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

Addresses

Trump Administration Goals and Accomplishments: Senator Alexander, S2614 [10MY]

Amendments

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 923), H4868 [7JN]

Northern Mariana Islands: incentivize hiring U.S. workers (S. 2325), S2349, S2351 [23AP]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education and related agencies and continuing appropriations, S6101 [6SE], H7806 [4SE]

Articles and editorials

Workers Hardest Hit by Recession Are Joining in Recovery, H9104 [27SE]

Bills and resolutions

Advertising: remove certain restrictions on advertising and public relations by allowing workforce development boards to use Federal resources to advertise their services (see H.R. 5880), H4242 [18MY]

Advisory Committee on Opioids and the Workplace: establish (see H.R. 5892), H4284 [21MY]

Agriculture: provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers (see S. 3131), S4369 [25JN] (see H.R. 6230), H5748 [26JN]

Armed Forces: award grants to organizations for provision of transition assistance to members who are separated, retired, or discharged and spouses of such members (see S. 3310), S5518 [31JY]

——— improve oversight of Transition Assistance Program (see S. 2799), S2552 [8MY]

——— require servicemembers receive additional training under the Transition Assistance Program (see S. 2748), S2439 [25AP] (see H.R. 4954), H902 [6FE]

——— take certain steps to improve Transition Assistance Program (see S. 3299), S5455 [30JY] (see H.R. 5553), H3440 [18AP] (see H.R. 7025), H9414 [2OC]

——— take certain steps to improve Transition Assistance Program and other transition assistance to members who are separated, retired, or discharged (see H.R. 5649), H3741 [27AP]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (see S. 2979), S2924 [24MY] (see H.R. 3), H3884 [9MY]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 923), H4848 [6JN]

Business and industry: ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see H.R. 6189), H5506 [21JN]

Children and youth: condemn all forms of violence against children globally, recognize harmful impacts of violence against children, and develop and monitor a strategy to prevent and address such violence (see S. Res. 606), S5619 [15AU]

——— provide at-risk and disconnected youth with subsidized summer and year-round employment and assist local community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates (see S. 3234), S5066 [18JY]

Coal: establish a worker adjustment assistance program to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal-dependent industries (see H.R. 6819), H8725 [13SE]

Colleges and universities: require programs offered by institutions to meet licensure and accreditation requirements for an occupation in order to receive Federal tuition grants and loans (see S. 3371), S5931 [23AU]

——— support community college and industry partnerships (see S. 2390), S703 [7FE]

Cybersecurity: establish grant program to support creation, implementation, and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 6791), H8170 [12SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), correction in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 47), S6224 [18SE]

Dept. of Education: award career pathways innovation grants to local educational agencies to encourage partnerships with businesses to help students explore a variety of career pathways (see S. 2775), S2484 [26AP]

——— establish a Career Pathway Grant Program to support partnerships between community or technical colleges and workforce development partners (see S. 2407), S840 [8FE]

——— provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities in the areas of clean and renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate change mitigation and adaptation (see H.R. 6802), H8724 [13SE] (see H.R. 6833), H8731 [17SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3158), S4733 [28JN] (see H.R. 6470), H6648 [23JY]

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. 5577), H3448 [19AP]

——— establish a pilot program to award competitive grants to counties and tribal entities to administer combined workforce training and drug addiction treatment and recovery programs (see S. 2646), S2075 [11AP]

Disabled: clarify definition of competitive integrated employment to increase career opportunities (see H.R. 5658), H3741 [27AP]

Ecology and environment: improve disclosure of pesticide and personal care product ingredients and ventilation in salons, establish employee training on salon hazards, and research effects of personal care products (see S. 2722), S2321 [19AP]

Education: provide loan forgiveness to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers and tax credits for STEM school supplies, and incentivize STEM hiring practices (see H.R. 5962), H4728 [24MY]

Employment: award grants for promoting industry or sector partnerships to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 4942), H901 [6FE]

——— carry out a Federal subsidized employment program (see H.R. 6485), H7154 [24JY]

——— carry out pilot programs to improve skills and job training (see H.R. 5018), H1177 [14FE]

——— clarify use of subminimum wage relative to certain contracts (see H.R. 6471), H6648 [23JY]

——— encourage online workforce training (see H.R. 5968), H4729 [24MY]

——— establish a fund to provide support services for individuals participating in certain workforce innovation training activities (see H.R. 7048), H9419 [5OC]

——— establish a pilot program to provide grants for job guarantee programs (see S. 2746), S2439 [25AP] (see H.R. 6467), H6648 [23JY]

——— make permanent a grant program to promote and assist in the reentry of ex-offenders into the workforce (see H.R. 7069), H9435 [16OC]

——— prohibit employers from requiring workers to enter into non-compete covenants and require employers to notify potential employees of any requirement to enter into such covenants (see S. 2782), S2485 [26AP]

——— prohibit employers from requiring workers to enter into non-compete covenants and require employers to notify potential employees of illegality of such covenants (see H.R. 5631), H3705 [26AP]

——— promote effective registered apprenticeships for skills, credentials, academic credit, and employment (see S. 3802), S7989 [20DE]

——— promote registered apprenticeships, including those within in-demand industry sectors, through support of workforce intermediaries (see S. 3061), S3906 [13JN] (see H.R. 6099), H5152 [13JN]

——— promote registered apprenticeships and other work-based learning opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors through certain partnerships (see S. 3082), S3982 [18JN]

——— provide grants to State-recognized or federally recognized apprenticeship programs to support expansion, awareness, and prestige of such programs (see H.R. 6425), H6557 [18JY]

——— recognize importance of funding workforce development programs (see H. Res. 1100), H9406 [28SE]

——— support development of pre-apprenticeship programs in building and construction trades that serve underrepresented populations, including individuals from low income and rural areas (see H.R. 6820), H8725 [13SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify definition of employee relative to direct sellers (see H.R. 7029), H9414 [2OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand eligibility to more workers, allow parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and modernize definition of family (see H.R. 6098), H5152 [13JN]

Federal aid programs: make trade adjustment assistance available to workers whose jobs are eliminated through automation (see S. 2982), S2924 [24MY]

——— provide trade adjustment assistance to certain workers adversely affected by reduced exports resulting from tariffs imposed as retaliation for U.S. tariff increases (see S. 3289), S5423 [26JY] (see H.R. 6395), H6462 [17JY]

Generalized System of Preferences: provide for suspension of eligibility for countries that fail to meet minimum standards for elimination of human trafficking (see S. 2308), S187 [16JA]

——— require countries to comply with certain labor standards to be eligible (see S. 2307), S187 [16JA]

Income: provide protections for employees receving tips by ensuring that all tips are the property of the employee and not the employer (see H.R. 5180), H1441 [6MR]

Insurance: disapprove rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage (see S.J. Res. 63), S5991 [28AU] (see H.J. Res. 140), H8725 [13SE]

——— provide standards for short-term limited duration health insurance policies (see S. 2494), S1338 [5MR]

Investments: establish American Savings Accounts to facilitate retirement savings for all employees (see S. 3242), S5107 [19JY]

——— reform the private retirement system by establishing USA Retirement Funds (see H.R. 7148), H9567 [16NO]

Jobs Plus Recovery programs: establish to give individuals impacted by opioid addiction or substance use disorders access to job training and support services (see S. 2642), S2040 [10AP] (see H.R. 5679), H3781 [7MY]

Mental health: strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see S. 2301), S168 [11JA] (see H.R. 4778), H168 [11JA]

National Apprenticeship Week: designate (see S. Res. 695), S7051 [15NO] (see H. Res. 1158), H9574 [20NO]

Northern Mariana Islands: incentivize hiring U.S. workers (see S. 2325), S348 [19JA] (see H.R. 4869), H582 [19JA] (see H.R. 5956), H4728 [24MY]

Occupational safety and health: issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (see H.R. 7141), H9567 [16NO]

——— issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (see H.R. 5223), H1501 [8MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, disclose safety violations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide a safe worksite (see S. 2621), S1948 [22MR]

Taxation: commemorate anniversary of creation of health savings accounts, commend providers and those responsible for implementation, and encourage increased participation and expansion of such accounts (see H. Res. 1184), H10511 [20DE]

Technology: address needs of workers in industries likely to be impacted by rapidly evolving technologies (see S. 3784), S7925 [19DE]

TechSMART Workforce Development Program: establish to provide competitive grants for technology-based job training and education programs (see H.R. 5566), H3441 [18AP]

Veterans: extend authorities relating to homeless veterans (see S. 3419), S6059 [6SE] (see H.R. 4898), H731 [30JA]

——— extend pilot program on off-base transition training for veterans and spouses (see H.R. 4835), H552 [18JA]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protection for union employees (see H.R. 6922), H9089 [26SE]

Cloture motions

Pizzella, Patrick: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Labor, S1980 [22MR], S2058 [11AP]

Conference reports

Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, Related Agencies, and Continuing Appropriations (H.R. 6157), H8258–H8722 [13SE]

Letters

Rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S6741 [10OC]

——— several healthcare organizations, S6740 [10OC]

Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act: John Gray, Service Employees International Union, H4880 [7JN]

——— several organizations, H4882 [7JN]

Transition Improvement Act: Representative Kevin Brady, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7137 [24JY]

——— Representative Roe, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House), H7137 [24JY]

Messages

Proposed Rescissions of Budget Authority: President Trump, S2548 [8MY], H3832 [8MY]

Withdrawal and Revision of Proposed Rescissions of Budget Authority: President Trump, S2990 [5JN], H4761 [5JN]

Motions

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), S4257 [20JN]

Proposals

Action Plan for the Administration of President Donald J. Trump Relative to Energy and Environmental Policy: Robert E. Murray, Murray Energy Corp., S244 [17JA]

Remarks in House

Advisory Committee on Opioids and the Workplace: establish (H.R. 5892), H5129–H5131 [13JN], H5156 [14JN]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H572 [19JA], H1489, H1493–H1495 [8MR]

Armed Forces: require receipt of additional training under Transition Assistance Program, H7705 [26JY]

——— require servicemembers receive additional training under the Transition Assistance Program (H.R. 4954), H787 [6FE]

——— take certain steps to improve Transition Assistance Program and other transition assistance to members who are separated, retired, or discharged (H.R. 5649), H3731 [27AP], H7134–H7140 [24JY]

Brooks Construction Co., Inc.: Dept. of Labor HIRE Vets Medallion Program Demonstration Award recipient, E1627 [10DE]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), H3913–H3918 [10MY], H4871–H4884 [7JN], H5003 [8JN], E817 [8JN], E824 [12JN]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 923), H4862–H4869 [7JN]

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs (H.R. 3336), H3194 [12AP]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), correction in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 47), H9059 [26SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H2022, H2025 [22MR], H7803–H7806 [4SE], H8897–H8904, H9040–H9047 [26SE]

Disabled: clarify definition of competitive integrated employment to increase career opportunities (H.R. 5658), H3843 [9MY]

Employment: promote effective registered apprenticeships for skills, credentials, academic credit, and employment (H.R. 2933), H3792 [8MY]

——— promote registered apprenticeships and other work-based learning programs for small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors (H.R. 4115), H9529 [15NO]

Government regulations: proposed rule to expand access to health care through Small Business Health Plans, H9 [8JA]

Immigration: reform, H76–H78 [9JA], H480 [18JA]

Insurance: allow small businesses, including self-employed workers, to form association health plans, by geography or industry, to obtain health care coverage as if they were a single large employer, H5369 [21JN]

——— proposed rule relative to extending short-term, limited-duration health plans, H3588 [26AP]

Koester’s Body and Frame Shop (business): Dept. of Labor HIRE Vets Medallion Program Demonstration Award recipient, E1632 [10DE]

National Apprenticeship Week: observance, H9507 [13NO], H9527, H9529 [15NO]

National Women in Apprenticeship Day: observance, H9529 [15NO]

Northern Mariana Islands: condemn replacement of U.S. workers at Imperial Pacific International casino construction site with H-2B visa workers, E1147 [14AU]

——— incentivize hiring U.S. workers, H9047 [26SE]

——— incentivize hiring U.S. workers (H.R. 5956), H4745–H4748 [5JN], E1148 [14AU]

Occupational safety and health: issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 5223), H5163 [14JN]

Taxation: extend tax on coal production in order to fund Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, H10476 [20DE]

Veterans: extend homeless veterans reintegration programs and clarify eligibility for services under such programs (H.R. 4451), H4263–H4265 [21MY], E1728 [21DE]

——— extend pilot program on off-base transition training for veterans and spouses, H7139 [24JY]

——— prioritize provision of services to homeless veterans with dependent children in carrying out homeless veterans reintegration programs, H9801 [10DE]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: provide parity for defense and nondefense spending, S163 [11JA]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), S4254 [20JN], S4319 [21JN]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), motion to discharge, S4257–S4259, S4261 [20JN]

Children and youth: provide at-risk and disconnected youth with subsidized summer and year-round employment and assist local community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates (S. 3234), S5069 [18JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), correction in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 47), S6254 [18SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S5671, S5673, S5685 [16AU], S5705–S5713, S5715 [20AU], S5735, S5738–S5741, S5751, S5755 [21AU], S5792–S5811 [22AU], S5872, S5874–S5880, S5882–S5886, S5890–S5893, S5898–S5907 [23AU], S6045, S6046 [6SE], S6198, S6201–S6208, S6210, S6213 [18SE]

——— making appropriations (S. 3158), S5049 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor and HHS: establish a pilot program to award competitive grants to counties and tribal entities to administer combined workforce training and drug addiction treatment and recovery programs, S6471 [3OC]

——— establish a pilot program to award competitive grants to counties and tribal entities to administer combined workforce training and drug addiction treatment and recovery programs (S. 2646), S2555 [8MY]

Employment: promote effective registered apprenticeships for skills, credentials, academic credit, and employment, S5879 [23AU]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit request for criminal history information from employment applicants until conditional offer stage and report on employment statistics of formerly incarcerated individuals (S. 842), S2572 [9MY]

Government regulations: proposed rule to expand access to health care through Small Business Health Plans, S2545 [8MY]

Income: provide protections for employees receving tips by ensuring that all tips are the property of the employee and not the employer, S1274 [28FE]

Insurance: allow small businesses, including self-employed workers, to form association health plans, by geography or industry, to obtain health care coverage as if they were a single large employer, S4388 [26JN]

——— disapprove rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage (S.J. Res. 63), S6708–S6710, S6713, S6717–S6719 [9OC], S6736–S6744, S6749, S6755–S6758, S6762, S6767 [10OC], S6779, S6794 [11OC]

——— proposed rule relative to extending short-term, limited-duration health plans, S2545 [8MY]

Jobs Plus Recovery programs: establish to give individuals impacted by opioid addiction or substance use disorders access to job training and support services (S. 2642), S2042 [10AP]

Lowry, John, III: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training, S2546 [8MY]

National Apprenticeship Week: designate (S. Res. 695), S7062 [15NO]

Northern Mariana Islands: incentivize hiring U.S. workers (H.R. 5956), S4810 [28JN]

——— incentivize hiring U.S. workers (S. 2325), S2349–S2354 [23AP]

Pizzella, Patrick: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Labor, S1980 [22MR], S2027, S2029 [10AP], S2047, S2054, S2066 [11AP], S2083 [12AP]

——— nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Labor, unanimous-consent agreement, S2067 [11AP]

Presidential appointments: resignation of certain officials due to alleged intolerant comments, S1267 [28FE]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to workers’ rights, S2027 [10AP]

Veterans: create a tiered awards program recognizing meaningful and verifiable efforts by employers to recruit, employ, and retain veterans (S. 438), S2860 [23MY]

Williams, James E.: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Chief Financial Officer, S1931 [22MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, Related Agencies, and Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1077) (H. Rept. 115–976), H8883 [25SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3. Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 923) (H. Rept. 115–712), H4848 [6JN]

Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, Related Agencies, and Continuing Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 6157) (H. Rept. 115–952), H8724 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6470) (H. Rept. 115–862), H6648 [23JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3158) (S. Rept. 115–289), S4731 [28JN]

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs Extension and Eligibility for Services Under Such Programs Clarification: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4451) (H. Rept. 115–686), H4241 [18MY]

Nomination of Cheryl M. Stanton To Be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S299 [18JA]

Nomination of John Lowry III To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4410 [26JN]

——— Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S4035 [19JN]

Nomination of John P. Pallasch To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Education and Training: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7241 [29NO]

Nomination of Patrick Pizzella To Be Deputy Sec. of Labor: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S299 [18JA]

Nomination of Scott A. Mugno To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for OSHA: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S299 [18JA]

Nomination of William Beach To Be BLS Commissioner: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S299 [18JA]

Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2325) (S. Rept. 115–214), S1840 [20MR]

Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3857) (H. Rept. 115–894), H7750 [10AU]

Transition Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5649) (H. Rept. 115–864), H7153 [24JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 923, consideration of H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations and H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, H4862 [7JN]

H. Res. 1077, consideration of conference report on H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, related agencies, and continuing appropriations, H8897 [26SE]

H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, H4871 [7JN]

H.R. 4451, homeless veterans reintegration programs extension and eligibility for services under such programs clarification, H4263 [21MY]

H.R. 5649, Transition Improvement Act, H7135–H7137 [24JY]

H.R. 5892, Dept. of Labor Advisory Committee on Opioids and the Workplace establishment, H5129 [13JN]

H.R. 5956, Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act, H4745–H4747 [5JN]

S. 2325, Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act, S2351–S2354 [23AP]

S. 3784, Investing in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, S7928–S7930 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 47, correction in enrollment of H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, related agencies, and continuing appropriations, S6236 [18SE], H9059 [26SE]

S. Res. 606, condemn all forms of violence against children globally, recognize harmful impacts of violence against children, and develop and monitor a strategy to prevent and address such violence, S5621 [15AU]

S. Res. 695, National Apprenticeship Week, S7057 [15NO]