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| 103-s-2565 | 103 | s | 2565 | Court Reporter Fair Labor Standards Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-11-30 | 1994-11-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 1 | Court Reporter Fair Labor Standards Act of 1994 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to allow an exemption from certain Federal wage and hour requirements for State and local official court reporters while they are performing transcription duties for a private party outside of normal working hours, provided there is an understanding between the court reporters and their State or local court employer. | 2025-08-26T13:51:30Z | |
| 103-hres-582 | 103 | hres | 582 | Declaring the sense of the House with respect to the National Performance Review's recommendation to dismantle the railroad retirement system. | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-07 | 1994-10-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Clinger, William F., Jr. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | C000523 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) a continued Federal commitment to the railroad retirement system is essential to assure the integrity of railroad retirees' benefits; and (2) the National Performance Review's proposal to dismantle and transfer the administrative functions of the railroad retirement system to other Federal agencies and eliminate the Railroad Retirement Board should be rejected. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 103-s-2544 | 103 | s | 2544 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to adjust the maximum hour exemption for agricultural employees, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-07 | 1994-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to modify the maximum hour (overtime) exemption for employees of irrigation districts which handle water exclusively for agricultural purposes, by specifying that at least 90 percent of such water is to be ultimately delivered for agricultural purposes. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 103-s-2547 | 103 | s | 2547 | ERISA Audit Improvement Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-07 | 1994-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | ERISA Audit Improvement Act of 1994 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise provisions relating to auditing of employee benefit plans. Eliminates provisions which allow certain limited scope audits by banks, similar institutions, or insurance carriers to fulfill the requirement for an audit by an independent public accountant as part of an employee benefit plan's annual report. Requires external quality control review of qualified public accountants for such ERISA audits. Requires notifications of certain events by plan administrators and accountants. Authorizes assessment of a civil penalty against any plan administrator or accountant who fails to provide the Secretary of Labor with any such required notification. | 2025-08-26T13:51:08Z | |
| 103-hr-5204 | 103 | hr | 5204 | Employee Partnership Reward Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-06 | 1994-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Refundable Income Tax Credit for Nondeferred Distributions from Performance-Based Reward Plans Title II: Establishment of Program to Promote Performance-Based Reward Plans and Employee Decisionmaking Participation Programs Employee Partnership Reward Act of 1994 - Title I: Refundable Income Tax Credit for Nondeferred Distributions from Performance-Based Reward Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow eligible employees a refundable income tax credit for nondeferred distributions from performance-based reward plans. Allows employers an additional deduction for performance-based rewards. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to the Congress on the effect of such credit in stimulating productivity and full employment. Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service each to: (1) collect statistics on the extent of performance-based reward plans in the United States; and (2) prepare studies describing the nature and terms of these plans. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to publish annual estimates of annual tax expenditures for deferred profit-sharing plans and employee stock ownership plans. Title II: Establishment of Program to Promote Performance-Based Reward Plans and Employee Decisionmaking Participation Programs - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish and carry out an Employee Partnership Pilot Program. Directs the Administrator to make five-year program grants to up to five eligible entities to promote implementation of performance-based reward plans and employee decisionmaking participation programs. Requires a matching non-Federal share. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-5226 | 103 | hr | 5226 | ERISA Audit Improvement Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-06 | 1994-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | ERISA Audit Improvement Act of 1994 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise provisions relating to auditing of employee benefit plans. Eliminates provisions which allow certain limited scope audits by banks, similar institutions, or insurance carriers to fulfill the requirement for an audit by an independent public accountant as part of an employee benefit plan's annual report. Requires external quality control review of qualified public accountants for such ERISA audits. Requires notifications of certain events by plan administrators and accountants. Authorizes assessment of a civil penalty against any plan administrator or accountant who fails to provide the Secretary of Labor with any such required notification. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-s-2516 | 103 | s | 2516 | Job Training Consolidation and Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-06 | 1994-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Responsibilities Title II: State Responsibilities Title III: Local Responsibilities Title IV: Consolidation Title V: Integrated Labor Market Information System Job Training Consolidation and Reform Act - Consolidates and revises Federal job training programs to create a workforce development system. (Sec. 3) Authorizes appropriations. Title I: Federal Responsibilities - Establishes the National Workforce Development Board (the Board). (Sec. 101) Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to repeal the establishment of the National Commission for Employment Policy. Replaces references to such Commission with references to the Board. Requires the Board to issue a biennial National Workforce Strategic Plan (Federal Blueprint). Directs the Board also to: (1) provide congressional testimony; (2) make recommendations on measures (including tax code changes) to encourage employers and workers to invest in training and skills upgrading and employers to hire and train hard-to-serve individuals; (3) review implementation and incentive grant proposals; (4) coordinate with the National Skill Standards Board; and (5) make final recommendations in the form of a joint resolution to the President and the Congress. (Sec. 102) Requires the Board to prepare an annual report to be known as the Nation's Workforce Development Report Card (National Report Card) which shall assess the U.S. workforce development system performance and evaluate all workforce development programs that receive Federal funding. (Sec. 103) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants to applicant States to: (1) develop strategic plans for development of comprehensive statewide integrated workforce development systems; and (2) if they are leading edge States, implement such systems. Directs the Secretary to use specified information clearinghouses and other entities to: (1) collect and disseminate information to help States and localities to streamline and reform their job training … | 2025-08-26T13:49:43Z | |
| 103-s-2531 | 103 | s | 2531 | Pension Bill of Rights Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-06 | 1994-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating to Employees' Pension Rights Subtitle A: Right of Inclusion in Pension Plan Subtitle B: Right to Fair Treatment in Earning Benefits Subtitle C: Right to Adequate Funding Subtitle D: Pension Portability Subtitle E: Spousal Rights Title II: Protection of Employees' Pension Rights Subtitle A: Benefit Information Subtitle B: Investment Information and Advice Subtitle C: Assistance of Department of Labor in Enforcing Rights Subtitle D: Court Enforcement Subtitle E: Protection Against Fraud and Abuse Title III: Effective Dates Pension Bill of Rights Act of 1994 - Sets forth, and provides for the implementation of, a Pension Bill of Rights. Title I: Provisions Relating to Employees' Pension Rights - Subtitle A: Right of Inclusion in Pension Plan - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to set forth minimum coverage requirements. Requires each pension plan maintained by an employer to benefit all employees of the employer. Excludes certain employees who are: (1) in a unit covered by a collective bargaining agreement, if retirement benefits were the subject of bargaining; (2) airline pilots covered by a trust pursuant to certain collective bargaining; or (3) nonresident aliens who receive no income from the employer which constitutes income from sources within the United States. Excludes other employees who do not meet certain age and service requirements. Allows employers to apply such requirements separately with respect to each separate line of business, if the plan is not discriminatory in favor of highly compensated employees. (Sec. 102) Revises minimum participation requirements. Lowers the number of hours required for a year of service from 1,000 to 750. Provides for credit for part-time, seasonal, and temporary employees. Provides for treatment of leased employees. Prohibits an employer from … | 2025-08-26T13:49:09Z | |
| 103-hr-5187 | 103 | hr | 5187 | Tobacco Workers Equity Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-05 | 1994-10-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-9] | MI | D | K000172 | 0 | Tobacco Workers Equity Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal the partial overtime exemption for employees who perform services necessary and incidental to the sale and processing of green and cigar leaf tobacco. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-s-2504 | 103 | s | 2504 | Contingent Workforce Equity Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-05 | 1994-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Worker Protections Title II: Employee Benefits Title III: Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors Title IV: Federal Temporary Employees Contingent Workforce Equity Act - Title I: Worker Protections - Provides protections for part-time, temporary, or other contingent workers. (Sec. 101) Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for specified annual increases in the minimum wage. (Sec. 102) Requires that contingent (part-time or temporary) workers receive the same wages as full-time workers for the same work (with exceptions for differential payments pursuant to seniority, merit, or production quantity-or-quality systems or based on factors other than employment status). (Sec. 103) Amends specified Federal law relating to civil rights to protect all persons (including independent contractors) in their right to make and enforce contracts, sue, be parties, give evidence, and be subject to certain requirements free from discrimination based on religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability (race and color discrimination are already prohibited). (Sec. 104) Amends the National Labor Relations Act to include in the collective bargaining units part-time or temporary workers with reasonable expectations of continued employment. Revises joint employer status rules to consider individuals employed by a contractor of an employer as that employer's employees if they are assigned on a regular basis to perform work on the employer's premises and their tasks are functionally integrated with the employer's operations. (Sec. 105) Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require employers to protect all workers (not only their own employees) from hazards within the employers' control. (Sec. 106) Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to extend to part-time employees the right to advance notice of layoffs and plant closings and other rights under such Act. (Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary of Labor, … | 2025-08-26T13:51:59Z | |
| 103-s-2505 | 103 | s | 2505 | Washington State Health Services Reform Enabling Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-05 | 1994-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 0 | Washington State Health Services Reform Enabling Act of 1994 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exempt from preemption under provisions for protection of employee benefit rights certain provisions of the law of the State of Washington relating to health plans. Makes such exemption inapplicable if any such provision, as applied, reduces or restricts benefits or options obtained or to be obtained pursuant to collective bargaining between bona fide employee representatives and one or more employers, or voluntary, participant-paid arrangement sponsored by bona fide employee representatives or their members. | 2025-08-26T13:50:03Z | |
| 103-hr-5166 | 103 | hr | 5166 | Reemployment Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-04 | 1994-10-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | F000270 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment Subtitle A: State and Substate Delivery System Subtitle B: Federal Service Delivery System Subtitle C: Performance Standards and Quality Assurance Systems Subtitle D: Program Requirements Subtitle E: Fiscal Administrative Provisions Subtitle F: Consolidation Provisions Title II: One-Stop Career System for Employment and Training Subtitle A: Basic System Components Subtitle B: Grants to States Subtitle C: Federal Grants to One-Stop Service Areas Subtitle D: Administrative Requirements Subtitle E: Waiver of Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Subtitle F: National Programs Title III: National Labor Market Information Program for Title IV: Technical Provisions Reemployment Act of 1994 - Establishes: (1) a comprehensive program for worker reemployment; (2) a one-stop career system for employment and training; and (3) a national labor market information program for States and localities. (Sec. 3) Authorizes appropriations for titles I, II and III, of this Act. Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment - Allots funds among States for the program under this title. Allows reservation of funds for State activities and reserves certain funds for national activities. Provides for allocation to substate areas, and recapture and reallotment of unexpended funds, (Sec. 103) Makes certain permanently laid-off workers and long-term unemployed individuals (as well as workers facing imminent plant shutdowns and self-employed individuals unemployed because of community economic conditions or natural disasters) eligible for services under this title. Makes dislocated homemakers and involuntarily retired workers eligible if the substate grantee deems this appropriate and certain conditions are met. Subtitle A: State and Substate Delivery System - Makes States … | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-s-2499 | 103 | s | 2499 | Worker-Management Relations for the 21st Century Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-10-04 | 1994-10-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Worker-Management Relations for the 21st Century Act of 1994 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to permit the establishment of labor-management workplace committees to discuss matters of interest and concern, including but not limited to issues of quality, productivity, improved labor-management relations, job security, organizational efficiency, and enhanced economic development. Requires such committees to be composed of an equal number of management officials and employees (the latter elected by popular vote of the employees). Allows such committees to be established only upon the agreement of the employer and a majority of employees. | 2025-08-26T13:49:56Z | |
| 103-hr-5146 | 103 | hr | 5146 | OSHA Reform Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-09-30 | 1994-10-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] | CO | R | H000444 | 0 | OSHA Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to repeal provisions for: (1) inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping; (2) citations; (3) enforcement procedures; (4) judicial review; and (5) civil and criminal penalties. Requires a continuing comprehensive economic analysis of the costs and benefits of each OSHA standard. Directs the Secretary of Labor to consider the number of workers exposed to the toxic material or harmful physical agent, the nature and severity of the potential impairment, and the likelihood of such impairment, in determining the priority for establishing standards dealing with such materials or agents. Provides that employee safety and health participation committees are not prohibited under the National Labor Relations Act or the Railway Labor Act. Establishes a small business assistance and training program, including: (1) technical assistance and consultative services for employers and employees, targeted at small businesses and the most hazardous industries; and (2) certain consultative services to employers provided under cooperative agreements between the States and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Requires that at least one-fourth of the annual appropriation to carry out OSHA be expended for such assistance and training program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to periodically make an award to companies and other organizations which have implemented particularly effective approaches to occupational safety and health, including those providing for effective employee involvement. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hr-5151 | 103 | hr | 5151 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an exemption from the overtime provisions for professional employees of contractors or subcontractors of the Resolution Trust Corporation who are paid on a hourly basis. | Labor and Employment | 1994-09-30 | 1994-10-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | P000099 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from overtime provisions professional employees of contractors or subcontractors of the Resolution Trust Corporation who are paid on an hourly basis. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-sjres-226 | 103 | sjres | 226 | A joint resolution providing for the temporary extension of the application of the final paragraph of section 10 of the Railway Labor Act with respect to the dispute between the Soo Line Railroad Company and certain of its employees. | Labor and Employment | 1994-09-30 | 1994-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 5 | Extends, through February 28, 1995, to the dispute referred to in Executive Order No. 12925 of August 29, 1994, between the Soo Line Railroad Company and its employees, the application of a provision of the Railway Labor Act which prohibits parties to a dispute from modifying, except by agreement, the conditions out of which the dispute arose. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 103-sjres-228 | 103 | sjres | 228 | A joint resolution designating October 29, 1994, as "National Firefighters Day". | Labor and Employment | 1994-09-30 | 1994-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 1 | Designates October 29, 1994, as National Firefighters Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hr-5135 | 103 | hr | 5135 | Employee Benefit Plan Security and Protection Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-09-29 | 1994-10-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 9 | Employee Benefit Plan Security and Protection Act of 1994 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions regarding employee benefit plan fiduciary duties in relation to external benefits, social investing, and economically targeted investments. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hjres-417 | 103 | hjres | 417 | Providing for temporary extension of the application of the final paragraph of section 10 of the Railway Labor Act with respect to the dispute between the Soo Line Railroad Company and certain of its employees. | Labor and Employment | 1994-09-28 | 1994-10-19 | Became Public Law No: 103-380. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 3 | Extends, through February 28, 1995, to the dispute referred to in Executive Order No. 12925 of August 29, 1994, between the Soo Line Railroad Company and its employees, the application of a provision of the Railway Labor Act which prohibits parties to a dispute from modifying, except by agreement, the conditions out of which the dispute arose. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 103-hr-5126 | 103 | hr | 5126 | Workplace Democracy Act of 1992 | Labor and Employment | 1994-09-28 | 1994-10-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Regarding Rights of Employees and Enforcement Authority of the National Labor Relations Board Title II: General Provisions Regarding Right of Employees and Enforcement Authority for the National Labor Relations Board Title III: General Provisions Regarding Pension Plans Workplace Democracy Act of 1992 (sic) - 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. (Sec. 102) Repeals specified prohibitions against strikes, boycotts, and hot cargo agreements. (Sec. 103) 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. (Sec. 104) 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. (Sec. 105) Revises provisions relating to enforcement and the authority of the Board in the… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-5095 | 103 | hr | 5095 | Major League Play Ball Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-09-23 | 1994-09-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 0 | Major League Play Ball Act - Subjects the dispute between the major league baseball owners and players to binding arbitration. Establishes an arbitration board to resolve all issues between the parties and render a binding decision to replace their agreement which expired on December 31, 1993. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hjres-411 | 103 | hjres | 411 | Designating October 29, 1994, as "National Firefighters Day". | Labor and Employment | 1994-09-20 | 1994-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] | MD | D | H000874 | 234 | Designates October 29, 1994, as National Firefighters Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-hr-5018 | 103 | hr | 5018 | To limit the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to overturn certain employee protection agreements. | Labor and Employment | 1994-08-21 | 1994-09-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 0 | Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit the Interstate Commerce Commission from using its authority in rail carrier proceedings to overturn an employee protection arrangement agreed to by all the parties to the arrangement. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 103-hr-4957 | 103 | hr | 4957 | To amend the Railway Labor Act concerning the applicability of requirements of that Act to United States air carriers and flight crews engaged in flight operations outside the United States. | Labor and Employment | 1994-08-12 | 1994-10-05 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] | WV | D | R000011 | 16 | Amends the Railway Labor Act to apply its provisions regarding railway labor practices to flight crew members (excluding ground operations performed by non-flight crew members) employed by air carriers who perform their duties in whole or in part outside of the United States. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 103-sjres-215 | 103 | sjres | 215 | A joint resolution designating September 5, 1994, Labor Day, as "Try American Day". | Labor and Employment | 1994-08-05 | 1994-08-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 9 | Designates September 5, 1994, Labor Day, as Try American Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 103-s-2356 | 103 | s | 2356 | Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-08-03 | 1994-08-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces Act - Establishes the Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces. Prohibits: (1) construing this Act to require any non-Federal entity to provide information to the Commission on such entity's personnel practices; and (2) using information obtained by the Commission from any entity in connection with any employment-related litigation. Terminates the Commission one year after submission of a report required by this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:49:09Z | |
| 103-hr-4868 | 103 | hr | 4868 | Railroad Unemployment Insurance Amendments Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-08-01 | 1994-08-17 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | House | Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2] | WA | D | S001115 | 1 | Railroad Unemployment Insurance Amendments Act of 1994 - Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to revise the waiting period for unemployment benefits. Permits an employee to receive up to seven days of unemployment benefits during the first registration period during a time of continued unemployment, under specified conditions. Prohibits payment of benefits during a registration period if the employee had earnings during it of more than the monthly compensation base for the applicable base year. Makes similar revisions to the waiting period for sickness benefits. Revises the formula for calculating the maximum daily benefit rate. Provides extended benefits for up to 65 days of unemployment or 65 days of sickness during a benefit year after exhaustion of regular benefits. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 103-hr-4861 | 103 | hr | 4861 | Employment Enhancement Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-07-29 | 1994-09-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Zeliff, William H., Jr. [R-NH-1] | NH | R | Z000004 | 35 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Consolidation of Federal Employment Assistance Programs Subtitle A: Block Grants to States Subtitle B: Consolidation and Repeal of Certain Federal Employment Assistance Programs Title II: Notice of Availability of Earned Income Credit Title III: Repeal of Temporary Futa Surtax Employment Enhancement Reform Act - Title I: Consolidation of Federal Employment Assistance Programs - Subtitle A: Block Grants to States - Establishes a block grant program to prepare individuals for employment by increasing their occupational and educational skills. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make such grants, for up to five-year periods subject to annual approval and availability of appropriations, to States to provide employment assistance to eligible individuals. Reserves funds for grants to Indian tribes and migrant and seasonal farm worker organizations. (Sec. 103) Allocates such grants to States on the basis of relative numbers of: (1) unemployed in areas of substantial unemployment; (2) excess unemployed; and (3) economically disadvantaged adults. (Sec. 104) Sets forth requirements for applications, use of grants, and conduct of State programs. Requires State programs to provide employment assistance to the following types of eligible individuals: (1) economically disadvantaged and 14 years or older; (2) certain types of dislocated workers; (3) individuals with disabilities; (4) Armed Forces members being separated under other than adverse conditions; (5) unemployed veterans; and (6) displaced homemakers. Requires States to: (1) profile and evaluate individuals to determine the employment assistance services to be provided; (2) notify individuals of other sources of supportive services; (3) provide appropriate employment assistance, within specified limits; (4) monitor rates of individuals successfully obtaining employment after separation from the program, according to specified criteria; and (5) establish one-stop-shop centers throug… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-s-2328 | 103 | s | 2328 | Federal Acquisition Labor Law Improvement Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-07-27 | 1994-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Federal Acquisition Labor Law Improvement Act of 1994 - Amends the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) to provide for wage determinations based on the locality where the work is performed. Requires contractors and subcontractors covered by DBA to pay laborers and mechanics unconditionally at least weekly without subsequent deduction or rebate, except for certain union dues when the worker gives written authorization. Applies DBA requirements to laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or subcontractor to: (1) work directly upon the site of the work, including work at fabrication plants, batch plants, tool yards, or similar facilities not on the project site but dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to project construction (except previously established facilities whose location and continuance in operation are determined wholly without regard to the contract work); and (2) transport materials, supplies, and equipment to or from the worksite. (This includes truckdrivers, except those employed by an independent trucking company or material supplier for hauling from a permanent previously established facility to the worksite.) Increases the minimum threshold (currently $2,000) for DBA coverage of contracts for public buildings and works to: (1) $100,000 for new construction, complete rehabilitation, or reconstruction; and (2) $50,000 for repairs or alterations. Sets conditions for coverage of leased property. Provides for periodic adjustments of such thresholds. Prohibits splitting contracts. Sets preemption conditions. Revises DBA enforcement provisions, including: (1) administrative procedures, including the Secretary of Labor's authority with respect to payment of workers, debarment of contractors, and coordination of enforcement; (2) review procedures, including court review of coverage determinations; and (3) creation of a private right of action for workers. Amends the Copeland Act to: (1) eliminate weekly payroll data submission for contracts of $100,000 or less; and (2) change such weekly requirement to a m… | 2025-08-26T13:51:40Z | |
| 103-s-2308 | 103 | s | 2308 | Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-07-21 | 1994-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] | CT | D | L000304 | 0 | Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1994 - Establishes the Commission on Retirement Income Policy. Directs the Commission to study and report to the President and 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, which is required by the end of 1995. | 2025-08-26T13:51:36Z | |
| 103-hr-4803 | 103 | hr | 4803 | Fair Pay Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-07-20 | 1994-07-22 | Executive Comment Requested from EEOC. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 36 | Fair Pay Act of 1994 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in payment of wages on the basis of sex, race, or national origin. Requires such nondiscriminatory equal pay for equivalent jobs with the same employer, unless the differential payment is made pursuant to a system of seniority, merit, or production quality or quantity based earnings. Prohibits discrimination against an employee for exercising rights under this Act. Directs the court, in actions brought for violations of this Act, to allow expert fees as part of the costs, in addition to any other remedies awarded to prevailing plaintiffs. Allows such actions to be maintained as class actions. Requires employers to keep records and file annual reports with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) necessary for enforcement of this Act. Provides that such reports' contents shall be public information. Directs the EEOC to carry out a research, education, and technical assistance program for employers, labor organizations, and the general public concerning effective means available to implement this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hjres-384 | 103 | hjres | 384 | To designate the week of February 6, 1995, as "National Inventors Week". | Labor and Employment | 1994-06-30 | 1994-06-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Kim, Jay [R-CA-41] | CA | R | K000181 | 48 | Designates the week of February 6, 1995, as National Inventors Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hjres-379 | 103 | hjres | 379 | To provide for a settlement of the railroad labor-management disputes between the Long Island Rail Road Company and certain of its employees represented by the United Transportation Union. | Labor and Employment | 1994-06-17 | 1994-06-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] | NY | D | A000022 | 14 | Provides for a settlement of the railroad labor-management disputes between the Long Island Rail Road Company and certain of its employees represented by the United Transportation Union. Directs the President to appoint a Special Board, taking into account recommendations of the parties. Requires the Special Board to act as mediators for a 28-day period and then issue a binding determination on any remaining issues in dispute. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 103-hr-4597 | 103 | hr | 4597 | Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-06-17 | 1994-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 23 | Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to set forth separate requirements for OSHA coverage of employing authorities and instrumentalities of the Congress. (Sec. 3) Requires the following criteria in development of OSHA standards: (1) significant risk; (2) feasibility; (3) reasonable cost-benefit relationship; (4) cost-effective and minimal job loss; and (5) where practicable, expressed in objective criteria and desired performance. Revises standard priorities based on toxicity and numbers exposed. Revises rulemaking procedures. Requires a regulatory flexibility analysis for each standard promulgated. (Sec. 4) Requires an annual report on the number and nature of complaints to which the Secretary does not respond under OSHA because another Federal or State agency has jurisdiction, with recommendations on achieving coordination. Provides that employee safety and health participation committees are not prohibited under the National Labor Relations Act or the Railway Labor Act. Provides a nondisclosure privilege for voluntary safety and health audits and reviews. (Sec. 5) Deems a variance to have been issued as of the date of the application filing, if the Secretary fails to act on the application within 180 days of the filing, unless such delay is caused by the applicant's action or inaction. (Sec. 6) Revises inspection provisions. Requires inspections to be conducted by at least one individual trained in and knowledgeable of the industry or the types of hazards. Provides for fire hazard inspection training and referral. Prohibits routine inspections of employers of ten or fewer employees if such employers are: (1) farming operations which do not maintain a temporary labor camp; or (2) in a category of employers having an occupational injury or a lost day rate which is less than the national average. Grants the Secretary discretion in determining which employer complaints must receive formal inspection responses. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hjres-377 | 103 | hjres | 377 | Designating June 27, 1994, as "Veterans Employment Day". | Labor and Employment | 1994-06-16 | 1994-06-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 1 | Authorizes the President to designate June 27, 1994, as Veterans Employment Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hr-4547 | 103 | hr | 4547 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain educational enterprise employees from the minimum wage and overtime compensation provisions of such Act. | Labor and Employment | 1994-06-08 | 1994-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12] | TX | D | G000134 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from minimum wage and overtime compensation provisions employees of educational enterprises recognized as independent school districts who: (1) are employed to serve as parents of children enrolled and residing at facilities of such enterprises; (2) reside at such facilities; (3) receive free board and lodging from such enterprises; and (4) are compensated at an annual rate of at least $6,900. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hr-4517 | 103 | hr | 4517 | To reinstate the emergency unemployment compensation program. | Labor and Employment | 1994-05-26 | 1994-06-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4] | PA | D | K000270 | 18 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 to extend the authorization for new claims for benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program to August 5, 1994. Modifies the final phase-out period for continuation of claims to end it on September 30, 1994. Provides for a similar extension of the program of temporary extended railroad unemployment insurance benefits (and modification of the phase-out period). Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to repeal the export enhancement program of the Department of Agriculture (in order to fund the extensions of unemployment compensation under this Act). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 103-hr-4461 | 103 | hr | 4461 | Workforce Diversity Partnership Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-05-19 | 1994-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | O000159 | 2 | Workforce Diversity Partnership Act of 1994 - Establishes a workforce diversity grant program. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make such grants for various research, education, and training activities relating to workforce and cultural diversity. Makes eligible for such grants partnerships of an institution of higher education with one or more of the following organizations: (1) a for-profit or nonprofit corporation, business, or partnership; (2) a labor organization; or (3) an organization with demonstrated interest or expertise in workforce diversity issues. Sets forth requirements for applications, uses of funds, selection criteria, peer review panels, Federal and non-Federal shares, and reports. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:48:59Z | |
| 103-hr-4437 | 103 | hr | 4437 | To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program. | Labor and Employment | 1994-05-17 | 1994-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26] | NY | D | H000627 | 1 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 to extend the authorization for new claims for benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program to November 30, 1994. Modifies the final phase-out period for continuation of claims to end it on May 30, 1995. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 103-hr-4407 | 103 | hr | 4407 | CAREERS Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-05-12 | 1994-06-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 12 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Responsibilities Subtitle A: Federal Workforce Preparation and Development Council Subtitle B: National Commission for Employment Policy Subtitle C: Federal Waiver Authority for Provisions of Workforce Preparation and Development Programs Subtitle D: Implementation Grants and Technical Assistance Title II: State Responsibilities Subtitle A: State Human Resource Investment Council Subtitle B: Unified Single State Plan Subtitle C: Unified Service Areas Subtitle D: Local Workforce Development Boards Subtitle E: Community Job Resource Centers Title III: Consolidation of Federal Workforce Preparation and Development Programs Subtitle A: Adult Education and Literacy State Block Grant Programs Subtitle B: Vocational and Technical Education State Block Grant Program Subtitle C: State Vocational Rehabilitation Block Grant Program Subtitle D: Adult Employment and Training System Subtitle E: Youth Employment and Training Block Grant Program Subtitle F: Native Americans' Employment, Training, and Education Block Grant Program Subtitle G: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Employment, Training, and Education Block Grant Program Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Title V: Effective Dates and Transition Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment, and Retraining Systems Act (CAREERS Act) - Establishes a comprehensive workforce preparation and development (WPD) system. Title I: Federal Responsibilities - Subtitle A: Federal Workforce Preparation and Development Council - Establishes the Federal Workforce Preparation and Development Council, consisting of the Secretaries of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, and Commerce, the Director o… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-4411 | 103 | hr | 4411 | National Environmental Training and Employment Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-05-12 | 1994-06-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4] | PA | D | K000270 | 17 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Environmental Response Training Program Subtitle A: Certification, Training, and Accreditation Program Subtitle B: Health and Safety Program Title II: National Environmental Response Employment Program Title III: Federal Environmental Coordination Committee and Related Provisions Title IV: Administration and Enforcement National Environmental Training and Employment Act of 1994 - Provides for training, health and safety, employment opportunities, and certification for environmental response employees and employers, emergency responders, and environmental training providers. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the various titles of this Act. Allows other funds to be used to carry out this Act from appropriations for programs, projects, or activities administered by the Departments of Defense, of Energy, of Housing and Urban Development, of the Interior, of Labor, and of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Environmental Protection Agency. Title I: National Environmental Response Training Program - Subtitle A: Certification, Training, and Accreditation Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to establish a National Environmental Training Program to: (1) certify environmental response employers (through a National Certification Program in the Department of Labor); (2) train and certify environmental response employees and emergency responders; and (3) accredit environmental training providers. Subtitle B: Health and Safety Program - Directs the Secretary to establish a national safety and health program covering environmental response employees and emergency responders. Allows such program to be implemented and managed, at the Secretary's discretion, by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Requires such program to include minimum standard medical examination protocols, a medical surveillance program, and a national injury/illness/fatality surveillance system… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hr-4415 | 103 | hr | 4415 | Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-05-12 | 1994-06-10 | See H.R.2108. | House | Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-20] | PA | D | M001088 | 0 | Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act of 1994 - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act (the Act) to provide that, when black lung benefits are paid after an initial determination of eligibility, repayment of an overpayment will not be required even upon a final determination of ineligibility, if there was no fraud or deception by the claimant. Provides for refunds to claimants of any such repayments required before this Act. Provides for reimbursement by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund to operators who made such benefit overpayments. (Sec. 3) Revises evidence requirements. Prohibits the responsible operator or the Trust Fund from requiring more than one medical examination to controvert medical evidence presented by a claimant on the basis of a medical examination. Prohibits any claimant from offering more than three medical examinations; but authorizes the administrative law judge to require the claimant to submit to an additional medical examination. (Sec. 4) Revises requirements for survivor benefits. Provides that a miner's death shall be considered to have occurred as a result of the pneumoconiosis if the miner was receiving benefits for, or was disabled by, pneumoconiosis at the time of death. Qualifies to receive survivor benefits any widow or widower of a miner who was married to the miner for at least nine months preceding the miner's death, or who had children as a result of such a marriage. Provides that widows or widowers of miners are not disqualified to receive survivor benefits if they remarry after attaining age 50, but prohibits them from receiving an augmentation in survivor benefits on any basis arising out of a subsequent marriage. (Sec. 5) Provides for notice and an opportunity for a hearing to appeal to the Secretary any designation of liability as the responsible operator. Authorizes assessment of proceeding costs against any operator who does not have reasonable grounds to contest the designation. (Sec. 6) Requires that all reasonable legal costs and expenses incurred by the claimant… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hr-4367 | 103 | hr | 4367 | Pension Reform Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1994-05-05 | 1994-06-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | K000118 | 0 | Pension Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) with respect to pension integration, participation, and vesting requirements. Extends applicability of new integration rules under the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to all existing accrued benefits. Amends the IRC to disallow integration for simplified employee pensions, by repealing provisions relating to permitted disparity under rules limiting discrimination under simplified employee pensions. Provides for eventual repeal of certain integration rules, by repealing for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, IRC provisions relating to: (1) pension integration exceptions under nondiscrimination requirements for qualification; and (2) nondiscriminatory coordination of defined contribution plans with Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance. Revises IRC minimum coverage requirements with respect to separate lines of business. Sets forth a special rule where the employer operates a single line of business. Limits a line of business exception. Eliminates a special vesting rule for multiemployer plans under IRC and ERISA. Provides for division of pension benefits upon divorce unless otherwise provided in qualified domestic relations orders. Provides for the continued availability of remedies relating to rights of spouses to accrued benefits under pension plans under divorce case domestic relations orders entered before 1985. Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to revise provisions relating to divorced wives' eligibility for annuities. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-s-2077 | 103 | s | 2077 | Community Improvement Volunteer Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-05-04 | 1994-05-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 2 | Community Improvement Volunteer Act of 1994 - Provides for waivers of the prevailing-wage-setting requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act with respect to volunteers who perform services under the Library Services and Construction Act, the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, or migrant health centers or community health centers provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Prohibits approval of any expense, benefit, or fee being paid to such volunteers which has the effect of undermining labor standards by creating downward pressure on prevailing wages in the local construction industry. Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to the appropriate congressional committees on such waivers for volunteers on such projects and make recommendations with respect to other Davis-Bacon-related Acts that could be addressed to permit volunteer work. | 2025-08-26T13:51:24Z | |
| 103-hr-4303 | 103 | hr | 4303 | To provide for a change in the exemption from the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for minors between 16 and 18 years of age who engage in the operation of automobiles and trucks. | Labor and Employment | 1994-04-26 | 1994-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Kreidler, Mike [D-WA-9] | WA | D | K000328 | 23 | Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue a final rule within one year to amend the exemption from child labor restrictions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for minors between 16 and 18 years of age who operate automobiles or trucks under a certain weight to: (1) eliminate the requirement that such operation be only occasional and incidental to the minor's employment; and (2) add the requirement that such operation not be the primary duty of the minor's employment. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-s-2051 | 103 | s | 2051 | Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-04-26 | 1994-04-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 3 | Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from coverage any employee fire fighters or rescue squad members during the period in which they volunteer their services at a location where they are not employed. Waives overtime compensation requirements when fire fighters or rescue squad members volunteer their services to their employer and sign a legally binding waiver. Prohibits employer coercion of such volunteering. | 2025-08-26T13:51:19Z | |
| 103-hr-4288 | 103 | hr | 4288 | Labor Law Enforcement Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-04-21 | 1994-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34] | CA | D | T000316 | 19 | Labor Law Enforcement Act of 1994 - Increases, within the Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor, the number of full-time positions assigned to investigate violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Amends the Service Contract Act to make applicable to contracts subject to liability for specified violations certain enforcement provisions of Federal law and regulations of the Secretary of Labor under the Copeland Act. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase damages for violations of information and recordkeeping requirements. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to increase damages for violations of information and recordkeeping requirements. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hr-4240 | 103 | hr | 4240 | To ensure that defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs of the Department of Defense are directed primarily toward those States (and areas within those States) that have experienced the greatest number of job losses as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of military installations. | Labor and Employment | 1994-04-18 | 1994-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Machtley, Ronald K. [R-RI-1] | RI | R | M000015 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) determine annually the number of employment positions lost in each State since January 1, 1985, as a result of reductions in defense expenditures, the termination of defense contracts (including new weapon systems), or the closure or realignment of military installations; (2) rank each State based on the number of job losses due to such factors; (3) report annually to the Congress and the Secretary of Defense on such job loss determinations; and (4) target to States with the highest percentage of such total job losses any assistance available under defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs for a fiscal year. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-4222 | 103 | hr | 4222 | To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a workforce skills and development loan program to provide grants to States to guarantee loans made to employers, representatives of employees, and other entities to provide skills upgrading for non-managerial employees, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1994-04-14 | 1994-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 9 | Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a workforce skills and development loan program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to use certain amounts to make grants to States to establish reserve funds to guarantee loans to employers, employee representatives, and other eligible entities to provide skills upgrading for non-managerial employees. Gives grant priority to States with demonstrated ability to expeditiously establish and carry out such loan programs. Requires the capacity building and information and dissemination network to include information relating to such skills upgrading activities. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-4184 | 103 | hr | 4184 | Full Employment Opportunity and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-04-13 | 1994-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Collins, Barbara-Rose [D-MI-15] | MI | D | C000633 | 4 | Full Employment Opportunity and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 1994 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a public works and public service job training program. Sets forth provisions for allotment to States, allocation to service delivery areas, program conduct and project requirements, individual eligibility, wages, benefits, and supportive services, waiver of education requirements, and linkages to other programs. Requires that private industry councils include representatives of the State apprenticeship council. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-4150 | 103 | hr | 4150 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make uniform the application of the overtime exemption for inside sales personnel. | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-24 | 1994-10-06 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2091) | House | Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-20] | PA | D | M001088 | 5 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to apply an overtime exemption to employees of any establishment (currently, any retail or service establishment) whose regular rate of pay exceeds one and one-half times the minimum wage and more than half of whose compensation represents commissions on goods or services. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-s-1964 | 103 | s | 1964 | Reemployment and Retraining Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-24 | 1994-04-11 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 15 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment Title II: One-Stop Career Center System Title III: National Labor Market Information System Title IV: Reinvention Labs for Job Training for the Economically Disadvantaged Reemployment and Retraining Act of 1994 - Establishes: (1) a comprehensive program for worker reemployment; (2) a one-stop career center system; (3) a national labor market information system; and (4) reinvention labs for job training for the economically disadvantaged. (Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations for titles I, II, and III of this Act. Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment - Allots funds among States and reserves certain funds for national activities. (Sec. 103) Makes certain permanently laid-off workers and long-term unemployed individuals (as well as workers facing imminent plant shutdowns and self-employed individuals unemployed because of community economic conditions or natural disasters) eligible for services under this title. Makes dislocated homemakers eligible if a State Governor deems this appropriate and certain conditions are met. Part A: State and Substate Delivery System - Makes States responsible for administrative and management systems under this title. (Sec. 112) Requires the Governor to designate or establish a dislocated worker unit at the State level, with specified rapid response, information, and coordination functions. Directs such unit to coordinate with substate grantees and career centers, and to promote worker-management transition assistance committees. Provides for rapid response coverage of certain layoffs, State funding of preliminary assessments of worker buyouts of plants, prohibition of State transfer of rapid response functions, and Federal oversight of such functions. (Sec. 113) Requires the Governor to develop and maintain a comprehensive labor market information system in the State that meets certain requirements relating to the national system of effective labor market i… | 2025-08-26T13:52:07Z | |
| 103-s-1969 | 103 | s | 1969 | Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Amendments Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-24 | 1994-04-11 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 8 | Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Amendments Act - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act to cover employers of 50 or more employees (currently 100). Covers single-site plant closings or mass layoffs affecting 25 or more employees (currently 500 or more, or 50 or more if this comprises one-third of the workers at the site). Eliminates the single-site requirement for plant closings or mass layoffs affecting 100 or more employees, thus covering such closings or layoffs by one employer regardless of the number of sites involved. Specifies that the 90-day aggregate rule covers all related layoffs within that period, whether or not they are each above or below the threshold levels. Extends coverage to part-time employees. (Sec. 3) Revises the notice period based on the number of employees affected: (1) 25-49, 30 days; (2) 50-99, 60 days; and (3) 100 or more, 90 days. (The current period is 60 days.) Requires employer notice to each affected employee (as well as to the employee representative, if there is one). (Sec. 4) Revises and adds enforcement requirements. Adds to employer liability for violations: (1) interest on back pay owed; and (2) an additional amount as liquidated damages equal to the back pay and interest. Limits a good faith exemption to reduction of liability for interest and for a civil penalty. Allows aggrieved employees to enforce employer liability by bringing suit and/or filing a complaint with the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary to investigate and resolve such complaints. Authorizes the Secretary to bring civil actions on behalf of the employee for back pay, interest, benefits, and liquidated damages. Establishes a two-year statute of limitations. (Sec. 5) Requires employers to post notices to employees of pertinent provisions of the Act and information on filing complaints. Establishes fines for willful violations of such posting requirement. | 2025-08-26T13:51:16Z | |
| 103-s-1979 | 103 | s | 1979 | Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 9 | Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of 1994 - Directs employers (including Federal and congressional agencies) to keep posted in conspicuous places a notice prepared or approved by the appropriate primary enforcement agency (the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Fair Employment Practices of the House of Representatives, and the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices) that sets forth: (1) the definition of sexual harassment found in the Code of Federal Regulations or any corresponding similar regulation; (2) the fact that sexual harassment is a violation of Federal law; (3) information describing how to file a complaint with the agency alleging such harassment; (4) an address and toll-free number to be used to contact the agency; and (5) other information required by the agency. Provides for annual notices by employers to individual employees which provide such information and a description of the procedures used by the employers to resolve allegations of sexual harassment. Requires employers to provide to each supervisory employee information specifying the responsibility of, and the methods to be used by, such employee to ensure that immediate and corrective action is taken to address allegations of sexual harassment. Prescribes civil penalties for willful violations of this Act. Directs each primary enforcement agency to make model notices and voluntary guidelines for procedures dealing with allegations of sexual harassment available to employers at no cost as well as a toll-free number for information regarding this Act. Sets forth provisions governing actions by the primary enforcement agencies to enforce sexual harassment statutes and rules. | 2025-08-26T13:48:51Z | |
| 103-hr-4064 | 103 | hr | 4064 | To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to provide counseling and guidance relating to postsecondary education options for dislocated workers. | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-17 | 1994-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Johnston, Harry [D-FL-19] | FL | D | J000187 | 14 | Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to provide that specified funds for employment and training assistance for dislocated workers shall be used to provide counseling and guidance relating to postsecondary education options for eligible dislocated workers, including information on public and private programs of student financial assistance. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-4072 | 103 | hr | 4072 | Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Amendments Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-17 | 1994-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | F000270 | 1 | Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Amendments Act - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act to cover employers of 50 or more employees (currently 100). Covers single-site plant closings or mass layoffs affecting 25 or more employees (currently 500 or more, or 50 or more if this comprises one-third of the workers at the site). Eliminates the single-site requirement for plant closings or mass layoffs affecting 100 or more employees, thus covering such closings or layoffs by one employer regardless of the number of sites involved. Specifies that the 90-day aggregate rule covers all related layoffs within that period, whether or not they are each above or below the threshold levels. Extends coverage to part-time employees. (Sec. 3) Revises the notice period based on the number of employees affected: (1) 25-49, 30 days; (2) 50-99, 60 days; and (3) 100 or more, 90 days. (The current period is 60 days.) Requires employer notice to each affected employee (as well as to the employee representative, if there is one). (Sec. 4) Revises and adds enforcement requirements. Adds to employer liability for violations: (1) interest on back pay owed; and (2) an additional amount as liquidated damages equal to the back pay and interest. Limits a good faith exemption to reduction of liability for interest and for a civil penalty. Limits the maximum period for which liability may be calculated. Allows aggrieved employees to enforce employer liability by bringing suit and/or filing a complaint with the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary to investigate and resolve such complaints. Authorizes the Secretary to bring civil actions on behalf of the employee for back pay, interest, benefits, and liquidated damages. Establishes a two-year statute of limitations. (Sec. 5) Requires employers to post notices to employees of pertinent provisions of the Act and information on filing complaints. Establishes fines for willful violations of such posting requirement. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-s-1943 | 103 | s | 1943 | Job Training Consolidation Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-17 | 1994-03-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 9 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Use of Federal Funds for State Employment Training Activities Title II: Development of State Employment Training Systems Subtitle A: Commission on Employment and Training Subtitle B: Consolidation of Employment Training Programs Job Training Consolidation Act of 1994 - Consolidates Federal employment and training programs. Grants waivers to States and localities to coordinate program services during a transition period. Establishes a national commission to develop a national policy for a comprehensive system of such services, with State and local responsibility for, and private sector involvement in, design and implementation of such services. Title I: Use of Federal Funds for State Employment Training Activities - Allows States and localities that receive formula assistance for covered activities under specified Federal employment training programs, or certain discretionary assistance, or States that apply for funds for trade adjustment assistance services, to: (1) use such assistance to develop a comprehensive statewide employment training system; or (2) use assistance that would otherwise have been used for two or more covered activities to address unemployed persons' high priority needs for employment training services, improve efficiency in delivery of covered activities, or combine or eliminate overlapping or duplicative activities. (Sec. 105) Requires State and locality reports on use of such assistance. Title II: Development of State Employment Training Systems - Subtitle A: Commission on Employment and Training - Establishes the Commission on Employment and Training. (Sec. 204) Terminates the Commission after its report. (Sec. 205) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Consolidation of Employment and Training Programs - Repeals, 29 months after enactment of this Act, the following: (1) the Job Training Partnership Act; (2) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act; (3) certain literacy programs u… | 2025-08-26T13:52:26Z | |
| 103-s-1950 | 103 | s | 1950 | Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-17 | 1994-03-22 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 1 | Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to include coverage of Federal employees of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. (Sec. 3) Requires a regulatory flexibility analysis for each OSHA standard promulgated. Requires a continuing comprehensive economic analysis of the costs and benefits of each OSHA standard, and biennial reports by the Secretary of Labor to the Congress. (Sec. 4) Prohibits citation for violation of a standard for which the employer has a variance pending for at least 90 days. (Sec. 5) Revises inspection provisions. Requires inspections to be conducted by at least one individual trained in and knowledgeable of the industry or the types of hazards. Provides for fire hazard inspection training and referral. Prohibits routine inspections of employers of ten or fewer employees if such employers are: (1) farming operations which do not maintain a temporary labor camp; and or (2) in a category of employers having an occupational injury or a lost day rate which is less than the national average. Grants the Secretary discretion in determining which employer complaints must receive formal inspection responses. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to establish a voluntary compliance program granting partial exemption from OSHA general inspections for employers who either retain certain consultation or certification programs or have an exemplary safety record and a safety and health program meeting specified criteria. Makes certain restrictions under the National Labor Relations Act inapplicable to employer involvement with employee health and safety committees. (Sec. 7) Adds employer defenses of employee misconduct or alternative safer methods. (Sec. 8) Extends the period for employer contests of citations by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Requires deference to be given the Commission's reasonable conclusions with respect to questions of law. (Sec. 9) Revises procedures for discrimination protection for whi… | 2025-08-26T13:51:36Z | |
| 103-s-1951 | 103 | s | 1951 | Reemployment Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-17 | 1994-05-26 | Committee on Finance. Held hearings on provisions of the bill. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 15 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment Title II: Retraining Income Support and Flexibility in Unemployment Compensation Title III: One-Stop Career Center System Title IV: National Labor Market Information System Title V: Reinvention Labs for Job Training for the Economically Disadvantaged Reemployment Act of 1994 - Establishes: (1) a comprehensive program for worker reemployment; (2) retraining income support and flexibility in unemployment compensation; (3) a one-stop career center system; (4) a national labor market information system; and (5) reinvention labs for job training for the economically disadvantaged. (Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations for titles I, III, and IV of this Act. Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment - Allots funds among States and reserves certain funds for national activities. (Sec. 103) Makes certain permanently laid-off workers and long-term unemployed individuals (as well as workers facing imminent plant shutdowns and self-employed individuals unemployed because of community economic conditions or natural disasters) eligible for services under this title. Makes dislocated homemakers eligible if a State Governor deems this appropriate and certain conditions are met. Part A: State and Substate Delivery System - Makes States responsible for administrative and management systems under this title. (Sec. 112) Requires the Governor to designate or establish a dislocated worker unit at the State level, with specified rapid response, information, and coordination functions. Directs such unit to coordinate with substate grantees and career centers, and to promote worker-management transition assistance committees. Provides for rapid response coverage of certain layoffs, State funding of preliminary assessments of worker buyouts of plants, prohibition of State transfer of rapid response functions, and Federal oversight of such functions. (Sec. 113) Requires the Governor to develop and main… | 2025-08-26T13:50:27Z | |
| 103-hr-4040 | 103 | hr | 4040 | Reemployment Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-16 | 1994-07-22 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-5] | IL | D | R000458 | 94 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment Title II: Retraining Income Support and Flexibility in Unemployment Compensation Title III: One-Stop Career Center System Title IV: National Labor Market Information System Title V: Reinvention Labs for Job Training for the Economically Disadvantaged Reemployment Act of 1994 - Establishes: (1) a comprehensive program for worker reemployment; (2) retraining income support and flexibility in unemployment compensation; (3) a one-stop career center system; (4) a national labor market information system; and (5) reinvention labs for job training for the economically disadvantaged. (Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations for titles I, III, and IV of this Act. Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment - Allots funds among States and reserves certain funds for national activities. (Sec. 103) Makes certain permanently laid-off workers and long-term unemployed individuals (as well as workers facing imminent plant shutdowns and self-employed individuals unemployed because of community economic conditions or natural disasters) eligible for services under this title. Makes dislocated homemakers eligible if a State Governor deems this appropriate and certain conditions are met. Part A: State and Substate Delivery System - Makes States responsible for administrative and management systems under this title. (Sec. 112) Requires the Governor to designate or establish a dislocated worker unit at the State level, with specified rapid response, information, and coordination functions. Directs such unit to coordinate with substate grantees and career centers, and to promote worker-management transition assistance committees. Provides for rapid response coverage of certain layoffs, State funding of preliminary assessments of worker buyouts of plants, prohibition of State transfer of rapid response functions, and Federal oversight of such functions. (Sec. 113) Requires the Governor to develop and main… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hr-4050 | 103 | hr | 4050 | Reemployment Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-16 | 1994-10-04 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2050) | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | F000270 | 113 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment Title II: One-Stop Career Center System Title III: National Labor Market Information System Title IV: Reinvention Labs for Job Training for the Economically Disadvantaged Reemployment Act of 1994 - Establishes: (1) a comprehensive program for worker reemployment; (2) a one-stop career center system; (3) a national labor market information system; and (4) reinvention labs for job training for the economically disadvantaged. (Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations for titles I, III, and IV of this Act. Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment - Allots funds among States and reserves certain funds for national activities. (Sec. 103) Makes certain permanently laid-off workers and long-term unemployed individuals (as well as workers facing imminent plant shutdowns and self-employed individuals unemployed because of community economic conditions or natural disasters) eligible for services under this title. Makes dislocated homemakers eligible if a State Governor deems this appropriate and certain conditions are met. Part A: State and Substate Delivery System - Makes States responsible for administrative and management systems under this title. (Sec. 112) Requires the Governor to designate or establish a dislocated worker unit at the State level, with specified rapid response, information, and coordination functions. Directs such unit to coordinate with substate grantees and career centers, and to promote worker-management transition assistance committees. Provides for rapid response coverage of certain layoffs, State funding of preliminary assessments of worker buyouts of plants, prohibition of State transfer of rapid response functions, and Federal oversight of such functions. (Sec. 113) Requires the Governor to develop and maintain a comprehensive labor market information system in the State that meets certain requirements relating to the national system of effective labor market information. (Se… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hr-3966 | 103 | hr | 3966 | Blind Workers' Wage Equity Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-07 | 1994-03-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 5 | Blind Workers' Wage Equity Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that individuals with impaired vision or blindness are not to be covered by special certificates for employment of handicapped workers at a lower than minimum wage. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hr-3949 | 103 | hr | 3949 | Entitled, "The Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Act". | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-03 | 1994-03-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | B000229 | 38 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from coverage any fire fighters or rescue squad members during the period in which they volunteer their services at a location where they are not employed. Waives overtime compensation requirements when fire fighters or rescue squad members volunteer their services to their employer and sign a legally binding waiver. Prohibits employer coercion of such volunteering. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hres-372 | 103 | hres | 372 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning providing as part of health care reform financial incentives to promote worksite health promotion programs. | Labor and Employment | 1994-03-01 | 1994-03-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] | OH | D | B000944 | 17 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be financial incentives for employers to offer worksite health promotion programs. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-s-1870 | 103 | s | 1870 | A bill to provide State programs to encourage employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States. | Labor and Employment | 1994-02-24 | 1994-03-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to facilitate the establishment of State programs to foster increased employee ownership and greater employee participation in business decisionmaking. Requires the Secretary to establish the Office of Employee Ownership and Participation to support existing State programs and facilitate new State programs, including: (1) making of matching Federal grants; (2) acting as a clearinghouse for information; and (3) facilitating information exchange and promoting State programs. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director of the Office of Employee Ownership and Participation to report to the Congress. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 103-hr-3882 | 103 | hr | 3882 | Health Care Reform Job Preservation Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-02-23 | 1994-05-05 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3063) | House | Rep. Gallo, Dean A. [R-NJ-11] | NJ | R | G000025 | 31 | Health Care Reform Job Preservation Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office each to study and report to the Congress and the President on the effect of any comprehensive health care reform legislation passed by the 103d Congress on: (1) job loss and gain; (2) shifts to jobs requiring lesser levels of education or skill; (3) shifts from full-time to part-time employment; and (4) decrease in wages or salaries. Provides that any such comprehensive health care reform legislation shall not take effect until such job impact reports are completed and the President submits to the Congress written notification that the President has reviewed the reports and knows of any job losses and shifts in types of available jobs the reports may predict. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-s-1855 | 103 | s | 1855 | A bill to extend the coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign documented vessels, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1994-02-11 | 1994-02-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA] | PA | D | W000665 | 1 | Extends coverage under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to certain foreign vessels which: (1) regularly engage in transporting passengers from and to a place in the United States, with or without intervening stops at foreign ports, including a vessel regularly engaged in transporting passengers only from or to a place in the United States if such transport is so arranged for the purposes of avoiding certain consequences that would otherwise result; (2) (if nonliners) regularly engage in transporting cargo in the foreign trade of the United States; and (3) produce or process goods or services for sale or distribution in the United States, and a vessel that engages in transporting cargo between vessels in international waters and a vessel, port, or place in the United States regardless of the vessel's ownership or control. Excludes any such vessel that can demonstrate that citizens of the country of registry: (1) compose at least one-half of the crew; and (2) hold legal title and beneficial ownership and control. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 103-s-1851 | 103 | s | 1851 | A bill to exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1994-02-10 | 1994-03-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA] | PA | D | W000665 | 2 | 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. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 103-hr-3826 | 103 | hr | 3826 | Expanded Training Opportunities Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-02-09 | 1994-03-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 0 | Expanded Training Opportunities Act - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to revise provisions for employment and training assistance for dislocated workers. Provides for employment and training assistance for certain individuals employed at or living in the community of a plant, facility, or enterprise scheduled to close or undergo significant layoffs. Includes skills enhancement to improve employment prospects among authorized retraining services for dislocated workers. Includes in-house training and retraining programs for workers in companies undergoing restructuring among authorized demonstration programs. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-3774 | 103 | hr | 3774 | Davis-Bacon Abolition Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-02-02 | 1994-02-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4] | SC | R | I000023 | 4 | Davis-Bacon Abolition 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). | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hjres-312 | 103 | hjres | 312 | To provide for the designation of September 1, 1994, as "Working Mothers' Day". | Labor and Employment | 1994-02-01 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 0 | Authorizes the President to designate September 1, 1994, as Working Mothers' Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 103-hr-3736 | 103 | hr | 3736 | Workforce Education Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-01-26 | 1994-02-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25] | TX | D | A000209 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Targeted Jobs Credit for School-to-Work Programs Title II: Authorization of Appropriations for the National and Community Service Act of 1990 Title III: Study and Report Relating to Consolidation of Federal Dislocated Worker Programs Title IV: Financing Provisions Workforce Education Act of 1994 - Title I: Targeted Jobs Credit for School-to-Work Programs - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a targeted jobs credit to employers for employing qualified participants in approved school-to-work programs. Title II: Authorization of Appropriations for the National and Community Service Act of 1990 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the national service trust program, national service educational awards, quality and innovation activities, Civilian Community Corps demonstration program, and administration of such Act. Title III: Study and Report Relating to Consolidation of Federal Dislocated Worker Programs - Directs the Secretary of Labor to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of consolidating the administration of specified Federal dislocated worker programs into a single comprehensive program with certain goals. Title IV: Financing Provisions - Requires certain Federal agencies to prefund government health benefits contributions for their annuitants. Rescinds 15 percent of official travel funds for executive departments or agencies (with specified exceptions) and for any entity in the legislative branch. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-3738 | 103 | hr | 3738 | Pay Equity Employment Reform Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1994-01-26 | 1994-02-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25] | TX | D | A000209 | 17 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating to Pay and Personnel Practices in the Executive Branch Title II: Provisions Relating to Pay and Personnel Practices in the Legislative Branch Title III: Discriminatory Wage-Setting Practices and Discriminatory Wage Disparities Subtitle A: Technical Assistance Subtitle B: Wage Discrimination Based on Sex, Race, or National Origin Subtitle C: Compliance With Executive Order 11246 Subtitle D: Amendments to Achieve Budget Neutrality Pay Equity Employment Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Provisions Relating to Pay and Personnel Practices in the Executive Branch - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to provide for: (1) a study and report to the President and the Congress by an outside consultant evaluating certain Government personnel practices for discriminatory pay practices and providing recommendations for corrective action; and (2) implementation of such recommendations. Gives OPM continuing oversight over the implementation process. Title II: Provisions Relating to Pay and Personnel Practices in the Legislative Branch - Requires the General Accounting Office to: (1) perform similar studies and make similar reports with respect to legislative branch positions subject to statutory civil rights and labor standards protections; and (2) develop a plan for applying certain non-discriminatory pay and other principles to other legislative branch positions. Title III: Discriminatory Wage-Setting Practices and Discriminatory Wage Disparities - Requires the Secretary to develop and carry out a continuing program for eliminating discriminatory wage-setting practices and wage disparities through, among other means, providing appropriate technical assistance to any public or private entity upon request. Authorizes appropriations to the Equal Employment … | 2025-08-26T13:50:15Z | |
| 103-s-1793 | 103 | s | 1793 | HERO Act | Labor and Employment | 1994-01-25 | 1994-03-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID] | ID | R | K000088 | 1 | Heroic Efforts to Rescue Others Act (HERO Act) - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to exempt from citation by the Secretary of Labor employers of certain individuals who perform rescues of individuals in imminent danger as a result of a life-threatening incident, unless certain circumstances apply. | 2025-08-26T13:51:20Z | |
| 103-s-1780 | 103 | s | 1780 | Retirement Protection Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-11-23 | 1994-06-15 | Committee on Finance. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Pension Plan Funding Subtitle A: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Subtitle B: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Title II: Amendments Related to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Title III: Participant Services Title IV: Miscellaneous Amendments Title V: Effective Dates Retirement Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to revise provisions for pension plan funding, compliance, premiums, and participant protection and services. Title I: Pension Plan Funding - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends IRC requirements for pension plan funding, including: (1) minimum funding, revising additional funding requirements for single-employer plans; (2) limitation on changes in current liability assumptions; (3) recognition of already bargained changes in liability; (4) modification of the quarterly contribution requirement; and (5) exceptions to the excise tax on nondeductible contributions. Subtitle B: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends ERISA requirements for pension plan funding, including: (1) minimum funding, revising additional funding requirements for single-employer plans; (2) limitation on changes in current liability assumptions; (3) recognition of already bargained changes in liability; and (4) modification of the quarterly contribution requirement. Title II: Amends Relating to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends title IV (Plan Termination Insurance) of ERISA to revise requirements relating to reportable events. Authorizes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to apply for judicial review other than involuntary termination. Requires that specified additional information be furnished to the PBGC. Adds provisions rela… | 2025-08-26T13:49:38Z | |
| 103-s-1781 | 103 | s | 1781 | Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act | Labor and Employment | 1993-11-23 | 1994-03-15 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 103-514. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 7 | Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act (the Act) to provide that, when black lung benefits are paid after an initial determination of eligibility, repayment of an overpayment will not be required even upon a final determination of ineligibility, if there was no fraud or deception by the claimant. Provides for refunds to claimants of any such repayments required before this Act. Provides for reimbursement by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund to operators who made such benefit overpayments. Revises evidence requirements. Limits to three the number of medical examinations a claimant may submit, but authorizes an administrative law judge to require the claimant to submit to an additional medical examination. Prohibits the responsible operator or the Trust Fund from submitting or requiring more than the number of medical examinations conducted or submitted during the course of all proceedings by the claimant. Revises requirements for survivor benefits. Provides that a miner's death shall be considered to have occurred as a result of the pneumoconiosis if the miner was receiving benefits for, or was totally disabled by, pneumoconiosis at the time of death. Qualifies to receive survivor benefits any widow or widower of a miner who was married to the miner for at least nine months preceding the miner's death, or who had children as a result of such a marriage. Provides that widows or widowers of miners are not disqualified to receive survivor benefits if they remarry after attaining age 50; but prohibits them from receiving an augmentation in survivor benefits on any basis arising out of a subsequent marriage. Provides for notice and an opportunity for a hearing to appeal the Secretary's initial designation of liability as the responsible operator. Authorizes assessment of proceeding costs against any operator who does not have reasonable grounds to contest the designation. Requires that all reasonable legal costs and expenses incurred by the claimant be paid by the responsible o… | 2025-08-26T13:50:29Z | |
| 103-hr-3658 | 103 | hr | 3658 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that employees in classified positions in community colleges are not required to receive overtime compensation for service in a certified or other academic position. | Labor and Employment | 1993-11-22 | 1993-12-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-19] | CA | D | L000225 | 20 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that community college employees in classified positions are not required to receive overtime compensation for additional service, on their own volition, in certified or academic positions. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-hr-3672 | 103 | hr | 3672 | To require the Secretary of Labor to establish cost-of-living indexes on a regional basis. | Labor and Employment | 1993-11-22 | 1993-12-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish a system for determining cost-of-living indexes separately for each statistical area and each congressional district; and (2) publish the initial index for each such area and district. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-3705 | 103 | hr | 3705 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from that Act for inmates of penal or other correctional institutions who participate in certain programs. | Labor and Employment | 1993-11-22 | 1994-07-14 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5] | FL | D | T000253 | 43 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from coverage under such Act inmates of penal or other correctional institutions who participate in correctional work programs. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-s-1773 | 103 | s | 1773 | Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act | Labor and Employment | 1993-11-22 | 1993-11-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 5 | Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act (the Act) to provide that, when black lung benefits are paid after an initial determination of eligibility, repayment of an overpayment will not be required even upon a final determination of ineligibility, if there was no fraud or deception by the claimant. Provides for refunds to claimants of any such repayments required before this Act. Provides for reimbursement by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund to operators who made such benefit overpayments. Revises evidence requirements. Limits to three the number of medical examinations a claimant may offer, but authorizes an administrative law judge to require the claimant to submit to an additional medical examination. Prohibits the responsible operator or the Trust Fund from submitting or requiring more than the number of medical examinations conducted or submitted during the course of all proceedings by the claimant. Revises requirements for survivor benefits. Provides that a miner's death shall be considered to have occurred as a result of the pneumoconiosis if the miner was receiving benefits for, or was totally disabled by, pneumoconiosis at the time of death. Qualifies to receive survivor benefits any widow or widower of a miner who was married to the miner for at least nine months preceding the miner's death, or who had children as a result of such a marriage. Provides that widows or widowers of miners are not disqualified to receive survivor benefits if they remarry after attaining age 50, but prohibits them from receiving an augmentation in survivor benefits on any basis arising out of a subsequent marriage. Provides for notice and an opportunity for a hearing to appeal the Secretary's initial designation of liability as the responsible operator. Authorizes assessment of proceeding costs against any operator who does not have reasonable grounds to contest the designation. Requires that all reasonable legal costs and expenses incurred by the claimant be paid by the responsible … | 2025-08-26T13:52:25Z | |
| 103-s-1755 | 103 | s | 1755 | Employee Ownership Promotion and Improvement Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-11-20 | 1993-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Investment Incentives Title II: Incentives to Employees Title III: State Programs to Encourage Employee Ownership Employee Ownership Promotion and Improvement Act of 1993 - Title I: Investment Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for taxpayers other than corporations, a percentage of the gain from the sale or exchange of qualified stock of an employee-owned business held for at least five years. Treats such exclusion as an item of tax preference. Makes the securities of publicly traded companies eligible for the deferral of capital gains tax on the sale of stock to employee stock ownership plans (ESOP) or certain cooperatives. Removes ESOP dividends as a tax preference item for calculation of corporate alternative minimum tax. Title II: Incentives to Employees - Allows an ESOP to include certain characteristics of other pension plans, such as cash or deferred arrangements and matching contributions. Increases the limitation on elective deferrals for contributions to ESOPs. Excludes from gross income 50 percent of the lump sum distribution from ESOPs. Excludes from gross income capital gain on an employee's investment in employer securities if: (1) the security is originally issued to or purchased by an employee and held for at least ten years; (2) the employee is at least 55 years old; and (3) the security is sold within one year after separation. Allows employee-owned businesses to take a deduction equal to the compensation element of incentive stock options for the year in which the option is exercised, while allowing the recipient to defer taxes until the stock is sold. Allows S corporations to sponsor ESOPs. Title III: State Programs to Encourage Employee Ownership - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to facilitate the establishment of State programs to foster increased employee ownership and greater employee participation in business decisionmaking. Requires the Secretary to establish the Office of E… | 2025-08-26T13:51:46Z | |
| 103-s-1713 | 103 | s | 1713 | Work Force Diversity Partnership Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-11-19 | 1993-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Work Force Diversity Partnership Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award grants for public-private partnerships to encourage work force diversity through study of relevant issues and development of education and training materials and programs. Makes eligible for such grants institutions of higher education in partnership with for-profit or nonprofit corporations, businesses, or partnerships, labor organizations, or organizations with demonstrated interest or expertise in such issues. Gives priority to grant proposals demonstrating availability of sufficient amounts of non-Federal contributions, or resources from non-governmental entities. Requires peer review panels, recipient reports, and annual reports by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:48:49Z | |
| 103-s-1661 | 103 | s | 1661 | Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-11-16 | 1993-11-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 4 | Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1993 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 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. | 2025-08-26T13:52:32Z | |
| 103-hr-3481 | 103 | hr | 3481 | Pension Restoration Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-11-09 | 1993-12-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Roemer, Tim [D-IN-3] | IN | D | R000385 | 4 | Pension Restoration Act of 1993 - Establishes a Federal annuity program, administered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, to compensate participants in private pension plans which were terminated before September 1, 1974, for nonforfeitable pension benefits lost by reason of the termination. Sets forth provisions for such annuity program, relating to: (1) entitlement; (2) computation; (3) applications; (4) administrative appeals; (5) judicial review; (6) payment; (7) interagency coordination and cooperation; and (8) regulations. Provides for use of certain funds under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to pay such annuities and the administrative costs of such program. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-3396 | 103 | hr | 3396 | Retirement Protection Act of 1994 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-28 | 1994-08-26 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 391. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | F000270 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Pension Plan Funding Subtitle A: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Subtitle B: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Title II: Amendments Related to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Title III: Participant Services Title IV: Miscellaneous Amendments Title V: Effective Dates and Related Rules Retirement Protection Act of 1994 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to revise provisions for pension plan funding, compliance, premiums, and participant protection and services. Title I: Pension Plan Funding - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends ERISA requirements for pension plan funding, including: (1) minimum funding, revising additional funding requirements for single-employer plans; (2) limitation on changes in current liability assumptions; (3) anticipation of bargained benefit increases; and (4) modification of the quarterly contribution requirement. Subtitle B: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends IRC requirements for pension plan funding, including: (1) minimum funding, revising additional funding requirements for single-employer plans; (2) limitation on changes in current liability assumptions; (3) anticipation of bargained benefit increases; (4) modification of the quarterly contribution requirement; and (5) exceptions to the excise tax on nondeductible contributions. Title II: Amendments Related to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends title IV (Plan Termination Insurance) of ERISA to revise requirements relating to reportable events. Authorizes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to apply for other judicial relief as an alternative to involuntary termination. Requires that specified additional information be furnished to the PBGC. Ad… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 103-hr-3409 | 103 | hr | 3409 | To amend the Social Security Act to exclude the Unemployment Trust Fund from the budget of the United States Government. | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-28 | 1993-11-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Long, Jill L. [D-IN-4] | IN | D | L000420 | 7 | Amends the Social Security Act, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for excluding the Unemployment Trust Fund from Federal budget calculations. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 103-sres-159 | 103 | sres | 159 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Department of Labor should provide adequate resources to the States to cover the costs of developing and implementing the worker profiling system and should provide the Governors with adequate flexibility to ensure that the funds appropriated will be made available to provide reemployment services for profiled claimants. | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-28 | 1993-10-28 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S14600-14601) | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of Labor should provide adequate: (1) resources to the States to cover costs of developing and implementing the worker profiling system; and (2) flexibility for Governors to ensure that the appropriated funds will be made available to provide reemployment services for profiled claimants. | 2021-06-02T20:15:37Z | |
| 103-sres-156 | 103 | sres | 156 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to future extensions of the emergency unemployment compensation program. | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-27 | 1993-10-27 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S14488) | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it does not anticipate the need for enactment of a further extension of the emergency unemployment compensation program; and (2) the Administration should propose, and the Congress should enact, legislation to reform the current unemployment insurance system. | 2021-06-02T20:15:36Z | |
| 103-s-1580 | 103 | s | 1580 | A bill to provide that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 does not preempt certain State laws, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-21 | 1994-03-10 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 103-506. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide that title I (Protection of Employee Benefit Rights) does not preempt any State law which provides for: (1) the payment of prevailing wages; (2) standards or other requirements relating to apprenticeship or other training programs; or (3) liens, bonding, or other security to collect delinquent contributions to a multiemployer plan. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 103-s-1573 | 103 | s | 1573 | Leave Equity for Adoptive Families Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-20 | 1993-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 3 | Leave Equity for Adoptive Families Act of 1993 - Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against an employee regarding any term or condition of any leave benefit because a child of an employee is not his or her biological child. Authorizes civil actions to enforce this Act. | 2025-08-26T13:49:52Z | |
| 103-s-1567 | 103 | s | 1567 | Labor Relations Remedies Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-19 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Labor Relations Remedies Act of 1993 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (LMRA) to provide for additional remedies in certain unfair labor practices cases. Requires the National Labor Relations Board to award back pay in an amount three times the employee's wage rate at the time the employee was discharged in violation of the NLRA. Permits an employee to also sue in such cases for additional compensatory and punitive damages in a Federal district court or any other court having jurisdiction over the parties, under the LMRA. | 2025-08-26T13:50:24Z | |
| 103-s-1568 | 103 | s | 1568 | Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-19 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 1 | Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 1993 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require mediation and, if necessary, binding arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes. | 2025-08-26T13:51:43Z | |
| 103-s-1553 | 103 | s | 1553 | Labor Relations Remedies Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-18 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Labor Relations Remedies Act of 1993 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (LMRA) to provide for additional remedies in certain unfair labor practices cases. Requires the National Labor Relations Board to award back pay in an amount three times the employee's wage rate at the time the employee was discharged in violation of the NLRA. Permits an employee to also sue in such cases for additional compensatory and punitive damages in a Federal district court or any other court having jurisdiction over the parties, under the LMRA. | 2025-08-26T13:52:13Z | |
| 103-s-1554 | 103 | s | 1554 | Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-18 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 1 | Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 1993 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require mediation and, if necessary, binding arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes. | 2025-08-26T13:49:28Z | |
| 103-s-1563 | 103 | s | 1563 | American Jobs Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-18 | 1993-10-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 0 | American Jobs Protection Act - Requires employers to provide specified notice and employee benefits (including severance pay, continuation of health care benefits, reimbursement for retraining, training incentive payments, and accelerated eligibility for early retirement) to employees who are subject to a plant closing or mass layoff because their work is transferred to (or similar products are imported from) another country which has specified levels of lower wages or less effective employment standards for overtime compensation, child labor, and employee safety. Prohibits employers who do not provide such notice and benefits, except in cases of national security, from entering into a contract with the United States for provision of products or services involved in the work transfer or substantially similar products or services. Provides for enforcement of this Act by: (1) investigative and administrative actions and actions for injunctions by the Secretary of Labor; and (2) civil actions by employees, local governments, States, and the Secretary. Requires employers to post notice concerning this Act and the filing of a charge. Authorizes civil fines for violations. | 2025-08-26T13:51:01Z | |
| 103-hr-3278 | 103 | hr | 3278 | Income Equity Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-13 | 1993-11-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5] | MN | D | S000005 | 7 | Income Equity Act of 1993 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage from $4.25 to $6.50 an hour. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (more than 25 times the lowest compensation paid any other employee). | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 103-s-1528 | 103 | s | 1528 | National Labor Relations Board Ruling Time Limit Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-07 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | National Labor Relations Board Ruling Time Limit Act of 1993 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to set a time limit for National Labor Relations Board rulings on employee discharge complaints. | 2025-08-26T13:51:16Z | |
| 103-s-1529 | 103 | s | 1529 | Labor Relations Representative Amendment Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-07 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Labor Relations Representative Amendment Act of 1993 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide for an expedited election when 60 percent of the employees sign union recognition cards. | 2025-08-26T13:50:47Z | |
| 103-s-1530 | 103 | s | 1530 | Federal Contracts Debarment Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-07 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Federal Contracts Debarment Act of 1993 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make ineligible for all Federal contracts for a period of three years any person or entity that, with a clear pattern and practice, violates such Act. Allows removal of such debarment or reduction of such period under certain conditions. | 2025-08-26T13:48:53Z | |
| 103-s-1531 | 103 | s | 1531 | National Labor Relations Penalty Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1993-10-07 | 1994-02-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | National Labor Relations Penalty Act of 1993 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to impose a fine on any person, including a consulting or legal firm, for encouraging an employer or labor organization to violate such Act. | 2025-08-26T13:52:20Z |
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