DEPARTMENT OF LABOR see also Bureau of Labor Statistics

Amendments

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S3972, S3975, S3979, S3991, S4006, S4086, S4087, S4088 [25JN], H5887 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure that claims for benefits are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (see S. 2959), S6205 [20NO] (see H.R. 5751), H8169 [20NO]

Business and industry: ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see H.R. 4611), H4015 [8MY]

——— provide tax credits to unemployed individuals who obtain manufacturing job training and employers who provide such training and establish a Presidential Manufacturing Job Training Award (see H.R. 5325), H7181 [31JY]

Children and youth: prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (see H.R. 5327), H7181 [31JY]

——— provide for youth jobs (see S. 2832), S5629 [16SE] (see H.R. 5489), H7617 [16SE]

——— provide grants to States for summer employment programs for youth (see H.R. 4087), H1937 [25FE]

Computers: establish a pilot program to provide older individuals with training in computer literacy, advanced computer operations, and resume writing (see H.R. 3955), H1480 [28JA]

——— require one-stop delivery systems to offer certain services through Internet websites and develop standards and best practices for such websites (see H.R. 4823), H5248 [10JN]

Contracts: promulgate regulations implementing Good Jobs Model Employer Standards requiring Federal agencies to contract with companies that provide good jobs (see H.R. 5250), H7039 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: require death benefits to be paid to a deceased employee’s designated beneficiary or next of kin in the case of death resulting from a war-risk hazard or act of terrorism (see H.R. 5721), H8033 [17NO]

Dept. of Education: establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges (see H.R. 4827), H5248 [10JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish and carry out a comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy-related jobs to increase the number of minorities and women in the workforce (see H.R. 4526), H3363 [30AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5464), H7528 [15SE]

Depts. of Labor and HHS: draft disclosures describing the rights and liabilities of customers of domestic care services and require such services to provide such disclosures in their contracts (see H.R. 3828), H134 [9JA]

Drugs: issue implementing regulations for drug testing under State unemployment compensation programs (see H.R. 4310), H2695 [26MR]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, repeal medical device tax, restore 40-hour work week, and provide reemployment assessments (see H.R. 3885), H472 [15JA]

Education: develop performance measures for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment activity and create requirements for providers of such training (see H.R. 4063), H1776 [14FE]

Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund: establish through repeal of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements (see S. 2512), S3898 [23JN]

Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative: establish (see S. 2412), S3341 [2JN]

Employment: address the skills gap by providing recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities and employer participation in education and workforce training (see H.R. 4541), H3407 [1MY]

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see S. 2642), S4705 [22JY] (see H.R. 5159), H6654 [22JY]

——— authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see H.R. 3971), H1511 [29JA]

——— award special recognition to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices (see H.R. 5563), H7883 [18SE]

——— create a searchable database containing a credentials registry, a skills database, and a jobs bank (see H.R. 4758), H5022 [29MY]

——— ensure training service programs make better use of participants’ prior learning to assist participants in obtaining degrees and other postsecondary credentials (see S. 2403), S3294 [22MY]

——— enter into a contract for the conduct of a longitudinal study of certain job counseling, training, and placement services for veterans (see H.R. 4150), H2198 [5MR]

——— establish a scholarship program for dislocated workers or unemployed individuals transitioning into manufacturing employment (see H.R. 4824), H5248 [10JN]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide payroll tax holiday and relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system (see S. 2038), S1048 [25FE]

——— incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (see S. 2906), S5783 [18SE] (see H.R. 5583), H7884 [18SE]

——— include American Samoa in certain employment services (see H.R. 4311), H2695 [26MR]

——— increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities (see S. 2402), S3294 [22MY]

——— make grants to carry out employment training programs to assist the long-term unemployed obtain skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in high-growth sectors of the economy (see H.R. 3888), H472 [15JA]

——— prepare individuals with multiple barriers to employment to enter the workforce by providing such individuals with support services, job training, and education (see S. 2269), S2470 [29AP]

——— promote greater development of registered apprenticeship programs (see S. 2859), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 5533), H7882 [18SE]

——— provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite reemployment of unemployed workers (see H.R. 3864), H223 [14JA]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see S. 1911), S223 [9JA]

EPA: prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see S. 2414), S3367 [3JN] (see H.R. 4808), H5072 [5JN] (see H.R. 4850), H5362 [12JN]

Federal aid programs: establish grant program to promote reforms in workforce education and skills training for manufacturing in States and metropolitan areas (see S. 2897), S5783 [18SE] (see H.R. 5564), H7883 [18SE]

Health: provide protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 5523), H7675 [17SE]

Income: restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (see S. 2486), S3811 [18JN]

Insurance: require employers to notify employees and prospective employees if the employer is exempted or excepted from covering certain health services (see S. 2629), S4620 [17JY]

Labor unions: ensure labor organization financial transparency and accountability (see S. 2688), S5134 [30JY]

Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee: establish (see S. 2204), S2161 [3AP] (see H.R. 4391), H2913 [3AP]

Reed Larson Dept. of Labor Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 5757), H8169 [20NO]

Taxation: allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see S. 2234), S2327 [9AP]

——— establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (see S. 2792), S5564 [11SE]

Technology: include programs that teach technology literacy in any job training program for ex-offenders offered under the Workforce Investment Act (see H.R. 4548), H3407 [1MY]

Trade Adjustment Assistance program: extend (see H.R. 4163), H2255 [6MR]

——— extend (H.R. 4163) (see S. 2964), S6205 [20NO]

Unemployment: create a program to grant relocation subsidies to the long-term unemployed for the purpose of attaining or accepting employment (see H.R. 4033), H1769 [11FE]

——— establish commission to examine BLS processes to provide unemployment rates and make recommendations for any changes in methodology or improvements (see H.R. 4171), H2255 [6MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (see S. 2097), S1366 [6MR]

——— modify demonstration projects designed to provide unemployed workers with information, skills, and relationships needed for reemployment (see S. 2870), S5782 [18SE]

——— prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (see S. 1972), S599 [29JA] (see H.R. 3972), H1511 [29JA]

Veterans: establish a competitive grant program for community colleges to train veterans for local jobs (see H.R. 5842), H9044 [10DE]

——— establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (see H.R. 4629), H4058 [9MY]

——— protect employment and training services (see S. 2834), S5697 [17SE] (see H.R. 5500), H7674 [17SE]

Cloture motions

Weil, David: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator, S2230 [8AP], S2416 [28AP]

Letters

Nomination of David Weil to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator: several public policy and employment relations professors, S2418 [28AP]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3966 [25JN]

Press releases

$25 Million Grant for American Samoa Clean-Up and Recovery: Delegate Faleomavaega (2009), E1689 [2DE]

Faleomavaega Thanks U.S. Dept. of Labor for Releasing Over $24 Million To Assist Clean-Up and Recovery Efforts in American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2009), E1689 [2DE]

U.S. Dept. of Labor Awards $500,000 in Supplemental National Emergency Grant Funding to American Samoa Dept. of Human Resources: Delegate Faleomavaega (2012), E1690 [2DE]

U.S. Dept. of Labor Notifies Faleomavaega That Over $16 Million Will Be Released to ASG for About 2,200 Temporary Workers To Continue Clean-Up and Recovery Efforts: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1690 [2DE]

Remarks in House

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure that claims for benefits are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (H.R. 5751), E1660–E1662 [20NO]

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement, H5967 [9JY]

Contracts: promulgate regulations implementing Good Jobs Model Employer Standards requiring Federal agencies to contract with companies that provide good jobs (H.R. 5250), E1264 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding to promulgate Dept. of Labor directive that certain recipients of health care-related Federal payments be treated as contractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, H5523, H5524 [19JN], E1069 [25JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: collaborate with Dept. of Labor to establish job placement service for veterans, H3305 [30AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H441 [15JA], H4813 [22MY]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H2428–H2431 [13MR]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth, H5964 [9JY]

Employment: allow that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials (H.R. 497), H7625 [17SE]

——— establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (H.R. 1436), H1683 [6FE]

——— make grants to carry out employment training programs to assist the long-term unemployed obtain skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in high-growth sectors of the economy (H.R. 3888), H453 [15JA], H1230 [16JA], H1264 [27JA], H1435, H1455 [28JA], H2008 [27FE], H2174 [5MR], H2224, H2232 [6MR]

——— provide a stipend to recipients of unemployment benefits to train for positions in industries that have shortage of skilled workers, H177 [13JA]

——— provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite reemployment of unemployed workers (H.R. 3864), H190 [14JA]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H5 [7JA], H30 [8JA], H151, H152 [10JA], H166 [13JA], H1254 [27JA], H1683 [6FE], H2086, H2087 [28FE], H2472 [14MR], H2567 [24MR], H2840 [2AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), Senate amendments, H5862 [8JY], H5881, H5882, H5883, H5884, H5885, H5886, H5887–H5971 [9JY], H6041 [10JY], H6361 [17JY], H6673, H6678 [23JY], H7054, H7109, H7114, H7115 [30JY], E1137 [10JY], E1146 [11JY]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs, H5963 [9JY]

FEMA: authorize use of grants under the Urban Areas Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Program to work in conjunction with a Dept. of Energy national laboratory (H.R. 3438), H8196–H8198 [1DE]

Job Corps: anniversary, E1173 [16JY], E1326 [1AU], E1332 [8SE], E1400 [15SE]

San Marcos, TX: anniversary of Gary Job Corps Center, E1305 [1AU]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 2374), H7110 [30JY]

Senior Community Service Employment Program: tribute, H3454 [7MY]

Small Business Liaison Pilot Program: establish (H.R. 954), H5966 [9JY]

St. Petersburg, FL: tribute to Pinellas County Job Corps Center, E1312 [1AU]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (S. 2097), H2858 [3AP]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement, S3970 [25JN]

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs (S. 2832), S5634 [16SE]

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (S. 1269), S3980 [25JN]

Dept. of Energy: eliminate duplication and overlap of energy worker training programs, S2769 [7MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S412 [16JA], S3647–S3649 [12JN]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, and restore 40-hour work week, S1907 [1AP]

Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund: establish through repeal of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements (S. 2512), S3899 [23JN]

Employment: address the skills gap by providing recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities and employer participation in education and workforce training (S. 1619), S3971 [25JN]

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (S. 2642), S4708 [22JY]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, S2927 [13MY]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide employer payroll tax holiday, provide employment relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system, S191 [9JA], S307 [14JA]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide payroll tax holiday and relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system, S1785 [27MR], S1889 [1AP]

——— incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (S. 2906), S5795 [18SE]

——— reduce Office of the Secretary funding if independent evaluations of certain job training programs are not submitted in a timely fashion, S3979, S3980 [25JN]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system, S737 [4FE], S1785 [27MR], S2139, S2145 [3AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S192 [9JA], S344, S351 [15JA], S2412 [28AP], S3215–S3217 [21MY], S3903 [24JN], S3949, S3964–S3991 [25JN], S4124–S4126 [26JN], S4409 [10JY], S4668, S4669, S4685 [22JY], S4723 [23JY], S4981 [28JY], S5304 [31JY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), unanimous-consent agreement, S3884 [19JN], S3947 [24JN], S3950 [25JN]

——— reform Federal job training programs, S3968 [25JN]

——— require States to implement corrective actions after one year for workforce investment board training programs and one-stop providers that fail to meet established performance accountability standards, S3975 [25JN]

——— strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth, S3965–S3971 [25JN]

EPA: prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances, S3460 [5JN], S3826 [19JN]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (S. 2414), S3388 [4JN], S3455 [5JN], S3693 [17JN], S4096 [26JN], S4289 [9JY], S4574 [17JY]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (S. 2414), unanimous-consent request, S3387, S3388 [4JN]

Federal aid programs: establish grant program to promote reforms in workforce education and skills training for manufacturing in States and metropolitan areas (S. 2897), S6321–S6323 [4DE], S6503 [10DE]

Income: restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (S. 2486), S3812 [18JN]

Lu, Christopher P.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Labor, S1896 [1AP]

Senate: tribute to Senators who worked on H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3974 [25JN]

——— tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3975 [25JN]

——— tribute to staff who worked on legislation to reauthorize and improve Workforce Investment Act, S3217 [21MY]

Taxation: allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (S. 2234), S2328 [9AP]

——— establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (S. 2792), S5582 [15SE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (S. 2097), S1369, S1370 [6MR], S1371 [10MR]

——— prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (S. 1972), S698 [3FE]

——— unemployment compensation program reform, S2061–S2063 [2AP]

Weil, David: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator, S2355 [10AP], S2416–S2418 [28AP]

——— nomination to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator, unanimous-consent agreement, S2390 [10AP], S2401 [11AP]

——— nomination to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator, unanimous-consent request, S2355 [10AP]

Wu, Portia Y.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Employment and Training Administration, S2081, S2082 [2AP]

——— nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Employment and Training Administration, unanimous-consent agreement, S1895, S2041 [1AP]

Reports filed

Nomination of Adri D. Jayaratne To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6148 [19NO]

Nomination of Christopher P. Lu To Be Deputy Sec. of Labor: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1233 [27FE]

Nomination of David Weil To Be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S598 [29JA]

Nomination of Portia Y. Wu To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Employment and Training Administration: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1233 [27FE]

Statements

Dept. of Labor Accomplishments: Seth Harris, S1228 [27FE]

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Several Members of Congress (excerpt), H5969–H5971 [9JY]

——— Several Senators and Representatives, S3982–S3990 [25JN]

Texts of

H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, H5887–H5962 [9JY]

H.R. 3438, National Laboratories Mean National Security Act, H8196 [1DE]

S. 2204, Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act, S2162–S2164 [3AP]

S. 2414, Coal Country Protection Act, S3369 [3JN]

S. 2486, Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act, S3812 [18JN]

S. 2512, Emergency Interstate Bridge Safety Fund Act, S3899 [23JN]

S. 2629, Preventive Care Coverage Notification Act, S4622 [17JY]

S. 2642, Schedules That Work Act, S4709–S4713 [22JY]