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| 106-hr-5665 | 106 | hr | 5665 | To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to adjust the monthly multiemployer plan benefit guaranteed thereunder. | Labor and Employment | 2000-12-14 | 2000-12-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-30] | NY | R | Q000016 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to adjust guaranteed monthly multiemployer plan benefit amounts. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-hr-5635 | 106 | hr | 5635 | To amend the National Labor Relations Act. | Labor and Employment | 2000-11-14 | 2000-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Hutchinson, Asa [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H001014 | 0 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that an exception for charitable, eleemosynary, or other beneficent purposes, in the case of a published, written, or posted no solicitation or no property access rule, shall not be grounds for finding an unfair labor practice. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-hr-5611 | 106 | hr | 5611 | To ensure the availability of funds for ergonomic protection standards. | Labor and Employment | 2000-11-01 | 2000-11-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 0 | See summary of: H.R. 5609 | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-hr-5609 | 106 | hr | 5609 | To ensure the availability of funds for ergonomic protection standards. | Labor and Employment | 2000-10-31 | 2000-10-31 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 0 | Requires that up to a specified maximum amount of funds from FY 2001 appropriations for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration be available for promulgating, issuing, implementing, administering, and enforcing proposed, temporary, and final standards on ergonomic protection. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-s-3258 | 106 | s | 3258 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes. | Labor and Employment | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 15 | See summary of: S. 3249 | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 106-s-3249 | 106 | s | 3249 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes. | Labor and Employment | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 15 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prohibit employer discrimination, during and at the conclusion of labor disputes, against employees who participate in such disputes. Prohibits employers from offering: (1) permanent replacement status to individuals who replace strikers or otherwise work or express a willingness to work during such disputes; or (2) certain employment preferences to such individuals over striking workers who have returned or have made unconditional offers to return to work. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 106-hr-5538 | 106 | hr | 5538 | Minimum Wage Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-10-25 | 2000-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 0 | Minimum Wage Act of 2000 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) to: (1) $5.65 an hour during the year beginning on January 1, 2001; and (2) $6.15 an hour beginning on January 1, 2002.(This bill also states that the current $5.15 Federal minimum wage is, or was, in effect during the period ending June 30, 2000, but does not indicate what amount or coverage is, or is to be, in effect from the period from July 1 through December 31, 2000.) | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5546 | 106 | hr | 5546 | Retirement Enhancement Revenue Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-10-25 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 14 | Retirement Enhancement Revenue Act of 2000 - Title I: Public Employee Pension Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to public employee pension plans, to set forth additional reporting and disclosure requirements and provide for the review of employee contribution changes by qualified review boards.Title II: Pension Improvements - Requires 401(k) plans to be offered to all eligible employees and to meet minimum coverage requirements.Makes other revisions concerning pension plans, including: (1) raising the contribution limit on simplified employee pensions; (2) increasing from the age of 70-and-one-half to age 75 the requirement to begin mandatory pension distributions; (3) repealing specified coordination requirements for deferred compensation plans of State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations; (4) permitting rollovers from and to various types of plans.Title III: Additional Amendments - Makes additional revisions to pension provisions, including: (1) concerning cash-outs from section 457 plans (deferred compensation plans of State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations) to qualified plans; and (2) permitting loans from a pension plan for involuntarily separated employees for health insurance and job training expenses.Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth effective date provisions. | 2025-08-20T14:21:03Z | |
| 106-hr-5549 | 106 | hr | 5549 | Retirement Enhancement Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-10-25 | 2000-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 14 | Retirement Enhancement Act of 2000 - Title I: Improved Participation and Vesting - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for: (1) minimum coverage requirements; (2) revised minimum participation requirements; (3) faster vesting of benefits under defined contribution plans; (4) model simplified pension plans, including ones for groups of small employers; and (5) enforcement of requirements for simplified employee pensions.Title II: Improved Pension Protections For Women - Amends ERISA to: (1) prohibit employee pension plan benefits from varying on the basis of amounts received under workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability insurance; (2) require spousal consent for distributions from defined contribution plans; (3) revise joint and survivor annuity requirements; (4) set forth special rules and procedures for determining the division of pension benefits upon divorce, in cases where domestic relations orders do not do so; (5) treat periods of family and medical leave as hours of service for pension participation and vesting; (6) establish the right of a spouse to know distribution information; (7) repeal a reduction in military survivor benefit plan annuities at age 62; (8) revise provisions relating to survivor annuities for widows, widowers, and former spouses of Federal employees who die before attaining age for deferred annuity under Civil Service Retirement System; (9) set forth an order of precedence for disposition of amounts remaining in the thrift savings account of a Federal employee (or former employee) who dies before making an effective election controlling such disposition; and (10) provide for interest on amounts paid to make up for certain civil service annuity benefits wrongfully denied.Amends the Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984 to revise certain effective date provisions to: (1) eliminate certain bars to eligibility; (2) set a new deadline for certain applications; and (3) authorize the Director of the Office of Perso… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-5466 | 106 | hr | 5466 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the payment of fellowship benefits to pension plan participants. | Labor and Employment | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5] | CA | D | M000249 | 0 | Amends Section 401 (Qualified Pension, Profit-Sharing, and Stock Bonus Plans) to prohibit a trust forming part of a defined benefit pension plan being treated as failing to constitute a qualified trust under such section merely because such plan provides for the payment of qualified fellowship benefits to participants in such plan. Defines the term "qualified fellowship benefits." | 2025-01-02T17:15:30Z | |
| 106-s-3159 | 106 | s | 3159 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify provisions relating to the use of accrued compensatory time by certain public employees. | Labor and Employment | 2000-10-04 | 2000-10-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise requirements relating to the use of accrued compensatory time by public employees of State, local, and interstate governmental agencies. Sets forth additional remedies and sanctions for employer violations of such requirements. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 106-s-3100 | 106 | s | 3100 | CARE Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-25 | 2000-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (CR S9196-9197) | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 3 | Children's Act for Responsible Employment - CARE Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLRA) to revise child labor prohibitions.(Sec. 2) Repeals certain exemptions from child labor prohibitions for agricultural employment.Applies the same age restrictions to agricultural employment as to other forms of employment. Limits exemptions to agricultural labor outside of school hours, if the individual is employed by his or her parent or legal guardian, on a farm owned or operated by such parent or legal guardian. Raises from 16 to 18 years old the minimum age for engaging in hazardous agricultural employment.(Sec. 3) Prohibits employment of individuals under age 16 in youth peddling. Excludes from the definition of youth peddling volunteer selling of goods or services on behalf of not-for-profit organizations.(Sec. 4) Increases civil and criminal penalties for child labor violations.(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to determine the circumstances under which goods tainted by oppressive child labor may be allowed to be shipped or delivered for shipment in interstate commerce.(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to establish closer working relationships with non-governmental organizations and with State and local government agencies having responsibility for administering and enforcing labor and safety and health laws. Requires State and local government agencies to submit information regarding injuries and deaths of employees to the Secretary, upon request, for specified use in enforcement and other uses under FLRA. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse such agencies for such services.(Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary to: (1) collaborate with the Secretary of Agriculture on regulations to identify agricultural occupations which are particularly hazardous for the employment of children under the age of 18 or detrimental to the health or well-being of such children; and (2) include in such regulations a process by which children may be employed in such occupations as vocational agriculture studen… | 2025-08-20T14:17:37Z | |
| 106-hr-5245 | 106 | hr | 5245 | To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate a limitation on benefits. | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with regard to certain increases compensating for mandatory reductions in the amount of an individual's railroad retirement annuity. Repeals the prohibition against taking into account during recertification of an annuity any persons not entitled to an annuity (except a spouse under certain circumstances), if at the time of initial certification: (1) all persons then eligible for such an annuity were considered for inclusion; and (2) the requirements for such increases were either inapplicable or applicable but later became inapplicable. (Thus allows such otherwise ineligible persons to be taken into account when an annuity is recertified with respect to such increases compensating for mandatory reductions.) | 2025-01-02T17:15:05Z | |
| 106-hr-5262 | 106 | hr | 5262 | Battered Women's Employment Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-21 | 2000-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33] | CA | D | R000486 | 7 | 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.(Sec. 3) 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.(Sec. 4) Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act to entitle an employee to such leave: (1) in order to care for the employee's child or parent, if such child or parent is addressing domestic violence and its effects; or (2) because the employee is addressing domestic violence and its effects, the employee is unable to perform any of the functions of the employee's position. Allows leave, in such cases, to be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule. Allows the employee to elect, or the employer to require, substitution of accrued paid leave for such leave. Provides for certification and confidentiality of domestic violence information involved in such cases.(Sec. 5) Amends specified Federal law to provide for entitlement to leave for Federal employees in such domestic violence situations.(Sec. 6) Allows unemployment compensation or leave benefits under other laws, collective bargaining agreements, or employment benefit programs greater than those provided by this Act; but prohibits diminishment of the rights and benefits established by this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5217 | 106 | hr | 5217 | Effective Labor Law Sanctions Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-20 | 2000-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 0 | Effective Labor Law Sanctions Act of 2000 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to direct the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), if it finds that an employee was discharged as a result of an unfair labor practice, to order: (1) award of back pay in an amount equal to three times the employee's wage rate at the time of the unfair labor practice; and (2) notify the employee of such employee's right to sue for punitive damages and damages with respect to a wrongful discharge under specified provisions of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (LMRA).Amends LMRA to make it unlawful for any employer to discharge an employee for exercising rights protected under the NLRA. Allows an employee whose discharge is determined by the NLRB to be as a result of an unfair labor to file a civil action in: (1) any U.S. district court, without respect to the amount in controversy, to recover punitive damages; or (2) if actionable, in any State court to recover damages based on a wrongful discharge. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-5203 | 106 | hr | 5203 | Debt Relief and Retirement Security Reconciliation Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-19 | 2000-09-21 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 818. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] | FL | R | S000303 | 6 | Debt Relief and Retirement Security Reconciliation Act - Division A: Debt Relief - Title I: Debt Reduction Lock-Box - Amends Federal public finance provisions to establish the Public Debt Reduction Payment Account in the Treasury. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to use amounts in the Account to pay at maturity, or redeem or buy before maturity, any Government obligation held by the public and included in the public debt. Provides that any obligation which is paid, redeemed, or bought with amounts from the Account shall be canceled and retired and prohibits its reissuance.Appropriates funds for the Account. Prohibits such appropriation from being considered as direct spending for purposes of pay-as-you-go provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).(Sec. 102) Reduces the public debt limit by the amount appropriated into the Account.(Sec. 103) Bars Account receipts and disbursements from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of : (1) the Federal Government budget as submitted by the President; (2) the congressional budget; or (3) the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act.(Sec. 105) Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the Account.Title II: Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box - Amends H. Con. Res. 290 (106th Congress) to replace a point of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate against consideration of any revision of such resolution or any concurrent budget resolution for FY 2002 that sets forth a deficit for any fiscal year with one that provides a point of order against consideration of any budget resolution that sets forth a surplus for any fiscal year that is less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for such year.Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report if the enactment of the reported bill or resolution, the adoption and enactment of an am… | 2025-08-20T14:19:33Z | |
| 106-s-3067 | 106 | s | 3067 | Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-19 | 2000-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8761-8762) | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 9 | Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act - Revises the bloodborne pathogens standard, in effect under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to include safer medical devices, such as sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and needleless systems, as examples of engineering controls designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens through needlestick and other percutaneous injuries. Requires certain employers to: (1) review and update exposure control plans to reflect changes in technology that eliminate or reduce such exposure, and document their consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices for such purpose; (2) maintain a sharps injury log, noting the type and brand of device used, where the injury occurred, and an explanation of the incident (exempting employers who are not required to maintain specified OSHA logs); and (3) seek input on such engineering and work practice controls from the affected health care workers (exempting employers who are not required to establish exposure control plans).Requires such modifications of the standard to: (1) be in force until superseded by regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor under OSHA; and (2) take effect without regard to specified procedural requirements. | 2025-08-20T14:20:50Z | |
| 106-hr-5178 | 106 | hr | 5178 | Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-14 | 2000-11-06 | Became Public Law No: 106-430. | House | Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000104 | 98 | Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act - Revises the bloodborne pathogens standard, in effect under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to include safer medical devices, such as sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and needleless systems, as examples of engineering controls designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens through needlestick and other percutaneous injuries. Requires certain employers to: (1) review and update exposure control plans to reflect changes in technology that eliminate or reduce such exposure, and document their consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices for such purpose; (2) maintain a sharps injury log, noting the type and brand of device used, where the injury occurred, and an explanation of the incident (exempting employers who are not required to maintain specified OSHA logs); and (3) seek input on such engineering and work practice controls from the affected health care workers (exempting employers who are not required to establish exposure control plans).Requires such modifications of the standard to: (1) be in force until superseded by regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor under OSHA; and (2) take effect without regard to specified procedural requirements. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5179 | 106 | hr | 5179 | Registered Nurses and Patients Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-14 | 2000-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (CR E1480) | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 17 | Registered Nurses and Patients Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to limit the number of overtime hours which employers may require of licensed health care employees, including registered nurses but excluding doctors. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5182 | 106 | hr | 5182 | Day Laborer Fairness and Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-14 | 2000-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 27 | Day Laborer Fairness and Protection Act - Requires day labor service agencies to provide notice of the wage rate expected to be paid by each third party employer using their services. Requires the wage rate for such third party employers to equal the rate paid to their permanent employees who perform substantially equivalent work, with due consideration given to seniority, experience, skills and qualifications. Requires day laborers to be paid by third party employers at a wage rate not less than that stated in the agency notice for all work performed for such employers, including work contained in the detailed description issued under notification requirements of this Act. Prohibits employers from reducing the wage rate of any employee in order to comply with requirements of this Act.Sets forth requirements for: (1) agency payments to day laborers for excessive processing time; (2) civil damages and criminal penalties for certain employer violations; (3) itemized wage statements, annual earnings summaries, and optional payment schedules; (4) no charges for cashing wage payment checks or for overpayments; (5) nondiscrimination; (6) adequate seating, restrooms and water in waiting areas; (7) no restrictions on worker acceptance of permanent positions, but allowance placement fees paid to agencies by employers; (8) health care liability for injuries on the job or in transit; (9) agency notices, including employer lists and descriptions of jobs, wages, and other working conditions; (10) equitable expenses for day laborer meals, transportation, and equipment; (11) agency registration with the Secretary of Labor; and (12) Department of Labor enforcement of this Act.Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for employers to offer and grant: (1) permanent replacement employee status or other employment preferences to individuals for performing bargaining unit work for the employer during a labor dispute; or (2) any employment preference based on an individual's being employed, or having… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5185 | 106 | hr | 5185 | Live Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-14 | 2000-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] | MN | D | P000258 | 34 | Live Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exempt, from a prohibition against employer or labor organization boycotts, any leaders, contractors, purchasers of live entertainment or live music, promoters, producers, or persons similarly engaged or involved in an integrated production or performance of any kind in the live entertainment industry.Allows employers who hire, or contract for the services of, persons engaged in the live performing arts to make agreements covering such persons with labor organizations of which performing artists are members (provided that certain unfair labor practices are not involved), even if the majority status of such labor organization has been previously established or such agreement requires membership in such labor organization as a condition of employment.Revises definitions of: (1) employer, to include purchasers of live musical performance services regardless of whether the performer is an independent contractor, employer, or employee of another employer; and (2) employee, to include independent contractors (other than employers) engaged to perform live musical services. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5189 | 106 | hr | 5189 | Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-09-14 | 2000-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 16 | Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary to designate additional entities as beryllium vendors for purposes of coverage under this Act if such entities engage in activities relating to the production or processing of beryllium for sale to, or use by, DOE. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to specify the means of establishing the existence of a covered beryllium illness for purposes of this Act.Part A: Beryllium, Silicosis, and Radiation Compensation - Determines, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary, a covered beryllium employee to have been exposed to beryllium in the performance of duties for purposes of this Act if such employee was: (1) employed at a DOE facility; or (2) present at a DOE facility, or a facility owned and operated by a beryllium vendor, because of employment by the United States, a beryllium vendor, or a contractor or subcontractor of the Department of Defense, during a period when beryllium dust, particles, or vapor may have been present at such facility.(Sec. 6) Determines a covered employee with chronic silicosis to have been exposed to silica in the performance of duty if such employee was present during the mining of tunnels at a DOE facility for tests or experiments related to an atomic weapon.Determines a DOE employee, contractor employee, or atomic weapons employee to have sustained a cancer in the performance of duty if such employee: (1) contracted cancer after beginning such employment; and (2) falls within certain guidelines established by the HHS Secretary which are based on radiation dosage received during such duty. Directs the HHS Secretary to: (1) establish methods for determining radiation dosage received by such employees; (2) provide to such employees an estimate of the dosage received; and (3) establish an independent review process to assess such dosage determinations and estimates.(Sec. 7) Directs the HHS Secretary to establish an Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health to… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5026 | 106 | hr | 5026 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-27 | 2000-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. DeMint, Jim [R-SC-4] | SC | R | D000595 | 33 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to allow a State to preempt the Federal minimum wage if the State: (1) sets a minimum wage rate of at least $5.15 per hour (the current Federal minimum wage); and (2) applies that rate to as many workers in the State as would otherwise be covered by the Federal minimum wage rate.Exempts employers in such a State from Federal minimum wage rate requirements. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5037 | 106 | hr | 5037 | Workplace Safety and Accountability Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-27 | 2000-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] | TX | D | H000067 | 2 | Workplace Safety and Accountability Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to prohibit issuance of a citation for a violation of an OSHA standard unless the employer knew, or would have known by exercising due diligence, of the presence of the alleged violation.Prohibits such issuance if the employer demonstrates that the violation was caused by employees' failure to observe established work rules after such rules had been adequately communicated to them and they had been provided with proper training and equipment.Requires such a citation to be vacated if the employer demonstrates that employees were protected by alternative methods that were at least as protective as the standard in the factual circumstances. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5038 | 106 | hr | 5038 | Workplace Safety Improvement Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-27 | 2000-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] | TX | D | H000067 | 2 | Workplace Safety Improvement Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to prohibit citing an employer for a violation on a multi-employer work site if the employer has: (1) not created the condition that caused the violation; (2) no employees exposed to the violation; or (3) not assumed responsibility for ensuring compliance by other employers on the work site. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-s-2946 | 106 | s | 2946 | Employee Benefits Eligibility Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7844) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 2 | Employee Benefits Eligibility Fairness Act of 2000 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require employers to include contingent workers' service in determining employee benefit plan eligibility.Sets forth additional standards relating to minimum requirements for such plan participation. Prohibits employers from excluding from plans such individuals who work full-time, on an indefinite long-term basis, by miscategorizing them as temporary workers. Prohibits any such exclusion based on certain purported categorizations. Makes waivers of plan participation ineffective if related to such miscategorization of employees. Requires objective eligibility criteria in plan instruments. Sets forth enforcement procedures to provide relief to employees who have been miscategorized in violation of this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:21:10Z | |
| 106-s-2966 | 106 | s | 2966 | Wage Awareness Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7863) | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 3 | Wage Awareness Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employer retaliation and certain confidentiality policies relating to disclosure of employee wages. | 2025-08-20T14:19:24Z | |
| 106-s-2969 | 106 | s | 2969 | Retirement Security Advice Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 1 | Retirement Security Advice Act of 2000 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to allow prohibited transaction exemptions under specified conditions to: (1) a fiduciary adviser's provision (or contracting or otherwise arranging for provision) of certain investment advice to an employee benefit plan or to a participant or beneficiary of such plan; (2) sale, acquisition, or holding of securities or other property (including any extension of credit associated with these) pursuant to such advice; and (3) direct or indirect receipt of fees or other compensation by the fiduciary adviser or an affiliate in connection with providing such advice. | 2025-08-20T14:21:34Z | |
| 106-hr-4962 | 106 | hr | 4962 | Employee Benefits Eligibility Fairness Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-26 | 2000-09-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Employee Benefits Eligibility Fairness Act of 2000 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require employers to include contingent workers' service in determining employee benefit plan eligibility.Sets forth additional standards relating to minimum requirements for such plan participation. Prohibits employers from excluding from plans such individuals who work full-time, on an indefinite long-term basis, by miscategorizing them as temporary workers. Prohibits any such exclusion based on certain purported categorizations. Makes waivers of plan participation ineffective if related to such miscategorization of employees. Requires objective eligibility criteria in plan instruments. Sets forth enforcement procedures to provide relief to employees who have been miscategorized in violation of this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4963 | 106 | hr | 4963 | Democratic Rights for Union Members Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-26 | 2000-09-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | Democratic Rights for Union Members Act of 2000 - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require a labor organization to provide information on the Act to: (1) each new member within 90 days after the member has joined the labor organization; and (2) all members periodically in a manner which the Secretary of Labor determines will promote a fuller understanding of the member's rights and judicial remedies under the Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) investigate any written complaint of a member alleging that the organization has violated such requirement; and (2) without disclosing the identity of the complainant, bring a civil action for relief upon finding probable cause to believe that such violation has occurred and has not been remedied.Allows a trusteeship (for authorization control of a union) to be authorized only after a fair hearing either before the executive board or another body provided by the constitution and bylaws of the labor organization. Allows a temporary trusteeship to be established where such immediate action is necessary.Requires a labor organization to show by clear and convincing proof that the continuation of the trusteeship is necessary for an allowable purpose in order to prevent it, 18 months after authorization, from being presumed invalid in specified proceedings under the Act and having its discontinuance decreed. Authorizes the court, if the labor organization makes such a successful showing for continuation, to dismiss the complaint or retain jurisdiction of the cause on such conditions and for such period as it deems appropriate.Requires, upon dissolution of a trusteeship, the previously elected officers of the local union to be reinstated or a new election to be held promptly. Directs a court to supervise such an election if it has ordered it after dissolving a trusteeship.Gives all bona fide candidates for office in a labor organization the right to be provided, upon request, with a copy of the membership list.Requires elections at least once eve… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-s-2922 | 106 | s | 2922 | Pension Reform and Simplification Commission Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-26 | 2000-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7658-7660) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | Pension Reform and Simplification Commission Act - Establishes the Pension Reform and Simplification Commission to study Federal laws relating to the regulation of the current private pension system and recommend changes.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:21:25Z | |
| 106-hr-4877 | 106 | hr | 4877 | ERISA Guaranteed Benefits COLA Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-18 | 2000-09-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 1 | ERISA Guaranteed Benefits COLA Act of 2000 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to guaranteed benefit payments paid by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Makes such adjustments for guaranteed benefit payments with respect to single-employer plans, multiple employer plans, and aggregate limits. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4843 | 106 | hr | 4843 | Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-13 | 2000-07-17 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 433. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 2 | Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) with respect to pensions.Title I: Individual Retirement Account Provisions - Amends the Code to increase the annual dollar Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contribution limit from $2,000 to $3,000 in 2001, $4,000 in 2002, and $5,000 in 2003, with indexing thereafter. Provides, for individuals age 50 and older, that such limit shall be $5,000 beginning in 2001, with indexing after 2003.Title II: Expanding Coverage - Provides for increases in amounts of benefit and contribution limits. Sets indexes for inflation in various increments on such increased limits.(Sec. 202) Revises requirements relating to plan loans for subchapter S owners, partners, and sole proprietors.(Sec. 203) Revises specified top-heavy rules. Repeals family aggregation rules. Revises the definition of key employee. Provides that, at the election of the employer, any employee elective contribution to a plan shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining: (1) whether a plan is a top-heavy plan (or whether any aggregation group which includes such plan is a top-heavy group); or (2) compensation. Requires that employer matching contributions be taken into account for purposes of minimum contribution requirements. Revises requirements for qualifications. Provides for distributions during the last year before a determination date is taken into account. Excludes from the definition of top-heavy plan: (1) cash or deferred arrangements using alternative methods of meeting nondiscrimination requirements; and (2) defined contribution plans using alternative methods of meeting nondiscrimination requirements. Provides that elective deferrals will not be taken into account for purposes of a special rule where the maximum contribution is less than three percent.(Sec. 204) Provides that elective deferrals shall not be taken into account for purposes of limits on certain plan contributions.(Sec. 205) Repeals specified coordination requir… | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-hr-4844 | 106 | hr | 4844 | Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-13 | 2000-10-03 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 924. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S000394 | 305 | Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000 - Title I: Amendments to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to increase benefits to railroad employees and their beneficiaries and to revise financing of the pension part (tier 2) of the railroad retirement system.(Sec. 101) Increases benefits for widows and widowers by guaranteeing to them all of the tier 2 annuity the employee was entitled to at the time of the death.(Sec. 102) Makes employees with 30 years of service eligible to retire at age 60 with unreduced tier 1 and tier 2 annuities. Makes spouses of such employees eligible for unreduced annuities at age 60.(Sec. 103) Reduces the vesting requirement for tier 2 retirement annuities from ten years to five years of service after December 1995.Makes employees with at least five years of such service, but less than ten years of total service, eligible for a tier 1 disability annuity if their combined railroad retirement and social security earnings credits would satisfy social security eligibility requirements.Makes spouses, divorced spouses, and survivors of employees with at least five years of such service, but less than ten years of total service, eligible for a tier 1 annuity if they would have been entitled to a social security benefit based on combined service.(Sec. 104) Repeals a limit on the total amount of monthly railroad retirement benefits payable to an employee and spouse at the time the employee's annuity begins.(Sec. 105) Establishes a Railroad Retirement Trust Fund (the Fund) and a Railroad Retirement Investment Trust (RRIT) to manage and invest the assets of the Fund. Declares that RRIT is not an agency, department, or instrumentality of the U.S. Government, and that it is to be a trust organized in, and subject to the laws of, the District of Columbia. Requires RRIT to be administered by a Board of Trustees (the Trustees) with seven members (three representing labor, three representing employers, and one representing the general public) w… | 2025-04-07T13:47:06Z | |
| 106-hr-4854 | 106 | hr | 4854 | EMS Employee Equality Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-13 | 2000-09-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 5 | EMS Employee Equality Act of 2000 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from deciding that a bargaining unit is appropriate, if the unit is composed of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and other employees, unless a majority of such EMTs vote for inclusion in such unit. Defines such EMTs as employees of an acute care hospital whose primary duty is provision of emergency medical services before arrival to a hospital or ambulance transportation. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4837 | 106 | hr | 4837 | Phased Retirement Liberalization Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-12 | 2000-07-13 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1229-1230) | House | Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | P000422 | 0 | Phased Retirement Liberalization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain pension distributions prior to employment severance if made before the earliest of a participant's: (1) normal retirement age; (2) attainment of age 59 and one-half; or (3) completion of 30 years' service. | 2025-08-20T14:17:13Z | |
| 106-s-2853 | 106 | s | 2853 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow distributions to be made from certain pension plans before the participant is severed from employment. | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-12 | 2000-07-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6575) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain pension distributions prior to employment severance if made before the earliest of a participant's: (1) normal retirement age; (2) attainment of age 59 and one-half; or (3) completion of 30 years' service. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-4820 | 106 | hr | 4820 | To create an independent office in the Department of Labor to advocate on behalf of pension participants, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-11 | 2000-08-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 5 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish an Office of Pension Participant Advocacy in the Department of Labor under the supervision and direction of a Pension Participant Advocate who shall: (1) have demonstrated experience in the area of pension participant assistance; (2) be selected by the Secretary of Labor after consultation with pension participant advocacy organizations; and (3) report directly to the Secretary. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-s-2849 | 106 | s | 2849 | A bill to create an independent office in the Department of Labor to advocate on behalf of pension participants, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2000-07-11 | 2000-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6475-6476) | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish an Office of Pension Participant Advocacy in the Department of Labor under the supervision and direction of a Pension Participant Advocate who shall: (1) have demonstrated experience in the area of pension participant assistance; (2) be selected by the Secretary of Labor after consultation with pension participant advocacy organizations; and (3) report directly to the Secretary. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 106-hr-4781 | 106 | hr | 4781 | Apprenticeship Enhancement Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-06-28 | 2000-08-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] | MS | R | W000437 | 9 | Apprenticeship Enhancement Act of 2000 - Amends the National Apprenticeship Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to ensure that applications relating to apprenticeship programs are processed in a fair and timely manner. Allows affected applicants to file petitions for judicial review of final determinations by the Secretary or applicable designee. | 2025-08-20T14:20:58Z | |
| 106-hr-4747 | 106 | hr | 4747 | Retirement Security Advice Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-06-26 | 2000-07-19 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 14 | Retirement Security Advice Act of 2000 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to allow prohibited transaction exemptions under specified conditions to: (1) a fiduciary adviser's providing certain investment advice to an employee benefit plan or to a participant or beneficiary of such plan; (2) sale, acquisition, or holding of securities or other property (including any extension of credit associated with these) pursuant to such advice; and (3) direct or indirect receipt of fees or other compensation by the fiduciary adviser or an affiliate in connection with providing such advice. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4748 | 106 | hr | 4748 | Comprehensive ERISA Modernization Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-06-26 | 2000-08-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | Comprehensive ERISA Modernization Act of 2000 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to exempt from prohibited transactions coverage: (1) certain arm's length transactions; and (2) the provision of investment advice by a fiduciary.Redefines party in interest under specified ERISA and related IRC provisions.Sets forth standards for the Secretary of Labor's issuing certain exemptive relief under ERISA.Directs the Secretary to issue regulations relating to definition of plan assets under specified ERISA and related IRC provisions. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4749 | 106 | hr | 4749 | ERISA Modernization Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-06-26 | 2000-08-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | ERISA Modernization Act of 2000 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to exempt from prohibited transactions coverage certain arm's length transactions.Redefines party in interest under specified ERISA and related IRC provisions.Sets forth standards for the Secretary of Labor's issuing certain exemptive relief under ERISA.Directs the Secretary to issue regulations relating to definition of plan assets under specified ERISA and related IRC provisions. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4597 | 106 | hr | 4597 | Fair Pay Anti-Retaliation Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-06-07 | 2000-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 0 | Fair Pay Anti-Retaliation Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages (also known as the Equal Pay Act) to prohibit retaliation by discrimination, discharge, or other adverse action against any individual active in enforcing such prohibitions. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-s-2671 | 106 | s | 2671 | Pension Opportunities for Women's Equality in Retirement Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-06-06 | 2000-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 1 | Pension Opportunities for Women's Equality in Retirement Act - Title I: Expanding Coverage - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the$90,000 limit on defined benefit plans to $160,000. Changes the age from which such limit will be reduced from the social security retirement age to 62 and the age from which the limit will be increased from the social security retirement age to 65. Increases the $30,000 limit for defined benefit contribution plans to $40,000. Increases the $150,000 compensation limit to $200,000. Increases the elective deferral limit to $15,000.(Sec. 102) Provides that elective deferrals shall not be taken into account for purposes of limits on certain plan contributions.(Sec. 103) Revises the definition of compensation, for purposes of the deduction rules, to include salary reduction amounts treated as a participant's compensation.(Sec. 104) Provides for optional treatment of elective deferrals as plus contributions.(Sec. 105) Increases the contribution limit for an individual retirement plan (IRA) until it reaches $5,000 in 2006 and provides a cost-of-living adjustment.Title II: Enhancing Fairness for Women - Provides that individuals who have attained age 50 may make additional catch-up elective contributions to employer-sponsored retirement plan.(Sec. 202) Sets forth requirements relating to equitable treatment for contributions of employees to defined contribution plans. Requires that certain contributions by church plans are not to be treated as exceeding a specified limit.(Sec. 203) Provides for faster vesting of certain employer matching contributions.(Sec. 204) Revises requirements relating to tax treatment of division of section 457 plan benefits upon divorce.Title III: Increasing Portability for Participants - Permits rollovers from and to various types of plans.(Sec. 302) Permits IRA rollovers into workplace retirement plans only if certain conditions are met.(Sec. 303) Permits rollover of after-tax contributions in an exempt trust under specified conditions.(Sec. 304) Sets for… | 2025-08-20T14:18:25Z | |
| 106-s-2676 | 106 | s | 2676 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide for inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds of the National Labor Relations Board. | Labor and Employment | 2000-06-06 | 2000-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4572-4573) | Senate | Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR] | AR | R | H001015 | 12 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide for inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds of the National Labor Relations Board. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 106-hr-4556 | 106 | hr | 4556 | Tax Fairness for Tribal Governments Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-05-25 | 2000-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] | MI | R | C000071 | 8 | Tax Fairness for Tribal Governments Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat employment by federally recognized tribal governments, for unemployment compensation tax purposes, in the same manner as employment by State or local units of government or nonprofit organizations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4499 | 106 | hr | 4499 | Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-05-19 | 2000-06-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 3 | Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to revise the definition of serious health condition to: (1) exclude from FMLA coverage a short-term illness, injury, impairment, or condition for which treatment and recovery are very brief; and (2) include a list of examples of types of illnesses, injuries, impairments, and physical or mental conditions to be covered under FMLA.Allows employers to require that intermittent leave be taken in increments of up to half a work day.Requires employees to: (1) request leave be designated as FMLA leave; (2) provide written application within five working days of providing notice to the employer for foreseeable leave; and (3) with respect to unforeseeable leave, to provide, at a minimum, verbal notification of the need for the leave not later than the time the leave commences, unless the employee is physically or mentally incapable of providing notice or submitting the application.Permits employers to require employees to choose between taking unpaid leave provided by the FMLA or paid absence under an employer's collective bargaining agreement or other sick leave, sick pay, or disability plan, program, or policy of the employer.Directs the Secretary of Labor to review all existing regulations for implementing FMLA, and to issue new regulations revised to reflect the amendments made by this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:17:09Z | |
| 106-hr-4398 | 106 | hr | 4398 | Energy Employees Occupational Illness and Compensation Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-05-09 | 2000-09-21 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 24 | Energy Employees Occupational Illness and Compensation Act of 2000 - Finds that civilian men and women who performed duties in the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons production program over the last 50 years should have efficient, uniform, and adequate compensation for beryllium-related health conditions and radiation-related health conditions in order to assure fairness and equity.Title I: Energy Employees' Beryllium Compensation - Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor to administer this title and for compensation by the Department of Energy for that administration from the Energy Employees Beryllium Compensation Fund (established by this title).Defines "covered employee" to be any employee of any entity that contracted or subcontracted with the Department of Energy to provide services relating to uranium conversion or manufacturing, a beryllium vendor's employee while the entity conducted activities related to beryllium produced or processed for the Department of Energy, who may have been exposed to beryllium, or a resident of Lorain County, Ohio (before 1950 in the area near the Brush Beryllium Company) who has been diagnosed with a covered illness. Provides compensation to such persons.Allows covered employees exposed to beryllium and diagnosed with beryllium-related pulmonary conditions to elect to receive alternative compensation of $200,000. Extends such option to the employee's survivors.Title II: Nuclear Employees' Radiation Compensation - Establishes a similar program and a Nuclear Employees' Radiation Compensation Fund to compensate covered employees for disability or death, medical services, and vocational rehabilitation for certain illnesses attributable to occupational exposure to radiation and other hazardous substances, including leukemia, cancer, and chronic renal disease. Provides for a similar alternative compensation of $200,000.Title III: Employees Exposed to Toxic Substances and Heavy Metals - Allows claims for compensation for illnesses, … | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-4402 | 106 | hr | 4402 | Training and Education for American Workers Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-05-09 | 2000-05-25 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 8 | Training and Education for American Workers Act of 2000 - Amends the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (as contained in title IV of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) to revise provisions for the use of amounts deposited into the H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account for demonstration programs and projects to provide technical skills training for employed and unemployed workers.Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) use 75 percent of such funds to award grants to provide such training for any skill shortage related to a specialty occupation, as defined under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (2) transfer 25 percent of such funds to the Secretary of Education for a student loan forgiveness program for mathematics, science, and reading teachers.Revises such training grant eligibility provisions. Requires certain eligible local, regional, or multi-State consortia to act in conjunction with, and with the active participation of, eligible local workforce investment boards. Requires 25 percent matching funds from grantees.Gives priority for such training grants to programs or projects that train employed and unemployed workers in skills that are in shortage in the high technology, information technology, and biotechnology fields, including software and communications services, telecommunications, systems installation and integration, computers and communications hardware, health care technology, biotechnology, and biomedical research, manufacturing, and innovation services.Requires grantees to make active efforts to recruit and train individuals traditionally underrepresented in information technology occupations, such as minorities, women, low-wage workers, workers residing in empowerment zones and enterprise communities, and individuals with a disability.Establishes such student loan forgiveness program, for specified loans made under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), for new borrowers after October … | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-hr-4405 | 106 | hr | 4405 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the overtime exemption for emergency medicine employees. | Labor and Employment | 2000-05-09 | 2000-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] | KS | D | M001140 | 4 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to include paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and rescue and ambulance service personnel, for purposes of a limited overtime exemption, as employees in fire protection activities.Provides that this Act shall not be construed to reduce or substitute for compensation standards: (1) in any existing or future collective bargaining agreement or memorandum of understanding, reached by employee representatives in accordance with State or local laws; and (2) which result in greater compensation for employees than that available under such overtime exemption. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-s-2519 | 106 | s | 2519 | Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-05-09 | 2000-05-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] | OH | R | V000126 | 11 | Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000 - Finds that civilian employees who performed duties in the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons production program over the last 50 years should have efficient, uniform, and adequate compensation for beryllium-related health conditions and radiation-related health conditions in order to assure fairness and equity.Title I: Compensation and Benefits for Illnesses Related to Beryllium Exposure - Directs the Secretary of Labor, for allowed claims, to pay compensation for disability or death, reimburse covered employees for costs and medical expenses, and take other actions regarding exposure to beryllium in the performance of duty. Allows a covered employee or their survivor to elect an alternative compensation of $200,000 plus specified benefits. Establishes the Energy Employees' Beryllium Compensation Fund.Title II: Compensation and Benefits for Illnesses Related to Exposure to Ionizing Radiation, Silica, and Hazardous Substances - Subtitle A: Cancer and Related Illnesses - Directs the Secretary of Labor, for allowed claims, to pay compensation for disability or death, reimburse covered employees for costs and medical expenses, and take other actions regarding exposure to ionizing radiation, a hazardous substance, or silica in the performance of duty. Allows a covered employee or their survivor to elect an alternative compensation of $200,000 plus specified benefits.Subtitle B: Other Illnesses - Allows any covered employee (or their survivor) who can establish that exposure to a hazardous substance at a facility of the Department of Energy (DOE) or of a DOE contractor or uranium vendor was a contributing factor to an illness or disease other than certain illnesses to submit a claim for compensation and benefits under subtitle A.Directs the Secretary of Labor, if the Secretary is unable to make an affirmative claim determination, to refer the claim to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to est… | 2025-08-20T14:19:55Z | |
| 106-hres-486 | 106 | hres | 486 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding Cesar E. Chavez and farm worker housing programs. | Labor and Employment | 2000-05-02 | 2000-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-42] | CA | D | B001234 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) schools across the Nation should teach about Cesar E. Chavez and lead community service projects in his memory; and (2) farm worker housing programs should be supported at the Federal, State, and local levels. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-hr-4305 | 106 | hr | 4305 | Amy Robinson Memorial Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-04-13 | 2000-06-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] | TX | D | F000392 | 1 | Amy Robinson Memorial Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Labor to require by regulation that employers provide prompt written notice to the parent or guardian of an employee who is under the age of 18 or handicapped and who works at the same facility as an individual who has a criminal record that includes a conviction for a crime of violence. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-4263 | 106 | hr | 4263 | Atomic Workers' Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-04-12 | 2000-09-21 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] | NM | D | U000039 | 2 | Atomic Workers' Compensation Act - States findings that civilian men and women who performed duties in the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons production program over the last 50 years should have efficient, uniform, and adequate compensation for beryllium-related health conditions, radiation-related health conditions, asbestos-related health conditions, and toxic substances-related health conditions in order to assure fairness and equity.Title I: Energy Employees' Beryllium Compensation - Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor to administer this title and granting of compensation under the Energy Employees Beryllium Compensation Fund.Defines "covered employee" to be any employee of any entity in Los Alamos, New Mexico, that contracted or subcontracted with the Department of Energy to provide services relating to uranium conversion or manufacturing or who may have been exposed to beryllium. Provides compensation to such persons.Allows covered employees exposed to beryllium and diagnosed with beryllium-related pulmonary conditions to elect to receive alternative compensation of $200,000. Extends such option to the employee's survivors.Title II: Nuclear Employees Radiation Compensation - Establishes a similar program and a Nuclear Employees Radiation Compensation Fund to compensate covered employees for disability or death, medical services, and vocational rehabilitation for certain illnesses attributable to occupational exposure to radiation and other hazardous substances at Los Alamos, including leukemia, cancer, and chronic renal disease. Provides for a similar alternative compensation of $200,000.Title III: Asbestos Compensation - Subtitle A: Establishment and Procedure - Establishes in the Department of Labor the Office of Asbestos Compensation and the Asbestos Compensation Fund for the purpose of providing payments to claimants in Los Alamos under this title.Subtitle B: Law Applicable to Asbestos Adjudications - States that a claimant may recover compensation… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-4216 | 106 | hr | 4216 | Customized Training Flexibility Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-04-06 | 2000-10-04 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] | CA | R | R000004 | 2 | Customized Training Flexibility Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to increase flexibility for customized training.Requires the employer to pay a portion of the cost of such customized training, but eliminates the requirement that such portion be at least 50 percent.Provides that an eligible youth under the Act may be one who has been determined to be eligible for free meals under the national school lunch program (or one who is a low-income individual, as under current law).Provides that an eligible adult or dislocated worker participating in training (except for on-the-job training) under the Act shall be deemed to be in training with the approval of the State agency for unemployment compensation purposes. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-hr-4182 | 106 | hr | 4182 | Worker Economic Opportunity Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-04-05 | 2000-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-51] | CA | R | C000994 | 44 | See summary of: H.R. 4109 | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-4161 | 106 | hr | 4161 | Right to Organize Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-04-04 | 2000-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | J000283 | 0 | Right to Organize Act of 2000 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to revise requirements relating to employer and labor organization (union) presentations to employees on issues relating to union representation.(Sec. 2) Requires that, if an employer (or employer representative) addresses employees on the employer's premises or during work hours on such issues, the employees be assured, without loss of time or pay, an equal opportunity to obtain, in an equivalent manner, information concerning issues from a union.Requires that unions, subject to reasonable regulation by the National Labor Relations Board, have: (1) access to areas in which employees work; (2) the right to use the employer's bulletin boards, mailboxes, and other communication media; and (3) the right to use the employer's facilities for the purpose of meetings with respect to the exercise of the rights guaranteed by NLRA.(Sec. 3) Requires the Board to: (1) award back pay equal to three times the employee's wages upon finding that an employee was discharged as a result of an unfair labor practice; and (2) notify the employee of the right to sue for punitive damages and (compensatory) damages with respect to wrongful discharge under the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (LMRA).Amends LMRA to: (1) prohibit employers from discharging employees for exercising rights protected under NLRA; and (2) allow employees to file civil actions in U.S. district courts to recover punitive damages when they have been discharged as a result of an unfair labor practice, or if actionable, in any State court to recover damages based on wrongful discharge.(Sec. 4) Amends NLRA to establish mediation and arbitration procedures for initial contract collective bargaining agreements. Requires mediation if the employer and union cannot reach agreement on their own within 60 days after certification of a new union. Allows either party to transfer matters remaining in controversy to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for binding arbitration if the part… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-4177 | 106 | hr | 4177 | Minimum Wage Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-04-04 | 2000-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 0 | Minimum Wage Act of 2000 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) to: (1) $5.65 per hour during the year beginning July 1, 2000; and (2) $6.15 per hour beginning July 1, 2001. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-4109 | 106 | hr | 4109 | Worker Economic Opportunity Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-03-29 | 2000-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000104 | 17 | Worker Economic Opportunity Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt employee stock option, stock appreciation right, stock purchase, and similar employer-provided grants or rights programs from being included in overtime pay calculations, under specified conditions.Provides that employers have no overtime pay liability because of any employee stock options or similar programs prior to enactment of this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-s-2323 | 106 | s | 2323 | Worker Economic Opportunity Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-03-29 | 2000-05-18 | Became Public Law No: 106-202. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 32 | Worker Economic Opportunity Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt employee stock option, stock appreciation right, stock purchase, and similar employer-provided grants or rights programs from being included in overtime pay calculations, under specified conditions.Provides that employers have no overtime pay liability because of any employee stock options or similar programs prior to enactment of this Act. | 2025-04-07T13:47:11Z | |
| 106-hr-4098 | 106 | hr | 4098 | Home Office Worker Protection Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-03-28 | 2000-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] | MI | R | H000676 | 13 | See summary of: H.R. 4080 | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-4080 | 106 | hr | 4080 | Home Office Worker Protection Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-03-23 | 2000-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] | MI | R | H000676 | 0 | Home Office Worker Protection Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations specifying the application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to workplaces in employee residences which involve: (1) home office employment; or (2) types of employment than home office employment.Requires such regulations to: (1) describe the types of non-home-office employee residence work (such as manufacture, assembly, disassembly, or processing of goods for commerce, or employment requiring regular exposure to a toxic or hazardous substance in excess of an exposure limitation in specified regulations); (2) prohibit inspections of home office worksites; and (3) specify the action to be taken when a complaint or referral is received by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration which indicates that a violation of a safety or health standard exists which threatens physical harm or exposes an employee to an imminent danger at an employee residence worksite other than a home office.Directs the Secretary to seek to maximize public participation in the formulation of such regulations by: (1) using an advance notice of proposed rule making; (2) announcing the publication of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking and the proposed rule through additional means, especially electronic means, designed to reach affected workers and the firms that employ them; (3) making the text of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking and of the proposed rule available through electronic means; and (4) providing at least 60 days for public comment on the proposed rule. Sets forth regulatory schedule requirements.Amends OSHA to make it inapplicable to home office employment, with the following exceptions which relate to specified OSHA provisions. Requires employers to report work-related injuries and illnesses sustained by an employee engaged in home office employment. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) impose sanctions for a failure of an employer to report a work-related injury or illness sustained by an empl… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-s-2284 | 106 | s | 2284 | Minimum Wage Increase Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-03-23 | 2000-03-27 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 9 | Minimum Wage Increase Act of 2000 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) to: (1) $5.65 an hour during the year beginning April 1, 2000; and (2) $6.15 an hour beginning April 1, 2001.Makes Federal minimum wage requirements applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, following a specified transition phase-in. | 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z | |
| 106-hr-4062 | 106 | hr | 4062 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal the exemption from the overtime requirements of such Act for employees of motor carriers. | Labor and Employment | 2000-03-22 | 2000-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | K000259 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to repeal the exemption from FLSA overtime pay (or maximum hour) requirements for employees of motor carriers. (Current law exempts from such FLSA requirements any employee with respect to whom the Secretary of Transportation has power to establish qualifications and maximum hours of service under specified provisions of the Motor Carrier Act, 1935.) | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-s-2261 | 106 | s | 2261 | Industry Training Consortia Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-03-21 | 2000-03-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1521) | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 4 | Industry Training Consortia Act - Title I: Skill Grants - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to eligible consortia to share the cost of providing employer-led education and training programs for employees that meet employer needs and market demand in specific occupations. Requires the Secretary to do so in coordination with the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.Requires such consortia to have a majority of representatives from not fewer than ten employers (or nonprofit organizations that represent employers) in a common industry or with common skill needs. Allows such consortia to have representatives from labor organizations, State and local governments, and education organizations.Gives priority for such grants to eligible entities that consist of a majority of representatives from small businesses.Sets requirements relating to maximum amount of grants, applications, use of program funds, matching funds, administrative expenses, and information and technical assistance.Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Planning Grants - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to States to assist employers, organizations, and agencies in conducting planning to form consortia under title I.Sets requirements relating to applications and matching funds.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:18:55Z | |
| 106-hr-3846 | 106 | hr | 3846 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2000-03-08 | 2000-03-09 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 434, H.R. 3846 is laid on the table. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] | IL | R | S000364 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the Federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) to: (1) $5.48 per hour during the year beginning April 1, 2000; (2) $5.81 per hour during the year beginning April 1, 2001; and (3) $6.15 per hour beginning April 1, 2002.(Sec. 2) Revises an exemption from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements for certain computer professionals to include computer network and database analysts, and computer systems, network, and database designers and developers.(Sec. 3) Exempts from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements any employee in a sales position, if: (1) the employee has specialized or technical knowledge related to products or services being sold; (2) the employee's sales are predominantly to persons who are entities to whom the employee has made previous sales or the employee's position does not involve initiating sales contacts; (3) the employee has a detailed understanding of customers' needs and exercises discretion in offering a variety of products and services; (4) the employee receives a base compensation at a specified minimum rate and additional compensation based on sales attributable to the employee; (5) the employee's aggregate compensation based upon sales reaches a specified minimum level; and (6) the rate of annual compensation or base compensation for an employee who did not work for an employer for an entire calendar year is prorated to reflect annual compensation which would have been earned if the employee had been compensated at the same rate for the entire calendar year. Makes such exemption inapplicable to individuals employed as route sales drivers.(Sec. 4) Exempts licensed funeral directors and licensed embalmers from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements.(Sec. 5) Allows a State to preempt the Federal minimum wage if the State: (1) sets a minimum wage rate of at least $5.15 per hour (the current Federal minimum wage); and (2) applies that rate to as many workers in the State as … | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-hr-3833 | 106 | hr | 3833 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2000-03-06 | 2000-03-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] | IL | R | S000364 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the Federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) to: (1) $5.48 per hour during the year beginning April 1, 2000; (2) $5.81 per hour during the year beginning April 1, 2001; and (3) $6.15 per hour beginning April 1, 2002.(Sec. 2) Revises an exemption from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements for certain computer professionals to include computer network and database analysts, and computer systems, network, and database designers and developers.(Sec. 3) Exempts from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements any employee in a sales position, if: (1) the employee has specialized or technical knowledge related to products or services being sold; (2) the employee's sales are predominantly to persons who are entities to whom the employee has made previous sales or the employee's position does not involve initiating sales contacts; (3) the employee has a detailed understanding of customers' needs and exercises discretion in offering a variety of products and services; (4) the employee receives a base compensation at a specified minimum rate and additional compensation based on sales attributable to the employee; (5) the employee's aggregate compensation based upon sales reaches a specified minimum level; and (6) the rate of annual compensation or base compensation for an employee who did not work for an employer for an entire calendar year is prorated to reflect annual compensation which would have been earned if the employee had been compensated at the same rate for the entire calendar year. Makes such exemption inapplicable to individuals employed as route sales drivers.(Sec. 4) Exempts licensed funeral directors and licensed embalmers from FLSA minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hconres-260 | 106 | hconres | 260 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration require ample public comment and a sound scientific basis for its recently proposed regulation on ergonomics. | Labor and Employment | 2000-03-01 | 2000-03-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23] | TX | R | B000617 | 69 | Expresses the sense of Congress, with respect to a proposed regulation on ergonomics by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), that: (1) Congress should support Federal regulations based solely on sound science and fact; (2) public comments should play a vital role in shaping OSHA's proposed regulation on ergonomics; and (3) adequate time must be provided for the public to review thoroughly a regulation of the magnitude and length of such proposed regulation on ergonomics. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-3708 | 106 | hr | 3708 | Parity for Part-Time Workers Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-02-29 | 2000-03-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | C000141 | 3 | Parity for Part-Time Workers Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit State unemployment compensation laws from denying unemployment compensation to an individual solely because the individual is seeking only part-time work if: (1) such individual otherwise qualifies for unemployment compensation, based wholly or mostly on part-time work; and (2) the part-time work sought by such individual generally requires at least 20 hours per week. | 2025-08-20T14:20:21Z | |
| 106-s-2095 | 106 | s | 2095 | Farm Worker Transportation Safety Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-02-24 | 2000-02-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 0 | Farm Worker Transportation Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to ensure that in promulgating vehicle safety standards under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act seats with seat belts are provided for such workers, with an exception for buses not federally required to have seat belts.Require, seven years after enactment of this Act, vehicles converted for transport of such workers to provide the same level of safety as vehicles manufactured or altered for such purpose prior to being sold for purposes other than resale. | 2025-08-20T14:17:15Z | |
| 106-hr-3643 | 106 | hr | 3643 | American Telecommuter Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-02-10 | 2000-02-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | OR | R | W000791 | 0 | American Telecommuter Protection Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to make the Act inapplicable to employment performed in a workplace located in the employee's residence. | 2025-08-20T14:20:54Z | |
| 106-hr-3588 | 106 | hr | 3588 | To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the Act will not apply to employment performed in a workplace located in the employee's residence unless the employment involves hazardous materials or the workplace was created so that that Act would not apply to the workplace. | Labor and Employment | 2000-02-08 | 2000-02-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] | CA | R | C000100 | 1 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to make the Act inapplicable to employment performed in a workplace located in the employee's residence, unless: (1) the employment involves hazardous materials; or (2) the workplace was created so that the Act would not apply to the workplace. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-s-2031 | 106 | s | 2031 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision or blindness. | Labor and Employment | 2000-02-03 | 2000-02-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 3 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a special certificate, which allows payment of wages lower than the Federal minimum wage to handicapped workers, to any individual by reason of that individual's impaired vision or blindness. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 106-hr-3539 | 106 | hr | 3539 | Home Office Protection Enhancement Act | Labor and Employment | 2000-01-27 | 2000-02-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6] | AZ | R | H000413 | 15 | Home Office Protection Enhancement Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to make the Act inapplicable to employment performed in a workplace which is located in the employee's residence. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-3540 | 106 | hr | 3540 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision or blindness. | Labor and Employment | 2000-01-27 | 2000-02-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA-6] | GA | R | I000055 | 71 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a special certificate, which allows payment of wages lower than the Federal minimum wage to handicapped workers, to any individual by reason of that individual's impaired vision or blindness. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-3518 | 106 | hr | 3518 | To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the Act will not apply to employment performed with an electronic device in a workplace located in the employee's residence. | Labor and Employment | 2000-01-24 | 2000-02-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] | VA | R | D000136 | 40 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to make the Act inapplicable to employment performed in a workplace through the use of a telephone, computer, or other electronic device which is located in the employee's residence. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-3530 | 106 | hr | 3530 | Home Workplace Preservation Act of 2000 | Labor and Employment | 2000-01-24 | 2000-02-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] | FL | R | S000303 | 42 | Home Workplace Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to make the Act inapplicable to employment performed in a workplace which is located in the employee's residence. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-s-1979 | 106 | s | 1979 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that restrictions on application of State laws to pension benefits shall not apply to State laws prohibiting individuals from benefitting from crimes involving the death of pension plan participants. | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-19 | 1999-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 1 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to make restrictions on the application of State laws to pension benefits inapplicable to State laws which prohibit individuals from benefitting from crimes involving the death of pension plan participants. | 2025-04-07T13:42:35Z | |
| 106-s-1989 | 106 | s | 1989 | Traveling Sales Crew Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-19 | 1999-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP. | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 1 | Traveling Sales Crew Protection Act - Title I: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to: (1) exclude from an exemption from minimum wage and overtime requirements (thus applying such requirements to) employee members of traveling sales crews who do not return to their permanent residences at the end of the workday; and (2) prohibit minors from being employed in door-to-door sales or related support work requiring them to remain away from their permanent residences for more than 24 hours.Title II: Protection of Traveling Sales Crews - Requires certificates of registration for employers and supervisors of traveling sales crews operations. Sets forth various obligations of employers of traveling sales crew workers. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) administer such registration system; and (2) promulgate safety and health standards for vehicles used to transport traveling sales crew members. Sets forth enforcement provisions, including criminal sanctions, judicial injunctive relief, administrative civil penalties, and private rights of action. | 2025-08-20T14:18:13Z | |
| 106-hr-3462 | 106 | hr | 3462 | Wealth Through the Workplace Act of 1999 | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-18 | 2000-06-21 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 10 | Wealth Through the Workplace Act of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish requirements relating to certain stock purchase arrangements maintained by employers for at least 50 percent of their employees. Requires employers to provide annual descriptions of disclosure statements regarding such stock to employees granted an option to purchase it.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for special treatment of stock options meeting such ERISA requirements. Permits employees to defer payment of taxes at a special rate on the stock obtained through the options until they sell the stock. Allows employers a limited tax deduction for such stock transfers to employees. Sets forth certain restrictions on disposition of transferred shares. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-3478 | 106 | hr | 3478 | Federal Beryllium Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-18 | 2000-09-21 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 3 | Federal Beryllium Compensation Act - Authorizes the Secretaries of Defense and of Energy to include in subsequent regulations additional definitions to those set forth in this Act with respect to vendors, processors, or producers of beryllium or related products. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide additional criteria by which a claimant may establish the existence of a covered illness.(Sec. 5) Prescribes guidelines for: (1) determinative criteria for exposure to beryllium in the performance of duty; (2) compensation for disability or death, medical services, and vocational rehabilitation; (3) computation of pay; (4) limitations on receiving compensation; (5) coordination of benefits; and (6) retroactive compensation.(Sec. 11) States this Act is the exclusive remedy against the United States and its instrumentalities with respect to a covered illness, beryllium-related pulmonary condition, or death of a covered employee.(Sec. 14) Deems final and conclusive decisions of the Secretary of Labor regarding claim allowance or denial. States such Secretary shall administer and decide all questions arising under this Act.(Sec. 18) Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Beryllium Compensation Fund for the payment of compensation and other benefits and expenses under this Act.(Sec. 19) Provides for forfeiture of benefits by persons convicted of fraud with respect to Federal or State workers' compensation benefits.(Sec. 20) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations for the administration and enforcement of this Act. Mandates that such regulations provide for a Beryllium Compensation Appeals Panel to make final decisions on appeals.(Sec. 22) Instructs the Secretary of Labor to submit an annual report to Congress regarding the administration of this Act.(Sec. 23) Authorizes appropriations. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-hr-3495 | 106 | hr | 3495 | Department of Energy Nuclear Employees Exposure Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-18 | 2000-09-21 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6] | OH | D | S001004 | 11 | Department of Energy Nuclear Employees Exposure Compensation Act - Establishes in the Treasury the DOE Nuclear Employees' Exposure Compensation Fund for certain Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear facility employees' medical and diagnostic claims filed with, and approved by, the Attorney General, related to a claim for a specified cancer (including complicating factors).Sets forth procedural guidelines for claim determination and payment. Restricts claimant's attorney's fees to ten percent of a payment made for a claim. | 2025-08-20T14:20:52Z | |
| 106-hr-3507 | 106 | hr | 3507 | Coal Miners' Unemployment Assistance Act of 1999 | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-18 | 1999-11-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | W000654 | 2 | Coal Miners' Unemployment Assistance Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make payments of Federal supplemental unemployment benefits to unemployed coal miners who have exhausted their rights to regular unemployment benefits, and whose separation from employment is due to environmental laws or court orders directly related to the mining of coal. Sets forth other requirements relating to individual eligibility, period of eligibility, amount of weekly benefits, and Federal supplemental accounts. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:18:59Z | |
| 106-hr-3418 | 106 | hr | 3418 | To establish a compensation program for employees of the Department of Energy, its contractors, subcontractors, and beryllium vendors, who sustained a beryllium-related illness due to the performance of their duty; to establish a compensation program for certain workers at the Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plant; to establish a pilot program for examining the possible relationship between workplace exposure to radiation and hazardous materials and illnesses or health conditions, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-17 | 2000-09-21 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] | PA | D | K000008 | 13 | Title I: Energy Employees' Beryllium Compensation Act - Energy Employees' Beryllium Compensation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to include in subsequent regulations: (1) additional definitions to those set forth in this Act with respect to vendors, processors, or producers of beryllium or related products; and (2) criteria by which a claimant may establish the existence of a covered illness.(Sec. 105) Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the Secretary to administer this Act; (2) determinative criteria for exposure to beryllium in the performance of duty; (3) compensation for disability or death, medical services, and vocational rehabilitation; (4) computation of pay; (5) limitations on receiving compensation; (6) coordination of benefits; and (7) retroactive compensation.(Sec. 112) Declares: (1) this Act to be the exclusive remedy against the United States, its instrumentalities, and specified contractors and subcontractors; and (2) acceptance of payment under this Act shall be in full settlement of all claims. Declares void any assignment of a claim for compensation under this Act.(Sec. 120) Establishes in the Treasury the Energy Employees' Beryllium Compensation Fund for the payment of compensation and other benefits and expenses under this Act.(Sec. 121) Provides for forfeiture of benefits by persons convicted of fraud with respect to Federal or State workers' compensation benefits.(Sec. 122) Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the administration and enforcement of this Act. Mandates that such regulations provide for a Beryllium Compensation Appeals Panel to make final decisions on appeals.(Sec. 125) Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Energy Employees Pilot Project Act - Energy Employees Pilot Project Act - Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to examine the relationship between workplace exposures to radiation, hazardous materials, and occupational illness or other adverse health conditions.(Sec. 203) Mandates that a physicians' panel of specialists in health con… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-s-1954 | 106 | s | 1954 | Energy Employees' Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-17 | 1999-11-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 4 | Energy Employees' Compensation Act - Title I: Energy Employees' Beryllium Compensation Act - Energy Employees' Beryllium Compensation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to include in subsequent regulations: (1) additional definitions to those set forth in this Act with respect to vendors, processors, or producers of beryllium or related products; and (2) criteria by which a claimant may establish the existence of a covered illness.(Sec. 105) Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the Secretary to administer this Act; (2) determinative criteria for exposure to beryllium in the performance of duty; (3) compensation for disability or death, medical services, and vocational rehabilitation; (4) computation of pay; (5) limitations on receiving compensation; (6) coordination of benefits; and (7) retroactive compensation.(Sec. 112) Declares: (1) this Act to be the exclusive remedy against the United States, its instrumentalities, and specified contractors and subcontractors; and (2) acceptance of payment under this Act shall be in full settlement of all claims. Declares void any assignment of a claim for compensation under this Act.(Sec. 120) Establishes in the Treasury the Energy Employees' Beryllium Compensation Fund for the payment of compensation and other benefits and expenses under this Act.(Sec. 121) Provides for forfeiture of benefits by persons convicted of fraud with respect to Federal or State workers' compensation benefits.(Sec. 122) Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the administration and enforcement of this Act. Mandates that such regulations provide for a Beryllium Compensation Appeals Panel to make final decisions on appeals.(Sec. 125) Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Energy Employees Pilot Project Act - Energy Employees Pilot Project Act - Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to examine the relationship between workplace exposures to radiation, hazardous materials, and occupational illness or other adverse health conditions.(Sec. 203) Mandates that a physician… | 2025-08-20T14:21:06Z | |
| 106-hr-3409 | 106 | hr | 3409 | To provide that employees of employers who provide certain increases in health insurance coverage will not be covered by an increase in the Federal minimum wage. | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-16 | 1999-11-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-5] | TX | R | S000250 | 0 | Makes any increase in the Federal minimum wage, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, inapplicable to the minimum wage of any employee whose employer: (1) increases the employer contribution to the cost of health insurance coverage for such employee in an amount equal to such increase during the period in which it is to take effect; and (2) had provided health insurance coverage for that employee before the date of that increase. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-hr-3297 | 106 | hr | 3297 | To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits under that Act. | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-10 | 1999-11-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. | House | Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] | WI | D | B001230 | 15 | Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to make an employee eligible for coverage under such Act if that employee has been employed for at least 12 months by a covered employer with respect to whom such leave is requested. (Eliminates the requirement, under current law, that the employee have served at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period prior to the leave request.) | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-s-1907 | 106 | s | 1907 | Ending Discrimination Against Parents Act of 1999 | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-10 | 1999-11-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Ending Discrimination Against Parents Act of 1999 - Prohibits employment discrimination against parents and those with parental responsibilities.Grants such protected status to parents of children under 18 years of age and children who remain under parental supervision because of a mental or physical disability, if such individuals are biological, adoptive or foster parents, stepparents, custodians of legal wards, or actively seek legal custody or adoption, or stand in loco parentis.Prohibits public and private employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and training programs controlled by employers, labor organizations, or joint labor-management committees (all covered entities) from discriminating with respect to employment, in specified ways, against individuals because of their status as parents, including discrimination in recruitment, referral, hiring, promotions, discharge, training, and other terms and conditions of employment.Prohibits retaliation and coercion with respect to rights granted or protected under this Act.Prohibits the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from collecting statistics from covered entities on their employment of parents, or compelling the collection of such statistics by covered entities, unless such statistics are to be used in investigation, litigation, or resolution of a claim of discrimination under this Act.Prohibits covered entities from adopting or implementing quotas with respect to their employment of parents.Sets forth guidelines with respect to mixed-motive discrimination. Establishes an unlawful employment practice under this Act when the complaining party demonstrates that a motivating factor for any employment practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice, was: (1) an individual's status as a parent; or (2) retaliation, coercion, or threats against, intimidation of, or interference with an individual with respect to exercising rights under this Act. Provides, when an individual proves such a violation and the respondent demonst… | 2025-08-20T14:19:47Z | |
| 106-s-1887 | 106 | s | 1887 | Minimum Wage State Flexibility Act of 1999 | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-09 | 1999-11-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 0 | Minimum Wage State Flexibility Act of 1999 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to allow a State to preempt the Federal minimum wage if the State has adopted minimum wage rate legislation that sets wages for at least 95 percent of the workers in that State at an hourly rate not less than 85 percent of the Federal minimum wage.Authorizes a State Governor to set, for up to 12 months, such a wage rate for such a portion of workers in the State (or in a particular county) under any of the following emergency circumstances: (1) the State welfare-to-work programs would be sufficiently harmed by a higher rate; (2) the State (or county) is experiencing a period of high unemployment; or (3) the State (or county) is experiencing a period of slow economic growth.Makes Federal minimum requirements applicable to U.S. territories and possessions, including the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in the same manner as to the States. | 2025-08-20T14:20:39Z | |
| 106-hr-3246 | 106 | hr | 3246 | Small Business Pension Accessibility Act of 1999 | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-08 | 1999-11-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | B000220 | 10 | Small Business Pension Accessibility Act of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to set the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) insurance premium rate at $5 for each individual plan participant in the case of a new single-employer defined benefit plan maintained by a small employer.Provides for reductions of additional PBGC premiums for new and small defined benefit plans. | 2025-08-20T14:19:50Z | |
| 106-s-1878 | 106 | s | 1878 | Bonus Incentive Act | Labor and Employment | 1999-11-08 | 1999-11-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 8 | Bonus Incentive Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that an employee's regular pay rate, for purposes of calculating overtime compensation, will not be affected by additional payments to reward an employee or group of employees for meeting or exceeding productivity, quality, efficiency, or sales goals under a gain sharing, incentive bonus, commission, or performance contingent bonus plan.Requires such a plan to: (1) be in writing and made available to employees; (2) provide that the amount of the payments to be made under the plan be based upon a formula that is stated in the plan; and (3) be established and maintained in good faith for the purpose of distributing to employees additional remuneration over and above the wages and salaries that are not dependent upon the existence of such plan or payments made pursuant to it. | 2025-08-20T14:18:06Z | |
| 106-s-1832 | 106 | s | 1832 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 1999 | Labor and Employment | 1999-10-29 | 2000-07-24 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7485-7487) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 1999 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) to: (1) $5.65 an hour during the year beginning on January 1, 2000; and (2) $6.15 an hour beginning on January 1, 2001.Makes Federal minimum wage requirements applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. | 2025-08-20T14:20:19Z | |
| 106-hr-3167 | 106 | hr | 3167 | To reform the Federal unemployment benefits system. | Labor and Employment | 1999-10-28 | 1999-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 0 | 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 the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to allow certified States to elect to collect Federal unemployment taxes. Requires States to distribute to unemployed individuals State-specific information packets explaining unemployment insurance eligibility conditions. | 2025-01-02T17:12:47Z | |
| 106-hr-3174 | 106 | hr | 3174 | Employment Security Financing Act of 1999 | Labor and Employment | 1999-10-28 | 1999-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4] | LA | R | M000388 | 43 | Employment Security Financing Act of 1999 - Title I: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Chapter 23 to revise Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) employer excise tax rate requirements.(Sec. 101) Repeals the 0.2 surtax for calendar years after 1999. (Ends the current FUTA employer tax rate of 6.2 percent of total employee wages after 1999, and begins a 6.0 rate in 2000).(Sec. 103) Sets forth additional requirements for approval of State laws.(Sec. 105) Revises the definition of State unemployment funds.(Sec. 106) Defines a State Employment Security Administration Account (State ESAA) as a special account within the Unemployment Trust Fund (the Fund) to provide administrative funds to pay the cost of services performed by the State agency in accordance with FUTA and the Social Security Act.(Sec. 107) Provides for collection of FUTA taxes by, as well as payment of FUTA taxes to, State agencies.(Sec. 109) Amends the IRC to repeal the prohibition against assessment of unpaid FUTA taxes.Title II: Unemployment Trust Fund Accounts - Amends title IX (Employment Security Administrative Financing) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish in the Fund: (1) a State Employment Security Administration Account (State ESAA) for each State; (2) a Supplemental Employment Security Administration Account (Supplemental ESAA) for the administration of employment security programs, under FUTA and SSA titles IX and III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration), by States whose average civilian labor force populations number less than one million; and (3) the Secretary of Labor Employment Security Administration Account (Labor Secretary ESAA) for the Secretary to carry out administrative duties under such SSA and FUTA provisions. Makes appropriations to the Fund for credit to such accounts according to specified formulas.(Sec. 201) Authorizes to be made available from State ESAAs, upon State request and subject to appropriation by the legislative body of each S… | 2025-08-20T14:20:06Z | |
| 106-hr-3121 | 106 | hr | 3121 | To amend the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. | Labor and Employment | 1999-10-21 | 1999-10-21 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] | CA | R | R000004 | 1 | Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to exclude from the definition of "farm labor contracting activity" a migrant or seasonal agricultural worker in a carpool arrangement. Exempts an agricultural employer or association from confirming the registration of a farm labor contractor who supplies only worker transportation services unless the employer or association had actual knowledge that the transportation was not a worker carpooling arrangement. Subjects motor vehicle safety insurance provisions to State, rather than specified Federal, requirements. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 106-s-1736 | 106 | s | 1736 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood products. | Labor and Employment | 1999-10-15 | 1999-10-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from certain child labor restrictions the employment, inside or outside of businesses where machinery is used to process wood products, of individuals between ages 14 and 18 who are by statute or judicial order exempt from compulsory school attendance beyond the eighth grade.Permits such youth employment if the individual: (1) is supervised by an adult relative or by an adult member of the same religious sect or division; (2) does not operate or assist in the operation of power-driven woodworking machines; (3) is protected from wood particles or other flying debris within the workplace by a barrier appropriate to such potential hazard or by maintaining a sufficient distance from machinery in operation; and (4) is required to use personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to excessive levels of noise and sawdust. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 106-s-1726 | 106 | s | 1726 | Indian Tribal Government Unemployment Compensation Act Tax Relief Amendments of 1999 | Labor and Employment | 1999-10-14 | 1999-10-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 6 | Indian Tribal Government Unemployment Compensation Act Tax Relief Amendments of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat employment by federally recognized tribal governments, for unemployment compensation tax purposes, in the same manner as employment by State or local units of government or nonprofit organizations. | 2025-08-20T14:21:16Z | |
| 106-hr-3038 | 106 | hr | 3038 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain computer professionals. | Labor and Employment | 1999-10-07 | 1999-10-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 2 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements for certain computer professionals to include computer network and database analysts, and computer systems, network, and database designers and developers. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 106-hr-3047 | 106 | hr | 3047 | Pension Reduction Disclosure Act of 1999 | Labor and Employment | 1999-10-07 | 1999-10-07 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5] | CA | D | M000249 | 15 | Pension Reduction Disclosure Act of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to set forth notice requirements for pension plans which significantly reduce future benefit accruals.Requires additional information to be provided in such notice by large pension plans with 100 or more active participants.Imposes an excise tax upon failure of pension plans to provide such notice. | 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z |
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