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| 102-s-3375 | 102 | s | 3375 | Justice for Permanently Displaced Striking Workers Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-10-08 | 1992-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 0 | Justice for Permanently Displaced Striking Workers Act of 1992 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require expedited investigation and adjudication of unfair labor practice charges cases where: (1) a collective bargaining agreement has expired; (2) it is alleged that a party to the agreement has failed to negotiate in good faith; and (3) permanent replacements have been hired. Sets forth a timetable for such expedited adjudication procedure. | 2025-08-26T15:14:56Z | |
| 102-s-3367 | 102 | s | 3367 | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Lease Settlements Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-10-07 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Lease Settlements Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the treatment of certain settlement agreements reached with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as leases. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-6194 | 102 | hr | 6194 | Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-10-06 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 1 | Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1992 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue a final regulation establishing, as occupational safety and health standards, uniform warnings for personal protective equipment for occupational use. Requires such regulation to be issued within 12 months after enactment of this Act, meet certain conditions, and incorporate specified considerations. Preempts State and local law with respect to such standards. | 2025-08-26T15:17:42Z | |
| 102-hr-6147 | 102 | hr | 6147 | Group Health Plan Nondiscrimination Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 1 | Group Health Plan Nondiscrimination Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide that certain retroactive reductions of benefits under group health plans constitute discrimination which interferes with rights protected under ERISA. Revises civil enforcement provisions to make any person who violates the prohibition provisions against interference with rights of any participant or beneficiary under a group health plan liable to such participant or beneficiary for actual damages (including compensatory and consequential damages proximately caused by the violation). Precludes punitive damages, except that, where the violation constitutes willful, fraudulent, or malicious conduct, bad faith, or gross negligence, each such person may, in the court's discretion, be liable for limited exemplary damages. Provides for attorney's fees and other legal costs to be awarded to plaintiffs who prevail or substantially prevail. Requires group health plans to issue notices of any material change in plan terms to each participant and beneficiary. Requires issuance of such notice not later than ten days before adoption of the change, and prohibits the change from taking effect until 60 days after such issuance. Sets forth special requirements for such notices from self-insured group health plans. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-s-3316 | 102 | s | 3316 | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Lease Settlements Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Lease Settlements Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the treatment of certain settlement agreements reached with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as leases. | 2025-08-26T15:15:48Z | |
| 102-s-3344 | 102 | s | 3344 | Mature and Older Workers Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Adams, Brock [D-WA] | WA | D | A000031 | 0 | Mature and Older Workers Act of 1992 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to authorize appropriations for programs under title II (Training Services for the Disadvantaged) and title IV (Federally Administered Programs). Defines a mature or older worker as one who is 40 years of age or older. Defines a younger worker as one who is age 22 through 39. Requires that private industry councils and State councils each include at least one representative of an agency or organization that by its organizational mission represents the interests of mature or older workers. Requires award of incentive grants to service delivery areas conducting Younger Workers programs and Youth Opportunity programs which exceed certain performance standards. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to include in the annual report to the Congress an analysis, for each State and on a nationwide basis, of the number of participants served under JTPA (and the type of services they received) who are in various age groups. Revises and renames title II part A as the Younger Workers Program (currently Adult and Youth Programs). Sets forth allotment and allocation requirements. Defines an economically disadvantaged younger worker. Sets forth requirements for individual eligibility, program design, authorized services, linkages to other Federal and other appropriate programs, and transfer of funds to other title II programs. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on the number and percentage of assisted younger workers that remain employed for at least nine months after receiving such assistance. Revises and renames title II part B as the Mature or Older Workers Program. Sets forth allotment allocation (as well as recapture and reallotment) requirements. Defines an economically disadvantaged mature or older worker. Sets forth requirements for individual eligibility, program design, authorized services, job training plans, linkages to other Federal and other approprate programs, and transfer of funds to other titl… | 2025-08-26T15:14:53Z | |
| 102-hr-6119 | 102 | hr | 6119 | State Health Care Financing Equity Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-10-03 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3] | KY | D | M000291 | 0 | State Health Care Financing Equity Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to waive ERISA preemption requirements so as to allow States to: (1) provide for State universal health plans, State risk pools for the medically uninsurable, or prospective payment systems; and (2) impose State provider taxes. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-6101 | 102 | hr | 6101 | Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-10-02 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Henry, Paul B. [R-MI-5] | MI | R | H000514 | 1 | Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1992 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue a final regulation establishing, as occupational safety and health standards, uniform warnings for personal protective equipment for occupational use. Requires such regulation to be issued within 12 months after enactment of this Act, meet certain conditions, and incorporate specified considerations. Preempts State and local law with respect to such standards. | 2025-08-26T15:17:39Z | |
| 102-hr-6067 | 102 | hr | 6067 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the minimum wage rate under that Act will be indexed to the cost of living in the same manner as Social Security benefits are indexed. | Labor and Employment | 1992-09-30 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 9 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the minimum wage rate under such Act will be indexed to the cost of living in the same manner as benefits are indexed under specified provisions of the Social Security Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-6051 | 102 | hr | 6051 | Emergency Jobless Benefits Extension Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-09-29 | 1992-10-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] | NY | D | D000471 | 2 | Emergency Jobless Benefits Extension Act of 1992 - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to increase the number of weeks for which benefits are payable to unemployed workers under such Act. (Increases also the number of weeks of unemployment benefits payable to certain railroad workers under such Act.) Conforms certain financing provisions of such Act to amendments made by this Act. Requires that the provisions of (and amendments made by) this Act be treated as emergency requirements designated by the President and the Congress under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires that any amount of new budget authority, outlays, or receipts resulting from the provisions of (and amendments made by) this Act not be considered for any purpose under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. | 2025-08-26T15:14:30Z | |
| 102-hr-6041 | 102 | hr | 6041 | Workplace Democracy Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-09-25 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 2 | Workplace Democracy Act of 1992 - Applies the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to U.S. companies and their subsidiaries operating in any country signatory to a Free Trade Agreement. Gives workers of such companies and subsidiaries the right to file unfair labor practice complaints against the U.S. parent company under this Act and under the laws of the signatory country. Title I: General Provisions Regarding Rights of Employees and Enforcement Authority of the National Labor Relations Board - Amends the NLRA to give a union the option of sending a contract dispute to compulsory and binding arbitration, if by 45 days after certification a collective bargaining agreement has not been reached. Repeals specified prohibitions against strikes, boycotts, and hot cargo agreements. Repeals specified provisions relating to determinations of bargaining units by the National Labor Relations Board (the Board), including conditions relating to professional and non-professional employees, craft units, and guards. Directs the Board to promulgate rules which plainly define the characteristics of employee units appropriate for collective bargaining groups, including employee groups who have a community of interests. Requires the Board, upon receipt of a majority of signed union recognition cards of employees in an appropriate bargaining unit (as determined by the workers within such Board guidelines), to certify the labor organizations designated as the exclusive representatives of all employees in such unit. Revises provisions relating to enforcement and the authority of the Board in the prevention of unfair labor practices, including provisions relating to taking of testimony and to Board findings and orders. Adds to remedies for unfair labor practices making employees whole for the loss of economic benefits resulting from specified violations, as well as providing other remedial relief. Requires the Board to: (1) use its injunctive power upon determining that an employer has willfully violated unfair l… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-5993 | 102 | hr | 5993 | National American Youth Service Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-09-22 | 1992-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 1 | National American Youth Service Act - Title I: Imposition and Term of Mandatory National Service Obligation - Imposes an obligation to perform at least 1,000 hours of national service on each individual who: (1) is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident; and (2) attains age 18 on or after October 1, 1995. Allows commencement of such service upon the individual's attaining age 18, but requires completion before the individual attains age 26. Provides that prior service shall not be counted if performed before October 1, 1995, or before registration as a participant under this Act. Provides for prorated amounts of service for new citizens and permanent residents after age 18 and before age 26. Requires registration with the local national service board within 90 days after the participant attains age 18 (or after naturalization or attainment of permanent resident status). Allows advanced registration at any time after age 16. Sets forth the types of national service to satisfy the obligation, including: (1) service as a (tax free) one dollar-per hour volunteer with an accredited sponsor organization or a Federal volunteer program established by a Federal agency pursuant to task force or identification; (2) service with the existing programs of the Peace Corps, the National Volunteer Antipoverty Program (VISTA, student community service programs, and special volunteer programs), the Urban Elementary School Literacy Corps, the American Conservation and Youth Corps and other programs of the Commission on National and Community Service, and the National Health Service Corps; (3) employment as a law enforcement officer or firefighter for at least two years before attaining age 26; (4) service in the armed forces (unless the member is separated under adverse conditions before attaining age 26); and (5) participation in the Job Corps or a job training program for the economically disadvantaged under the Job Training Partnership Act or a comparable State job training program (such participation counting toward the serv… | 2025-08-26T15:15:49Z | |
| 102-s-3243 | 102 | s | 3243 | Family Investment Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-09-17 | 1992-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 8 | Family Investment Act of 1992 - Title I: Family and Medical Leave - Subtitle A: Short Title; Findings and Purposes - Family and Medical Leave Act of 1992 - Sets forth the short title of this title I, along with findings and purposes. Subtitle B: General Requirements for Leave - Establishes certain requirements for family and medical leave for permanent employees. Makes employees eligible for such leave if they have been employed, by the employer from whom leave is sought, for at least: (1) a total of 12 months; and (2) 1,250 hours of service during the previous 12-month period. (Excludes from such coverage: (1) employees at worksites at which the employer employs less than 50 persons, if the total number of employees of that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is less than 50; and (2) Federal officers and employees covered under subtitle C of this title.) Entitles employees to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of: (1) the birth and care of their child; (2) the placement of a child for their adoption or foster care; (3) their care of a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition; or (4) their own serious health condition which makes them unable to perform the functions of their position. Conditions such leave for the birth or placement of a child as follows: (1) the entitlement ends 12 months after the birth or placement; and (2) such leave may not be taken intermittently unless employee and employer agree otherwise. Allows intermittent leave for necessary medical treatment of an employee or family member. Allows the employer to require a temporary transfer to an equivalent alternative position that better accommodates such intermittent leave. Allows all leave to which an employee is entitled under this subtitle: (1) to be taken on a reduced leave schedule, upon agreement with the employer; and (2) to consist of unpaid leave, except under specified conditions when substitution of certain types of paid leave may be elected or required. Declares that nothing i… | 2025-08-26T15:18:25Z | |
| 102-hr-5958 | 102 | hr | 5958 | To amend title 29, United States Code, to prohibit the reduction of mandatory retirement age retirements for certain public employees. | Labor and Employment | 1992-09-16 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 1 | Amends specified Federal law (known as the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, which amended the Age Discrimination in Employment Act) to prohibit State and local governments from lowering the current applicable mandatory retirement age for law enforcement officers because of reorganization or consolidation of law enforcement agencies. Repeals such prohibition on December 31, 1997. Repeals provisions which allow States, local governments, or interstate agencies, under specified conditions, to use age as a reason not to hire or to discharge an individual as a firefighter or law enforcement officer. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5946 | 102 | hr | 5946 | Workplace Education Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-09-15 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000141 | 2 | Workplace Education Act of 1992 - Amends the National Literacy Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-73) (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish in the Employment and Training Administration an Office of Workplace Education (the Office) to provide workplace education services for small businesses. Requires the Director of the Office to make grants to States to establish workplace education programs to improve the productivity of small businesses in such States. Requires each State receiving such a grant to establish a State office of workplace education in one of the following: (1) a State agency responsible for education, training, or economic development policy; (2) a State literacy resource center; or (3) an institution of higher education. Requires such State office to: (1) establish workplace education districts throughout the State; (2) hire workforce specialists; and (3) place one of them, including necessary support staff, in one of the institutions of higher education located in each district. Sets forth duties of each specialist and the State office. Sets forth requirements for such districts. Requires the State office to make demonstration grants to eligible small businesses to pay the cost of instructional services and course materials of any such workplace education program attributable to the employees of such businesses. Sets forth limitations on the amounts and uses of such demonstration grants and on administrative costs. Sets forth requirements for non-Federal matching funds. Requires grant allocations to States to be based on population, but limits the percentage of funds which may go to any one State. Requires annual grant program reports and evaluations by the Secretary to the President and the Congress. Defines workplace education as employer-sponsored formal instructional programs for workers which: (1) must include programs to improve at least one or more academic skills, including reading, writing, mathematics, or English as a second language; and (2) may include programs … | 2025-08-26T15:18:11Z | |
| 102-s-3233 | 102 | s | 3233 | Workplace Leave Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-09-15 | 1992-09-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 1 | Workplace Leave Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the length of an employee's leave of absence (even if it is only part of one day) shall not disqualify that employee from a specified exempt status. | 2025-08-26T15:17:17Z | |
| 102-s-3235 | 102 | s | 3235 | A bill to extend the coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign-flag vessels, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-09-15 | 1992-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Extends, for a five-year period, coverage under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to certain foreign flagships and other vessels. Establishes the Commission on Compliance and Enforcement to study and report to the Congress on specified effects of this Act and problems with compliance and enforcement. Terminates the Commission 30 days after its report. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 102-s-3223 | 102 | s | 3223 | State Health Care Financing Equity Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-09-10 | 1992-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 5 | State Health Care Financing Equity Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to waive ERISA preemption requirements so as to allow States to: (1) provide for State universal health plans, State risk pools for the medically uninsurable, or prospective payment systems; and (2) impose State provider taxes. | 2025-08-26T15:15:56Z | |
| 102-hr-5838 | 102 | hr | 5838 | Genetic Information Protection Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-12 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Blackwell, Lucien E. [D-PA-2] | PA | D | B000517 | 0 | Genetic Information Protection Act of 1992 - Prohibits employers from using genetic information in a personnel action concerning an employee or prospective employee. Sets forth enforcement provisions, including civil penalties assessed by the Secretary of Labor, injunctive relief, and private civil actions. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act. Defines employer as any: (1) private employer involved in or affecting interstate commerce; (2) corporation wholly owned by the United States; and (3) branch of the Federal Government. | 2025-08-26T15:17:53Z | |
| 102-hr-5846 | 102 | hr | 5846 | Emergency Jobless Benefits and Transitional Employment Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-12 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] | NY | D | D000471 | 4 | Emergency Jobless Benefits and Transitional Employment Act of 1992 - Title I: Modifications to Unemployment Compensation Programs - Subtitle A: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) to increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation program benefits are payable (by an additional 13 weeks for individuals who received such benefits before July 5, 1992). Makes similar adjustments to the program of benefits for railroad workers. Modifies eligibility requirements under such Act. Sets forth a special rule under which an individual's unemployment benefits under such Act will not be denied or reduced because of qualified services under the transitional employment program (established under title III of this Act) which the individual performs on a part-time basis while participating in a job search assistance program (established by the State employment service or pursuant to the Job Training Partnership Act). Revises financing provisions under such Act to include amendments made by this Act. Subtitle B: Reemployment Assistance Programs - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to Federal unemployment tax (also known as the Federal Unemployment Tax Act or FUTA) to allow the employer-taxpayer to take as an additional credit against the FUTA tax the amount contributed into a reemployment assistance fund maintained under a State law certified by the Secretary of Labor. Limits the total credit allowed to a taxpayer to not more than 12 percent of the FUTA tax against which such credits are taken. Provides for approval of such State law by the Secretary if: (1) it establishes a reemployment assistance program for eligible workers; (2) the program is funded by requiring additional contributions from employers subject to State unemployment compensation law; and (3) such additional contributions are deposited in a special fund used solely for such assistance to such workers (including admin… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-5850 | 102 | hr | 5850 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that inmates are not treated as employees for purposes of such Act. | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-12 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] | TX | D | H000067 | 12 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that inmates of State penal or correctional institutions are not to be treated as employees for purposes of such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5883 | 102 | hr | 5883 | Minimum Wage Amendments of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-12 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5] | MN | D | S000005 | 2 | Minimum Wage Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage to $6.50 an hour (currently $4.25). | 2025-08-26T15:14:57Z | |
| 102-hr-5900 | 102 | hr | 5900 | Trade Worker Adjustment Assistance Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-12 | 1992-09-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] | OH | D | P000170 | 10 | Trade Worker Adjustment Assistance Act of 1992 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise petition and eligibility requirements for trade adjustment assistance benefits for workers adversely affected by import competition or the relocation of U.S. production facilities abroad. Revises provisions with respect to: (1) the training of such workers; (2) employment services; (3) relocation allowances; and (4) job search allowances. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:17:40Z | |
| 102-s-3184 | 102 | s | 3184 | Private Pension Reform Act-Retirement 2000 | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-12 | 1992-09-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Adams, Brock [D-WA] | WA | D | A000031 | 1 | Private Pension Reform Act - Retirement 2000 - Title I: Portable Pension Accounts - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish portability requirements for qualified pension plans. Requires qualified plans to: (1) maintain portable pension accounts to receive transfers from other such plans or accounts; and (2) make transfers of an employee's eligible amounts to another portable pension account, at the election of the employee upon separation from service. Allows individuals to establish portable pension accounts on their own behalf for receiving and making transfers to other such accounts of their own or of qualified plans. Sets forth standards for portable pension accounts, including distribution requirements for permitted retirement income forms, participant's consent, spousal consent, asset control, and notice. Defines eligible amount with respect to any participant, for defined benefit plans and for defined contribution plans, to include employee contributions. Sets forth a formula for determining the present value of accrued benefits of a participant. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe by regulations one or more prototype portable pension accounts which would, upon adoption by any plan sponsor, constitute a portable pension account meeting such portability requirements. Requires that a plan sponsor of a portable pension account be at least one of the following: (1) an employer adopting such an account; (2) an employee association or organization sponsoring such an account on behalf of its members; (3) a registered investment advisor; (4) a bank; (5) an insurance company qualified to do so, but only if participants are fully covered under a State guaranty fund; or (6) a savings and loan association empowered by law to do so. Title II: Minimum Benefit Pension System- Amends ERISA to establish a minimum benefit pension system. Requires employers to establish and maintain minimum benefit pension plans which cover all employees who have completed one year of s… | 2025-08-26T15:16:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5820 | 102 | hr | 5820 | To increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable. | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-11 | 1992-09-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | K000118 | 21 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-s-3175 | 102 | s | 3175 | National and Community Service Technical Amendment Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-11 | 1992-10-05 | Became Public Law No: 102-384. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | National and Community Service Technical Amendment Act of 1992 - Revises the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the Act). Expands the authority of the Commission on National and Community Service (the Commission). Authorizes the Commission to make grants to States or local applicants and transfer funds to the Secretaries of Agriculture or of the Interior, or the Director of ACTION, to create or expand full-time, part-time, year-round or summer youth programs. (Current law requires the Commission to consult with the Secretary of Education in making grants, and sets forth different authorized uses of grant funds.) Lowers summer program minimum age eligibility from 15 to 14. Removes the minimum three years requirement for service in the Peace Corps or VISTA as a condition of eligibility for participation in training and educational benefits demonstration programs. Requires, instead, satisfactory completion of the individual's service in the Peace Corps or VISTA. Includes projects of a specified type under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act among eligible recipients of grants for assistance to Head Start. Revises requirements for confidentiality of information regarding individual participants. Includes the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy among ex-officio members of the Board of Directors of the Commission. Revises the Board's power to appoint, and fix compensation of its Director. Reduces the number of employees to administer the Commission and sets limits on their compensation. Authorizes the Director to appoint and compensate additional staff, at the Board's discretion. Provides for consultants, details of personnel, donations of volunteer services and property, contracts, use of mails, information from Federal agencies, and sources of supplies and services. Increases the portion of the authorization of appropriations for title I (National and Community Service Grant Program) of the Act which is earmarked for the Commission in FY 1993; but eliminates a general earmark for the Com… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5800 | 102 | hr | 5800 | Pension Funding Improvement Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-10 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10] | TX | D | P000328 | 15 | Pension Funding Improvement Act of 1992 - Title I: Amendments to Pension Plan Funding Requirements - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise minimum funding standards for pension plans. Revises the additional funding requirements for pension plans that are not multiemployer plans to provide for an underfunding reduction requirement and solvency maintenance requirement. Title II: Required Security for Certain Plan Amendments - Amends IRC and ERISA to increase required funding percentages and required security under provisions for pension plan termination insurance. Applies such required funding and security provisions to multiemployer plans, as well as to other pension plans. Applies specified criminal penalties to violations of such requirements. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to submit separate reports to the Congress setting forth alternative increases in premiums that would be required for the assets of the single-employer program (established under ERISA provisions for pension plan termination insurance) to equal or exceed such program's current and expected liabilities by 2002. Amends ERISA to require inclusion in annual PBGC reports of actuarial evaluations of pension benefit guaranty funds for the next five, ten, twenty, and thirty years. (Currently, inclusion of such evaluations for the next five years only is required.) Requires such evaluations to set forth alternative premium schedules to assure that PBGC assets equal or exceed its liabilities during such periods. Authorizes the CBO to transmit a separate report analyzing and commenting upon the actuarial evaluation (and premium schedules) prepared by the PBGC, for any fiscal year the CBO deems appropriate. Authorizes the PBGC to require certain plan sponsors or members of a sponsor's controlled group to provide it with records, documents, or other information necessary… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-s-3160 | 102 | s | 3160 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that inmates are not treated as employees for purposes of such Act, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-10 | 1992-09-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 6 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that inmates of State penal or correctional institutions are not to be treated as employees for purposes of such Act. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-s-3162 | 102 | s | 3162 | Pension Funding Improvement Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-10 | 1992-09-25 | Subcommittee on Private Retirement Plans and IRS. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-1069. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 1 | Pension Funding Improvement Act of 1992 - Title I: Amendments to Pension Plan Funding Requirements - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise minimum funding standards for pension plans. Revises the additional funding requirements for pension plans that are not multiemployer plans to provide for an underfunding reduction requirement and solvency maintenance requirement. Title II: Required Security for Certain Plan Amendments - Amends IRC and ERISA to increase required funding percentages and required security under provisions for pension plan termination insurance. Applies such required funding and security provisions to multiemployer plans, as well as to other pension plans. Applies specified criminal penalties to violations of such requirements. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to submit separate reports to the Congress setting forth alternative increases in premiums that would be required for the assets of the single-employer program (established under ERISA provisions for pension plan termination insurance) to equal or exceed such program's current and expected liabilities by 2002. Amends ERISA to require inclusion in annual PBGC reports of actuarial evaluations of pension benefit guaranty funds for the next five, ten, twenty, and thirty years. (Currently, inclusion of such evaluations for the next five years only is required.) Requires such evaluations to set forth alternative premium schedules to assure that PBGC assets equal or exceed its liabilities during such periods. Authorizes the CBO to transmit a separate report analyzing and commenting upon the actuarial evaluation (and premium schedules) prepared by the PBGC, for any fiscal year the CBO deems appropriate. Authorizes the PBGC to require certain plan sponsors or members of a sponsor's controlled group to provide it with records, documents, or other information necessary… | 2025-08-26T15:17:21Z | |
| 102-hr-5786 | 102 | hr | 5786 | Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-08-06 | 1992-08-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Chandler, Rod D. [R-WA-8] | WA | R | C000293 | 3 | Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1992 - Establishes the Commission on Retirement Income Policy. Directs the Commission to study and report to the Congress on: (1) trends in retirement savings in the United States; (2) existing Federal incentives and programs to encourage and protect such savings; and (3) new Federal incentives and programs needed for such purpose. Requires the Commission to address specified issues and to include in its recommendation measures addressing specified needs of future retirees. Terminates the Commission within 90 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-5723 | 102 | hr | 5723 | School-to-Work Transition and Skill Standards Development Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-07-30 | 1992-09-24 | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000229 | 1 | School-to-Work Transition and Skill Standards Development Act of 1992 - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Sets forth congressional findings and the purposes of this Act. Title II: National Commission on a High Skills Workforce - Establishes the National Commission on a High Skills Workforce (the Commission). Directs the Commission to: (1) make grants to develop voluntary national industry and occupational skill standards and to improve school-to-work transition services; (2) develop a national school-to-work transition system based on such standards and services; (3) disseminate certified standards to all of various entities operating within or providing services to the appropriate industry or occupation; and (4) ensure that participants in any program conducted under this Act are afforded adequate supervision and protection by fully-skilled adult workers, and are provided with adequate and safe equipment and a safe and healthful workplace in conformity with Federal and State standards. Requires the Commission to submit to the Congress, within one year after its initial meeting, a report containing an initial outline of the national school-to-work transition system to be developed by the Commission. Terminates the Commission on January 1, 1998. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Grants to Develop Voluntary National Industry and Occupation Skill Standards - Directs the Commission to make grants to eligible entities to develop voluntary national industry and occupational skill standards. Limits the period of any such grant to at most three fiscal years, subject to annual Commission approval and availability of appropriations. Sets forth application requirements, including grantee reports. Authorizes grants use only for: (1) identification of world-class standards; (2) development of voluntary national industry and occupational standards that are linked to existing rates of pay and pay increases, promote reduction and removal of bias and discrimination, and promote entry of women into nontraditional occupatio… | 2025-08-26T15:17:21Z | |
| 102-s-3089 | 102 | s | 3089 | A bill to provide relief for public agencies from liability under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for failure to pay exempt employees on a salary basis, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-07-28 | 1992-09-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 0 | Declares congressional policy and provides relief for public agencies from any liability (as well as from certain existing claims) under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for failure to pay otherwise exempt employees on a salary basis. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5681 | 102 | hr | 5681 | To increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-07-23 | 1992-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | A000226 | 46 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce a tax deduction for certain expenses for meals and entertainment. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5685 | 102 | hr | 5685 | To prevent States from reducing unemployment compensation benefits by certain remuneration for services in the military reserves. | Labor and Employment | 1992-07-23 | 1992-07-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] | PA | D | M001088 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to approval of State unemployment compensation laws to prohibit States from denying or reducing unemployment compensation by reason of certain remuneration for services in the military reserves. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-s-3041 | 102 | s | 3041 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a national commission on private pension plans. | Labor and Employment | 1992-07-23 | 1992-07-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the National Commission on Private Pension Plans. Requires the Commission to report to the President and congressional leaders on existing Federal incentives and programs that encourage and protect private retirement savings, including recommendations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 and 1994. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 102-s-3053 | 102 | s | 3053 | A bill to increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-07-23 | 1992-07-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 2 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 102-hr-5586 | 102 | hr | 5586 | To promote safety and health in workplaces owned, operated, or under contract with the United States by clarifying the United States' obligation to observe occupational safety and health standards and clarifying the United States' responsibility for harm caused by its negligence at any workplace owned by, operated by, or under contract with the United States. | Labor and Employment | 1992-07-09 | 1992-07-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Gradison, Willis D., Jr. [R-OH-2] | OH | R | G000349 | 0 | Makes the legal defense of discretionary function provided under specified Federal law inapplicable to any legal or administrative proceeding for damages arising out of U.S. violation of occupational safety or health standards or U.S. negligence at any workplace owned or operated by or under contract with the United States. | 2021-06-02T15:06:43Z | |
| 102-hr-5537 | 102 | hr | 5537 | To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to include among pension plans covered under such title pension plans established and maintained by State or local governments for volunteer firefighters. | Labor and Employment | 1992-07-02 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000022 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to include among pension plans covered under ERISA title IV (Plan Termination Insurance) those established and maintained by State or local governments for volunteer firefighters. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-5505 | 102 | hr | 5505 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a limited exemption from child labor provisions of such Act. | Labor and Employment | 1992-06-29 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45] | CA | R | H000981 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a limited exemption from child labor provisions for students under 14 who have completed the sixth grade and are participating in a work study program conforming to criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Labor acting through the Administrator of the Wage and Hours Division. Limits such employment to not more than: (1) four hours per week; and (2) 16 weeks in a school year. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hjres-515 | 102 | hjres | 515 | To provide for a settlement of the railroad labor-management disputes between certain railroads and certain of their employees. | Labor and Employment | 1992-06-25 | 1992-06-25 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House | Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11] | OH | D | E000031 | 7 | Provides for settlement of certain unresolved railroad labor-management disputes. Sets forth conditions which shall apply during the resolution of such disputes. Requires all carriers and all employees affected by such unresolved disputes (referred to in three specified Executive Orders of March 31, 1992) to take all necessary steps to restore or preserve the conditions that existed before June 24, 1992 (when a strike and lockouts caused a railroad stoppage). Provides for appointment of arbitrators. Requires, within three days after enactment of this joint resolution (enactment date), the carrier parties and the labor union party, respectively, in each such dispute to each appoint one individual from the National Mediation Board's roster of arbitrators. Requires each of these pairs of individuals to select an arbitrator for that dispute, within working six days of the enactment date. Allows one individual arbitrator to be so selected for more than one of these disputes. Prohibits from being selected as an arbitrator any specified interested individual or anyone who has served as a member of any of four specifed Presidential Emergency Boards. Provides for conduct of negotiations. Requires the parties to such unresolved disputes, during the 20-day period beginning on the enactment date, to conduct negotiations for the purpose of reaching agreement on the disputes. Provides that the selected arbitrators shall be available for consultation with the parties during this initial negotiating period. Requires both the labor union and the carrier (or carriers), if they have not reached agreement within such initial period, to each submit its final offer to the arbitrator and the other party (or parties), within five days after such initial period. Requires the parties, with the assistance of the arbitrator, to engage in final negotiations to attempt to reach agreement, upon submission of such final offers and during the seven days thereafter. Requires the arbitrator, if the parties fail to reach agreement during … | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 102-hjres-517 | 102 | hjres | 517 | To provide for a settlement of the railroad labor-management disputes between certain railroads and certain of their employees. | Labor and Employment | 1992-06-25 | 1992-06-26 | Became Public Law No: 102-306. | House | Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11] | OH | D | E000031 | 7 | Provides for settlement of certain unresolved railroad labor-management disputes. Sets forth conditions which shall apply during the resolution of such disputes. Requires all carriers and all employees affected by such unresolved disputes (referred to in three specified Executive Orders of March 31, 1992) to take all necessary steps to restore or preserve the conditions that existed before June 24, 1992 (when a strike and lockouts caused a railroad stoppage). Provides for appointment of arbitrators. Requires, within three days after enactment of this joint resolution (enactment date), the carrier parties and the labor union party, respectively, in each such dispute to each appoint one individual from the National Mediation Board's roster of arbitrators. Requires each of these pairs of individuals to select an arbitrator for that dispute, within working six days of the enactment date. Allows one individual arbitrator to be so selected for more than one of these disputes. Prohibits from being selected as an arbitrator any specified interested individual or anyone who has served as a member of any of four specifed Presidential Emergency Boards. Provides for conduct of negotiations. Requires the parties to such unresolved disputes, during the 20-day period beginning on the enactment date, to conduct negotiations for the purpose of reaching agreement on the disputes. Provides that the selected arbitrators shall be available for consultation with the parties during this initial negotiating period. Requires both the labor union and the carrier (or carriers), if they have not reached agreement within such initial period, to each submit its final offer to the arbitrator and the other party (or parties), within five days after such initial period. Requires the parties, with the assistance of the arbitrator, to engage in final negotiations to attempt to reach agreement, upon submission of such final offers and during the seven days thereafter. Requires the arbitrator, if the parties fail to reach agreement during … | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 102-hr-5443 | 102 | hr | 5443 | Workplace Leave Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-06-18 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 8 | Workplace Leave Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the length of an employee's leave of absence (even if its only part of one day) shall not disqualify that employee from a specified exempt status. | 2025-08-26T15:15:19Z | |
| 102-s-2865 | 102 | s | 2865 | A bill to provide assistance for workers adversely affected by a nuclear testing moratorium. | Labor and Employment | 1992-06-18 | 1992-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 3 | Provides assistance for workers at the Nevada Test Site and communities adversely affected by a nuclear testing moratorium. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish for such workers programs similar to ones under the Trade Act of 1974 for: (1) readjustment allowances; (2) job training and related services; and (3) job search and relocation allowances. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Department of Energy to provide local impact assistance to such communities and coordinate this with other specified Federal programs. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Department of Energy to study and recommend ways in which the Nevada Test Site may be used for purposes other than nuclear weapons testing. Prohibits such study from considering the storage of nuclear waste. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 102-s-2868 | 102 | s | 2868 | Davis-Bacon Repeal Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-06-18 | 1992-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 2 | Davis-Bacon Repeal Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (an Act which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works). | 2025-08-26T15:15:07Z | |
| 102-hr-5386 | 102 | hr | 5386 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements Enforcement Improvements Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-06-11 | 1992-06-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 0 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements Enforcement Improvements Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise provisions relating to multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) and other employee welfare benefit plans. Revises the definition of employee welfare benefit plan to: (1) allow up to five percent of the aggregate number of covered individuals to be individuals who are not employees or former employees of the employee, or members or former members of the employee organization which established or maintains the plan; and (2) include a plan, fund, or program established or maintained by a franchise network or by two or more trades or businesses that are within the same control group or were within it at any time during the preceding one-year period. Amends the definition of MEWA to: (1) limit the exclusion of collective bargaining agreements, under specified conditions; (2) exclude franchise networks; (3) exclude insurers, or health maintenance organizations licensed to do business in a State; (4) exclude trades and businesses within the same control group at any time during the preceding one-year period (as well as those currently in the same group), by deeming them a single employer; and (5) provide that single plans shall not be deemed MEWAs solely because they cover individuals who are not employees or former employees, or their beneficiaries, if the number of such individuals never exceeds five percent of the aggregate covered during the plan year. Makes ERISA title I (Protection of Employee Benefit Rights) applicable to any MEWA engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce, with specified exceptions. Requires MEWAs which provide medical care benefits to file annual registration statements with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary), including: (1) certain information on persons involved in its operation and States where it conducts business; (2) certification that copies of the registration have been filed with the appropriat… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-s-2843 | 102 | s | 2843 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement Reform Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-06-11 | 1992-06-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] | GA | D | N000171 | 0 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement Reform Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise provisions relating to Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs). Provides that State licensing requirements are not preempted by ERISA in the case of any MEWA which is not fully insured. Provides that State are also not preempted from requiring certain information and documentation with respect to MEWAs or from applying licensing requirements to the service of contract administrators or other licensed professionals whose services are provided to a welfare plan, MEWA, or other similar plan or arrangement subject to ERISA. Treats a MEWA as fully insured with respect to benefits provided in a State only if its terms provide that all benefits are provided directly to its participants under an insurance policy issued by an insurer licensed by that State. Modifies the definition of MEWA to: (1) include employee leasing arrangements, under specified conditions; and (2) limit the exclusion of collectively bargained arrangements, under specified conditions. Establishes criminal penalties for willful false representations as to: (1) the status of an arrangement or entity under ERISA; or (2) the relationship of an arrangement or entity to any employer or any employee organization. Provides for cooperation between Federal and State authorities in enforcement responsibilities with respect to MEWAs. Allows any State to apply to the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) for delegation to that State of the Secretary's authority to enforce specified ERISA provisions applicable to MEWAs. Requires the Secretary to approve such applications unless delegation would result in lack of enforcement. Authorizes the Secretary to continue to exercise such authority concurrently with the State even after such delegation. Directs the Secretary to designate a Deputy Assistant Secretary within the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration as a liaison with the States on matters relating to MEWAs. R… | 2025-08-26T15:14:55Z | |
| 102-hr-5329 | 102 | hr | 5329 | To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-06-04 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000229 | 0 | Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to revise provisions for title III employment and training assistance for dislocated workers, particularly under the Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (the Program). Requires State dislocated worker units to: (1) notify substate grantees immediately of current or projected permanent closures or substantial layoffs in their substate areas to continue and expand services initiated by the rapid response teams; and (2) provide the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) with a cost breakdown of all title III funds used by such a unit for administrative expenditures. Prohibits States from transferring any of the rapid response assistance functions of such units to any other entities. Expands the definition of substantial layoff, for purposes of rapid response assistance provided under the Program, to mean a layoff of 50 or more individuals. Exempts funds expended under the Program from the 25 percent maximum limitation on needs-related payments and supportive services for other title III dislocated worker programs. Revises the Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (the Program) under JTPA title III. Directs the Secretary, from funds transferred by the Secretary of Defense under the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990, to make grants to substate grantees to provide conversion assistance to affected facilities and training, adjustment assistance, and employment services to eligible employees within such substate areas who are directly or indirectly affected by reductions in U.S. expenditures for defense or by closures of U.S. military facilities. Requires substate grantees to apply for such grants within 60 days after notification of the dislocation or potential dislocation of such employees, or else the Secretary shall make such grants to employers, employee representatives, or labor-management committees located in the areas to provide such services. Directs the Secretary, if the substate grantee and such alternative… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-s-2804 | 102 | s | 2804 | Women in Apprenticeship Occupations and Nontraditional Occupations Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-06-03 | 1992-06-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 8 | Women in Apprenticeship Occupations and Nontraditional Occupations Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to promote an outreach program to inform employers and labor unions of the availability of technical assistance for preparing the workplace to employ women in apprenticeable occupations and other nontraditional occupations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) promote such program to employers through, but not limited to, the private industry councils in each service delivery area; (2) provide outreach to labor unions through, but not limited to, the building trade councils, joint apprenticeable occupations councils, and individual unions; and (3) give priority to employers in areas that have nontraditional employment and training programs specifically targeted to women. Sets forth various activities which such technical assistance provided by community-based organizations to employers and labor unions. Directs the Secretary to select a total of 50 employers or labor unions to receive such technical assistance. Requires each eligible community-based organization desiring to receive a competitive grant to provide such technical assistance to employers and labor unions to submit an application to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to give priority to applications to community-based organizations that demonstrate specified types of experience and that have tradeswomen or women in nontraditional occupations as active members. Sets forth application requirements, including specified descriptions, assurances, and commitments. Directs the Secretary to serve as a liaison among employers, labor, and community organizations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the participation of women in apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations, examining specified topics; and (2) report to the Congress within two years on such study, with recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:15:29Z | |
| 102-hr-5288 | 102 | hr | 5288 | Job Training 2000 Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-28 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 2 | Job Training 2000 Act - Establishes, as part of the Federal system of funding for vocational training programs: (1) a network of local skill centers to provide a common point of entry; (2) a certification system; and (3) a voucher system. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education for allocations to States and private industry councils to assist in carrying out title III of this Act, relating to certification of vocational training programs. Title I: General Provisions - Part A: Federal Responsibilities - Establishes the Federal Vocational Training Council (Federal Council), composed of the Secretaries of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs (or their designees) and such other agency heads as the President may designate. Includes among Federal Council functions: (1) advice and guidance on implementation of this Act to affected Federal, State, and local agencies and organizations; (2) ensuring application of consistent policies, practices, and procedures in Federal vocational training programs (including, through waiver authority, requiring common terms and performance standards, collection of common data, coordination and consolidation of timing and sequence, of State and local plans and reports); (3) serving as an information clearinghouse among Federal, State, and local officials; (4) evaluation of the this Act's effect on individuals, institutions, agencies, and labor markets; and (5) oversight of implementation and administration of this Act. Grants each member of the Federal Council limited waiver authority over regulations or provisions of law in their jurisdiction that would prevent application of consistent practices and procedures to the specified items. Terminates such authority three years after the effective date of this Act. Requires certain reports to the President by the Federal Council. Establishes a National Private Sector, Advisory Board on Vocational Training (Advisory Board), composed of 15 members appointed by the President. Allo… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-5260 | 102 | hr | 5260 | Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-26 | 1992-07-03 | Became Public Law No: 102-318. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] | IL | D | R000458 | 1 | Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) to extend the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program. Changes the EUC program termination date (currently July 4, 1992) to March 6, 1993. Reduces the maximum number of weeks of EUC benefits for new claimants for weeks after June 13, 1992 to: (1) 26 (rather than 33) in certain States with high unemployment rates; and (2) 20 (rather than 26) in all other States. Provides for further reduction of these weeks of benefits, to: (1) 15 or 10 weeks, respectively, if the national total unemployment rate falls below 7 percent for two consecutive months; or (2) 13 or 7 weeks, respectively, if such rate falls below 6.8 percent for such a consecutive two-month period. Provides for up to three months (for weeks beginning before June 19, 1993) continuation of EUC benefits for certain individuals receiving such benefits for a week during which such EUC program termination date (March 6, 1993) occurs. Provides that individuals eligible to receive EUC benefits during such final phaseout period (of weeks beginning after March 6, 1993, and before June 19, 1993), if they are in a State where an extended benefit period is triggered during such phaseout period, shall be eligible to receive whichever is greater, the EUC benefits or the extended benefits. Modifies EUC eligibility requirements to: (1) provide that an individual is not ineligible by reason of subsequent entitlement to regular benefits; and (2) provide certain transition rules, including a waiver of recovery of certain overpayments and an option to defer rights to certain regular benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to estimate the amount of EUC benefits paid to former employees of nonprofit organizations and State or local governments (which amount is to be charged to the general fund of the Treasury). Provides, under specified condi… | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 102-hr-5220 | 102 | hr | 5220 | National Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-20 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 20 | National Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1992 - Sets forth Federal, State, and local responsibilities in establishing the means for employers, local education agencies, labor organizations, and other appropriate entities to develop and implement youth apprenticeship programs under the national youth apprenticeship criteria (the criteria) established by this Act. Establishes an interagency committee, composed of the Secretaries of Labor, of Education, and of Commerce, to: (1) establish procedures for submission and review of plans by States; and (2) determine if such plans meet the criteria. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to perform specified functions under this Act in consultation with the committee, including providing for criteria and safeguards compliance determination procedures, monitoring data collection, evaluation, review of fund use, policy guidance, resources and technical assistance, recognition and dissemination of outstanding programs, and research and demonstration activities. Directs the Governor of a participating State to submit to the Secretary a biennial State plan for youth apprenticeship programs which meets specified requirements. Directs the Governor also to designate the appropriate State authority to: (1) develop certain program guidelines for designating local entities and for including long-term employment possibilities; (2) certify that local programs meet the criteria, safeguards, and other appropriate standards; (3) provide technical assistance and other support to local entities and employers; and (4) provide for data collection, monitoring, and program evaluation. Requires local entities to ensure programs meet the criteria, safeguards, and other applicable standards. Requires participating schools to provide for career exploration and academic development to meet program entry and participation requirements. Requires local employers (in collaboration with labor organizations where appropriate) to: (1) employ youth apprentices; (2) assist participating schools i… | 2025-08-26T15:15:46Z | |
| 102-s-2745 | 102 | s | 2745 | National Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-20 | 1992-05-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 6 | National Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1992 - Sets forth Federal, State, and local responsibilities in establishing the means for employers, local education agencies, labor organizations, and other appropriate entities to develop and implement youth apprenticeship programs under the national youth apprenticeship criteria (the criteria) established by this Act. Establishes an interagency committee, composed of the Secretaries of Labor, of Education, and of Commerce, to: (1) establish procedures for submission and review of plans by States; and (2) determine if such plans meet the criteria. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to perform specified functions under this Act in consultation with the committee, including providing for criteria and safeguards compliance determination procedures, monitoring data collection, evaluation, review of fund use, policy guidance, resources and technical assistance, recognition and dissemination of outstanding programs, and research and demonstration activities. Directs the Governor of a participating State to submit to the Secretary a biennial State plan for youth apprenticeship programs which meets specified requirements. Directs the Governor also to designate the appropriate State authority to: (1) develop certain program guidelines for designating local entities and for including long-term employment possibilities; (2) certify that local programs meet the criteria, safeguards, and other appropriate standards; (3) provide technical assistance and other support to local entities and employers; and (4) provide for data collection, monitoring, and program evaluation. Requires local entities to ensure programs meet the criteria, safeguards, and other applicable standards. Requires participating schools to provide for career exploration and academic development to meet program entry and participation requirements. Requires local employers (in collaboration with labor organizations where appropriate) to: (1) employ youth apprentices; (2) assist participating schools i… | 2025-08-26T15:13:56Z | |
| 102-s-2742 | 102 | s | 2742 | Youth Skills Training and Education Partnerships Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-19 | 1992-05-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 1 | Youth Skills Training and Education Partnerships Act - Title I: Standards of Excellence in Workforce Training - Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to add a title II, Workforce Training, including: (1) subtitle A, Professional and Technical Standards for Workforce Training, to establish a voluntary system of occupational certification; and (2) subtitle B, Youth Skills Training and Education Programs, to encourage the formation of youth skills training and education partnerships by allowing certain business contributions to such programs to qualify for specified tax exemptions and augmented deductions. (Provides that the current provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act shall be under a title I, Federal Employment Service.) Establishes a National Board for Professional and Technical Standards (the National Board). Directs the National Board to establish advisory committees for each major industry and for major occupations that involve more than one industry. Requires the National Board to: (1) by December 1, 1993, identify at least 30 industrial or occupational categories and develop proficiency standards, curricula, and assessments for such industries or occupations; and (2) develop a program to ensure that proficiency standards, curricula, and assessments for all remaining identified industrial or occupational categories are completed by January 1, 1997. Requires that such proficiency standards be applied so that their attainment is likely to meet requirements for transferable credit and enable students to continue their education and training. Requires that such proficiency standards, curricula, and assessments for an industry or occupation be made available for voluntary use by postsecondary education institutions offering professional and technical education, labor organizations, trade and technical associations, employers and labor-management organizations providing formalized training, and other organizations. Authorizes appropriations for the National Board's activities. Sets forth requirements under which youth ski… | 2025-08-26T15:18:18Z | |
| 102-hjres-483 | 102 | hjres | 483 | Designating September 1992 as "Displaced Homemakers Awareness Month". | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-14 | 1992-05-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] | FL | R | B000463 | 42 | Designates September 1992 as Displaced Homemakers Awareness Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-s-2716 | 102 | s | 2716 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to assert jurisdiction in a labor dispute which occurs on Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-14 | 1992-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 0 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to assert jurisdiction over a labor dispute which occurs on Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5158 | 102 | hr | 5158 | To improve enforcement of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, by adding certain provisions with respect to the auditing of employee benefit plans. | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-13 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | R000465 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to repeal, for plan years beginning in 1992 or thereafter, the limited scope audit exemption (which currently allows the exclusion of assets held by regulated financial institutions from required financial audits of employee benefit plans). Requires peer review of the person's accounting and auditing practice with respect to employee benefit plans for the three years prior to engagement as a qualified public accountant for purposes of such required financial audits. Requires plan administrators and accountants to notify the Secretary of Labor of violations of certain criminal laws with respect to employee benefit plans. Requires plan administrators to notify the Secretary and give the reasons for any termination of an engagement of an accountant for plan auditing services. Requires that the accountant be given a copy of such report and an opportunity to disagree with the reasons for the termination. Authorizes the Secretary to assess a civil penalty against any administrator or accountant who fails to provide the Secretary with such required notifications. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-s-2708 | 102 | s | 2708 | A bill to improve enforcement of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, by adding certain provisions with respect to the auditing of employee benefit plans. | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-13 | 1992-05-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to repeal, for plan years beginning in 1992 or thereafter, the limited scope audit exemption (which currently allows the exclusion of assets held by regulated financial institutions from required financial audits of employee benefit plans). Requires peer review of the person's accounting and auditing practice with respect to employee benefit plans for the three years prior to engagement as a qualified public accountant for purposes of such required financial audits. Requires plan administrators and accountants to notify the Secretary of Labor of violations of certain criminal laws with respect to employee benefit plans. Requires plan administrators to notify the Secretary and give the reasons for any termination of an engagement of an accountant for plan auditing services. Requires that the accountant be given a copy of such report and an opportunity to disagree with the reasons for the termination. Authorizes the Secretary to assess a civil penalty against any administrator or accountant who fails to provide the Secretary with such required notifications. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5141 | 102 | hr | 5141 | To exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-12 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | H000388 | 1 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives, if such personnel are licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard and represented by a labor organization. Provides that picketing or other economic activity undertaken by a labor organization on behalf of such licensed shipboard supervisory personnel shall not be considered a prohibited restraint or coercion. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-s-2691 | 102 | s | 2691 | Defense Workers Bill of Rights Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-12 | 1992-05-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Defense Workers Bill of Rights Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide each person determined to be a displaced defense worker (a defense facility employee laid off or terminated due to the reduction or elimination of defense contracts) with written certification of such displaced status. Prohibits an eviction or distress from being made with respect to the premises of a displaced defense worker for which the rent does not exceed $1,200 per month for a period of one year after termination or layoff, or the date on which the displaced worker returns to that or comparable employment, except upon leave of court granted in an action affecting the right of possession. Provides for an automatic stay of such proceedings for up to three months, unless the court determines that the ability of the defense worker to pay the rent is not materially affected by being displaced. Provides penalties for violation of the eviction and distress prohibitions. Provides that, in the case of a displaced defense worker who has paid a deposit or an installment under a contract or lease, no person shall exercise any right or option to rescind or terminate the contract or resume possession of the property for nonpayment by the displaced defense worker, except by action of a court of competent jurisdiction. Provides penalties for violations and judicial remedies for breach of such installment contracts, including repayment of installment payments or a stay of proceedings. Provides that, in the case of an existing mortgage or trust deed for real or personal property owned by a displaced defense worker on the date of his or her termination or layoff, a court, in an action to enforce payment obligations, may stay the proceedings or make such other disposition of the case as may be equitable to conserve the interests of all parties. Provides penalties for violations and judicial remedies in such actions, including payment to the displaced defense worker of his or her equitable interest in the property before foreclosure. Pr… | 2025-08-26T15:13:57Z | |
| 102-s-2692 | 102 | s | 2692 | Defense Worker Dislocation Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-12 | 1992-05-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Defense Worker Dislocation Act - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to revise eligibility requirements for the Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (program). Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to make program grants to specified types of eligible entities in any State in which: (1) the Governor has received a notification regarding a closure, cancellation, or reduction under the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990; and (2) eligible employees have received a notification of warning from their employer regarding such closure, cancellation, or reduction. Requires grant applications to contained specified information. Requires the Secretary to approve or deny the application by the later of: (1) 15 days after the date on which the eligible employees will lose employment; or (2) 30 days after submission of the application. Allows program grant funds to be used to provide specified retraining or to update existing skills with respect to an eligible dislocated worker, including an employee of an eligible defense contractor or subcontractor, who has been terminated or laid off, or received notice of termination or layoff, as a consequence of reductions in U.S. expenditures for defense or by closures of U.S. military facilities. Allows program grant funds also to be used to pay for the Federal share (75 percent) of such retraining with respect to an employee of eligible defense contractors or subcontractors if: (1) the employee is currently involved in defense work; (2) the retraining is designed to enable the employee to achieve placement and retention in unsubsidized employment that involves nondefense work and in which the employee has not been previously engaged; and (3) the employer certifies that the employee would have become an eligible dislocated worker without such retraining. Revises program administration provisions to require the Secretary to make available 50 percent of the grant amount to the entity within 15 days after ap… | 2025-08-26T15:14:17Z | |
| 102-s-2699 | 102 | s | 2699 | A bill to extend the period for which unemployment benefits are payable under title I of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-12 | 1992-05-13 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 27 | Title I: Extension of Unemployment Benefits - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) to extend the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program. Changes the EUC program termination date (currently July 4, 1992) to March 6, 1993. Provides for phaseout reductions of such benefits for weeks beginning after June 12, 1992, and for weeks beginning after January 3, 1993. (Provides, therefore, up to: (1) 33 weeks of EUC benefits in certain high-unemployment States and 26 weeks in all other States, respectively, for claimants for weeks beginning prior to June 13, 1992; (2) 20 or 13 weeks, respectively, for new claimants for weeks beginning on or after such date; and (3) 10 or 7 weeks, respectively, for new claimants for weeks beginning on or after January 3, 1993, until March 6, 1993.) Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize certain advances to the extended unemployment compensation account to pay for emergency unemployment compensation benefits. Amends SSA to require the first Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation to study and report with recommendations (by February 1, 1993) on certain proposed permanent changes in the extended benefits program under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Title II: Revenue Provisions - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to apply mark-to-market accounting method rules for certain securities held by dealers in securities (with specified exceptions for certain types of securities such as those held for investment or as a hedge). Requires taking into account for tax deduction determinations: (1) certain Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) assistance as compensation for loss; and (2) any FSLIC assistance for any debt for determining whether such debt is worthless and in determining the amount of any addition to a reserve for bad debts arising from such worthlessness or partial worthlessness. Revises the IRC for individual estim… | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 102-hr-5112 | 102 | hr | 5112 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that an employee shall not be excluded from the minimum wage and maximum hour exemption for certain employees because the employee is not paid on a salary basis, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-07 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Lowery, Bill [R-CA-41] | CA | R | L000479 | 8 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to provide that a State, local, or interstate governmental agency employee shall not be excluded from the definition of an employee employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity because such employee is not paid on a salary basis (thereby including such government employees under the exemption from minimum wage and overtime requirements of FLSA). Applies such amendment to such employees before, on, and after the enactment date of this Act, unless an action was brought in a court involving the application of specified FLSA provisions to the employee and a final judgment has been entered in such action on or before such enactment date. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5053 | 102 | hr | 5053 | To amend section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act to allow employees to enter into contracts with employers without the intervention of a bargaining representative. | Labor and Employment | 1992-05-04 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | A000217 | 1 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow an individual employee to elect to enter into and administer an individual contract of employment with an employer without the intervention of a bargaining representative. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-5038 | 102 | hr | 5038 | Job Training 2000 Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-30 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 2 | Job Training 2000 Act - Establishes, as part of the Federal system of funding for vocational training programs: (1) a network of local skill centers to provide a common point of entry; (2) a certification system; and (3) a voucher system. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education for allocations to States and private industry councils to assist in carrying out title III of this Act, relating to certification of vocational training programs. Title I: General Provisions - Part A: Federal Responsibilities - Establishes the Federal Vocational Training Council (Federal Council), composed of the Secretaries of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs (or their designees) and such other agency heads as the President may designate. Includes among Federal Council functions: (1) advice and guidance on implementation of this Act to affected Federal, State, and local agencies and organizations; (2) ensuring application of consistent policies, practices, and procedures in Federal vocational training programs (including, through waiver authority, requiring common terms and performance standards, collection of common data, coordination and consolidation of timing and sequence, of State and local plans and reports); (3) serving as an information clearinghouse among Federal, State, and local officials; (4) evaluation of this Act's effect on individuals, institutions, agencies, and labor markets; and (5) oversight of implementation and administration of this Act. Grants each member of the Federal Council limited waiver authority over regulations or provisions of law in their jurisdiction that would prevent application of consistent practices and procedures to the specified items. Terminates such authority three years after the effective date of this Act. Requires certain reports to the President by the Federal Council. Establishes a National Private Sector Advisory Board on Vocational Training (Advisory Board), composed of 15 members appointed by the President. Allows th… | 2025-08-26T15:13:48Z | |
| 102-hr-5017 | 102 | hr | 5017 | To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to provide employment and training assistance to workers in substantially and seriously affected defense communities. | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-29 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 6 | Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to expand the program of employment and training assistance for dislocated workers to include workers in substantially and seriously affected defense communities. Includes such workers under the defense conversion adjustment program under such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-5028 | 102 | hr | 5028 | Defense Workers Bill of Rights Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-29 | 1992-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Reed, Jack [D-RI-2] | RI | D | R000122 | 8 | Defense Workers Bill of Rights Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide each person determined to be a displaced defense worker (a defense facility employee laid off or terminated due to the reduction or elimination of defense contracts) with written certification of such displaced status. Prohibits an eviction or distress from being made with respect to the premises of a displaced defense worker for which the rent does not exceed $1,200 per month for a period of one year after termination or layoff, or the date on which the displaced worker returns to that or comparable employment, except upon leave of court granted in an action affecting the right of possession. Provides for an automatic stay of such proceedings for up to three months, unless the court determines that the availability of the defense worker to pay the rent is not materially affected by being displaced. Provides penalties for violation of the eviction and distress prohibitions. Provides that, in the case of a displaced defense worker who has paid a deposit or an installment under a contract or lease, no person shall exercise any right or option to rescind or terminate the contract or resume possession of the property for nonpayment by the displaced defense worker, except by action of a court of competent jurisdiction. Provides penalties for violations and judicial remedies for breach of such installment contracts, including repayment of installment payments or a stay of proceedings. Provides that, in the case of an existing mortgage or trust deed for real or personal property owned by a displaced defense worker on the date of his or her termination or layoff, a court, in an action to enforce payment obligations, may stay the proceedings or make such other disposition of the case as may be equitable to conserve the interests of all parties. Provides penalties for violations and judicial remedies in such actions, including payment to the displaced defense worker of his or her equitable interest in the property before foreclosur… | 2025-08-26T15:15:32Z | |
| 102-s-2633 | 102 | s | 2633 | Job Training 2000 Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-29 | 1992-05-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Job Training 2000 Act - Establishes, as part of the Federal system of funding for vocational training programs: (1) a network of local skill centers to provide a common point of entry; (2) a certification system; and (3) a voucher system. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education for allocations to States and private industry councils to assist in carrying out title III of this Act, relating to certification of vocational training programs. Title I: General Provisions - Part A: Federal Responsibilities - Establishes the Federal Vocational Training Council (Federal Council), composed of the Secretaries of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs (or their designees) and such other agency heads as the President may designate. Includes among Federal Council functions: (1) advice and guidance on implementation of this Act to affected Federal, State, and local agencies and organizations; (2) ensuring application of consistent policies, practices, and procedures in Federal vocational training programs (including, through waiver authority, requiring common terms and performance standards, collection of common data, coordination and consolidation of timing and sequence, of State and local plans and reports); (3) serving as an information clearinghouse among Federal, State, and local officials; (4) evaluation of the this Act's effect on individuals, institutions, agencies, and labor markets; and (5) oversight of implementation and administration of this Act. Grants each member of the Federal Council limited waiver authority over regulations or provisions of law in their jurisdiction that would prevent application of consistent practices and procedures to the specified items. Terminates such authority three years after the effective date of this Act. Requires certain reports to the President by the Federal Council. Establishes a National Private Sector Advisory Board on Vocational Training (Advisory Board), composed of 15 members appointed by the President. Allow… | 2025-08-26T15:17:40Z | |
| 102-s-2614 | 102 | s | 2614 | Unemployment Compensation, Reemployment, and Fairness Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-10 | 1992-04-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA] | PA | D | W000665 | 0 | Unemployment Compensation, Reemployment, and Fairness Act of 1992 - Title I: Short-time Compensation Programs - Provides that adoption of short-time compensation programs (which provide partial unemployment benefits to individuals whose workweeks have been reduced by at least ten percent under qualified employer plans providing for shortened workweeks in lieu of layoffs) as part of State unemployment compensation law is not precluded by any Federal law (including specified Internal Revenue Code provisions). Declares that benefits payable under a short-time compensation program shall be treated as unemployment compensation payable for partial unemployment, for purposes of Federal law. Requires annual State review of qualified employer plans to assure that they continue to meet short-time compensation program requirements of this Act and any applicable State law. Directs the Secretary of Labor to assist States in establishing and implementing short-time compensation programs by: (1) developing model legislative language and proposing appropriate revisions; and (2) providing technical assistance and guidance. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on implementation of this Act. Title II: Unemployment Reforms - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow States to pay unemployment benefits to eligible individuals while they participate in qualified self-employment training programs which are approved by the State agency administering unemployment compensation, and which meet requirements established by the Secretary of Labor. Amends the Social Security Act to require the State agency administering unemployment compensation to provide: (1) early reemployment review of unemployed workers (within the first five weeks of their unemployment benefits); (2) technical and training program staff to assist with reemployment services; and (3) followup reevaluation and assistance to individuals participating in reemployment activities. Requires such agency, to the extent it determines effective, to provide: (1) ree… | 2025-08-26T15:13:46Z | |
| 102-s-2621 | 102 | s | 2621 | National and Community Service Technical Amendment Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-10 | 1992-04-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | National and Community Service Technical Amendment Act of 1992 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the Act) to make various technical amendments, including revisions of definitions. Provides for summer program eligibility to begin at age 14 (rather than 15). Revises eligibility requirements and selection procedures for educational benefits for Peace Corps and ACTION Agency volunteers. Revises provisions for ACTION Agency volunteer assistance for Head Start programs. Revises provisions relating to the authority of the Commission on National and Community Service (the Commission), and general authority to make grants for full-time, part-time, year-round, or summer youth corps programs. Revises provisions for program evaluation and confidentiality to authorize the Commission to disclose of information: (1) regarding individual participants, with their prior written consent; and (2) about the aggregate characteristics of participants. Makes the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors of the Commission. Revises provisions for appointment and compensation of the Executive Director of the Board. Provides for Commission authority with respect to: (1) additional staff; (2) consultants; (3) details of personnel; (4) donations of services and property; (5) contracts; (6) use of mails; (7) information from Federal agencies; and (8) participation in the Sources of Supply Program of the General Services Administration. Revises the authorization of appropriations for FY 1993 for the National and Community Service State Grant Program to reserve an increased portion of such funds for the Commission. Revises earmark provisions to provide that any remaining funds be expended for any activity authorized under such program. | 2025-08-26T15:15:35Z | |
| 102-hr-4919 | 102 | hr | 4919 | Multiple Employer Self-Insurance Enforcement Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-09 | 1992-06-16 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 16 | Multiple Employer Self-Insurance Enforcement Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise the applicability of title I (Protection of Employee Benefit Rights) to: (1) multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs); and (2) employee leasing welfare arrangements. Provides for certification requirements and revises provisions relating to State regulation of both such types of arrangements. Sets forth special preemption rules governing treatment and State regulation of MEWAs. Requires certain disclosures, by any MEWA which is not fully insured, to participating employers, participants, and beneficiaries. Provides for administrative adjudication of MEWA benefit claims. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to: (1) provide for an Office of Special Counsel for MEWA Affairs in the Department of Labor; and (2) appoint a Special Counsel as head of such Office. Sets forth requirements for: (1) filing of charges; (2) investigation by the Special Counsel, including an Early Resolution Program; (3) review by an administrative law judge; (4) standards of review by the Wage and Employee Benefits Appeals Board (currently, the Wage Appeals Board); (5) time limitations for review by such Board; (6) service of notice and decision; (7) exhaustion of administrative remedies; (8) final and appealable decisions; and (9) review by the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Provides for State regulation of MEWAs by restricting the preemption of State laws regarding them. Provides for unlimited applicability of State insurance laws to MEWAs that are not fully insured. Provides for an exemption from State laws for MEWAs which provide medical care benefits solely (exclusive of occupational illness injury benefits), and which are not fully-insured, but which meet specified certification requirements or an approved qualified model for State certification procedures superseding such requirements. Makes State laws applicable to: (1) enforcement of such certification requirements or qu… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-4976 | 102 | hr | 4976 | School to Work Transition and Youth Apprenticeship Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-09 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 2 | School to Work Transition and Youth Apprenticeship Act - Title I: Establishment of National Interagency Compact and National Industry Recognized Skill Standards - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and of Education (the Secretaries) to establish an interagency compact between the Office of Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor and the Office of Adult and Vocational Education of the Department of Education, to: (1) design a national youth apprenticeship system; and (2) develop a system of skills standards within each major industry and within occupations that involve more than one industry. Sets forth various functions of the compact. Requires the compact to provide for national demonstrations to test skills standards and certification and assessment methods in work-based and training settings through: (1) local educational agencies (LEAs) two-year colleges, or postsecondary vocational institutions; and (2) businesses, business associations, or private industry councils. Requires the compact to provide for distribution of funds to facilitate creation of partnerships of business and industry, organized labor or other employee representatives, educators, and the training community for each industry or occupation (to the extent resources permit) to develop skills standards. Sets forth various functions of such partnerships. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: State Youth Transition Opportunity Challenge Grants - Authorizes the compact to make challenge grants to States for the cooperative use by the State agencies for education and for labor, job training, and employment (State agencies) to plan and develop policies and build an infrastructure to support programs for elementary and secondary students that will result in quality education programs and work-related experiences enabling students to graduate from high school prepared to: (1) enter the world of work directly; and/or (2) continue in some form of postsecondary education or training. Sets forth requirements for State applicati… | 2025-08-26T15:16:33Z | |
| 102-hr-4815 | 102 | hr | 4815 | Age Discrimination Parity Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-08 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 1 | Age Discrimination Parity Act of 1992 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the Act) to provide, in the cases of non-Federal employees and Federal employees, for compensatory and punitive damages consistent with specified damages authorized under the Revised Statutes. Provides for coverage of certain employees in the legislative branch of the Federal Government. Limits the maximum aggregate amount of compensatory and punitive damages which may be awarded under such provisions. | 2025-08-26T15:15:57Z | |
| 102-s-2550 | 102 | s | 2550 | United Mine Workers of America Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-08 | 1992-04-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] | OK | D | B000639 | 4 | United Mine Workers of America Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to assure provision of health care to retired members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union and their family dependents who receive health care benefits from the UMWA 1950 or 1974 Benefit Plans. Amends the IRC to provide for transfer of excess pension plan assets with respect to the 1950 Pension Plan, 1950 Benefit Plan, and 1974 Benefit Plan established by the UMWA and the Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, Inc. (BCOA). Amends ERISA (as amended by the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment Act of 1980) to provide for withdrawal from UMWA Benefit Plans. Establishes complete or partial withdrawal liability, with respect to coal industry health benefit plans for any employer which: (1) produced or processed more than 300,000 tons of coal during the term of the 1988 National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement; and (2) is signatory to such Agreement or to a labor agreement entered subsequent to enactment of this Act which requires contributions to the UMWA 1950 or 1974 Benefit Plans or a continuation thereof. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) determination and collection of such liability; (2) notification of employers; (3) complete withdrawals; (4) determinations of whether a sale of assets results in liability; (5) partial withdrawals; (6) adjustments for partial withdrawals; (7) method for computing withdrawal liability; (8) obligation to contribute; (9) special rules; (10) changes in business form or suspensions of contributions during a labor dispute not to be considered as withdrawals; (11) notice and collection of withdrawal liability; (12) resolution of disputes between an employer and a plan administrator; and (13) guarantee of funding, by the plan settlors (UMWA and BCOA) establishing a contribution rate payable to the plan by each employer. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an advisory co… | 2025-08-26T15:17:14Z | |
| 102-hr-4762 | 102 | hr | 4762 | To amend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 with respect to the eligibility requirement for benefits under such Act. | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-02 | 1992-04-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 0 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 to provide that: (1) a 20-week work requirement under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 is not applicable to eligibility determinations under the emergency unemployment compensation program; and (2) the base period employment requirements otherwise applicable to regular compensation shall apply. Makes a conforming amendment waiving recovery of certain overpayments. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-hr-4727 | 102 | hr | 4727 | Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-04-01 | 1992-06-03 | See H.R.5260. | House | Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] | NY | D | D000471 | 15 | Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) to extend the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program. Changes the EUC program termination date (currently July 4, 1992) to the earliest of: (1) April 1, 1993; (2) the first day of the third month after the first month (after June 1992) for which the applicable unemployment rate is less than six and one-half percent; or (3) the first day of the first month (after June 1992) for which the applicable unemployment rate is less than six percent. Makes the applicable unemployment rate for any month, for such purposes, the average rate (seasonally adjusted) of total unemployment in all States for the most recent three calendar months for which data are published before the beginning of such month. Provides for specified reductions of benefits during periods after June 13, 1992, and after December 31, 1992 (or three months prior to any earlier termination date for the program than April 1, 1993). Provides, therefore, up to: (1) 33 weeks of EUC benefits in certain high-unemployment States and 26 weeks in all other States, respectively, for claimants prior to June 14, 1992; (2) 26 or 20 weeks, respectively, for new claimants on or after such date; and (3) 13 or 10 weeks, respectively for new claimants on or after January 1, 1993 (or any earlier date for the final three-month phaseout). Provides for up to three months continuation of EUC benefits for certain individuals receiving such benefits for a week during which such termination date occurs. Modifies EUC eligibility requirements to: (1) make a 20-week work requirement inapplicable; (2) provide that an individual is not ineligible by reason of subsequent entitlement to regular benefits; and (3) provide certain transition rules, including a waiver of recovery of certain overpayments and an option to defer rights to certain regular benefits. Provides, … | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 102-hr-4720 | 102 | hr | 4720 | To permit individuals to waive their rights to unemployment compensation based on military service in order to qualify for other unemployment benefits. | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-31 | 1992-04-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] | MA | D | O000085 | 1 | Amends specified Federal law to permit individuals to waive their rights to unemployment compensation based on military service in order to qualify for other unemployment benefits, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-s-2491 | 102 | s | 2491 | Endangered Species Employment Transition Assistance Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-31 | 1992-05-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 3 | Endangered Species Employment Transition Assistance Act of 1992 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to establish an Endangered Species Employment Transition Assistance program for dislocated workers who have been terminated or laid off, or have received a notice of termination or layoff, as a consequence of compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to make determinations of such eligibility pursuant to criteria established in consultation with other specified Federal officials. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, substate grantees, employers, employer associations, and employee representatives to: (1) provide training, adjustment assistance, and employment service to such eligible individuals; and (2) make needs-related payments for completion of such training or education programs to such individuals if they do not qualify or have ceased to qualify for unemployment compensation, are enrolled and participating in such training, and have a total family income (exclusive of unemployment, child support, and welfare benefits) not in excess of the lower living standard income level. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Comptroller General to identify, assess, and report to the Congress on the effects on employment that are attributable to compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973. | 2025-08-26T15:14:39Z | |
| 102-hr-4700 | 102 | hr | 4700 | To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require an independent audit of statements prepared by certain financial institutions with respect to assets of employee benefit plans. | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-30 | 1992-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 17 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to eliminate the exemption for banks (or similar institutions) or insurance carriers from the requirement for an independent audit of certain financial statements regarding employee benefit plan assets. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-4591 | 102 | hr | 4591 | Community Works Progress Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-26 | 1992-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] | OK | D | E000184 | 17 | Community Works Progress Act of 1992 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to establish a new title VI, Community Works Progress and Youth Community Corps Programs. Establishes in the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor a Community Works Progress Office (the Office), to be headed by an Administrator. Directs the Administrator to prepare a plan for implementation of programs of the Office and submit a report summarizing it to the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary), who shall send a copy of the report to the appropriate congressional committees, and promulgate regulations to carry out the plan. Sets forth requirements relating to contracts made by administrative entities carrying out projects under this Act. Requires that such projects comply with nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. Provides that compensation or benefits received by project participants under this Act shall be excluded from consideration under the Higher Education Act of 1965, specified provisions of the Social Security Act, and other determinations of Federal benefits. Requires administrative entities carrying out such projects to submit quarterly progress reports to the State Governor. Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate programs under this Act and report to the Secretary and appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to establish in the Office a Community Works Progress (CWP) program. Provides for CWP program allotments to States, including bonuses to States demonstrating progress in the preceding fiscal year in securing employment for individuals who were receiving AFDC and who no longer require such aid as a result of such employment. Allows States to use such allotments to award grants for CWP projects. Sets forth requirements for State Governors' award of CWP grants to eligible entities (including public agencies, private contractors, and private nonprofit organizations… | 2025-08-26T15:13:50Z | |
| 102-s-2485 | 102 | s | 2485 | Pension Security Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-26 | 1992-03-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Pension Security Act of 1992 - Title I: Amendments to Pension Plan Funding Requirements - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the additional funding requirements for pension plans that are not multiemployer plans to provide for an underfunding reduction requirement and solvency maintenance requirement. Subtitle B: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise the additional funding requirements pension plans that are not multiemployer plans to provide for an underfunding reduction requirement and a solvency maintenance requirement. Title II: Amendments to Title IV of ERISA - Amends title IV (Plan Termination Insurance) of ERISA to set forth limitations on the benefits guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Revises provisions relating to: (1) enforcement of minimum funding requirements; (2) definition of contributing sponsor; (3) recovery ratio payable under PBGC guaranty; (4) distress termination criteria for banking institutions; and (5) variable rate premium exemption. Eliminates a specified seventh revolving fund and transfers its assets and liabilities to the first revolving fund (i.e. the single-employer basic benefits guaranty fund). Title III: Employer Liability, Lien and Priority - Subtitle A: Amendments to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends title IV of ERISA to revise limitations on employer liability liens and priority amounts. Provides that, in the case of plan terminations initiated on or after January 1, 1992, the lien of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for employer liability shall be determined according to a specified formula. Makes similar revisions relating to the amount of liability to the PBGC which is entitled to priority treatment in insolvency and bankruptcy cases. Amends the Pension Protection Act with respect to bankruptcy and insolvency clai… | 2025-08-26T15:15:36Z | |
| 102-hr-4545 | 102 | hr | 4545 | Pension Security Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-24 | 1992-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] | IL | R | M000692 | 0 | Pension Security Act of 1992 - Title I: Amendments to Pension Plan Funding Requirements - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the additional funding requirements for pension plans that are not multiemployer plans to provide for an underfunding reduction requirement and solvency maintenance requirement. Subtitle B: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise the additional funding requirements pension plans that are not multiemployer plans to provide for an underfunding reduction requirement and a solvency maintenance requirement. Title II: Amendments to Title IV of ERISA - Amends title IV (Plan Termination Insurance) of ERISA to set forth limitations on the benefits guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Revises provisions relating to: (1) enforcement of minimum funding requirements; (2) definition of contributing sponsor; (3) recovery ratio payable under PBGC guaranty; (4) distress termination criteria for banking institutions; and (5) variable rate premium exemption. Eliminates a specified seventh revolving fund and transfers its assets and liabilities to the first revolving fund (i.e. the single-employer basic benefits guaranty fund). Title III: Employer Liability, Lien and Priority - Subtitle A: Amendments to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends title IV of ERISA to revise limitations on employer liability liens and priority amounts. Provides that, in the case of plan terminations initiated on or after January 1, 1992, the lien of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for employer liability shall be determined according to a specified formula. Makes similar revisions relating to the amount of liability to the PBGC which is entitled to priority treatment in insolvency and bankruptcy cases. Amends the Pension Protection Act with respect to bankruptcy and insolvency clai… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-4528 | 102 | hr | 4528 | Youth Employability Services 2000 Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-20 | 1992-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Collins, Barbara-Rose [D-MI-13] | MI | D | C000633 | 50 | Youth Employability Services 2000 Act of 1992 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to authorize appropriations to establish five additional Job Corps centers during each of the ten fiscal years beginning with FY 1993. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to evaluate the educational curricula offered by the Job Corps as to whether participants are being adequately prepared with skills to meet the technological demands of the marketplace. Requires a report to the Congress and dissemination of evaluation results. Revises the age limits for participation in the Job Corps to allow not more than 20 percent of the enrollees to be from age 22 through 24. Declares that JTPA allows participants to participate concurrently or sequentially in both the Job Corps and training services for the disadvantaged. Increases from ten to 20 percent the allowable number of nonresidential participants enrolled in the Job Corps in any year. Requires that, in enrolling nonresidential participants, priority be given to those eligible individuals who are single parents with dependent children. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing the number of residential participants in Job Corps programs during any program year below the number during 1991 in order to increase the number of nonresidential participants. Prohibits use of Department of Labor funds to contract with a nongovernmental agency to administer or manage a Civilian Conservation Center of the Job Corps on public land. Directs the Secretary, as practicable, to provide child care at or near Job Corps centers for individuals who require such care for their children in order to participate in the Job Corps. Requires each Job Corps center to provide alcohol and drug abuse counseling and referral to participants who need such services. Directs the Secretary to provide all nonprofit Job Corps contractors with an equitable and negotiated management fee of not less than one percent of the contract amount. | 2025-08-26T15:15:49Z | |
| 102-s-2373 | 102 | s | 2373 | Community Works Progress Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-19 | 1992-05-21 | Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-687. | Senate | Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] | OK | D | B000639 | 16 | Community Works Progress Act of 1992 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to establish a new title VI, Community Works Progress and Youth Community Corps Programs. Establishes in the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor a Community Works Progress Office (the Office), to be headed by an Administrator. Directs the Administrator to prepare a plan for implementation of programs of the Office and submit a report summarizing it to the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary), who shall send a copy of the report to the appropriate congressional committees, and promulgate regulations to carry out the plan. Sets forth requirements relating to contracts made by administrative entities carrying out projects under this Act. Requires that such projects comply with nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. Provides that compensation or benefits received by project participants under this Act shall be excluded from consideration under the Higher Education Act of 1965, specified provisions of the Social Security Act, and other determinations of Federal benefits. Requires administrative entities carrying out such projects to submit quarterly progress reports to the State Governor. Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate programs under this Act and report to the Secretary and appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to establish in the Office a Community Works Progress (CWP) program. Provides for CWP program allotments to States, including bonuses to States demonstrating progress in the preceding fiscal year in securing employment for individuals who were receiving AFDC and who no longer require such aid as a result of such employment. Allows States to use such allotments to award grants for CWP projects. Sets forth requirements for State Governors' award of CWP grants to eligible entities (including public agencies, private contractors, and private nonprofit organizations… | 2025-08-26T15:14:21Z | |
| 102-hr-4407 | 102 | hr | 4407 | Employment and Economic Growth Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-05 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000229 | 5 | Employment and Economic Growth Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to make grants to States and service delivery areas (SDAs) to assist local job projects. Requires that 90 percent of appropriations for this Act for each fiscal year be allotted to States for allocation to SDAs on the basis of: (1) relative number of unemployed individuals residing in areas of substantial unemployment within each SDA; and (2) relative number of economically disadvantaged individuals within areas of substantial poverty in each SDA. Requires that the remaining ten percent of appropriations be distributed by the Secretary on a competitive basis to SDAs experiencing long-term or high unemployment or poverty. Requires expenditure of the following minimum portions of each SDA allocation: (1) at least 70 percent for employment projects, including wages and benefits, for individuals employed in public service or public works jobs; and (2) at least 15 percent for employment benefits. Limits the maximum portion of such allocation which may be expended for: (1) on-the-job training contracts to 25 percent; (2) supplies, tools, and equipment to ten percent; (3) administration, intake, and assessment to ten percent; and (4) education, basic skills, classroom training, and supportive services (such as transportation, stipends and child care) to 20 percent. Makes individuals eligible for project participation if they: (1) are at least 16 years old; and (2) have been unemployed for 30 days from a full-time position or are working part-time because of being displaced from a full-time position. Requires SDAs to give priority for participation to: (1) individuals receiving unemployment insurance for at least three months, individuals receiving cash welfare assistance, veterans, discouraged workers, the homeless, and any member of such additional group as the SDA defines as "at risk" in its job training plan; and (2) individuals with basic skill deficiencies and individuals who do not have a certificate of graduation from high … | 2025-08-26T15:18:14Z | |
| 102-hr-4385 | 102 | hr | 4385 | To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to resolve questions of coverage under those Acts, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-04 | 1992-03-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | S000407 | 4 | Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and railroad retirement tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions relating to employer coverage. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-s-2311 | 102 | s | 2311 | Save American Jobs Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-03-04 | 1992-04-07 | Subcommittee on Labor. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-550. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 2 | Save American Jobs Act - Defines "employer," "plant closing," "mass layoff," and "work transfer" for purposes of this Act. Applies the provisions of this Act to an employer who orders a plant closing or mass layoff at a work site and within one year before or after such event transfers work to a foreign country which has an average wage less than 50 percent of the average U.S. wage. Requires a covered employer to provide affected workers and the Secretary of Labor with a 120-day relocation notice. Subjects an employer to a civil penalty for failure to provide such notice. Directs the Secretary to compile a list of relocating employers and maintain an employer on it for five years. Requires a covered employer to provide dislocated workers with specified coverage of severance pay, health care benefits, and retraining reimbursement. Gives Federal contract priority to employers not on the relocation list. Prohibits the giving of Federal grants or loan guarantees to listed employers, except in certain circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary or any individual to bring an enforcement action under this Act, which may include relief for wages and interest, damages and fees, and injunctive relief. | 2025-08-26T15:18:12Z | |
| 102-hr-4340 | 102 | hr | 4340 | Jobs for the 1990's Act | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-27 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 10 | Jobs for the 1990's Act - Title I: General Purpose and Authority - Establishes a program to provide employment to unemployed individuals through payments for labor and related costs associated with: (1) repair or rehabilitation of community and educational facilities; (2) conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of public lands; and (3) public safety, health, social service, and other activities necessary to the public welfare. Sets forth requirements for: (1) eligibility, in general; (2) priority for participation (including duration of unemployment); (3) special consideration for veterans; and (4) equal employment opportunities. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds including: (1) a 75 percent minimum reservation for wages and benefits; (2) a ten percent maximum limit on administration costs; (3) allowable use of remaining funds for acquiring supplies, tools, equipment, and other materials; (4) allowable use of other funds from other Federal or non-Federal sources; (5) Buy American requirements; (6) allowable use of title II funds for training and related support costs for a number of participants under certain conditions; and (7) a limit on the rate of salaries or wages for administrative or supervisory employees. Title II: Community Renewal Employment Programs - Part A: Community Improvement Projects - Provides for the Secretary of Labor to allot funds for employment of eligible participants in community improvement projects, including types of activities listed in title I of this Act. Allows for joint projects conducting such activities and others funded under other Federal law. Requires such projects to meet certain conditions, including completion within 18 months. Sets forth limitations on public lands projects. Makes eligible under this title any administrative entity of the service delivery area under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) that serves one or more specified eligible jurisdictions, including local governments or areas (or Native American or Alaskan Native entities) that h… | 2025-08-26T15:15:06Z | |
| 102-hr-4351 | 102 | hr | 4351 | Emergency Benefits Flexibility Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-27 | 1992-03-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-20] | CA | R | T000188 | 34 | Emergency Benefits Flexibility Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA) to revise the eligibility requirements applicable both to extended unemployment compensation benefits under FSEUCA and to emergency unemployment compensation benefits under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164). Allows the State the flexibility of choosing more than one Federal wage eligibility standard in determining an individual's eligibility for such benefits. | 2025-08-26T15:17:47Z | |
| 102-s-2291 | 102 | s | 2291 | Emergency Benefits Flexibility Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-27 | 1992-02-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Seymour, John [R-CA] | CA | R | S000269 | 2 | Emergency Benefits Flexibility Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA) to revise the eligibility requirements applicable both to extended unemployment compensation benefits under FSEUCA and to emergency unemployment compensation benefits under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991. Allows the State the flexibility of choosing more than one Federal wage eligibility standard in determining an individual's eligibility for such benefits. | 2025-08-26T15:15:55Z | |
| 102-hr-4305 | 102 | hr | 4305 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit State and local agencies to adopt flexible and compressed work schedules. | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-25 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Lowery, Bill [R-CA-41] | CA | R | L000479 | 8 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit State, local, and interstate governmental agencies to adopt flexible and compressed work schedules (under overtime requirements of such Act). | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-hr-4308 | 102 | hr | 4308 | Family Emergencies and Medical Leave Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-25 | 1992-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 0 | Family Emergencies and Medical Leave Act of 1992 - Title I: General Requirements for Leave - Establishes certain requirements for family and medical leave for permanent employees. Makes employees eligible for such leave if they have been employed, by the employer from whom leave is sought, for at least: (1) a total of 12 months; and (2) 1,250 hours of service during the previous 12-month period. (Excludes from such coverage: (1) employees at worksites at which the employer employs less than 50 persons (100 persons during the first two years after enactment), if the total number of employees of that employer within 50 miles of that worksite is less than 50 (100 during the first two years); and (2) Federal officers and employees covered under title II of this Act.) Entitles employees to the following number of workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of: (1) the birth of their child, 12 weeks; (2) the placement of a child for their adoption or foster care, 12 weeks; (3) their care of a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition, six weeks; or (4) their own serious health condition which makes them unable to perform the functions of their position, six weeks. Conditions such leave for the birth or placement of a child as follows: (1) the entitlement ends 12 months after the birth or placement; and (2) such leave may not be taken intermittently unless employee and employer agree otherwise. Allows intermittent leave for necessary medical treatment of an employee or family member. Allows the employer to require a temporary transfer to an equivalent alternative position that better accommodates such intermittent leave. Allows all leave to which an employee is entitled under this title: (1) to be taken on a reduced leave schedule, upon agreement with the employer; and (2) to consist of unpaid leave, except under specified conditions when substitution of certain types of paid leave may be elected or required. Declares that nothing in this Act shall require an employer to provide paid si… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hconres-280 | 102 | hconres | 280 | Encouraging employee achievement awards. | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-19 | 1992-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 1 | Declares that: (1) businesses should offer monetary employee achievement awards to employees who offer ideas to improve efficiency, productivity, competitiveness, and products; and (2) the Congress should encourage such awards by enacting significant tax incentives for employees to contribute to business productivity and for businesses to reward such contributions. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hjres-416 | 102 | hjres | 416 | Designating March 2, 1992, through March 7, 1992, as "National Saleswoman Week". | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-19 | 1992-02-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] | CT | R | J000163 | 9 | Designates March 2 through 7, 1992, as National Saleswoman Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hjres-412 | 102 | hjres | 412 | Authorizing and requesting the President to designate the second full week in March 1992 as "National Employ the Older Worker Week". | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-18 | 1992-02-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | S000675 | 55 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the second full week in March 1992 as National Employ the Older Worker Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hr-4227 | 102 | hr | 4227 | To provide that the eligibility requirements applicable to regular unemployment compensation benefits shall apply in determining eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation benefits. | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-14 | 1992-02-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-18] | CA | D | L000225 | 29 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to provide that the eligibility requirements applicable to regular (rather than extended) unemployment compensation benefits shall apply in determining eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation benefits under such Act. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-hr-4203 | 102 | hr | 4203 | Unemployment Benefits Assurance Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-07 | 1992-02-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 10 | Unemployment Benefits Assurance Act of 1992 - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to establish special rules for computing the weekly benefit amount and for determining an individual's account, in order to assure that all eligible individuals will receive their full benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program (on the basis of the former full-time employment for which they are eligible to receive such benefits, without being disqualified by State laws which would determine such amount and account on the basis of some intervening temporary period of part-time earnings). | 2025-08-26T15:17:17Z | |
| 102-s-2221 | 102 | s | 2221 | Unemployment Benefits Assurance Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-07 | 1992-02-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | Unemployment Benefits Assurance Act of 1992 - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to establish special rules for computing the weekly benefit amount and for determining an individual's account, in order to assure that all eligible individuals will receive their full benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program (on the basis of the former full-time employment for which they are eligible to receive such benefits, without being disqualified by State laws which would determine such amount and account on the basis of some intervening temporary period of part-time earnings). | 2025-08-26T15:18:16Z | |
| 102-s-2200 | 102 | s | 2200 | Jobs for Economic Growth Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-06 | 1992-02-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Jobs for Economic Growth Act of 1992 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to establish a Jobs for Economic Growth program of demonstration projects to assist eligible persons in obtaining employment. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary), in carrying out such projects, to award grants to eligible entities to establish job training programs that include: (1) participant assessment; (2) education and training in new vocational skills; (3) employment in projects that benefit the community in which the program is established; and (4) job placement services for those who have successfully completed the rest of the program. Requires the program to provide individually designed, part-time education and training, both during and after participants' working hours, including courses in basic literacy skills, college courses for those who need to prepare for a first job, and courses designed for those who need to learn a new career after years of productive employment. Prohibits displacement of public employees by use of program participants. Requires eligible entities to provide participants: (1) an average wage of $6 per hour for job training program employment; (2) payment for participation, for up to five hours per week, in education and training programs; and (3) health care coverage. Requires participants to work a full day to receive full wages, or else be subject to reduction in pay and possible dismissal. Limits the duration of participant eligibility to two years, or until the participant acquires the skills to be placed in a stable employment situation, if sooner. Sets forth participant eligibility requirements. Requires that participants be unemployed currently and for at least the past two months. Requires that they: (1) have participated in job training in public assistance or other private or public programs, and have not found employment through such programs; (2) lack previous job histories; or (3) have multiple and serious handicaps to employment. Requires that they be: (1) publ… | 2025-08-26T15:18:20Z | |
| 102-hr-4149 | 102 | hr | 4149 | Job Opportunities to Benefit Society (JOBS) Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1992-02-04 | 1992-03-05 | Executive Comment Requested from Labor. | House | Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3] | FL | D | B000371 | 4 | Job Opportunities to Benefit Society (JOBS) Act of 1992 - Title I: Programs for the Unemployed - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to establish in the Department of Labor a program of grants to States to create employment programs for certain unemployed individuals in States where the unemployment rate is five percent or more. Requires State Governors, in order to receive fund allotments, to submit annual State plans detailing programs and activities to be assisted and indicating compliance with specified program requirements. Requires a State program to limit such employment to persons within the State who have been unemployed for at least six months and would otherwise qualify for unemployment compensation. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes in the Treasury a Jobs Opportunity to Benefit Society (JOBS) Account, consisting of donations by private individuals and/or corporations to help fund such grants. Allows a State, upon the Secretary's approval of its plan, to receive annual grants based on the number of individuals it expects to employ under the program. Provides that the Secretary will determine the amount of such grants. Terminates the authorization for this Act 36 months from its enactment date. Title II: Deficit Reduction - Requires any grant funds not expended by the Secretary at the end of each fiscal year to be converted to the Treasury for deficit reduction. | 2025-08-26T15:15:09Z | |
| 102-s-2173 | 102 | s | 2173 | An original bill to increase the number of weeks for which benefits are payable under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1992-01-31 | 1992-02-04 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to add 13 weeks to the number of weeks of benefits payable under the emergency unemployment compensation program. Provides for a total number of weeks of such emergency benefits as follows: (1) 33 weeks (currently 20) in higher unemployment States (with a total unemployment rate of nine percent or higher or an adjusted insured unemployment rate of five percent or higher, for specified periods); and (2) 26 weeks (currently 13) for all other States. Extends to July 4, 1992, the expiration date of the emergency unemployment program (currently June 13, 1992). Provides that those who qualify for emergency benefits before the July 4, 1992, expiration date shall receive the full number of weeks to which they are entitled (but makes the increased-by-13-maximum number of weeks applicable only to those eligible by June 13, 1992, and the current maximums applicable to those who first become eligible after June 13). Amends Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provisions to provide for a temporary increase in the amount of certain corporate estimated tax payments, by setting the applicable percentage for such annualized payments at 95 percent of the tax liability for each of 1993 through 1996 (current law sets it at 94 percent for 1993 and 1994, and 95 percent in 1995 and 1996). Extends to June 30, 1992 (currently January 31, 1992) the deadline by which employers must pay certain additional taxes under Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) provisions of the IRC, if they are in a credit reduction State with an unemployment trust fund balance below a certain amount. Allows such employer taxpayers to elect to defer payment until such later date, but requires payment of interest after January 31, 1992 (but not penalties until after June 30, 1992). Extends to July 4, 1992, the program of temporary unemployment benefits for certain railroad workers (under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991). Increases the number of weeks of such benefits for t… | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z |
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