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| 104-hr-4292 | 104 | hr | 4292 | Displaced Worker Retraining Act of 1993 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] | CA | D | B000918 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Grants to States to Provide Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits to Eligible Displaced Workers Title II: Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits Subtitle A: Income Support Subtitle B: Wage Supplements Subtitle C: Training Subtitle D: Rapid Response Assistance, Basic Readjustment Services, Relocation Allowances, and Job Search Allowances Title III: General Provisions Displaced Worker Retraining Act of 1993 (sic) - Establishes a comprehensive program of adjustment assistance to workers displaced as a result of any program, project, or activity carried out under Federal law. Authorizes appropriations. Title I: Grants to States to Provide Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits to Eligible Displaced Workers - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to applicant States to provide worker adjustment assistance benefits to eligible dislocated workers. Title II: Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits - Subtitle A: Income Support - Sets forth dislocated worker eligibility conditions. Requires a dislocated worker to be actively seeking employment or enrolled in training to be eligible for income support. Allows those eligible for income support to apply for training under subtitle C. (Sec. 212) Provides for weekly income support, including amount and duration, income support factors, additional weeks, adjustment of amount, wage supplement offsets, and application of State laws. Subtitle B: Wage Supplements - Provides for weekly wage supplements, in specified amounts for a maximum of 156 weeks, for eligible displaced workers. Makes dislocated workers who are eligible for such wage supplements also eligible to apply for part-time training under subtitle C. Requires offset of such wage supplement weeks by any income support weeks received under subtitle A. Subtitle C: Training - Sets forth conditions for State approval of training for displaced workers. Requires priority for training for o… | 2025-08-21T20:14:34Z | |
| 104-hr-4321 | 104 | hr | 4321 | Comprehensive Pension and Retirement Security Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Restrictions on Loans From Qualified Retirement Plans Title II: Promotion of Availability of Private Pensions Upon Retirement Title III: Health Coverage for Retired Workers Title IV: Application of Certain Prohibited Transactions Rules for 401(K) Plans Title V: Retirement Savings and Security Subtitle A: Expanded Pension Coverage and Simplification Subtitle B: Portability Subtitle C: Enhanced Security Title VI: Expanded Individual Retirement Accounts to Increase Coverage and Portability Subtitle A: Retirement Savings Incentives Subtitle B: Distributions and Investments Comprehensive Pension and Retirement Security Act of 1996 - Title I: Restrictions on Loans From Qualified Retirement Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to prohibit qualified employer plans from making loans through credit cards and other intermediaries. (Sec. 102) Treats loans from qualified employer plans as distributions unless they are used to purchase a first home, to pay higher education or financially devastating medical expenses, or during periods of unemployment. Title II: Promotion of Availability of Private Pensions Upon Retirement - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the IRC to require the availability of a defined contribution plan option (in lieu of the defined benefit plan) for participants in defined benefit plans to which an employer makes contributions. (Sec. 202) Amends ERISA to require fiduciaries to make timely investments of plan contributions. (Sec. 203) Amends IRC to increase the penalty for early distributions from pension plans. Title III: Health Coverage for Retired Workers - Amends ERISA and the IRC to require advance notice of material reductions in covered services under group health plans. (Sec. 302) Amends the IRC to set forth requirements relating to the duration of, and determination of premiums… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-4237 | 104 | hr | 4237 | To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to rules governing litigation contesting termination or substantial reduction of retiree health benefits, to require a preponderance of evidence for termination or substantial reduction of retiree health benefits, and to allow courts to use extrinsic evidence in determining the intent of a plan. | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5] | WI | D | B000177 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish procedures governing an employee benefit plan or plan sponsor's termination or substantial reduction of retiree health benefits. Requires, before a court approves a contested termination or substantial reduction, a finding that the balance of equities clearly favors such approval. Allows courts to use extrinsic evidence in determining a plan's intent. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-4247 | 104 | hr | 4247 | Justice on Time Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 0 | Justice on Time Act of 1996 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to resolve unfair labor practice complaints within 365 days after filing. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-4263 | 104 | hr | 4263 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] | PA | D | M001120 | 0 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1996 - Reinstates the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program. Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 to: (1) repeal the February 5, 1994, termination of the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program; and (2) extend the authorization for new claims for benefits under the program until six months after the enactment of this Act. Modifies the final phase-out period for continuation of claims. Provides for a similar extension of the program of temporary extended railroad unemployment insurance benefits (and modification of the phase-out period). Authorizes appropriations and the use of advance account funds to carry out the extension of the EUC program. Designates all direct spending amounts provided and all appropriations authorized by this Act as emergency requirements for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). | 2025-08-21T20:14:13Z | |
| 104-hr-4266 | 104 | hr | 4266 | White Collar Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 0 | White Collar Reform Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from its wage requirements employees whose rate of annual compensation, including specified elements, is at least $40,000. Revises requirements for exemptions based on an employee's administrative capacity to provide that the determination of whether such capacity is bona fide shall not take into consideration the relationship between an employee's job duties and the management policies or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers. Prohibits, in determining whether the employee is exempt, consideration: (1) of the fact that an employee is subject to deductions in pay for absences of less than a full day or of less than a full pay period, when there has not been an actual reduction in pay for the pay period; and (2) of the payment of overtime compensation or other additions to compensation based on hours worked in excess of a daily or weekly amount. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-s-2145 | 104 | s | 2145 | Strengthen Families, Strengthen Education Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Strengthen Families, Strengthen Education Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees covered by such Act to take up to four hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend academic, school-sponsored activities attended by their children. Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same parental involvement leave allowance to Federal employees. | 2025-08-21T20:16:42Z | |
| 104-hr-4204 | 104 | hr | 4204 | Comprehensive Women's Pension Protection Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-26 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | K000118 | 15 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Pension Reform Title II: Protection of Rights of Former Spouses to Pension Benefits Under Certain Government and Government-Sponsored Retirement Programs Title III: Reforms Related to 401(K) Plans Title IV: Modifications of Joint and Survivor Annuity Requirements Title V: Spousal Consent Required for Distributions from Section 401(K) Plans Title VI: Women's Pension Toll-Free Phone Number Title VII: Annual Pension Benefits Statements Comprehensive Women's Pension Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Pension Reform - Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to apply specified integrated plan nondiscrimination rules to all accrued benefits. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to repeal the permitted disparity provision with respect to simplified employee pension contributions. (Sec. 102) Applies minimum coverage requirements to a separate line of business employer plan for qualified trust purposes. Establishes a single line of business special rule. (Sec. 103) Sets forth divorce division of pension benefits provisions, including minimum accrued benefits rights for the divorced (nonparticipant) spouse. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to set forth similar provisions. (Sec. 105) Provides for the continued availability of certain remedies with respect to pre-1985 domestic relations orders. (Sec. 106) Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate specified employee-annuitant requirements with respect to a divorced wife's annuity. Title II: Protection of Rights of Former Spouses to Pension Benefits Under Certain Government-Sponsored Retirement Programs - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and Federal law to provide for protection of former spouses to railroad and civil service pension benefits. Title III: Reforms Related to 401(K) Plans - Amends the Code to treat 401(K) plan investments in collectibles as distributions. (Sec. 303) Applies a specified limitation on ac… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-2132 | 104 | s | 2132 | Comprehensive Women's Pension Protection Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-26 | 1996-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL] | IL | D | M001025 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Pension Reform Title II: Protection of Rights of Former Spouses to Pension Benefits Under Certain Government and Government- Sponsored Retirement Programs Title III: Reforms Related to 401(k) Plans Title IV: Modifications of Joint and Survivor Annuity Requirements Title V: Spousal Consent Required for Distributions from Section 401(k) Plans Title VI: Women's Pension Toll-Free Phone Number Title VII: Annual Pension Benefits Statements Comprehensive Women's Pension Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Pension Reform - Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to apply specified integrated plan nondiscrimination rules to all accrued benefits. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to repeal the permitted disparity provision with respect to simplified employee pension contributions. (Sec. 102) Applies minimum coverage requirements to a separate line of business employer plan for qualified trust purposes. Establishes a single line of business special rule. (Sec. 103) Sets forth divorce division of pension benefits provisions, including minimum accrued benefits rights for the divorced (nonparticipant) spouse. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to set forth similar provisions. (Sec. 104) Provides for the continued availability of certain remedies with respect to pre-1985 domestic relations orders. (Sec. 105) Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate specified employee-annuitant requirements with respect to a divorced wife's annuity. Title II: Protection of Rights of Former Spouses to Pension Benefits Under Certain Government-Sponsored Retirement Programs - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and Federal law to provide for protection of former spouses to railroad and civil service pension benefits. Title III: Reforms Related to 401(k) Plans - Amends the Code to treat 401(k) plan investments in collectibles as distributions. (Sec. 303) Applies a specified limitation on acquisition and… | 2025-08-21T20:14:48Z | |
| 104-s-2135 | 104 | s | 2135 | Coal Industry Retiree Health Equity Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-26 | 1996-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 1 | Coal Industry Retiree Health Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce annual premiums to the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund for eligible small assigned operators. Waives specified installment nonpayment penalties. Provides a one-time suspension of contributions for certain assigned operators. Revises the per beneficiary premium calculation. Provides for the disclosure of beneficiary employment history to a requesting assigned operator. Sets forth treatment of withdrawal liability provisions for certain 1988 agreement operators. | 2025-08-21T20:16:37Z | |
| 104-hr-4166 | 104 | hr | 4166 | Stop Sweatshops Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] | MO | D | C000488 | 54 | Stop Sweatshops Act of 1996 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the civil liability of manufacturers for sweatshop conditions in the garment industry. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of recordkeeping and payroll accounting requirements. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-4172 | 104 | hr | 4172 | Save Law Enforcement Training Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18] | CA | D | C000670 | 6 | Save Law Enforcement Training Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from its overtime requirements for law enforcement employees while at a police academy or other training facility pursuant to an agreement between the public agency employing such employee and the employee's representatives. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-4178 | 104 | hr | 4178 | Sound Scientific Practices Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] | CO | R | M000477 | 1 | Sound Scientific Practices Act - Requires the Secretary of Labor, upon determining that a standard should be promulgated under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to appoint a panel of individuals to review and report on: (1) the scientific and economic data which forms the basis for such standard; and (2) the relevance of the data to industries and workers which would be affected by such standard. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-s-2127 | 104 | s | 2127 | Stop Sweatshops Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-25 | 1996-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Stop Sweatshops Act of 1996 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the civil liability of manufacturers for sweatshop conditions in the garment industry. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of recordkeeping and payroll accounting requirements. | 2025-08-21T20:16:00Z | |
| 104-hr-4162 | 104 | hr | 4162 | Continued Participation Pension Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-24 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | T000317 | 1 | Continued Participation Pension Act of 1996 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for continued participation under a defined benefit plan for employees who are terminated from employment within seven years of attaining normal retirement age under the plan. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-4117 | 104 | hr | 4117 | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-19 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 9 | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 1996 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to modify the definition of "religion" to include all aspects of religious observance, practice, and belief unless an employer demonstrates that it is unable to reasonably accommodate a religious observance or practice without undue hardship (action requiring significant difficulty or expense) on the conduct of the employer's business (as under current law) after initiating and engaging in an affirmative and bona fide effort. Sets forth the circumstances in which an accommodation by the employer shall not be deemed to be reasonable. Excludes, in certain circumstances, a defense that the accommodation would be in violation of a seniority system. Prohibits requiring payment of premium wages for work performed during hours to which premium wages would ordinarily be applicable if work is performed during those hours only to accommodate religious requirements of an employee. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-4125 | 104 | hr | 4125 | Child Labor Free Consumer Information Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-19 | 1996-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 68 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Child Labor Free Labeling Standards Title II: Child Labor Free Commission Title III: Recognition of Exemplary Corporate Efforts Title IV: Definitions Child Labor Free Consumer Information Act of 1996 - Title I: Child Labor Free Labeling Standards - Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations to ensure that a label using any term or symbol denying the use of child labor does not make a false statement or suggestion that the article or section of wearing apparel or sporting good was not made with child labor. Requires such standards to encourage the use of an easily identifiable symbol or term indicating that the article or section of wearing apparel or sporting good was not made with child labor. (Sec. 101) Requires a producer, importer, exporter, distributor, or other person intending to use any such label to notify the Child Labor Free Commission (CLFC, established under title II of this Act) within 60 days after the product bearing that label becomes available to the public for purchase. Requires the Commission to review the notification. Authorizes the Secretary to charge a fee to cover the expenses of the CLFC in reviewing a notification. Makes it a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) for any producer, importer, exporter, distributor, or seller of any article of wearing apparel (or section of an article of wearing apparel) or sporting good that is exported from or offered for sale in the United States to: (1) falsely indicate on the label or the packaging of that item that the item was not made with child labor; or (2) otherwise falsely claim or suggest that the item was not made with child labor. Amends FTCA to prescribe civil penalties for such violations. Establishes in the Treasury the Free the Children Fund for receipt of such penalties. Authorizes annual appropriations of such amounts in the Fund for specified educational and other programs to eliminate child labor. (Sec. 102) Directs the CLFC to assist the Federal Trade C… | 2025-08-21T20:14:11Z | |
| 104-s-2094 | 104 | s | 2094 | Child Labor Free Consumer Information Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-19 | 1996-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Child Labor Free Labeling Standards Title II: Child Labor Free Commission Title III: Recognition of Exemplary Corporate Efforts Title IV: Definitions Child Labor Free Consumer Information Act of 1996 - Title I: Child Labor Free Labeling Standards - Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations to ensure that a label using any term or symbol denying the use of child labor does not make a false statement or suggestion that the article or section of wearing apparel or sporting good was not made with child labor. Requires such standards to encourage the use of an easily identifiable symbol or term indicating that the article or section of wearing apparel or sporting good was not made with child labor. (Sec. 101) Requires a producer, importer, exporter, distributor, or other person intending to use any such label to notify the Child Labor Free Commission (CLFC, established under title II of this Act) within 60 days after the product bearing that label becomes available to the public for purchase. Requires the Commission to review the notification. Authorizes the Secretary to charge a fee to cover the expenses of the CLFC in reviewing a notification. Makes it a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) for any producer, importer, exporter, distributor, or seller of any article of wearing apparel (or section of an article of wearing apparel) or sporting good that is exported from or offered for sale in the United States to: (1) falsely indicate on the label or the packaging of that item that the item was not made with child labor; or (2) otherwise falsely claim or suggest that the item was not made with child labor. Amends FTCA to prescribe civil penalties for such violations. Establishes in the Treasury the Free the Children Fund for receipt of such penalties. Authorizes annual appropriations of such amounts in the Fund for specified educational and other programs to eliminate child labor. (Sec. 102) Directs the CLFC to assist the Federal Trade C… | 2025-08-21T20:15:06Z | |
| 104-s-2071 | 104 | s | 2071 | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-12 | 1996-09-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 1996 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to modify the definition of "religion" to include all aspects of religious observance, practice, and belief unless an employer demonstrates that it is unable to reasonably accommodate a religious observance or practice without undue hardship (action requiring significant difficulty or expense) on the conduct of the employer's business (as under current law) after initiating and engaging in an affirmative and bona fide effort. Sets forth the circumstances in which an accommodation by the employer shall not be deemed to be reasonable. Excludes, in certain circumstances, a defense that the accommodation would be in violation of a seniority system. Prohibits requiring payment of premium wages for work performed during hours to which premium wages would ordinarily be applicable if work is performed during those hours only to accommodate religious requirements of an employee. | 2025-08-21T20:15:58Z | |
| 104-hr-4031 | 104 | hr | 4031 | To provide that the provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 on the accounting of tips in determining the wage of tipped employees shall preempt any State or local provision precluding a tip credit or requiring a tip credit less than the tip credit provided under such Act. | Labor and Employment | 1996-09-05 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1] | CA | R | R000252 | 15 | Preempts any State or local law, ordinance, regulation, or order precluding a tip credit or requiring a tip credit less than the tip credit that is permitted under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 relating to the accounting of tips in determining the wage of tipped employees. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-4005 | 104 | hr | 4005 | Pension Choice and Security Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Pension Choice and Security Act of 1996 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to require the availability of a defined contribution plan option for participants in defined benefit plans. Amends ERISA to require timely investment by fiduciaries of pension plan contributions. Amends the IRC to increase the penalty for early distributions from pension plans. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-4017 | 104 | hr | 4017 | Drug-Free Workplace and Public Safety Assurance Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Zeliff, William H., Jr. [R-NH-1] | NH | R | Z000004 | 5 | Drug-Free Workplace and Public Safety Assurance Act of 1996 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to exclude from the definition of qualified individual with a disability, with respect to safety-sensitive employment functions, individuals who have a record or history of the habitual or regular use of illegal drugs or of the abuse of alcohol, or of clinical alcoholism. Makes conforming amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-2026 | 104 | s | 2026 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make uniform the application of the overtime exemption for inside sales personnel, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] | NC | R | F000437 | 6 | 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. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-s-2029 | 104 | s | 2029 | A bill to make permanent certain authority relating to self-employment assistance programs. | Labor and Employment | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 1 | Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act and the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the sunset date for (and thus permanently extend) certain authority relating to self-employment assistance programs. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-s-2001 | 104 | s | 2001 | A bill to amend the Job Training Partnership Act to improve the definition relating to eligible dislocated workers, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1996-07-30 | 1996-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 0 | Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to revise the definition of eligible dislocated workers to include individuals who have become unemployed as a result of a Federal action that limits the use of, or restricts access to, a marine natural resource. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-hr-3858 | 104 | hr | 3858 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent, for unemployment compensation purposes, services performed by a person committed to a penal institution from being treated as employment. | Labor and Employment | 1996-07-18 | 1996-07-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit services provided by penal institution inmates from being treated as employment for unemployment compensation purposes. | 2025-01-02T17:39:02Z | |
| 104-hr-3837 | 104 | hr | 3837 | Battered Women's Employment Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-07-17 | 1996-08-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33] | CA | D | R000486 | 18 | Battered Women's Employment Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to unemployment tax to require appropriate State laws to provide for unemployment compensation for an individual separated from employment due to circumstances directly resulting from the individual's experience of domestic violence. Amends the Social Security Act to require State laws approved under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to provide for training for claims reviewers and hearing personnel in the nature of domestic violence, and in methods of ascertaining its existence, so that employment separations stemming from domestic violence are reliably screened, identified, and adjudicated. Requires employers subject to the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act or similar State law, employment benefits program, or collective bargaining agreement to provide leave to employees seeking temporary absences to deal with domestic violence and its aftermath. Entitles employees to use such leave to deal with domestic violence. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-1969 | 104 | s | 1969 | Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-07-17 | 1996-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 12 | Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1996 - Establishes the Commission on Retirement Income Policy 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. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:16:29Z | |
| 104-hr-3784 | 104 | hr | 3784 | Workplace Fairness Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-07-11 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-49] | CA | R | B000461 | 7 | Workplace Fairness Act of 1996 - Prohibits employment discrimination on any basis other than job performance by covered entities, including an employing authority to which specified provisions of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 or the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 apply. Prohibits quotas. Declares that this Act does not apply to religious organizations (except in their for-profit activities). Provides for enforcement. Disallows State immunity. Makes the United States liable for all remedies (except punitive damages) to the same extent as a private person. Allows recovery of attorney's fees. Requires posting notices for employees and applicants. Sets forth factors that pertain to job performance, including ability and willingness to comply with performance requirements (including attendance and procedures), any use of a drug or of alcohol that may adversely affect job performance, any conviction of an offense for which a term of imprisonment exceeding one year could have been imposed, and the ability to work well with others. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3786 | 104 | hr | 3786 | To make clear that the definition of a base period, under the unemployment compensation law of a State, is not an administrative provision subject 303(a)(1) of the Social Security Act. | Labor and Employment | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 8 | Declares that the definition of a base period, under the unemployment compensation law of a State, is not an administrative provision subject to a Social Security Act requirement that methods of administration must be found by the Secretary of Labor to be reasonably calculated to insure full payment of unemployment compensation when due. (Provides that, for purposes of this Act, "base period" and "State law" have the same meanings as under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.) | 2025-01-02T17:39:00Z | |
| 104-s-1943 | 104 | s | 1943 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt inmates from the minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of such Act, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 7 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements inmates of penal or other correctional institutions who participate in correctional work programs (except inmates who participate in specified prison work pilot programs). | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-hr-3763 | 104 | hr | 3763 | Employee Rights Protection Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-07-09 | 1996-07-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26] | NY | D | H000627 | 0 | Employee Rights Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to add references to discrimination on the basis of labor organization activities to provisions relating to various unlawful employment practices, enforcement, and Federal employment. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3764 | 104 | hr | 3764 | Labor Relations Remedies Act of 1995 | Labor and Employment | 1996-07-09 | 1996-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26] | NY | D | H000627 | 0 | Labor Relations Remedies Act of 1995 - 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, under the LMRA, also to sue in such cases for additional compensatory and punitive damages in a Federal district court or any other court having jurisdiction over the parties. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-1922 | 104 | s | 1922 | Pension ProSave Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-28 | 1996-06-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 1 | Pension ProSave Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish a system under which any employer may establish a Pension ProSave Plan: (1) for the exclusive benefit of its employees and their beneficiaries; and (2) the only contributions to which are contributions to Pension ProSave Accounts established on behalf of such employees. Specifies requirements for contributions, vesting, distributions and loans, and reporting. Provides that a Pension ProSave Plan shall be treated in the same manner as an employee pension benefit plan. Directs the Board of Directors of the Pension Portability Clearinghouse (established by this Act) to establish a system of Pension ProSave Accounts under which: (1) employers and employees may make contributions on behalf of employees under a Pension ProSave Plan; (2) individuals may make qualified rollover contributions to Pension ProSave Accounts; and (3) amounts in the Pension ProSave Accounts are invested, and loans and distributions of amounts in such Accounts are made, as provided in this Act. Establishes the Pension Portability Clearinghouse within the executive branch of the Government, and the Pension Portability Clearinghouse Advisory Council. Makes specified ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to the Clearinghouse, and not to the plan sponsor, with respect to any Pension ProSave Plan. | 2025-08-21T20:14:23Z | |
| 104-s-1923 | 104 | s | 1923 | Pension ProSave Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-28 | 1996-06-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Pension ProSave Plans Title II: Establishment of Pension ProSave System Subtitle A: Definitions Subtitle B: Establishment of Pension ProSave System Title III: Pension Portability Clearinghouse Title IV: Simplified Defined Benefit Plans Pension ProSave Act - Title I - Pension ProSave Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to deferred compensation and other matters to establish a system under which any employer may establish a Pension ProSave Plan: (1) for the exclusive benefit of its employees and their beneficiaries; and (2) the only contributions to which are contributions to Pension ProSave Accounts established on behalf of such employees. Specifies requirements for contributions, vesting, distributions and loans, and reporting. Provides that a Pension ProSave Plan shall be treated in the same manner as a qualified pension, profit-sharing, or stock bonus plan including a certain kind of tax-exempt trust. Title II: Establishment of Pension ProSave System - Subtitle A: Definitions - Sets forth definitions for purposes of this Act. Subtitle B: Establishment of Pension ProSave System - Directs the Board of Directors of the Pension Portability Clearinghouse (established by this Act) to establish a system of Pension ProSave Accounts under which: (1) employers and employees may make contributions on behalf of employees under a Pension ProSave Plan; (2) individuals may make qualified rollover contributions to Pension ProSave Accounts; and (3) amounts in the Pension ProSave Accounts are invested, and loans and distributions of amounts in such Accounts are made, as provided in this Act. Title III: Pension Portability Clearinghouse - Establishes the Pension Portability Clearinghouse within the executive branch of the Government, and the Pension Portability Clearinghouse Advisory Council. Title IV: Simplified Defined Benefit Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth a simplified method for complying with pension req… | 2025-08-21T20:15:26Z | |
| 104-s-1925 | 104 | s | 1925 | Truth in Employment Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-28 | 1996-06-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 15 | Truth in Employment Act of 1996 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that nothing in specified prohibitions against unfair labor practices shall be construed as requiring an employer to employ any person whose primary purpose is to represent a union in an organizational struggle. | 2025-08-21T20:14:44Z | |
| 104-hr-3738 | 104 | hr | 3738 | To reform the Federal unemployment benefits system. | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-27 | 1996-06-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 1 | Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to revise the formula for the extended benefits trigger. Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to require increases and decreases in the earnings allocated to State accounts when States meet or fail to meet funding goals. Amends SSA to restrict interest-free advances to State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund to States which meet funding goals. Amends Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provisions relating to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to allow certified States to elect to collect Federal unemployment taxes. Amends IRC provisions relating to approval of State laws to require States to distribute to unemployed individuals State-specific information packets explaining unemployment insurance eligibility conditions. | 2025-01-02T17:39:02Z | |
| 104-hr-3726 | 104 | hr | 3726 | Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-26 | 1996-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | M000941 | 2 | 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 to study and report to the Congress on the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in the science and engineering work forces. Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-1909 | 104 | s | 1909 | Pension Benefits Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-26 | 1996-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Pension Benefits Fairness Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to require the offer in every defined employee benefit plan of a joint and two-thirds survivor annuity option. Requires comparative disclosure of all benefit options to both spouses. | 2025-08-21T20:14:52Z | |
| 104-hr-3708 | 104 | hr | 3708 | Retirement Protection Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-25 | 1996-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 8 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to ERISA to Reporting and Disclosure Provisions Title II: Public Employee Pension Plans Title III: Women's Pension Equity Title IV: Employer Reversions Retirement Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Amendments to ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Provisions - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise provisions for annual reports and disclosures by employee benefit plan administrators to participants. Title II: Public Employee Pension Plans - Sets forth annual reporting and disclosure requirements for public employee pension plans. (Sec. 202) Permits a participant or beneficiary under a public employee pension plan to bring a civil action against the plan to: (1) recover benefits due under the plan's terms, to enforce his or her rights, or to clarify rights to future benefits; (2) enjoin any act or practice which violates the plan's terms; or (3) obtain other appropriate equitable relief to enforce such terms or redress violations of them. Allows a plaintiff, in most instances, to prevail in such an action by proving the case by a preponderance of the evidence. Requires proof by clear and convincing evidence, however, if the action involves a plan under which changes in employer contributions are subject to review by a qualified review board. Prescribes the general requirements for a qualified review board to review changes in employer contributions to a public employee pension plan. States that in general this Act applies to any public employee pension plan, with specified exceptions. Title III: Women's Pension Equity - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the development of a model: (1) spousal consent form for electing to waive a qualified joint and survivor annuity or a qualified preretirement survivor annuity; and (2) qualified domestic relations order. (Sec. 302) Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend the payment … | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3704 | 104 | hr | 3704 | To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the Act to a greater percentage of the United States workforce and to allow employees to take parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-24 | 1996-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 25 | Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to extend coverage to employees at worksites where the employer employs at least 25 (currently 50) employees at the worksite and within 75 miles of that worksite. Allows employees covered by such Act to take up to four hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities. Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same parental involvement leave allowance to Federal employees. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-1896 | 104 | s | 1896 | A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the Act to a greater percentage of the United States workforce and to allow employees to take parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-21 | 1996-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to extend coverage to employees at worksites where the employer employs at least 25 (currently 50) employees at the worksite and within 75 miles of that worksite. Allows employees covered by such Act to take up to four hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities. Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same parental involvement leave allowance to Federal employees. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-hr-3688 | 104 | hr | 3688 | 401(k) Pension Protection Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-20 | 1996-07-23 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1345) | House | Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18] | CA | D | C000670 | 8 | 401(k) Pension Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Protection Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require that (Internal Revenue Code section) 401(k)-type pension plans be subject to the same prohibited transaction rules that apply to traditional defined benefit pension plans under ERISA. Requires 401(k)-type plans (by extending such ERISA protections to them) to have diversified investments, and prohibits them from investing more than ten percent of their assets in securities and real property of the sponsoring employer. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3681 | 104 | hr | 3681 | To provide that if an employer provides additional leave to a parent for the birth such employer shall provide the same leave to a parent for an adopted child or a foster child. | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-19 | 1996-07-18 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1325) | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 0 | Requires an employer to provide an employee who is a parent of an adopted child or a foster child with the same leave the employer provides (in addition to leave required by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) an employee who is on parental leave for the birth of a child. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3682 | 104 | hr | 3682 | Part-Time and Temporary Workers Protection Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-19 | 1996-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Protection of Part-Time and Temporary Workers Title II: Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors Part-Time and Temporary Workers Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Protection of Part-Time and Temporary Workers - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for approval of State unemployment compensation laws to provide for for unemployment compensation eligibility for certain individuals seeking part-time employment. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to conduct an annual survey identifying characteristics of temporary workers and their relationships with their employers. (Sec. 103) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for protection and treatment of part-time and temporary workers under: (1) participation, vesting, and accrual rules governing pension plans; and (2) group health plans. Expands the definition of employee to include certain individuals whose services are leased or contracted. Title II: Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the waiver of employment tax liability for employers if: (1) the employer did not treat an individual as an employee for purposes of employment taxes; (2) the treatment of such individual was based on a reasonable good faith misapplication of the common law rules for determining the employer-employee relationship; (3) Federal tax returns were filed on a basis consistent with the treatment of such individual as not being an employee; (4) the employer (and any predecessor) did not treat any other individual holding a substantially similar position as an employee for employment tax purposes after December 31, 1977; and (5) the employer enters into a closing agreement with the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to treating such individual as an employee. (Sec. 202) Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Servi… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3657 | 104 | hr | 3657 | Contingent Work Force Equity Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 0 | Contingent Workforce Equity Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require 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). 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. Directs the Secretary of Labor to study whether the health and safety of part-time or temporary employees are being adequately monitored and, if not, to determine how such monitoring can be made adequate. Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act to lower the threshold for employee coverage to 125 hours of service with an employer during the previous three-month period. Directs the Secretary of Labor, through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to carry out an annual survey identifying the characteristics of temporary workers and their relationships with the establishments at which they are temporarily employed and, where appropriate, with their permanent employers. Amends the National Labor Relations Act to include in collective bargaining units part-time or temporary workers with reasonable expectations of continued employment. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for: (1) treatment of employees working at less than full-time (500 or more hours but less than 1,000 hours service per year) under participation, vesting, and accrual rules governing pension plans; (2) treatment of part-time workers (less than 30 hours service per week) under group health plans; and (3) inclusion of certain individuals whose services are leased or contracted for under the definition of employee. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require States to provide unemployment compensation to part-time workers unavailable for full-time work. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3616 | 104 | hr | 3616 | Self-Sufficiency Standard Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-11 | 1996-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 0 | Self-Sufficiency Standard Act - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to establish economic self-sufficiency standards for disadvantaged adult training programs, according to a formula to be developed by the Secretary of Labor, and local economic self-sufficiency tables to be developed by service delivery areas. Prohibits incentive grants to service delivery areas that do not have in effect, after two years, an approved local economic self-sufficiency standards table. Requires inclusion of such a table and related reports in the job training plan and in the Governor's coordination and special services plan. Directs the Secretary to make up to six grants in each of three fiscal years to States for demonstration and exemplary programs to increase the number of participants in disadvantaged adult training programs who are trained and placed in jobs that yield long-term economic self-sufficiency in accordance with the local economic self-sufficiency tables. | 2025-08-21T20:16:15Z | |
| 104-hr-3580 | 104 | hr | 3580 | Worker Right to Know Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-05 | 1996-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 50 | Worker Right to Know Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to limit the scope of allowable union security agreements to requiring employee payment of union dues or fees related only to collective bargaining, contract administration, or grievance adjustment necessary to performing the duties of exclusive representation. Requires, under NLRA, employee consent in an annual signed written agreement before a union may accept that employee's payment of dues or fees for purposes beyond the scope of the union security agreement as limited by this Act. Requires such an agreement to include a ratio of the dues or fees related to the limited purposes and those related to other purposes. Amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to prohibit payroll deduction for union dues unrelated to the limited scope purposes, unless a written agreement authorizes such deduction. Requires, under NLRA, employers to post notice of worker rights to organize and collectively bargain, as well as of the limited scope of any union security agreement. Directs the National Labor Relations Board to prescribe the size and form of such notice. Provides, under NLRA, that employees subject to union security agreements who pay dues and fees for the required limited purposes shall have the same right as any union member to participate in union affairs related to such purposes (collective bargaining, contract administration, or grievance adjustment). Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require every labor union to attribute and report expenses by function classification in detail necessary to allow its members to determine whether such expenses were related to collective bargaining, contract administration, or grievance adjustment necessary to performing the duties of exclusive representation or were related to other purposes. Requires disclosure under such Act to employees required to pay any union dues or fees (under a union security agreement) as well as to union members. Directs the Secretary of… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-1837 | 104 | s | 1837 | 401(k) Pension Protection Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-05 | 1996-06-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | 401(k) Pension Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Protection Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require that (Internal Revenue Code section) 401(k)-type pension plans be subject to the same prohibited transaction rules that apply to traditional defined benefit pension plans under ERISA. Requires 401(k)-type plans (by extending such ERISA protections to them) to have diversified investments, and prohibits them from investing more than ten percent of their assets in securities and real property of the sponsoring employer. | 2025-08-21T20:15:41Z | |
| 104-s-1842 | 104 | s | 1842 | Workers' Pension Protection Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-06-05 | 1996-06-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Pension Plan Funding Title II: Actuarial Assumptions Title III: Administration and Enforcement Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Workers' Pension Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise protections for workers in multiemployer pension plans. Extends certain protections previously established for workers in single-employer pension plans to workers in multiemployer pension plans. Title I: Pension Plan Funding - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit multiemployer pension plan trustees from increasing benefits unless the plan is operating with at least 95 percent funding. Allows a plan that satisfies such requirement to choose to increase benefits if the benefit increase would not reduce the funding levels to below 90 percent. Requires such a plan to reach 95 percent funding again before increasing benefits. Requires multiemployer plans to use specified interest rate assumptions and mortality tables. Modifies a rule which prohibits decrease of accrued benefits to make an exception for plan amendments which reduce an increase resulting from an increase in benefits prohibited under this title. Requires multiemployer plan administrators to notify plan participants, beneficiaries, and contributing employers of the plan's funding status and the limits of the guarantee by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) if the plan becomes insolvent. Title II: Actuarial Assumptions - Requires multiemployer plans to adopt the interest rate and mortality tables of title I. Title III: Administration and Enforcement - Grants employers that contribute to multiemployer plans the right to seek an injunction against a plan to prevent an impermissible benefit increase or any other violation of title I or II of this Act, or obtain other appropriate relief to redress such violations or enforce such provisions. Authorizes a court, in its discretion, to award reasonable attorne… | 2025-08-21T20:15:17Z | |
| 104-hr-3520 | 104 | hr | 3520 | Retirement Savings and Security Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-23 | 1996-06-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 78 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Revenue Provisions Subtitle A: Expanded Pension Coverage and Simplification Subtitle B: Expanded Individual Retirement Accounts to Increase Coverage and Portability Subtitle C: Other Expansions of Pension Portability Subtitle D: Conforming Amendments Title II: ERISA Provisions Subtitle A: Expanded Pension Coverage and Simplification Subtitle B: Portability Subtitle C: Enhanced Security Title III: Additional Retirement Participation and Payment Options for Federal Employees Title IV: Conforming Railroad Retirement Benefits with Social Security Retirement Savings and Security Act - Title I: Revenue Provisions - Subtitle A: Expanded Pension Coverage and Simplification - Chapter 1: The NEST and Other Coverage Expansion - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish national employee savings trusts (NESTS), 401 (k)-type plans, for employees of small employers. (Sec. 1102) Makes tax-exempt organizations and Indian governmental instrumentalities eligible section 401(k) pension plan employers. (Sec. 1103) Sets forth alternative methods for satisfying section 401(k) nondiscrimination tests. (Sec. 1104) Revises "highly compensated employee" provisions. (Sec. 1106) Repeals the limitation in the case of an employee with defined benefit and a defined contribution plans from the same employer. (Sec. 1107) Makes certain defined contribution plan provisions applicable to all permanently disabled employees. (Sec. 1108) Revises deferred payment provisions with respect to: (1) owner-employee contributions; (2) State and local plan trust requirements; and (3) certain disability payments to former police officers or fire fighters. Chapter 2: Simplification and Cost Savings - Sets forth a special compensation limitation rule with respect to governmental and multiemployer deferred payment plans. States that a governmental plan's eligibility… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3528 | 104 | hr | 3528 | Employee Protection Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-23 | 1996-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 0 | Employee Protection Act of 1996 - Prohibits any department, agency, or instrumentality from directly or indirectly receiving a Federal contract unless the department, agency, or instrumentality offers a group health plan and an employee pension benefit plan. | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | |
| 104-s-1818 | 104 | s | 1818 | Retirement Savings and Security Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-23 | 1996-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 9 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Short Titles; Table of Contents Title II: ERISA Provisions Subtitle A: Expanded Pension Coverage and Simplification Subtitle B: Portability Subtitle C: Enhanced Security Title I: Short Title; Table of Contents - Retirement Savings and Security Act - Sets forth the table of contents. Title II: ERISA Provisions - Subtitle A: Expanded Pension Coverage and Simplification - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish reporting and fiduciary requirements relating to NESTs (National Employee Savings Trusts, under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), which are 401(k)-type plans for small business, designed to ensure participation by low- and moderate-wage workers, who will be able to save up to $5,000 per year tax-deferred, plus receive employer contributions toward retirement). (Sec. 2002) Eliminates specified ERISA requirements relating to employee benefit plan descriptions and filing of summary plan descriptions and descriptions of material modifications to a plan. Requires filing of annual plan reports by plan administrators. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to request any documents relating to such plans. (Sec. 2003) Includes under ERISA purchases of qualified State prepaid tuition program instruments to which specified IRC provisions apply. Subtitle B: Portability - Directs the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to prescribe specified types of payment rules relating to missing participants for terminated multiemployer plans. (Sec. 2011) Allows the administrator of a plan not otherwise subject to ERISA plan termination insurance provisions to elect to transfer a missing participant's benefits to the PBGC upon plan termination. Requires such administrator to provide the PBGC with specified information. Directs the PBGC, if such a missing participant's benefits are transferred to it, to pay the appropriate amount to the participant or beneficiary. (Sec. 2012) Eliminates a special ve… | 2025-08-21T20:14:45Z | |
| 104-s-1819 | 104 | s | 1819 | Retirement Savings and Security Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-23 | 1996-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 9 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Short Title; Table of Contents Title II: Conforming Railroad Retirement Benefits with Social Security Title I: Short Title; Table of Contents - Retirement Savings and Security Act - Sets forth this Act's short title and table of contents. Title II: Conforming Railroad Retirement Benefits with Social Security - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (RRA) with respect to eligibility for and the amount of a child's annuity. Provides for entitlement to spousal annuities despite certain age requirements. Removes the age requirement for divorced spouses, and provides for entitlement of the divorced spouse where the worker's annuity is not payable. Provides for RRA benefits equivalent to those under the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) amounts of continued payment to survivors of waived lump sum benefits; (2) lump sum death benefits; and (3) benefits with respect to service for which certain railroad retirement annuities are not payable. | 2025-08-21T20:15:36Z | |
| 104-s-1821 | 104 | s | 1821 | Retirement Savings and Security Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-23 | 1996-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 10 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Short Title; Table of Contents Title II: Revenue Provisions Subtitle A: Expanded Pension Coverage and Simplification Subtitle B: Expanded Individual Retirement Accounts to Increase Coverage and Portability Subtitle C: Other Expansions of Pension Portability Subtitle D: Conforming Amendments Title I: Short Title; Table of Contents - Retirement Savings and Security Act - Sets forth the table of contents of this Act. Title II: Revenue Provisions - Subtitle A: Expanded Pension Coverage and Simplification - Chapter 1: The NEST and Other Coverage Expansion - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish national employee savings trusts (NESTS) for employees of small employers. (Sec. 1102) Makes tax-exempt organizations and Indian governmental instrumentalities eligible section 401(k) pension plan employers. (Sec. 1103) Sets forth alternative methods for satisfying section 401(k) nondiscrimination tests. (Sec. 1104) Revises "highly compensated employee" provisions. (Sec. 1106) Repeals the limitation in the case of an employee with defined benefit and a defined contribution plans from the same employer. (Sec. 1107) Makes certain defined contribution plan provisions applicable to all permanently disabled employees. (Sec. 1108) Revises deferred payment provisions with respect to: (1) owner-employee contributions; and (2) State and local plan trust requirements. Chapter 2: Simplification and Cost Savings - Sets forth a special compensation limitation rule with respect to governmental and multiemployer deferred payment plans. States that a governmental plan's eligibility shall not be affected by its excess benefit arrangement. (Sec. 1204) Provides special rules for treatment of governmental and tax-exempt organization deferred compensation plans. (Sec. 1206) Establishes a simplified method for annuity distribution taxation for certain employer plans. (Sec. 1207) Eliminates five-year income averaging for l… | 2025-08-21T20:14:31Z | |
| 104-hr-3510 | 104 | hr | 3510 | Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-22 | 1996-06-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Furse, Elizabeth [D-OR-1] | OR | D | F000434 | 13 | Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the development of a model: (1) spousal consent form when an election is made to waive a qualified joint and survivor annuity or a qualified preretirement survivor annuity; and (2) qualified domestic relations order. Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend the payment of any portion of Tier II Railroad Retirement benefits to surviving former spouses pursuant to divorce agreements. Amends Federal law to provide for a survivor annuity to widows, widowers, and certain former spouses of Federal employees who die after having separated from the service with title to a deferred annuity, but before attaining age for such annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System on the same basis as is currently provided to certain survivors of former Members of Congress. Revises provisions concerning Federal retirement benefits subject to a court order. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3511 | 104 | hr | 3511 | Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-22 | 1996-06-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 33 | Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the development of a model: (1) spousal consent form when an election is made to waive a qualified joint and survivor annuity or a qualified preretirement survivor annuity; and (2) qualified domestic relations order. Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend the payment of any portion of Tier II Railroad Retirement benefits to surviving former spouses pursuant to divorce agreements. Amends Federal law to provide for a survivor annuity to widows, widowers, and certain former spouses of Federal employees who die after having separated from the service with title to a deferred annuity, but before attaining age for such annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System on the same basis as is currently provided to certain survivors of former Members of Congress. Revises provisions concerning Federal retirement benefits subject to a court order. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-1788 | 104 | s | 1788 | National Right to Work Act of 1995 | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-21 | 1996-07-10 | Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 31-68. Record Vote No: 188. (consideration: CR S7614) | Senate | Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] | NC | R | F000437 | 0 | National Right to Work Act of 1995 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, to require employees to join a union or pay dues or fees as a condition of employment. | 2025-08-21T20:14:07Z | |
| 104-hr-3477 | 104 | hr | 3477 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to restrict employers in obtaining, disclosing, and using of genetic information. | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-16 | 1996-06-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] | MA | D | K000110 | 29 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit an employer from obtaining from any source genetic information about an employee or prospective employee without that person's written authorization meeting specified requirements. Allows aggrieved persons to bring civil actions for actual damages and equitable relief against employers who violate this Act. Declares that nothing in this Act authorizes an employer to obtain, disclose, or use genetic information about an employee or prospective employee in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or any other Federal or State law that restricts access to, disclosure of, or use of genetic information. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3481 | 104 | hr | 3481 | To repeal the minimum wage requirement of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-16 | 1996-06-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-3] | IA | R | L000305 | 25 | Repeals the minimum wage requirement under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Prohibits the Federal Government from taking any action to regulate or otherwise impede actions taken by the States or local governments to enact or implement minimum wage laws. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-s-1756 | 104 | s | 1756 | Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-14 | 1996-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL] | IL | D | M001025 | 11 | Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the development of a model: (1) spousal consent form when an election is made to waive a qualified joint and survivor annuity or a qualified preretirement survivor annuity; and (2) qualified domestic relations order. Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend the payment of any portion of Tier II Railroad Retirement benefits to surviving former spouses pursuant to divorce agreements. Amends Federal law to provide for a survivor annuity to widows, widowers, and certain former spouses of Federal employees who die after having separated from the service with title to a deferred annuity, but before attaining age for such annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System on the same basis as is currently provided to certain survivors of former Members of Congress. Revises provisions concerning Federal retirement benefits subject to a court order. | 2025-08-21T20:16:17Z | |
| 104-hr-3403 | 104 | hr | 3403 | To amend title III of the Job Training Partnership Act to provide employment and training assistance for individuals who work full-time at a plant, facility, or enterprise that is a part of an economically-depressed industry and is located in an economically-depressed area. | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-07 | 1996-06-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 0 | Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to provide for employment and training assistance for individuals who work full-time at a plant, facility, or enterprise that is a part of an economically-depressed industry and located in an economically-depressed area. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-hr-3383 | 104 | hr | 3383 | Minimum Wage Increase and Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-05-01 | 1996-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31] | NY | R | H000814 | 3 | Minimum Wage Increase and Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 1996 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage rate from the current $4.25 per hour to: (1) $4.75 per hour for one year beginning 90 days after enactment of this Act; and (2) $5.25 per hour after that year. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a new work opportunity tax credit. Redesignates the current targeted jobs credit as the work opportunity credit. Revises the amount of such credit, members of targeted groups, minimum employment period for eligibility, and termination of the period of new wage payments to which the credit applies. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3353 | 104 | hr | 3353 | Presidential Commission to Study Employment and Economic Insecurity in the American Workforce Act | Labor and Employment | 1996-04-30 | 1996-05-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] | FL | D | H000324 | 8 | Presidential Commission to Study Employment and Economic Insecurity in the American Workforce Act - Establishes the Presidential Commission to Study Employment and Economic Insecurity in the American Workforce, which shall examine and report to the President and the Congress on: (1) the issues of economic and psychological insecurity of members of the workforce in the United States caused by employment dislocation; (2) the relationship between the psychological stress caused by economic and employment insecurity and the increased violence by employees and former employees in the workplace; and (3) the economic and psychological effects of the decreasing number of well-paid jobs on members of the workforce in the United States. Requires the Commission to recommend potential solutions, including legislation and administrative action, to alleviate the problems of economic and psychological insecurity of members of the workforce in the United States. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3369 | 104 | hr | 3369 | To provide notice to employees when there are reductions in business operations and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1996-04-30 | 1996-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 20 | Requires employers of 100 or more employees who are planning a reduction in operations at a workplace to give written notice meeting specified requirements to: (1) all their employees at the affected workplace; (2) the labor organization representing those employees for collective bargaining; (3) the elected officials of the community in which the affected workplace is located; and (4) the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary, when a reduction in operations will result from a complete workplace closure or relocation, after receipt of such notice and with the assistance of State agencies, to: (1) coordinate all State government services for the alleviation of the economic distress suffered by displaced workers; and (2) study the feasibility of establishing a community-owned, employee-owned, or jointly owned business to continue operations at the workplace. Requires the employer in such circumstances, after giving such notice, and subject to certain requirements to make a good faith offer of sale at fair market value of the workplace, equipment, and inventory to the community in which the workplace is located, or to an organization of the workplace employees which singly or in combination attempts to form a community-owned, employee-owned, or jointly owned business at the workplace to be closed or relocated. Subjects such sales to continued compliance with any bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the workplace concerned, or good faith bargaining with employee representatives if an agreement expires within a specified time period. Requires the employer, when a reduction in operations takes effect, to provide a choice of the following benefits to each affected employee: (1) permanent preference rights in hiring and employment at other workplaces of the employer and, when the employee accepts employment at another workplace, vacation, health, welfare, and pension benefits earned while previously employed by the employer; (2) severance pay benefits equal to one week's wages for each completed year… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3326 | 104 | hr | 3326 | 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 | 1996-04-25 | 1996-05-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Crapo, Mike [R-ID-2] | ID | R | C000880 | 4 | 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 75 percent of such water is to be ultimately delivered for agricultural purposes. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-s-1709 | 104 | s | 1709 | 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 | 1996-04-25 | 1996-04-25 | 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 75 percent of such water is to be ultimately delivered for agricultural purposes. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-hr-3296 | 104 | hr | 3296 | To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the same employer requirements to all persons. | Labor and Employment | 1996-04-23 | 1996-05-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] | WA | R | N000051 | 8 | Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the same employer requirements to all persons. Eliminates a marriage penalty for two spouses who work for the same employer by applying the same 12-week limitation to siblings and to both married and unmarried parents (such limitation applies when leave is available for the birth or adoption of a child or to care for a parent). | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-1693 | 104 | s | 1693 | A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to submit to Congress the report on method of allocating administrative funds among States required under section 304 of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991. | Labor and Employment | 1996-04-23 | 1996-04-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Labor to submit to the Congress, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, the report on method of allocating administrative funds among States which is required by specified provisions of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-hr-3265 | 104 | hr | 3265 | Minimum Wage Increase Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-04-17 | 1996-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-30] | NY | R | Q000016 | 29 | Minimum Wage Increase Act of 1996 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage rate under such Act from the current $4.25 per hour to: (1) $4.75 per hour for one year beginning 90 days after enactment of this Act; and (2) $5.25 per hour after that year. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3234 | 104 | hr | 3234 | Small Business OSHA Relief Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-04-15 | 1996-05-21 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5309) | House | Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000104 | 87 | Small Business OSHA Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to require each OSHA standard promulgated by the Secretary of Labor to be based upon a cost-benefit assessment and a determination that the standard's benefits justify the costs it imposes. Directs the Secretary, in the case of any employer of 250 or fewer employees cited for a violation of specified requirements, standards, or rules, which is a significant threat to an employee's health or safety, but where the employer has made a good faith correction effort, to waive up to 100 percent of the penalty otherwise proposed for such violation: (1) if the employer corrects the violation within the time set for abatement; or (2), if the employer does not correct the violation within such time, to the extent that the employer uses the amount which would have been paid as the penalty for correction of the violation. Prohibits issuance of a citation for any posting requirement and any requirement to prepare and maintain injury and illness records or written plan or verification, unless: (1) the employer has willfully or repeatedly violated the requirement; or (2) the failure to meet such requirement has resulted in employee exposure to a hazard. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with States for consultation to employers concerning the provision of safe and healthful working conditions. Requires the Secretary to reimburse States that enter into such agreements for 90 percent of costs and 100 percent of State staff training and specified out-of-State travel expenses. Prohibits the Secretary from establishing any performance measures for any subordinate within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (including any regional director, area director, supervisor, or inspector) with respect to the number of inspections conducted, citations issued, or penalties assessed. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3211 | 104 | hr | 3211 | Truth in Employment Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-29 | 1996-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 45 | Truth in Employment Act of 1996 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that nothing in specified prohibitions against unfair labor practices shall be construed as requiring an employer to employ any person who seeks or has sought employment with the employer in furtherance of other employment or agency status. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3212 | 104 | hr | 3212 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a limited overtime exemption for employees performing emergency medical services. | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-29 | 1996-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 1 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a limited overtime exemption for employees performing emergency medical services and transport (including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and rescue and ambulance service personnel). | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3216 | 104 | hr | 3216 | To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require that inspections of construction sites carried out under that Act shall be conducted by inspectors who have been trained pursuant to standards established by the Secretary of Labor. | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-29 | 1996-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] | CT | R | J000163 | 3 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require construction site inspectors to have successfully completed advanced training that meets standards promulgated by the Secretary of Labor, in order to conduct inspections under such Act. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-s-1650 | 104 | s | 1650 | Fair Pay Act of 1995 | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-28 | 1996-03-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 8 | Fair Pay Act of 1995 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Allows payment of different wages under seniority systems, merit systems, or systems that measure earnings by quantity or quality of production.) Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to issue guidelines specifying criteria for determining whether a job is dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin. Prohibits such regulations from including a list of such jobs. Directs courts, in any action brought under this Act for violation of such prohibition, to allow expert fees as part of the costs awarded to prevailing plaintiffs. Allows any such action to be maintained as a class action. Requires employers subject to such prohibition to: (1) preserve records which document and support the method, system, calculations, and other bases used by the employer in establishing, adjusting, and determining the wages paid to their employees, for periods of time prescribed by the EEOC; and (2) make reports to the EEOC. Sets forth certain exemptions for small businesses and provisions for protection of confidentiality with respect to such records. Directs the EEOC to: (1) undertake studies and provide information and technical assistance to employers, labor organizations, and the general public concerning effective means available to implement this Act; (2) carry on a continuing program of research, education, and technical assistance with specified components related to the purposes of this Act; and (3) include a separate evaluation and appraisal regarding the implementation of this Act in its annual report to the Congress. Makes conforming amendments to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. | 2025-08-21T20:15:40Z | |
| 104-hr-3169 | 104 | hr | 3169 | Job Corps Improvement Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-27 | 1996-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] | NJ | R | F000349 | 0 | Job Corps Improvement Act of 1996 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act with respect to the Job Corps program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to require that Job Corps applicants be tested for drug and alcohol use and undergo appropriate background checks. Directs the Secretary to establish Job Corps standards of conduct that prohibit enrollee possession, distribution, or use of controlled substances, abuse of alcohol, acts of violence, and other related disruptive activities. Requires the director of a Job Corps center to take appropriate disciplinary measures against an enrollee, including immediate dismissal, upon determination that the enrollee has violated any such standard. Subjects such dismissal decisions by directors to expeditious appeal procedures established by the Secretary. Limits the portion of Job Corps funds which may be used for program administration. Directs the Secretary to: (1) review and report to the Congress on Job Corps activities; and (2) make improvements, based on review results, in the operation of the Job Corps program, including specified numbers of closings and relocations of centers. Prohibits closing a Job Corps center if it is the only one in a State or a region. Allows completion of planning or construction and beginning of operation of any uncompleted Job Corps center that received Federal funding for FY 1994 or 1995. Prohibits the Secretary from evaluating any such center sooner than three years after the first date of operation. Directs the Secretary to report biennially to the Congress on specified matters relating to the Job Corps program. | 2025-08-21T20:14:01Z | |
| 104-hr-3114 | 104 | hr | 3114 | ERISA Clarification Act of 1995 | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-19 | 1996-04-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | R000465 | 41 | ERISA Clarification Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue guidance on the application of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to insurance company general accounts. Requires such guidance to: (1) be for purposes of determining, in cases where an insurer issues one or more policies to or for the benefit of an employee benefit plan, which assets of the insurer (other than plan assets held in its separate accounts) constitute assets of the plan for purposes of specified provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code; and (2) provide that assets not treated as plan assets under certain provisions not be treated as plan assets under other provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to exclude any assets of the insurer with respect to its operations, products, or services from treatment as plan assets. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3087 | 104 | hr | 3087 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that an employee's "regular rate" for purposes of calculating overtime compensation will not be affected by certain additional payments. | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-14 | 1996-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000104 | 5 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that an employee's regular rate for purposes of calculating overtime compensation will not be affected by certain individual or group rewards for meeting or exceeding productivity, quality, efficiency, or sales goals specified in a gainsharing, incentive bonus, commission, or performance contingent bonus plan. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3091 | 104 | hr | 3091 | Injunctive Relief Amendments Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-14 | 1996-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 1 | Injunctive Relief Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to revise provisions relating to the awarding of preliminary injunctive relief against individuals for alleged unfair labor practices. Allows parties against whom such preliminary injunctive relief is sought an opportunity to review and respond to legal memoranda or documents presented to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in support of such relief. Prohibits Federal courts from issuing preliminary injunctive relief unless: (1) there is a reasonable likelihood of success on the merits of the complaint; (2) there is a possibility of irreparable harm if relief is not granted; (3) a balancing of hardships favors injunctive relief; and (4) harm to the public interest stemming from such relief is tolerable in light of the benefits achieved. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3092 | 104 | hr | 3092 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage State unemployment insurance laws to establish a system under which workers may purchase insurance to cover the costs of health insurance during periods of unemployment. | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-14 | 1996-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Franks, Gary A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | F000348 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit State unemployment insurance laws to establish a program under which individuals performing services covered under State law have the option of purchasing health insurance continuation benefits. | 2025-01-02T17:37:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3094 | 104 | hr | 3094 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an exemption from the overtime compensation provisions of such Act for professional employees of contractors and subcontractors of the Federal Government. | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-14 | 1996-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC-3] | SC | R | G000359 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from overtime compensation provisions professional employees of Federal Government contractors and subcontractors. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-3077 | 104 | hr | 3077 | Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-13 | 1996-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | P000422 | 41 | Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1996 - Establishes the Commission on Retirement Income Policy 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. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3054 | 104 | hr | 3054 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit State and local government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer or community organization or purpose without requiring the employer to pay them compensation. | Labor and Employment | 1996-03-07 | 1996-03-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] | NC | R | M001134 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from coverage State or local government employees who volunteer, solely at their own option, either for no compensation or for only expenses, reasonable benefits, or a nominal fee, to perform services for their public agency employer or for a community organization or purpose. Prohibits any public agency employer from requiring (directly or indirectly) an employee to volunteer to perform services for such agency or for a community organization or purpose. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-s-1570 | 104 | s | 1570 | A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the restriction on the assignment or alienation of pension plan benefits shall not apply to court-ordered criminal fines or victim restitution. | Labor and Employment | 1996-02-20 | 1996-02-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code to provide that certain restrictions on the assignment or alienation of pension plan benefits shall not apply to court-ordered criminal fines or victim restitution. | 2025-04-07T15:29:37Z | |
| 104-hr-2966 | 104 | hr | 2966 | Canine Unit Preservation Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1996-02-16 | 1996-03-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] | CA | R | H000528 | 4 | Canine Unit Preservation Act of 1996 - Authorizes law enforcement agencies and fire departments to enter into overtime compensation payment agreements with officers assigned to canine units, for hours spent by such officers in care and training of dogs in such units, in accordance with specified provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue guidelines for preparation of such agreements and to approve agreements prepared in accordance with such guidelines. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-s-1554 | 104 | s | 1554 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption for houseparents from the minimum wage and maximum hours requirements of that Act, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1996-02-01 | 1996-02-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 3 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from minimum wage and overtime compensation provisions employees of nonprofit institutions who: (1) are employed to serve as houseparents for abused, neglected, delinquent, homeless, or emotionally impaired children residing at facilities of such institutions; (2) reside with such children at such facilities for at least 72 hours a week; (3) receive free board and lodging from such enterprises; and (4) are compensated at an annual rate of at least $8,000. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-s-1517 | 104 | s | 1517 | A bill to make appropriations for the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund for fiscal year 1996. | Labor and Employment | 1996-01-05 | 1996-01-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] | VA | D | R000295 | 0 | Makes appropriations for FY 1996 for the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, including certain transfers of payments, to fund benefits under the Black Lung Disability Program (administered by the Department of Labor). Provides additional amounts for making repayable advances to such Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15, 1996, for costs incurred by such Fund in the current fiscal year. Makes appropriations for FY 1996 and through the first quarter of FY 1997 for special benefits for disabled coal miners under the Black Lung Program (administered by the Social Security Administration) under title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 104-s-1490 | 104 | s | 1490 | Pension Audit Improvement Act of 1995 | Labor and Employment | 1995-12-20 | 1996-07-31 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 3 | Pension Audit Improvement Act of 1995 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise requirements with respect to the auditing of employee benefit plans. Repeals certain provisions for limited scope audits. Adds certain reporting and enforcement requirements for employee benefit plans. Requires certain notifications by plan administrators and accountants regarding: (1) irregularities that may have occurred with respect to plans; and (2) termination of an accountant's engagement for auditing services. Sets forth civil penalties for failures to provide the Secretary of Labor with such notifications. Sets forth additional requirements for qualified public accountants. Revises provisions relating to certain fiduciary penalties under ERISA (and similar provisions under the Internal Revenue Code). Modifies a prohibition of assignment or alienation. Makes discretionary: (1) the imposition and the amount of civil penalties for breach of fiduciary responsibility; and (2) certain provisions relating to an applicable recovery amount. | 2025-08-21T20:16:34Z | |
| 104-hr-2723 | 104 | hr | 2723 | Work and Family Integration Act | Labor and Employment | 1995-12-06 | 1995-12-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] | CA | R | D000429 | 22 | Work and Family Integration Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the 40-hour maximum workweek provision to allow employees to work flexible work schedules of 160 hours in any combination over a four-week period before employers would have to pay overtime compensation. Allows employees to request, and employers to provide, compensatory time-and-a-half off in lieu of compensatory overtime pay. Requires that any flexible work arrangement be agreed upon by both the employee and the employer, without coercion. Provides that collective bargaining agreements would remain unaffected. Allows former employees a priority in rehiring if they take time off for up to five years in order to take care of their children or parents. Provides that such an employee's priority treatment may not be used as a basis for an action against the employer for violation of Federal equal protection laws. Revises the salaried employee overtime exemption to allow flexible work schedules under such exemption. Amends Federal civil service law to revise the definition of compressed schedule to conform with that under this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-2724 | 104 | hr | 2724 | Federal Contractor Labor Relations Enforcement Act of 1995 | Labor and Employment | 1995-12-06 | 1995-12-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] | IL | D | E000250 | 44 | Federal Contractor Labor Relations Enforcement Act of 1995 - 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. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-2725 | 104 | hr | 2725 | Federal Contractor Safety and Health Enforcement Act of 1995 | Labor and Employment | 1995-12-06 | 1995-12-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] | IL | D | E000250 | 44 | Federal Contractor Safety and Health Enforcement Act of 1995 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health 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. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-2705 | 104 | hr | 2705 | American Profit Sharing Act | Labor and Employment | 1995-12-05 | 1995-12-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] | PA | D | F000043 | 66 | American Profit Sharing Act - Permits the provision of Federal contracts and certain Federal subsidies only to businesses which have a stock bonus or profit-sharing plan. Excepts start-up small businesses for one year unless such business: (1) has been in existence for at least ten prior years; (2) has more than five full-time employees (or their equivalent) at any time during the year; and (3) has a gross income exceeding $10 million. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-1423 | 104 | s | 1423 | Occupational Safety and Health Reform and Reinvention Act | Labor and Employment | 1995-11-17 | 1996-06-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 483. | Senate | Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] | NH | R | G000445 | 15 | Occupational Safety and Health Reform and Reinvention Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to provide that employee safety and health participation committees are not prohibited under the National Labor Relations Act or the Railway Labor Act. (Sec. 3) Revises inspection provisions. Prohibits routine inspections of employers of ten or fewer employees if such employers: (1) are farming operations which do not maintain a temporary labor camp; or (2) are in a category of employers having an occupational injury or a lost workday case rate which is less than the national average. Grants the Secretary of labor specified types of discretionary authority in determining which employee complaints must receive special inspection responses. (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary to establish a voluntary compliance program granting partial exemption from certain OSHA safety and health inspections and investigations 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, including having an employee participation program. (Sec. 5) Adds employer defenses of employee misconduct or alternative safer methods. (Sec. 6) Prohibits the Secretary from establishing any quotas for subordinates within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with respect to number of inspections conducted, citations issued, or penalties collected. (Sec. 7) Provides for warnings in lieu of citations. (Sec. 8) Reduces penalties for nonserious violations and where there are mitigating circumstances. Directs the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission to assess all civil penalties, giving due consideration to their appropriateness with respect to specified factors. Provides for various reductions of penalties for voluntary compliance program participants or exemplary safe worksites under certain conditions. (Sec. 9) Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with States for the provisio… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-hr-2594 | 104 | hr | 2594 | Railroad Unemployment Insurance Amendments Act of 1996 | Labor and Employment | 1995-11-08 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-251. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S000394 | 5 | Railroad Unemployment Insurance Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to revise and reduce the waiting period for unemployment benefits. Repeals the prohibition against payment of benefits for days of unemployment during the first thirteen-day period of unemployment registration within a benefit year in which the employee has more than four days of unemployment. Permits payment of such benefits to an employee after seven days of unemployment during such first registration period during a time of continued unemployment, if such period is the employee's initial period of continuing unemployment in that benefit year. Prohibits payment of benefits during a registration period in excess of an employee's monthly compensation base for the applicable base year. Applies the seven-day waiting period allowance and requirements, where a period of continuing employment is due to a strike-related work stoppage, to an employee's first registration period following exhaustion of benefit rights in a new period of continuing employment based upon the same work stoppage. (Currently, such waiting period would be 14 days.) Defines period of continuing unemployment. Makes similar revisions to, and reductions in, the waiting period for sickness benefits. Repeals the prohibition against payment of benefits for days of sickness during the first thirteen-day registration period within a benefit year in which the employee has both four consecutive days of sickness and more than four days of sickness. Permits payment of such benefits to an employee for each day in excess of seven during such first registration period in a period of continuing sickness if that registration period begins with four consecutive days of sickness and includes more than four days of sickness. Waives such waiting period for the first registration period in any subsequent period of continuing sickness beginning in the same benefit year. Defines period of continuing sickness. Repeals the current formula for calculating the ma… | 2025-04-07T15:30:31Z | |
| 104-s-1400 | 104 | s | 1400 | ERISA Clarification Act of 1995 | Labor and Employment | 1995-11-07 | 1996-06-26 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 14 | ERISA Clarification Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue guidance on the application of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to insurance company general accounts. Requires such guidance to: (1) be for purposes of determining, in cases where an insurer issues one or more policies to or for the benefit of an employee benefit plan, which assets of the insurer (other than plan assets held in its separate accounts) constitute assets of the plan for purposes of specified provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code; and (2) provide that assets not treated as plan assets under certain provisions not be treated as plan assets under other provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to exclude any assets of the insurer with respect to its operations, products, or services from treatment as plan assets. | 2025-08-21T20:16:38Z | |
| 104-hr-2572 | 104 | hr | 2572 | To reinstate the emergency unemployment compensation program. | Labor and Employment | 1995-11-01 | 1995-11-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] | WV | D | R000011 | 12 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 to extend the authorization for new claims for benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program to December 1, 1995. Modifies the final phase-out period for continuation of claims to end it on June 1, 1996. (Sec. 2) Provides for a similar extension of the program of temporary extended railroad unemployment insurance benefits (and modification of the phase-out period). (Sec. 3) Authorizes appropriations for certain advances to Funds and transfers to accounts in order to make payments to States to carry out this Act. (Sec. 4) Designates all direct spending amounts provided, and all appropriations authorized, by this Act as emergency requirements within the meaning of specified provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). | 2025-04-07T15:26:49Z | |
| 104-hr-2544 | 104 | hr | 2544 | Unremunerated Work Act | Labor and Employment | 1995-10-26 | 1995-11-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Collins, Barbara-Rose [D-MI-15] | MI | D | C000633 | 0 | Unremunerated Work Act - Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to: (1) conduct, periodically, time use surveys of unremunerated work performed in the United States (including household, agricultural, and volunteer work and work related to child care and other care services, food production, and family businesses); (2) calculate the monetary value of such unremunerated work, separately for men and women, and include such value in statistics used to determine the gross national product; and (3) report to the Congress on the methods to be used to conduct such surveys and make such calculations. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-2531 | 104 | hr | 2531 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption for houseparents from the minimum wage and maximum hours requirements of that Act, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1995-10-25 | 1996-06-24 | Discharged from Corrections Calendar. | House | Rep. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H001015 | 66 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from minimum wage and overtime compensation provisions employees of private nonprofit institutions who: (1) are employed to serve as houseparents for abused, neglected, delinquent, homeless, or emotionally impaired children residing at facilities of such institutions; (2) reside with such children at such facilities for at least 72 hours a week; (3) receive free board and lodging from such enterprises; and (4) are compensated at an annual rate of at least $8,000. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-hr-2497 | 104 | hr | 2497 | To amend the National Labor Relations Act. | Labor and Employment | 1995-10-18 | 1996-02-07 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] | MI | R | H000676 | 57 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that an employer is not required to allow access to its business property to employees or nonemployees for purposes of union organizing, solicitation, distribution, picketing, or other union advocacy or activities, even if the employer allows such access to organizations for charitable, civic, or religious purposes. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-1326 | 104 | s | 1326 | A bill respecting the relationship between workers' compensation benefits and the benefits available under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. | Labor and Employment | 1995-10-17 | 1995-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Repeals provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 which amended the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act with respect to applicable State workers' compensation laws. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSAWPA) to make State workers' compensation laws, which are applicable to and provide coverage for a migrant or seasonal agricultural worker, the exclusive remedy for actual damages for loss from an injury or death of such a worker, for all cases in which a final judgment has not been entered. Provides that this does not preclude recovery under such Act for statutory damages or relief (except that such relief may not include back or front pay or in any manner expand or otherwise alter or affect a recovery or rights conferred under a State workers' compensation law. Increases statutory damages under MSAWPA under certain limited circumstances. Provides for tolling of the statute of limitations on actions brought under MSAWPA during the time period in which a claim under State workers' compensation was pending. Requires disclosure of information regarding workers' compensation coverage to migrant or seasonal agricultural workers. Directs the Secretary of Labor to determine, considering specified factors, the level of liability insurance required of employers engaged in transportation of migrant or seasonal agricultural workers. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z |
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