing of claims for payment of workers who were not paid appropriate wages under certain provisions of law (H.R. 6371), H6334, H6335 [13NO]

Government regulations: clarify procedures for due process after a farm inspection relative to enforcement of labor laws on farms, H6584 [3DE], H6835 [18DE]

National Full Employment Trust Fund: establish (H.R. 870), H1859 [17AP]

Occupational safety and health: issue interim standard regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 522), H520 [7FE]

Senior Community Service Employment Program: expand (H.R. 3749), E819 [16MY]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8050–S8060, S8062 [17DE], S8112, S8116–S8118, S8124–S8131, S8133–S8135 [18DE], S8161, S8163, S8164, S8177, S8178, S8184–S8197 [19DE], S8236, S8243–S8245, S8261 [20DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8425–S8427, S8429–S8445 [27DE], S8462–S8474, S8476–S8497, S8519 [28DE], S8544 [30DE], S8639, S8640 [2JA]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S8340 [21DE], S8445 [27DE]

Armed Forces: provide off-base transition training for members, S6256 [12SE]

Children and youth: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, S3932 [12JN]

——— reform certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, S371 [7FE], S490 [9FE], S895–S898 [17FE], S1112 [29FE]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (S. 2117), S852 [16FE]

Employment: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (S. 3297), S5118 [18JY]

Groshen, Erica L.: nomination to be BLS Commissioner, S8666 [2JA]

Kelly, Keith: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training, unanimous-consent agreement, S6510 [20SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S8633 [1JA]

Veterans: carry out a pilot program to provide veterans with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate online job searches, S6256 [12SE]

Youth Corps: establish programs and provide for wider dissemination of the model (S. 2108), S619 [14FE]

Reports filed

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3295) (S. Rept. 112–176), S4203 [14JN]

Nomination of Erica L. Groshen To Be BLS Commissioner: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4150 [13JN]

Workforce Investment Improvement Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4297) (H. Rept. 112–699), H6675 [5DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8464, S8482 [28DE]

Texts of

H.R. 4157, Preserving America’s Family Farms Act, H5162 [24JY]

H.R. 6371, Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act, H6334 [13NO]