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| 111-hr-6556 | 111 | hr | 6556 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-12-17 | 2010-12-17 | Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure | House | Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] | CA | D | L000551 | 5 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2012. Postpones the termination of the program until June 9, 2012. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2012, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2012, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2011. Revises the formula for making Tier-1 credits in an applicant's emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA) for a benefit year. Increases the figures in the formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited): (1) from 80% to 131% of the total amount of regular… | 2023-01-11T13:21:11Z | |
| 111-hr-6536 | 111 | hr | 6536 | Voluntary Protection Program Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-12-16 | 2010-12-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] | TX | D | G000410 | 0 | Voluntary Protection Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into cooperative agreements with employers to: (1) encourage establishment of comprehensive safety and health management systems to protect employees from occupational hazards; and (2) establish a voluntary protection program to encourage excellence and recognize its achievement in both the technical and managerial protection of employees from occupational hazards. Requires the Secretary to take necessary steps for the orderly transition from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cooperative agreements and voluntary protection programs existing before enactment of this Act to agreements and programs authorized under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to increase small business participation in the voluntary protection program. | 2023-01-11T13:21:12Z | |
| 111-s-4012 | 111 | s | 4012 | Incentives for Older Workers Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-12-07 | 2010-12-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 0 | Incentives for Older Workers Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to prohibit a reduction in benefits for an employee under a defined benefit pension plan who has begun a phased retirement and was employed on a substantially full-time basis during the previous 12-month period before phased retirement. Defines "phased retirement" as the period when an employee is employed on substantially less than a full-time basis or with substantially reduced responsibilities after reaching age 50 or completing 30 years of creditable service under the plan. Amends the Social Security Act to raise from 70 to 72 the age up to which inidividuals are allowed to earn delayed retirement credits for purposes of the calculation of increased old-age insurance benefit payments. Revises federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits requirements to eliminate the 50% reduction in such benefits due to an individual who claims benefits before reaching 66 years old and who continues to work. (Retains the 33 1/3% offset.) Directs the Secretary of Labor to award a grant to establish a National Resource Center on Aging and the Workforce to act as a national information clearinghouse on workforce issues, challenges, and solutions for older workers. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise the composition of state and local workforce investment boards to include representatives of older individuals. Sets aside 5% of WIA funds allocated to local areas for certain adult employment and training activities for activities for older workers. Amends the IRC to expand eligibility for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to qualified older workers (age 55 or older whose income does not exceed 125% of the poverty line). Allows certain defined benefit pension plans to define normal retirement age as the earlier of the attainment of: (1) a specified allowed age; or (2) at least 30 years of service. | 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z | |
| 111-hr-6495 | 111 | hr | 6495 | Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-12-03 | 2010-12-08 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 214 - 193 (Roll no. 616). (text: CR H8131-8140) | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 1 | Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (this Act) to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mines, to: (1) determine why an accident occurred and whether there were violations of law, mandatory health and safety standards, or other requirements; (2) in cases involving violations of federal criminal law, refer them to the Attorney General; and (3) make recommendations to avoid any recurrence. Requires an independent accident investigation by an independent panel appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for any accident: (1) involving three or more deaths; or (2) whose severity or scale merits an independent investigation. Authorizes: (1) the Secretary's representatives and attorneys to question any individual privately during an inspection or investigation; and (2) any individual willing to speak with or provide a statement to such representatives or attorneys to do so without the presence, involvement, or knowledge of the mine operator or mine operator's agents or attorneys. Allows the closest relative of a miner who is entrapped or otherwise prevented by an accident to designate a representative for the miner to participate in a mine inspection. Requires mine inspections to be conducted during various shifts and days of the week when miners are normally present. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of the mine operator, to review with appropriate mine officials the Secretary's most recent evaluation for pattern (of violation) status during the course of a regular mine inspection, or at the Secretary's discretion, during the pre-inspection conference. Prohibits an attorney from representing both a mine operator and miner during an inspection, investigation, or litigation, unless such miner knowingly waives all possible conflicts of interest. Prescribes requirements for mine operators having a pattern of recurring citations, withdrawal ord… | 2023-01-11T13:21:13Z | |
| 111-s-3990 | 111 | s | 3990 | Emergency Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-11-30 | 2010-11-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] | MA | R | B001268 | 4 | Emergency Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2012. Postpones the termination of the program until June 9, 2012. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2012, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2012, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2011. Rescinds permanently, out of all available unobligated federal funds, $95 billion in appropriated discretionary funds. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to identify and report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress on which appropr… | 2023-01-11T13:21:15Z | |
| 111-s-3991 | 111 | s | 3991 | Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-11-30 | 2010-12-08 | Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 266. (consideration: CR S8626-8627; text: CR S8626) | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 0 | Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2010 - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether a state substantially provides for specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management, supervisory, and confidential employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization. Requires the FLRA to issue, in accordance with the public safety employee rights and responsibilities, regulations establishing collective bargaining procedures for public safety employers and employees in states that do not substantially provide for such rights and responsibilities. Directs the FLRA, in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a voting majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrators' awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of FLRA regulations and orders through appropriate state courts. Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts, sickouts, work slowdowns, or strikes. Waives federal preemption of state law governing strikes by public safety officers. Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act. | 2017-12-13T22:31:43Z | |
| 111-hr-6456 | 111 | hr | 6456 | 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-11-29 | 2010-11-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 8 | 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act - Authorizes the President, in order to relieve widespread unemployment, restore depleted natural resources in the United States, and advance public works programs, to establish a Civilian Conservation Corps to employ unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens in the construction, maintenance, and carrying on of works of a public nature, such as forestation of U.S. and state lands, prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion, and construction and repair of National Park System paths and trails. Authorizes the President to extend Corps activities to state- and private- owned lands to prevent and control forest fires and floods and attacks of forest tree pests and diseases. Requires the President, based on certain criteria, to give preference to the employment of additional persons in the Corps in the following order: (1) unemployed Armed Forces veterans (including Reserve members); (2) unemployed U.S. citizens who have exhausted their unemployment compensation; (3) unemployed U.S. citizens who are eligible for unemployment compensation immediately before employment in the Corps, including any additional compensation or extended compensation; and (4) other unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens. Authorizes the President to provide housing and transportation for Corps employees. Prohibits discrimination in the hiring of Corps employees. | 2023-01-11T13:21:18Z | |
| 111-s-3981 | 111 | s | 3981 | Unemployment Insurance Stabilization Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-11-29 | 2010-12-01 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8343) | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 23 | Unemployment Insurance Stabilization Act of 2010 or USA Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2012. Postpones the termination of the program until June 9, 2012. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2012, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2012, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2011. | 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z | |
| 111-hr-6436 | 111 | hr | 6436 | State Public Funds Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-11-18 | 2010-11-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 1 | State Public Funds Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that nothing in it shall be interpreted to preempt a state or local law that places limitations on the use of public funds or property to assist, deter, or promote union organizing. | 2023-01-11T13:21:18Z | |
| 111-s-3964 | 111 | s | 3964 | Faster Action Safety Team Emergency Response Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-11-18 | 2010-11-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 0 | Faster Action Safety Team Emergency Response Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations relating to response teams. Defines a "response team" as a team of individuals established by an operator on an onshore oil or gas well, who: (1) are familiar with the well operations and equipment; (2) participate in response training at least annually; (3) are trained in basic first aid and CPR; and (4) will be available with respect to the well involved by ground transportation not later than three hours after requested. Sets forth requirements for such regulations. Provides that such regulations shall: (1) not be construed to waive operator training requirements applicable to existing response teams; and (2) require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to establish and update (every five years) criteria to certify the qualifications of response teams. Requires such regulations to: (1) require the operator of a well to have an employee knowledgeable in responding to emergency situations present at the well at all times during the exploration or drilling phase or before the completion phase and to make available a certified response team during such phases and the production phase; and (2) ensure to make available to such an operator to comply with such requirement a well response team, a multi-employer composite response team, a commercial response team provided through contract or by another operator, or a state-sponsored response team. Requires such regulations to require that a well operator: (1) contact local first responders within 30 minutes of the commencement of an emergency situation; (2) contact OSHA, the appropriate state environmental agency, and the National Response Center within one hour of such commencement; and (3) provide communication technology within a reasonable distance of the well that enables the operator to comply with regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Requires such regulations to require an operator to: (1) provide annual training… | 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z | |
| 111-hr-6419 | 111 | hr | 6419 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-11-17 | 2010-11-18 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 258 - 154 (Roll no. 579). | House | Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] | WA | D | M000404 | 34 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through February 28, 2011. Postpones the termination of the program until July 31, 2011. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 1, 2011, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and July 31, 2011, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before March 1, 2011. | 2023-01-11T13:21:19Z | |
| 111-hr-6268 | 111 | hr | 6268 | Wage Theft Prevention and Community Partnership Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-29 | 2010-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] | IL | D | H001040 | 5 | Wage Theft Prevention and Community Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award one- to three-year renewable grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible partners to prevent wage and hour violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, or any related regulations, or violations of any other law enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor by: (1) informing workers of their rights and the remedies available to them; and (2) expanding and improving cooperative efforts between agencies charged with enforcing wage and hour requirements and employers and their employees. Makes eligible for such grants such partners as: (1) not-for-profit community organizations dedicated to combating poverty and preventing abuse of wage and hour laws; (2) labor organizations; and (3) Joint Labor Management Cooperative Committees established under the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947. Directs the Secretary to establish a Wage Theft Prevention Fund to fund such grants. Prohibits the award of such a grant to: (1) any entity that infringes upon the organizational and collective bargaining rights guaranteed by the National Labor Relations Act; or (2) the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or any of its subsidiaries. | 2023-01-11T13:21:32Z | |
| 111-hr-6340 | 111 | hr | 6340 | Fairness in Unemployment Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-29 | 2010-09-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | H000627 | 3 | Fairness in Unemployment Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to revise the formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period. Modifies the threshold rates of unemployment that must be met by a state in order to establish eligibility for Tier-4 emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) for such state. | 2023-01-11T13:21:30Z | |
| 111-hr-6359 | 111 | hr | 6359 | To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for a guarantee by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for qualified preretirement survivor annuities under insolvent or terminated multiemployer pension plans. | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-29 | 2010-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-25] | NY | D | M001171 | 1 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to declare that a qualified preretirement survivor annuity with respect to a participant under a multiemployer plan which becomes insolvent or is terminated shall not be treated as forfeitable solely because the participant has not died as of the date on which the plan became so insolvent or the termination date. (Thus guarantees, in the absence of other disqualifying factors, the payment by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) of a qualified preretirement survivor annuity to a participant of a multiemployer pension plan which becomes insolvent or is terminated.) | 2023-01-11T13:21:29Z | |
| 111-hr-6384 | 111 | hr | 6384 | To repeal a limitation in the Labor-Management Relations Act regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment. | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-29 | 2010-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] | CA | D | S000344 | 17 | Amends the Labor-Management Relations Act to repeal the disclaimer that nothing in the law shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any state or territory in which such execution or application is prohibited by state or territorial law. (Thus preempts contrary state or territorial law to allow the execution or application of agreements requiring union membership.) | 2023-01-11T13:21:29Z | |
| 111-s-3877 | 111 | s | 3877 | Wage Theft Prevention Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-29 | 2010-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 1 | Wage Theft Prevention Act - Amends the Portal-to-Portal Act to toll the statute of limitations for bringing a cause of action for unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or liquidated damages under the Fair Standards Act and certain other Acts, starting from the time the Secretary of Labor notifies an employer of the initiation of an investigation regarding the cause of action until such employer is notified of its conclusion. | 2023-01-11T13:21:22Z | |
| 111-s-3840 | 111 | s | 3840 | Working Families Flexibility Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-24 | 2010-09-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 1 | Working Families Flexibility Act - Authorizes an employee to request from an employer a change in the terms or conditions of the employee's employment if the request relates to: (1) the number of hours the employee is required to work; (2) the times when the employee is required to work; or (3) where the employee is required to work. Sets forth certain employer duties with respect to such requests. Makes it unlawful for an employer to interfere with any rights provided to an employee under this Act. Authorizes an employee to file a complaint with the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor for any violations of such rights. Provides for the investigation and assessment of civil penalties or the award of relief for alleged violations, including the review in federal courts of appeal of orders of the Administrator. Requires the Secretary of Labor to carry out a research, education, and technical assistance program for employers, labor organizations, and the general public regarding compliance with this Act. Applies the requirements of this Act to certain classes of employees, including employees of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Library of Congress. | 2023-01-11T13:21:23Z | |
| 111-hjres-97 | 111 | hjres | 97 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures. | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-23 | 2010-09-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 48 | Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures. | 2023-01-11T13:21:37Z | |
| 111-hr-6141 | 111 | hr | 6141 | Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-15 | 2010-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] | PA | D | S001169 | 4 | Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to make discretionary grants to local areas for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training at worksites directly related to the exploration for, production of, and transportation of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation. | 2023-01-11T13:21:35Z | |
| 111-hr-6142 | 111 | hr | 6142 | Green Workforce Development Through Community Colleges Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-15 | 2010-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21] | NY | D | T000469 | 0 | Green Workforce Development Through Community Colleges Act - Directs the Secretaries of Labor, Energy, and Education to establish and convene an advisory commission to: (1) review and analyze the skill needs of the alternative energy and energy efficiency fields; (2) identify and define career pathways, including coursework, certification, and other training needed for career development in areas related to wind power, solar power, geothermal energy, training of energy auditors for residential and commercial structures, and energy efficient retrofit and renovation of residential and commercial structures; (3) recommend a curriculum framework and best practices for educational and workforce training programs related to such areas; and (4) report its findings and recommendations to the Secretaries. Directs such Secretaries to: (1) post such report on their department websites; and (2) jointly award grants to community colleges for the purposes of providing education and workforce training in the alternative energy and energy efficiency fields. Requires community college recipients to use grant funds to: (1) establish educational and training programs in such fields; (2) assist students and graduates of such programs in apprenticeship and employment placement in such fields; (3) coordinate with and assist area secondary and vocational schools in providing educational services in such fields; and (4) coordinate with local workforce investment boards to ensure program access to individuals participating in workforce investment activities in the local area, dislocated workers, workers who are transitioning into careers in such fields, underrepresented minorities, and low-income individuals. Directs the Secretaries to jointly award grants to up to 10 community colleges identified as leaders in education and workforce training in the alternative energy and energy efficiency fields to develop best practices regarding such education and training. | 2023-01-11T13:21:35Z | |
| 111-sres-618 | 111 | sres | 618 | A resolution designating October 2010 as "National Work and Family Month". | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-14 | 2010-09-27 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7562-7563; text as passed Senate: CR S7562-7563) | Senate | Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] | AR | D | L000035 | 8 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates October 2010 as National Work and Family Month. Recognizes the importance of work schedules that allow employees to spend time with their families to job productivity and to healthy families. Urges public officials, employers, employees, and the general public to work together to achieve more balance between work and family. | 2023-01-11T13:21:21Z | |
| 111-s-3772 | 111 | s | 3772 | Paycheck Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-09-13 | 2010-11-17 | Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 41. Record Vote Number: 249. (consideration: CR S7928-7929; text: CR S7928) | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 33 | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises the exception to the prohibition for a wage rate differential based on any other factor other than sex. Limits such factors to bona fide factors, such as education, training, or experience. States that the bona fide factor defense shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor: (1) is not based upon or derived from a sex-based differential in compensation; (2) is job-related with respect to the position in question; and (3) is consistent with business necessity. Avers that such defense shall not apply where the employee demonstrates that: (1) an alternative employment practice exists that would serve the same business purpose without producing such differential; and (2) the employer has refused to adopt such alternative practice. Revises the prohibition against employer retaliation for employee complaints. Prohibits retaliation for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of the employee or another employee in response to a complaint or charge, or in furtherance of a sex discrimination investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, or an investigation conducted by the employer. Makes employers who violate sex discrimination prohibitions liable in a civil action for either compensatory or (except for the federal government) punitive damages. States that any action brought to enforce the prohibition against sex discrimination may be maintained as a class action in which individuals may be joined as party plaintiffs without their written consent. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages in a sex discrimination action. Requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to train EEOC employees and affected individuals and entit… | 2017-12-13T22:28:42Z | |
| 111-hr-6088 | 111 | hr | 6088 | To provide for temporary alternative State "on" and "off" indicators under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2010-08-10 | 2010-08-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] | NH | D | S001170 | 0 | Authorizes a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 for an extended unemployment compensation benefit period, with specified substitutions, to the period between August 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011. Eliminates, between such dates, the ordinary 13-week waiting period between extended unemployment compensation benefit periods. Allows a state law, between such dates, also to: (1) reduce from 6.5% to 6% the unemployment rate triggering an "on" indicator for any week; and (2) treat as repealed for the extended unemployment compensation period the requirement regarding the average rate of total unemployment in the state (seasonally adjusted). | 2023-01-11T13:21:41Z | |
| 111-hr-6091 | 111 | hr | 6091 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-08-10 | 2010-08-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] | NV | D | B001231 | 19 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Requires a further additional Tier-5 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period. Prescribes a formula for making such Tier-5 credits. Increases the figures in the basic EUC formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited): (1) from 24% to 80% of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the benefit year; and (2) from 6 to 20 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year. Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period. Allows the Tier-5 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once. Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional emergency unemployment compensation (EUC), if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC. | 2023-01-11T13:21:41Z | |
| 111-s-3720 | 111 | s | 3720 | Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-08-05 | 2010-08-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 0 | Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to make discretionary grants to local areas for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training at worksites directly related to the exploration for, production of, and transportation of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation. | 2023-01-11T13:21:39Z | |
| 111-s-3753 | 111 | s | 3753 | Preventing Unemployment Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-08-05 | 2010-08-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6902-6904) | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 2 | Preventing Unemployment Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 to prescribe requirements for the treatment and temporary financing of voluntary short-time compensation (STC) programs, under which: (1) an employer reduces the number of hours worked by employees in lieu of temporary layoffs; and (2) such employees are eligible for pro-rata unemployment compensation if their workweeks are reduced by between 10% and an appropriate state-determined percentage. Requires payments to states meeting the requirements of this Act in an amount equal to 100% of the STC paid to individuals. Prohibits such STC payments: (1) for more than 26 weeks; or (2) for an employee whose employer's workforce during the three months preceding submission of the employer's STC plan has been reduced by temporary layoffs of more than 20%, or on a seasonal, temporary, or intermittent basis. Authorizes temporary federal-state agreements for STC programs if a state does not currently provide for STC payments under an existing program. Requires employers under an STC plan to pay the state one-half of the amount of STC paid under the plan. Requires federal payments to states in an amount equal to: (1) one-half of the amount of STC paid to individuals by the state; and (2) any additional related administrative expenses incurred by the state. Requires the Secretary of Labor to award one start-up grant to state agencies: (1) in states that enact STC programs on or after May 1, 2010; and (2) that apply for such grants before FY2013. Specifies assistance and guidance the Secretary shall give states in establishing and implementing STC programs. | 2023-01-11T13:21:38Z | |
| 111-s-3760 | 111 | s | 3760 | Automatic IRA Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-08-05 | 2010-08-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 1 | Automatic IRA Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain employers who do not maintain qualified retirement plans or arrangements to make available to their eligible employees a payroll deposit individual retirement account (IRA) arrangement (automatic IRA arrangement) which grants such employees the right to opt-out of participation; (2) require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide employers with a model notice for notifying employees of automatic IRS arrangements and to establish a program to assist employers in the implementation of such arrangements; (3) allow employers who do not have more than 100 employees a tax credit for costs associated with establishing an automatic IRA arrangement; (4) impose a penalty on employers who fail to provide eligible employees access to automatic IRA arrangements; and (5) increase the tax credit for small employer pension plan start-up costs. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to jointly conduct feasibility studies on extending spousal consent requirements to automatic IRAs, promoting the use of low-cost lifetime income arrangements, and using investment data to notify individuals with multiple small balance retirement accounts of consolidation options. | 2023-01-11T13:21:38Z | |
| 111-s-3706 | 111 | s | 3706 | Americans Want to Work Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-08-04 | 2010-08-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 12 | Americans Want to Work Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Requires a further additional Tier-5 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period. Prescribes a formula for making such Tier-5 credits. Increases the figures in the basic EUC formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited): (1) from 50% to 80% of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the benefit year; and (2) from 13 to 20 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year. Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period. Allows the Tier-5 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once. Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional emergency unemployment compensation (EUC), if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC. Authorizes a state to elect to pay Tier-4 EUC before payment of Tier-5 EUC until the state determines that such Tier-5 EUC may be paid without undue delay. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2011, the exemption of an employer from payment of employment taxes or railroad retirement taxes for individuals who begin employment after August 4, 2010. Excludes from account for Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax purposes any employment by the Bureau of the Census as a temporary enumerator for the 2010 decennial census. Amends the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act to allow an increase in the general business tax credit for the retention of a qualified long-term unemployed worker who: (1) is a retained worker; (… | 2023-01-11T13:21:39Z | |
| 111-hres-1589 | 111 | hres | 1589 | Commending the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor on its 90th anniversary. | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-30 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 16 | Commends the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor on its 90th anniversary. | 2023-01-11T13:21:45Z | |
| 111-hres-1598 | 111 | hres | 1598 | Expressing support for the designation of the month of October as National Work and Family Month. | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-30 | 2010-12-02 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 10 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Supports the designation of National Work and Family Month. Recognizes the importance of balancing work and family to job productivity and healthy families, and that an important job characteristic is a work schedule that allows employees to spend time with families. | 2023-01-11T13:21:11Z | |
| 111-s-3680 | 111 | s | 3680 | Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-30 | 2010-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6550-6551) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a same-sex spouse, as determined under applicable state law, domestic partner, child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition. Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees. | 2023-01-11T13:21:42Z | |
| 111-s-3671 | 111 | s | 3671 | Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-29 | 2010-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 3 | Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (this Act) to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mines, to: (1) determine why an accident occurred and whether there were violations of law, mandatory health and safety standards, or other requirements; (2) issue citations and penalties in case of violations, and in cases involving possible criminal actions, refer them to the Attorney General; and (3) make recommendations to avoid any recurrence. Requires an independent accident investigation by an independent panel appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for any accident: (1) involving three or more deaths; or (2) whose severity or scale merits an independent investigation. Authorizes: (1) the Secretary's representatives and attorneys to question any individual privately during an inspection or investigation; and (2) any individual willing to speak with or provide a statement to such representatives or attorneys to do so without the presence, involvement, or knowledge of the mine operator or mine operator's agents or attorneys. Allows the closest relative of a miner who is entrapped or otherwise prevented by an accident to designate a representative for the miner to participate in a mine inspection. Requires mine inspections to be conducted during various shifts and days of the week when miners are normally present. Requires the Secretary to establish a publicly available electronic database containing the safety records of each mine. Prohibits an attorney from representing both a mine operator and miner during an inspection, investigation, or litigation, unless such miner knowingly waives all possible conflicts of interest. Prescribes requirements for mine operators having a pattern of recurring citations, withdrawal orders, accidents, injuries, or illnesses. Establishes in the Treasury the Mines in Pattern Status Inspection Fund fo… | 2023-01-11T13:21:42Z | |
| 111-hr-5878 | 111 | hr | 5878 | Economic Fair Treatment and Job Creation Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-27 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] | SC | D | C000537 | 0 | Economic Fair Treatment and Job Creation Act of 2010 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to revise the prohibition against the use by any state or local government or private entity of funds made available in that Act for any golf course to prohibit such use for any golf course: (1) which is private; and (2) to the extent such funds are not for job creation and workforce diversification relating to such golf course. Requires any entity that uses such funds for a golf course to: (1) submit to the Comptroller General a report which describes baseline data on existing jobs and diversity of the golf course and related businesses and provides detailed information on jobs created; and (2) institute a diversity plan for the golf course and related businesses and establish objective conduct for recruiting women, members of racial and ethnic minority groups, and individuals with disabilities for entry, mid-management, and senior executive positions. Requires the Comptroller General to report on the use of any funds for golf courses as a result of this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove commercial golf courses from property for which specified Gulf Opportunity Zone tax benefits are not available. | 2023-01-11T13:21:52Z | |
| 111-hr-5851 | 111 | hr | 5851 | Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-26 | 2010-07-30 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1574, H.R. 5851 is laid on the table. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Prohibits an employer from discharging, discriminating, against, or engaging in retaliatory actions against specified employees who: (1) report to a government official any violation or unsafe condition under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; (2) testify or participate in a proceeding concerning such violation; (3) reported an illness, injury, or unsafe condition related to the employer's activities to the employer or a state or federal government official; (4) refused to perform duties, or exercised stop work authority, based upon a good faith belief that performing such duties could result in injury to or impairment of the health of the covered employee or other employees, or cause an oil spill to the environment; or (5) objected to, or refused to participate in any activity, policy, practice, or assigned task that the employee reasonably believed to be in violation of such Act. Sets forth complaint filing procedures with the Secretary of Labor regarding such retaliation. Requires the Secretary to investigate and determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe that the complaint has merit and notify in writing the complainant and the employer regarding the Secretary's findings. Authorizes a civil action to require compliance with this Act. Requires employers to: (1) post a notice approved by the Secretary of Labor explaining employee rights and remedies under this Act in a conspicuous location in the place of employment where employees frequent; (2) provide training to employees about their rights under this Act within 30 days of employment, and at least once annually; and (3) provide employees with a card containing a toll free telephone number at the Department of Labor to get information or file a complaint. Directs the Secretary of Labor, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to designa… | 2023-01-11T13:21:53Z | |
| 111-hr-5855 | 111 | hr | 5855 | Johnson Space Center Workforce Stability Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-26 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] | TX | D | G000553 | 3 | Johnson Space Center Workforce Stability Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to create a two-year job training program (including a one-stop career center) to assist the transition to new jobs of workers and employees of contractors in the Johnson Space Center region whose job stability is impacted by programmatic changes to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space exploration program. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the Department of Commerce, to enter into cooperative agreements with eligible recipients in the Johnson Space Center region for activities to help stabilize the workforce and to promote economic growth. | 2023-01-11T13:21:53Z | |
| 111-hr-5860 | 111 | hr | 5860 | Union Member Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-26 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] | TX | R | H001036 | 4 | Union Member Protection Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (Landrum-Griffin Act) to require a labor organization's mandatory report to the Secretary of Labor on its constitution, officers, and basic organization to include, in a clear and simple format, both: (1) a description of the specific nature and total amount of political expenditures the labor organization proposes to make for the upcoming fiscal year; and (2) a disclosure of how each labor organization officer voted on each political expenditure made by the organization during the preceding fiscal year. Prohibits a labor organization from making political expenditures unless: (1) they are of the nature of those proposed in such report; and (2) they have received a full, free, and written authorization by secret ballot by a majority of the labor organization members. Makes officers jointly and severally liable for authorizing a political expenditure without first obtaining the authorization of labor organization members. Requires labor organization bylaws to provide expressly for a vote of the organization's principal officers on individual political expenditures in excess of $50,000. Requires a labor organization to make public the individual votes of such officers within 48 hours, including in a clear and conspicuous location on its website. | 2023-01-11T13:21:53Z | |
| 111-hr-5785 | 111 | hr | 5785 | Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-20 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] | NH | D | S001170 | 0 | Mine Worker Safety Hotline Accessibility Act - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require: (1) the Secretary of Labor to provide all coal and other mine operators plastic wallet cards, refrigerator magnets, and other similar devices containing the toll-free telephone number and appropriate website address of the national hazard reporting hotline; and (2) each operator to ensure that each miner and miner community receives such devices in order to facilitate the reporting of mine accidents, incidents, injuries, illnesses, possible violations of such Act or of mandatory health and safety standards or plans, or other mine safety and health concerns. | 2023-01-11T13:21:55Z | |
| 111-hr-5788 | 111 | hr | 5788 | Mine Safety Accountability and Improved Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-20 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] | WV | R | C001047 | 0 | Mine Safety Accountability and Improved Protection Act - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to establish an independent National Mine Safety Board, which shall conduct an independent investigation of any coal or other mine accident involving three or more deaths. Allows the closest relative of a miner who is entrapped or otherwise prevented by an accident to designate a representative for the miner to participate in a mine inspection. Requires mine inspections to be conducted during various shifts and days of the week when miners are normally present. Prohibits an attorney from representing both a mine operator and miner during an inspection, investigation, or litigation, unless such miner willfully waives all possible conflicts of interest. Requires the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations establishing certain criteria for determining whether to place a mine on pattern (of violation) status. Requires a numerical Safe Performance Index to be determined for each mine. Prescribes remediation requirements for mine operators having a pattern of recurring accidents, citations, and withdrawal orders. Establishes in the Treasury the Mines in Pattern Status Inspection Fund for deposit of fees collected from mines in pattern status for the costs of additional inspections. Requires the Secretary to: (1) revoke the approval of mine operator plans or programs based on certain criteria; and (2) provide the operator with a detailed explanation of the reasons approval was revoked. Prescribes a process for the Secretary's approval of proposed operator programs, plans, or plan revisions. Revises civil and criminal penalties and related administrative procedures. Grants an operator who has been issued a citation or order during an inspection the right to a review with a designated Conference Litigation Representative of the Secretary prior to the assessment of any penalty. Establishes a process for requesting a conference review. Revises certain miner protections against discrimination. Prohibits discriminat… | 2023-01-11T13:21:55Z | |
| 111-hr-5749 | 111 | hr | 5749 | Offshore Worker Whistleblower Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-15 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 1 | Offshore Worker Whistleblower Protection Act - Prohibits an employer from discharging, discriminating, or engaging in retaliatory actions against specified employees who report to a government official any violation under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). Sets forth complaint filing procedures with the Secretary of Labor regarding such retaliation. Requires employers to: (1) post a notice approved by the Secretary of Labor explaining employee rights and remedies under this Act in a conspicuous location in the place of employment where employees frequent; (2) provide training to employees about their rights under this Act within 30 days of employment, and at least once every 12 months thereafter; and (3) provide employees with a card containing a toll free telephone number at the Department of Labor to get information or file a complaint under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to designate agency officials to receive, investigate, and adjudicate complaints concerning violations under this Act. Prohibits an employer engaged in activities for the exploration for, and development and production of, minerals, alternative energy, or oil spill cleanup under a lease or permit issued under the OCSLA from discharging or constructively discharging an employee performing such activities on or in waters above the Outer Continental Shelf, and who has completed a probationary period of employment of up to six months, without reasonable job-related grounds based on: (1) failure to satisfactorily perform job duties, including compliance with the OCSLA and mandatory health and safety standards or regulations; or (2) other legitimate business reason. Authorizes an aggrieved employee, within one year of an alleged violation of such requirement, to file a complaint in an appropriate federal district court. Entitles a prevailing employee to: (1) reinstatement with backpay and compensatory damages; and (2) reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. Directs the Secretary of Lab… | 2023-01-11T13:21:56Z | |
| 111-hr-5663 | 111 | hr | 5663 | Robert C. Byrd Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-01 | 2010-07-29 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 55 | Robert C. Byrd Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010 - Title I: Additional Inspection and Investigation Authority - (Sec. 101) Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (this Act) to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mines, to: (1) determine why an accident occurred and whether there were violations of law, mandatory health and safety standards, or other requirements; (2) issue citations and penalties in case of violations, and in cases involving possible criminal actions, refer them to the Attorney General; and (3) make recommendations to avoid any recurrence. Requires an independent accident investigation by an independent panel appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for any accident: (1) involving three or more deaths; or (2) whose severity or scale merits an independent investigation. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue publicly a memorandum of understanding that: (1) outlines administrative arrangements to facilitate coordination of efforts between the Secretary's and the Panel's investigations; and (2) ensures full Panel participation in the Secretary's investigation (including mine inspections and interviews). Requires the Secretary to establish procedures to ensure consistency of Panel investigations. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary's annual mine safety and health report to Congress to include the status of implementation of recommendations received from each Panel investigation in the preceding five years. (Sec. 102) Authorizes: (1) the Secretary's representatives and attorneys to question any individual privately during an inspection or investigation; and (2) any individual willing to speak with or provide a statement to such representatives or attorneys to do so without the presence, involvement, or knowledge of the mine operator or mine operator's agents or attorneys. Requires the Secretary to keep the identity o… | 2022-02-03T06:10:34Z | |
| 111-hr-5708 | 111 | hr | 5708 | Urban Jobs Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-07-01 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 0 | Urban Jobs Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to the National Urban League to operate, through local affiliates, an Urban Jobs Program to provide job training, education, and support services and activities for eligible young adults to prepare them for entry into the workforce. Defines "eligible young adults" as individuals ages 18 to 24 who: (1) are not enrolled in secondary or post-secondary school; or (2) are or have been subject to the criminal justice process. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Jobs Council Advisory Committee. Expresses the sense of Congress that National Urban League affiliates should establish local jobs council advisory committees to aid in establishing local community support for local implementation of the program. | 2023-01-11T13:21:57Z | |
| 111-hr-5647 | 111 | hr | 5647 | Responsible COBRA, Unemployment, and Poverty Extension Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-06-30 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] | NV | R | H001041 | 22 | Responsible COBRA, Unemployment, and Poverty Extension Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through FY2010. Postpones the termination of the program until March 1, 2011. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through FY2010 requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to extend through FY2010, premium assistance for COBRA benefits (health insurance continuation benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985). Prescribes a special rule for an individual who experiences a qualifying event related to a termination of employment on or after June 1, 2010, and before the enactment of this Act. Applies to all COBRA continuation coverage, including state continuation coverage programs, with respect to such individual rules similar to those in the ARRA: (1) extending the election period for, and the effect on, COBRA continuation coverage; and (2) requiring a notice of such action by the administrator of a group health plan. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 to extend the use of 2009 poverty guidelines through FY2010. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from publishing updated poverty guidelines for 2010 until after such date. Rescinds pro rata the unobligated balance of each amount appropriated or made available under ARRA (except under title X: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of division A), so that the aggregate amount of such rescissions equals $27 billion to offset the net increase in spending resulting from this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:19:51Z | |
| 111-hr-5654 | 111 | hr | 5654 | Gulf Coast Restoration Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-06-30 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. | House | Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] | WA | D | M000404 | 11 | Gulf Coast Restoration Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to award national emergency grants to a state to provide oil spill relief employment assistance for an area of the state that has been affected by an oil or hazardous substances spill of national significance (covered incident). Makes assistance available to: (1) provide oil spill relief employment of unemployed or dislocated workers on projects to clean, restore, or reconstruct lands, marshes, waters, and structures located within an area of a covered incident, as well as for food, clothing, shelter and other humanitarian assistance to affected individuals; (2) establish cleanup standards; (3) provide employment and training of, and protective equipment to, workers; (4) increase a state's capacity to provide information about public and private services at one-stop centers and other access points to individuals adversely affected by a covered incident; and (5) provide temporary employment by public sector entities. Requires the Secretary to require states receiving oil spill relief employment assistance to provide assurance that Davis-Bacon Act (locality pay) wages are paid to all employees and contractors who work on such projects. Limits an individual's oil spill employment to six months, subject to extension for a period determined by the Secretary. Establishes a Gulf Coast Community Conservation Corps (Gulf Coast CCC), administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, to carry out national service programs that provide a covered incident area with oil spill relief specified in this Act. Authorizes the Corporation to transfer funds from the National Service Trust Fund to provide in-service or post-service national service educational benefits to individuals participating in a Gulf Coast CCC national service program. Requires parties responsible for a covered incident to reimburse the federal government for costs incurred in carrying out the activities authorized under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:19:51Z | |
| 111-hr-5631 | 111 | hr | 5631 | Gulf Coast Conservation Corps Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-06-29 | 2010-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] | FL | D | H000324 | 10 | Gulf Coast Conservation Corps Act of 2010 - Establishes the Gulf Coast Conservation Corps. Requires the President, through the Corps, to hire individuals who meet certain requirements (unemployed, U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, physically capable of performing work, and not enrolled as a full-time student) to carry out rehabilitation and enhancement projects involving the construction, maintenance, cleaning, and restoration in any area of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the oil discharged as a result of the Deepwater Horizon incident. Prohibits Corps participants whose positions are funded under this Act from displacing other employees whose positions are not funded under this Act. Allows Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund amounts to be used for the costs of carrying out this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:19:51Z | |
| 111-hr-5618 | 111 | hr | 5618 | Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-06-28 | 2010-07-14 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 459. | House | Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] | WA | D | M000404 | 1 | Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through November 30, 2010. Postpones the termination of the program until April 30, 2011. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until December 1, 2010, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and April 30, 2011, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) (Sec. 3) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to apply to claims for EUC payments the terms and conditions of state unemployment compensation law relating to availability of work, active search for work, and refusal to accept work. Requires a state to determine whether an individual is to be paid EUC or regular compensation for a week of unemployment by using one of four specified methods if: (1) an individual has been determined to be entitled to EUC for a benefit year; (2) that benefit year has expired; and (3) such individual has remaining entitlement to EUC for that benefit year, and would qualify for a new benefit year in which the weekly benefit amount of regular compensation is at least either $100 or 25% less than the individual's weekly benefit… | 2023-01-11T13:19:52Z | |
| 111-hr-5594 | 111 | hr | 5594 | To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a technical school training subsidy program. | Labor and Employment | 2010-06-24 | 2010-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] | GA | D | B001252 | 30 | Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to states to provide funds to local boards for provision of technical school training subsidies in local areas through one-stop delivery systems to pay tuition costs for the career and technical education of unemployed individuals enrolled or accepted at a technical school. Limits the aggregate amount of subsidies to an individual to $2,000. | 2023-01-11T13:19:53Z | |
| 111-hr-5603 | 111 | hr | 5603 | To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to make available to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands additional funds for community service senior opportunities. | Labor and Employment | 2010-06-24 | 2010-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. | House | Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] | MP | D | S001177 | 0 | Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to make available more funding to Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for Older American community service employment programs for unemployed low-income persons over age 55, while decreasing from 30% to 25% the amount of funding reserved for Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and increasing from 10% to 25% the amount reserved for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. | 2023-01-11T13:19:52Z | |
| 111-s-3529 | 111 | s | 3529 | American Manufacturing Efficiency and Retraining Investment Collaboration Achievement Works Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-06-24 | 2010-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] | NC | D | H001049 | 0 | American Manufacturing Efficiency and Retraining Investment Collaboration Achievement Works Act or AMERICA Works Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, with respect to statewide and local adult and youth workforce investment employment and training programs, to require a one-stop delivery system, in selecting and approving training services, or programs of training services, to give priority consideration to state- and local board-approved services and programs that lead to an industry-recognized and nationally portable credential that is in high demand in the local area served and listed in the skill credential registry created under this Act. Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require the same priority consideration in the state and local plans for career and technical education programs as well as in tech prep programs. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to give priority consideration to Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) training programs that lead to a industry-recognized and nationally portable credential listed in the skill credential registry that is in high demand in the local area served by the corresponding one-stop delivery system. Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) create a registry of skill credentials; and (2) list them in the registry if they are required by federal or state law for an occupation, or are from the Manufacturing Institute-Endorsed Manufacturing Skills Certification System. Authorizes the Secretary to list a credential in the registry if it is an industry-recognized and nationally portable credential consistent with established industry competency models, including the one for the American College Test National Career Readiness Certification. | 2023-01-11T13:19:46Z | |
| 111-s-3520 | 111 | s | 3520 | Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-06-22 | 2010-06-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 4 | Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through December 31, 2010. Postpones the termination of the program until May 31, 2011. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through December 31, 2010: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals; and (2) requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and May 31, 2011, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) | 2023-01-11T13:19:46Z | |
| 111-s-3500 | 111 | s | 3500 | Local Jobs for America Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-06-16 | 2010-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 3 | Local Jobs for America Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor, to provide for the allotment of funds to states, local government units, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities. Prohibits the hiring of an individual for a position funded under this Act if: (1) it results in the layoff or partial displacement of an existing employee of a unit or organization; or (2) such individual will perform the same or substantially similar work that was performed by the previous employee of the unit or organization. | 2023-01-11T13:19:47Z | |
| 111-s-3459 | 111 | s | 3459 | On-the-Job Training Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-06-07 | 2010-06-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] | NH | D | S001181 | 1 | On-the-Job Training Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to: (1) make discretionary grants to local areas for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training; and (2) use up to 10% of funds authorized under this Act to make grants to states, local boards, and federally recognized tribal organizations for developing on-the-job training programs. | 2023-01-11T13:19:48Z | |
| 111-hr-5472 | 111 | hr | 5472 | America RISING Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-05-28 | 2010-05-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] | CA | D | R000581 | 3 | America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2010 or America RISING Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program of grants to: (1) eligible small business employers to defray the cost of compensation they pay to recent graduates from institutions of higher education; and (2) such graduates to enable them to defray the cost of undertaking further education for up to 24 months in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, or technology. | 2023-01-11T13:20:05Z | |
| 111-s-3453 | 111 | s | 3453 | A bill to provide an exception from the payout requirements established for certain section 501(c)(3) type III supporting organizations under section 1241(d) of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. | Labor and Employment | 2010-05-28 | 2010-05-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 2 | Amends the Pension Protection Act of 2006 to exempt certain type III supporting organizations from the payout requirements that such organizations, to stay exempt from federal taxation, must make distributions of a percentage of either income or assets to supported organizations in order to ensure that a significant amount is paid to such organizations. Limits such exemption to type III supporting organizations classified as such before August 17, 2006, no substantial contributor to which was alive on such date, and having no family member of a substantial contributor as an organization manager or a borrower or lessee of property from the organization, if either: (1) the organization has not accepted any contribution from a substantial contributor after December 31, 1970, other than by operation of the creator's will or other gift instrument executed before December 31, 1970; or (2) the organization normally distributes each year, to keep its tax exemption, at least 85% of its adjusted net income for the immediately preceding year and holds 30% or more of the reasonably estimated value of its total assets, other than those used or held for use directly in carrying out one or more specified religious, charitable, scientific, literary, educational, or related purposes, in the form of assets for which market quotations are not readily available but which normally produce gross investment income. | 2023-01-11T13:19:57Z | |
| 111-s-3450 | 111 | s | 3450 | A bill to require publicly traded coal companies to include certain safety records in their reports to the Commission, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2010-05-27 | 2010-05-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 1 | Requires a publicly traded coal or other mine company that is required to file a periodic securities report with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to include in the report: (1) the total number of violations of mandatory health or safety standards that could significantly contribute to the cause and effect of a coal or other mine safety or health hazard for which the operator of the coal or other mine received a citation or order to comply from the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (2) a list of such coal or other mines that have received written notice of a pattern of such violations from the Administration; and (3) any pending legal action before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission involving such coal or other mine. Requires publicly traded coal or other mine companies to file a current report with the SEC on Form 8-K disclosing any receipt of: (1) an imminent danger order to shutdown issued by the Secretary of Labor; and (2) any written notice of a pattern of violations from the Administration. | 2023-01-11T13:19:57Z | |
| 111-hr-5376 | 111 | hr | 5376 | Youth Corps Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-05-25 | 2010-06-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 11 | Youth Corps Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out Youth Corps programs that utilize the Youth Corps model to provide eligible youth age 16 through 24 with education and work readiness training to enable them to find employment in the economy of the 21st century, and instill in them a sense of civic engagement and environmental stewardship. Defines "Youth Corps model" as a youth education and training program for which an eligible entity provides eligible youth, among other things, with stipended or paid work experience and basic and technical skills training leading to: (1) enrollment in postsecondary education or training; (2) attainment of an industry-recognized certification or credential; (3) meaningful employment in the economy of the 21st century; or (4) military service. | 2023-01-11T13:20:08Z | |
| 111-hr-5316 | 111 | hr | 5316 | To direct the Secretary of Labor to establish an office in Anchorage, Alaska, under the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. | Labor and Employment | 2010-05-13 | 2010-06-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a local Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (Department of Labor) in Anchorage, Alaska. | 2023-01-11T13:20:10Z | |
| 111-hr-5269 | 111 | hr | 5269 | To express the sense of Congress that Federal job training programs that target older adults should work with nonprofit organizations that have a record of success in developing and implementing research-based technology curriculum designed specifically for older adults. | Labor and Employment | 2010-05-11 | 2010-06-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. | House | Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] | MO | D | C001049 | 3 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), and any other federal program that provides job training and placement services for older adults, should: (1) work with nonprofit organizations that have a record of success in developing and implementing research-based technology curriculum designed specifically for older adults; and (2) partner with such organizations to provide training, student materials, and support for a broad range of workforce technology skills, including basic and intermediate computer skills, Internet, email, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and other appropriate key skills for assisting older workers to enter or reenter the workforce. | 2023-01-11T13:20:12Z | |
| 111-sjres-30 | 111 | sjres | 30 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures. | Labor and Employment | 2010-05-11 | 2010-09-23 | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 56. Record Vote Number: 239. | Senate | Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] | GA | R | I000055 | 40 | Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures. | 2023-01-11T13:19:57Z | |
| 111-hr-5204 | 111 | hr | 5204 | 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-05-04 | 2010-05-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 1 | 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on certain covered securities transactions, payable by trading facilities that deal in such transactions. Requires amounts collected to be deposited into the Fund for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for job creating activities in communities where the rate of unemployment is higher than a specified graduated percentage for a number years; and (2) the Secretary to fund Workforce Investment programs. Directs the Secretary to convene a national employment conference to bring together leaders of small and larger business, labor, government, and other parties to discuss employment, with particular attention to structural unemployment and the plight of disadvantaged youth. | 2023-01-11T13:20:14Z | |
| 111-hr-5176 | 111 | hr | 5176 | Family and Independent Business Protection Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-29 | 2010-05-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] | MI | R | H000676 | 0 | Family and Independent Business Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that no state or territory may define or classify any person as a state or territorial employee, for purposes of state or territorial employment, labor relations, or collective bargaining laws or regulations, by reason of such person's receipt of or eligibility for any payment or subsidy funded by the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:16:03Z | |
| 111-s-3257 | 111 | s | 3257 | Voluntary Protection Program Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-26 | 2010-04-28 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2753-2754) | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 6 | Voluntary Protection Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into cooperative agreements with employers to: (1) encourage establishment of comprehensive safety and health management systems to protect employees from occupational hazards; and (2) establish a voluntary protection program to encourage excellence and recognize its achievement in both the technical and managerial protection of employees from occupational hazards. Requires the Secretary to take necessary steps for the orderly transition from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cooperative agreements and voluntary protection programs existing before enactment of this Act to agreements and programs authorized under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to increase small business participation in the voluntary protection program. | 2023-01-11T13:15:58Z | |
| 111-sres-500 | 111 | sres | 500 | A resolution expressing the sincere condolences of the Senate to the family, loved ones, United Steelworkers, fellow workers, and the Anacortes community on the tragedy at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Washington. | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-26 | 2010-04-26 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2664; text as passed Senate: CR S2664; text of measure as introduced: CR S2654) | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses the sincere condolences of the Senate to the family, loved ones, United Steelworkers, fellow workers, and the Anacortes community on the tragedy of the fire at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Washington. Honors Daniel J. Aldridge, Matthew C. Bowen, Donna Van Dreumel, Matt Gumbel, Darrin J. Hoines, Lew Janz, and Kathryn Powell, who died as the result of the fire. | 2017-12-13T21:30:50Z | |
| 111-hr-5107 | 111 | hr | 5107 | Employee Misclassification Prevention Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-22 | 2010-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 19 | Employee Misclassification Prevention Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to require every person to: (1) keep records of non-employees (contractors) who perform labor or services (except substitute work), including through an entity such as a trust, estate, partnership, association, company, or corporation, for remuneration; and (2) provide certain notice to each new employee and new non-employee, including classification as an employee or non-employee and information concerning their rights under the law. Makes it unlawful for any person to: (1) discharge or otherwise discriminate against an individual (including an employee) who has opposed any practice, or filed a complaint or instituted any proceeding related to this Act, including with respect to an individual's status as an employee or non-employee; and (2) fail to classify accurately an employee or non-employee. Doubles the amount of liquidated damages for maximum hours, minimum wage, and notice of classification violations by an employer. Subjects a person who: (1) violates such requirements (including recordkeeping requirements) to a civil penalty of up to $1,100; or (2) repeatedly or willfully violates such requirements to a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a webpage on the Department of Labor website that summarizes the rights of employees under this Act and other appropriate information. Amends the Social Security Act to require, as a condition for a federal grant for the administration of state unemployment compensation, for the state's unemployment compensation law to include a provision for: (1) auditing programs that identify employers that have not registered under the state law or that are paying unreported compensation where the effect is to exclude employees from unemployment compensation coverage; and (2) establishing administrative penalties for misclassifying employees or paying unreported unemployment compensation to employees. Requires any office, adminis… | 2023-01-11T13:16:05Z | |
| 111-hr-5119 | 111 | hr | 5119 | Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-22 | 2010-06-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. | House | Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] | NM | D | L000570 | 10 | Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2010 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required presence in an affected area during atmospheric nuclear testing for individuals filing leukemia or specified disease claims. Increases the amount of compensation an individual filing a claim may receive to $150,000. Expands "affected area" to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, as well as any county in Arizona, Nevada, or Utah. Extends to December 31, 1990, the period during which an individual employed at any time in a uranium mine or uranium mill is made eligible to receive compensation for a disease claim due to radiation exposure. Makes a core driller eligible to receive compensation upon filing of a disease claim. Makes miners, core drillers, and ore transporters who suffer renal cancer or any other chronic renal disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury, eligible for compensation due to exposure to radiation while on the job. Requires the Attorney General to accept written affidavits meeting specified requirements regarding employment history, physical presence in an affected area, or participation at a nuclear testing site in determining the eligibility of claimants. Extends until 19 years after enactment of this Act the statute of limitations for the filing of such claims. Increases from 2% to 10% of the payment received by a claimant the maximum amount of attorneys fees that can be charged for the filing of an initial claim. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the National Institute of Environmental Health Services, to establish a program of grants to institutions of higher education to study the epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occupationally exposed individuals, including family members of uranium miners and millers. | 2023-01-11T13:16:05Z | |
| 111-s-3254 | 111 | s | 3254 | Employee Misclassification Prevention Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-22 | 2010-06-17 | Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-1146. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 8 | Employee Misclassification Prevention Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to require every person to: (1) keep records of non-employees (contractors) who perform labor or services (except substitute work), including through an entity such as a trust, estate, partnership, association, company, or corporation, for remuneration; and (2) provide certain notice to each new employee and new non-employee, including their classification as an employee or non-employee and information concerning their rights under the law. Makes it unlawful for any person to: (1) discharge or otherwise discriminate against an individual (including an employee) who has opposed any practice, or filed a complaint or instituted any proceeding related to this Act, including with respect to an individual's status as an employee or non-employee; and (2) fail to classify accurately an employee or non-employee. Doubles the amount of liquidated damages for maximum hours, minimum wage, and notice of classification violations by an employer. Subjects a person who: (1) violates such requirements (including recordkeeping requirements) to a civil penalty of up to $1,100; or (2) repeatedly or willfully violates such requirements to a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a webpage on the Department of Labor website that summarizes the rights of employees under this Act and other appropriate information. Amends the Social Security Act to require, as a condition for a federal grant for the administration of state unemployment compensation, for the state's unemployment compensation law to include a provision for: (1) auditing programs that identify employers that have not registered under the state law or that are paying unreported compensation where the effect is to exclude employees from unemployment compensation coverage; and (2) establishing administrative penalties for misclassifying employees or paying unreported unemployment compensation to employees. Requires any office, a… | 2023-01-11T13:15:58Z | |
| 111-hr-5080 | 111 | hr | 5080 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide unemployment benefits during summer vacation for nonprofessional school employees. | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-20 | 2010-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | K000113 | 1 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to state plans for payment of unemployment benefits to prohibit the denial of benefits to employees of educational institutions (other than those providing instructional, research, or administrative services) for any period between two successive academic years or terms that lasts longer than four weeks. | 2023-01-11T13:16:06Z | |
| 111-hr-5084 | 111 | hr | 5084 | America Recruits Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-20 | 2010-04-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Murphy, Scott [D-NY-20] | NY | D | M001178 | 5 | America Recruits Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, to establish a program to award grants to eligible intermediaries to make loans to eligible entities to assist them, when deciding whether to locate eligible jobs in foreign countries or in the United States, in locating information technology and manufacturing jobs in economic development districts or targeted labor surplus areas (whose unemployment rate is at least 140% of the U.S. unemployment rate). | 2023-01-11T13:16:06Z | |
| 111-s-3224 | 111 | s | 3224 | Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-19 | 2010-04-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 5 | Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2010 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required presence in an affected area during atmospheric nuclear testing for individuals filing leukemia or specified disease claims. Increases the amount of compensation an individual filing a claim may receive to $150,000. Expands "affected area" to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, as well as any county in Arizona, Nevada, or Utah. Extends to December 31, 1990, the period during which an individual employed at any time in a uranium mine or uranium mill is made eligible to receive compensation for a disease claim due to radiation exposure. Makes a core driller eligible to receive compensation upon filing of a disease claim. Makes miners, core drillers, and ore transporters who suffer renal cancer or any other chronic renal disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury, eligible for compensation due to exposure to radiation while on the job. Requires the Attorney General to accept written affidavits meeting specified requirements regarding employment history, physical presence in an affected area, or participation at a nuclear testing site in determining the eligibility of claimants. Extends until 19 years after enactment of this Act the statute of limitations for the filing of such claims. Increases from 2% to 10% of the payment received by a claimant the maximum amount of attorneys fees that can be charged for the filing of an initial claim. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the National Institute of Environmental Health Services, to establish a program of grants to institutions of higher education to study the epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and milling among non-occupationally exposed individuals, including family members of uranium miners and millers. | 2023-01-11T13:15:58Z | |
| 111-hres-1262 | 111 | hres | 1262 | Expressing condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims of the fire at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Washington. | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-15 | 2010-04-21 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] | WA | D | L000560 | 68 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Expresses condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims of the fire at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Washington. Honors Matthew C. Bowen, Darrin J. Hoines, Daniel J. Aldridge, Kathryn Powell, Lew Janz, and Donna Van Dreumel who died as a result of the fire.Offers best wishes to Matt Gumbel, who suffered severe burns and is recovering at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. | 2023-01-11T13:16:01Z | |
| 111-sres-487 | 111 | sres | 487 | A resolution honoring the coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South in Raleigh County, West Virginia, extending the condolences of the United States Senate to the families of the fallen coal miners, and recognizing the valiant efforts of the emergency response workers. | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-15 | 2010-04-15 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2393-2394; text as passed Senate: CR S2394; text of measure as introduced: CR S2390-2391) | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 99 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the ultimate sacrifice made by the 29 coal miners lost at the Upper Big Branch Mine-South in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Extends the deepest condolences of the Senate to the families of the fallen coal miners. Honors the survivors of the tragedy. Recognizes all coal miners for enduring the immeasurable loss of co-workers and maintaining courage in the aftermath of the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine-South. Commends the valiant efforts of the emergency response workers searching for the missing coal miners. Honors the many volunteers who provided support and comfort for the missing coal miners' families during the rescue and recovery operations. | 2017-12-13T21:30:43Z | |
| 111-hres-1236 | 111 | hres | 1236 | Honoring the coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South in Raleigh County, West Virginia, extending condolences to their families and recognizing the valiant efforts of emergency response workers at the mine disaster. | Labor and Employment | 2010-04-13 | 2010-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] | WV | D | R000011 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the ultimate sacrifice made by the 29 coal miners lost at the Upper Big Branch Mine-South, Raleigh County, West Virginia. Extends the deepest condolences of the nation to the families of these men. Recognizes all coal miners for enduring the loss of their coworkers and maintaining courage throughout this ordeal. Commends the rescue crews for their valiant efforts to find these miners. Honors the many volunteers who provided support and comfort for the miners' families during the rescue and recovery operations. | 2023-01-11T13:16:02Z | |
| 111-s-3178 | 111 | s | 3178 | Youth Corps Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-03-25 | 2010-03-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 7 | Youth Corps Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out Youth Corps programs that utilize the Youth Corps model to provide eligible youth age 16 through 24 with education and work readiness training to enable them to find employment in the economy of the 21st century, and instill in them a sense of civic engagement and environmental stewardship. Defines "Youth Corps model" as a youth education and training program for which an eligible entity provides eligible youth, among other things, with stipended or paid work experience and basic and technical skills training leading to: (1) enrollment in postsecondary education or training; (2) attainment of an industry-recognized certification or credential; (3) meaningful employment in the economy of the 21st century; or (4) military service. | 2023-01-11T13:16:11Z | |
| 111-sres-470 | 111 | sres | 470 | A resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the date of enactment of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. | Labor and Employment | 2010-03-25 | 2010-03-25 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2130) | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 2 | Recognizes and observes the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. States that the Senate remains committed to advancing and updating mining and workplace safety and health standards. Encourages all of the people of the United States to reflect upon the sacrifices that have been made by miners. | 2023-01-11T13:16:10Z | |
| 111-hr-4920 | 111 | hr | 4920 | Employing Youth for the American Dream Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-03-24 | 2010-04-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 44 | Employing Youth for the American Dream Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to expand to age 24 the age eligibility requirements under the youth opportunity grants program for youth activities. Directs the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to make certain allotments to states for summer jobs programs for disconnected youth (youth age 16 to 24 who are not regularly employed or attending school). Requires the Secretary to award grants to states to carry out employment programs for the partial reimbursement of wages paid by employers of small or medium-sized business concerns for new hires or rehires of former employees. Requires states to give priority for payments to eligible employers who hire or rehire a disconnected youth. Requires the Secretary to make allotments and grants to states to carry out eligible on-the-job training programs for disconnected youth. Directs the President to establish a public service employment program to employ individuals to carry out works of a public nature in connection with parks, roads, schools, and after-school programs. Requires priority for such jobs to be given to individuals who are long-term unemployed, low-income, and disconnected youth. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the work opportunity tax credit through calendar 2015; (2) include as a member of a targeted group for purposes of such credit a qualified Title 1-B youth services recipient and rename a "qualified ex-felon" as a "qualified ex-offender" for purposes of the credit; (3) double the amount of allowable wages that may be considered in calculating such credit; (4) revive and extend the designation period for tax-preferred empowerment zones and revive certain zone designations that terminated on December 31, 2009; and (5) allow an employer tax credit through 2012 for the employment of disconnected youth. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to give preference to the hiring of individuals age 16 to 24 for federal park and forestry jobs. Authorizes contractin… | 2023-01-11T13:16:22Z | |
| 111-s-3157 | 111 | s | 3157 | Create Jobs and Save Benefits Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-03-23 | 2010-03-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 5 | Create Jobs and Save Benefits Act of 2010 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit multiemployer pension plans to merge or form alliances with other plans; (2) increase Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) guarantees for insolvent plans to increase participant benefits; and (3) increase from $8.00 to $16.00 the annual premium rate payable to the PBGC for each individual who is a participant of a multiemployer plan after December 31, 2010. Requires the PBGC, upon the plan sponsor's written notice of election to partition an eligible multiemployer plan in critical status and likely to become insolvent, to order the interim partition of such plan if it would significantly reduce the likelihood that the plan will become insolvent. Requires the PBGC, similarly, to order an interim partition of an eligible multiemployer plan in endangered status because it has suffered a substantial reduction in the amount of contribution base units as a result of declining employment within the industry of employers covered by the plan. Requires a partition order to provide for transfer to a successor plan created by the partition of nonforfeitable benefits directly attributable to service with eligible partition employers as well as specified assets of the mutliemployer plan in critical or endangered status. Prescribes requirements for payment of the withdrawal liability of an employer that completely withdraws from a plan within 60 months after a partition order. Prohibits a plan that elects a partition from adopting, within five years after the partition order, any plan amendment that would increase liabilities by reason of any increase in benefits. Waives certain rehabilitation plan requirements for an eligible multiemployer plan in critical status that elects a partition to the extent that any required action, option, or measure under the rehabilitation plan would adversely affect the future level of covered employment under the plan. Establishes a f… | 2023-01-11T13:16:12Z | |
| 111-hr-4885 | 111 | hr | 4885 | To protect the civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and to promote public safety, health, and regulate activities affecting interstate commerce by creating employer liability for negligent conduct that results in an individual's committing a gender-motivated crime of violence against another individual on premises controlled by the employer, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2010-03-18 | 2010-07-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 0 | Makes an employer liable to a party injured in a crime of violence motivated by gender if: (1) the employer's business is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce; and (2) the employer's negligent conduct results in the perpetration of a gender-motivated crime of violence against an individual on premises under the employer's control. Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as: (1) entitling a person to a cause of action for random acts of violence unrelated to gender or for acts that cannot be demonstrated to be motivated by gender; or (2) requiring a prior criminal complaint, prosecution, or conviction to establish the elements of a cause of action. Gives federal and state courts concurrent jurisdiction over actions brought pursuant to this Act. Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to create and provide to employers materials regarding personnel policies and safety standards to assist them in avoiding liability under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:16:23Z | |
| 111-hr-4855 | 111 | hr | 4855 | Work-Life Balance Award Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-03-16 | 2010-06-15 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 249 - 163 (Roll no. 360). | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 1 | Work-Life Balance Award Act - Establishes in the Department of Labor an annual Work-Life Balance Award for employers that have developed and implemented work-life balance policies. Establishes a Work-Life Balance Advisory Board to develop criteria to determine recipients of the Award. | 2023-01-11T13:16:24Z | |
| 111-hr-4864 | 111 | hr | 4864 | Ensuring Worker Safety Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-03-16 | 2010-03-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-3] | NV | D | T000468 | 8 | Ensuring Worker Safety Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to revise requirements for the Secretary of Labor's continuing evaluation of approved state occupational safety and health plans. Requires: (1) the review of state plans to include an assessment of whether a state continues to meet certain conditions for the approval of such plans; and (2) the Secretary to determine whether a state that fails to comply substantially with the provisions of a plan should be given the opportunity to remedy such deficiencies. Prescribes general requirements for the provision to a state of such an opportunity. Requires the Comptroller General periodically to review and assess: (1) whether state plans to develop and enforce safety and health standards are at least as effective as federal occupational safety and health (OSHA) program standards in preventing occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths, and investigating discrimination complaints; (2) the effectiveness of the Secretary's oversight of such plans; and (3) the adequacy of the Secretary's investigations in response to Complaints About State Plan Administration (CASPA) as well as whether policy issues have been identified and corrective actions fully implemented by each state. | 2023-01-11T13:16:24Z | |
| 111-hr-4830 | 111 | hr | 4830 | Women and Workforce Investment for Nontraditional Jobs | Labor and Employment | 2010-03-11 | 2010-03-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] | CO | D | P000598 | 59 | Women and Workforce Investment for Nontraditional Jobs or Women WIN Jobs - Requires the Secretary of Labor, in any fiscal year in which the total authorization of appropriations to carry out this Act exceeds $50 million, to allocate grants to states with approved state plans to provide funding to eligible entities (partnerships) to increase low-income women's participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations in which women make up less than 25% of the current workforce. Authorizes states to use grants for statewide activities, including to: (1) provide technical assistance to eligible entities and to state registered apprenticeship programs and sponsors and joint apprenticeship training councils in meeting their enrollment goal for low-income women in nontraditional occupations; (2) develop policies and protocols that set goals for hiring specific percentages of women into registered apprenticeships and permanent employment openings in publicly assisted projects; and (3) engage in outreach activities and provide training to overcome stereotypes about women in nontraditional occupations as well as gender inequity among employers. Authorizes the allocation of grant funds to eligible entities to support the recruitment, training, placement, and retention of low-income women in nontraditional occupations. Directs the Secretary to convene a national commission to examine and make recommendations for improving the status of women in high-demand, high-wage nontraditional occupations. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to collect data on the status of women's participation in underrepresented sectors of the economy, and examine the status of women in relation to that of men. Directs the Secretary to establish a national clearinghouse to collect and distribute best practices. | 2023-01-11T13:16:24Z | |
| 111-hr-4812 | 111 | hr | 4812 | Local Jobs for America Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-03-10 | 2010-03-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 163 | Local Jobs for America Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor, to provide for the allotment of funds to states, local government units, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities. Makes appropriations for this program. Prohibits the hiring of an individual for a position funded under this Act if: (1) it results in the layoff or partial displacement of an existing employee of a unit or organization, or (2) such individual will perform the same or substantially similar work that was performed by the previous employee of the unit or organization. Makes appropriations to: (1) the Department of Education for an Education Jobs Fund, (2) the Department of Justice for community oriented policing services, (3) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for firefighter assistance grants, and (4) the Department of Labor for ETA for on-the-job training and employment services. | 2023-01-11T13:16:25Z | |
| 111-hr-4819 | 111 | hr | 4819 | Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-03-10 | 2010-03-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. | House | Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] | CA | D | R000581 | 7 | Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2010 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand the Senior Community Service Employment (SCSE) Program. Lowers the age of eligibility from 55 to 52. Repeals the requirement that the eligible individual be unemployed. Increases from 125% to 200% of the poverty line the maximum income for eligibility. Excludes from the counting of an eligible individual's income any income received by another member of the eligible individual's household. Prohibits any limit of fewer than 40 hours per week on the number of hours per week a grant recipient may permit a participant to work in a job assisted under the grant. Declares the sense of Congress that not less than $700 million should be appropriated to carry out the SCSE Program in each of FY2011-FY2016. | 2023-01-11T13:16:25Z | |
| 111-hr-4707 | 111 | hr | 4707 | Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-02-25 | 2010-03-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. | House | Rep. Schauer, Mark H. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | S001178 | 0 | Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through FY2010. Postpones the termination of the program until February 28, 2011. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through FY2010: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals; and (2) requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and September 30, 2010, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) | 2023-01-11T13:16:34Z | |
| 111-s-3006 | 111 | s | 3006 | A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow multiemployer plans to amortize losses from certain fraudulent investment schemes over a 40-year period. | Labor and Employment | 2010-02-09 | 2010-02-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to permit the plan sponsor of a multiemployer pension plan to amortize net investment losses incurred from qualified fraudulent investment schemes after August 31, 2008, over a 40-year period in equal annual installments. | 2023-01-11T13:16:31Z | |
| 111-hr-4608 | 111 | hr | 4608 | To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow multiemployer plans to amortize losses from certain fraudulent investment schemes over a 40-year period. | Labor and Employment | 2010-02-04 | 2010-02-04 | Referred to House Ways and Means | House | Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-25] | NY | D | M001171 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to permit the plan sponsor of a multiemployer pension plan to amortize net investment losses incurred from qualified fraudulent investment schemes after August 31, 2008, over a 40-year period in equal annual installments. | 2023-01-11T13:16:37Z | |
| 111-s-3001 | 111 | s | 3001 | America Recruits Act of 2009 | Labor and Employment | 2010-02-04 | 2010-02-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] | VA | D | W000805 | 0 | America Recruits Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, to establish a program to award grants to eligible intermediaries to make loans to eligible entities to assist them, when deciding whether to locate eligible jobs in foreign countries or in the United States, in locating information technology and manufacturing jobs in economic development districts or targeted labor surplus areas (whose unemployment rate is at least 140% of the U.S. unemployment rate). | 2023-01-11T13:16:32Z | |
| 111-hr-4584 | 111 | hr | 4584 | New Era Expansion Act | Labor and Employment | 2010-02-03 | 2010-02-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] | IA | D | B001259 | 0 | New Era Expansion Act - Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish the New Era Rural Workforce Training Program to award grants for worker training, technical development, and applied research in the wind energy industry production and energy efficient construction, retrofitting, and design industries. Requires an eligible grant recipient to: (1) be an existing community college located in a rural area that participates in wind energy workforce development, wind energy research, or energy efficient construction, retrofitting, or design workforce development; (2) have a proven record of development and implementation of programs to meet the needs of students, educators, and business and industry to supply the wind energy field or energy efficient construction field with certified technicians; (3) have the ability to leverage existing partnerships and occupational outreach and training programs for secondary schools, four-year institutions, and relevant nonprofit organizations. | 2023-01-11T13:16:38Z | |
| 111-hr-4513 | 111 | hr | 4513 | Job Creation Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2010-01-26 | 2010-06-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. | House | Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13] | FL | R | B001260 | 1 | Job Creation Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2010 the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business assets; (2) exclude from gross income in 2010 100% of the gain from the sale of small business stock; and (3) exclude from gross income in 2010 all unemployment compensation. Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to require all amounts repaid under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to reduce the program's purchase authority. Amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit) to: (1) require courts to award reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, to a prevailing party in a Rule 11 proceeding (currently discretionary); and (2) eliminate the 21-day period allowed for withdrawing or correcting a claim deemed frivolous. Requires state courts to apply Rule 11 to actions in state courts that substantially affect interstate commerce. Limits venue for personal injury claims filed in state or federal courts to the county or district: (1) in which the plaintiff or defendant resides; (2) where the plaintiff resided at the time of the alleged injury; or (3) the district in which the defendant's principal place of business is located. Imposes additional sanctions: (1) on attorneys who are found to violate Rule 11 three or more times; and (2) for willful and intentional destruction of documents relevant to a pending action in federal court. Establishes a rebuttable presumption of a Rule 11 violation if a plaintiff attempts to litigate a claim that has already been litigated and lost on the merits. Prohibits a court in a Rule 11 proceeding from ordering the nondisclosure of the record of the proceeding unless the court makes a specific finding of fact that justifies such an order. | 2023-01-11T13:16:44Z | |
| 111-s-2923 | 111 | s | 2923 | Youth Jobs Act of 2010 | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-22 | 2009-12-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13786-13787) | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 2 | Youth Jobs Act of 2010 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor for summer and year-round youth jobs and training programs for individuals aged 14 to 24 under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 which are directly linked to academic and occupational learning for the period January 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011. Prohibits the use of such funds for unpaid jobs, statewide workforce investment activities, or the award of certain youth opportunity grants. Requires local areas receiving such funds to give priority to providing: (1) work experiences in viable, emerging, or demand industries, or work experiences in the public or nonprofit sector that fulfill a community need; and (2) job referral services for youth for such jobs in which the employer agrees to pay the wages and benefits consistent with federal and state child labor laws. Authorizes such local areas to give priority to providing work experiences linked to academic and occupational learning to: (1) provide opportunities to youth to earn a short-term certificate or credential that has value in the labor market; and (2) encourage the likelihood of a participant's return to, or completion of, a program of study leading to a recognized secondary or postsecondary degree, certificate, or credential. | 2023-01-11T13:16:48Z | |
| 111-s-2909 | 111 | s | 2909 | Worker Ownership, Readiness and Knowledge Act | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-18 | 2009-12-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 5 | Worker Ownership, Readiness and Knowledge Act or the WORK Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish within the Department of Labor an Office of Employee Ownership and Participation to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking. Requires the Office Director, with federal grants and acting as an information clearinghouse, to: (1) support existing programs in the states designed to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking; and (2) promote the formation of new such programs. Directs the Secretary to establish a program, administered by the Director, which is designed to foster employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:16:49Z | |
| 111-s-2914 | 111 | s | 2914 | United States Employee Ownership Bank Act | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-18 | 2009-12-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 3 | United States Employee Ownership Bank Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the United States Employee Ownership Bank to foster increased employee ownership and greater employee participation in company decision making throughout the United States. Authorizes the Bank to make loans, on a direct or guaranteed basis, and which may be subordinated to the interests of all other creditors, to employees to purchase a company through an employee stock ownership plan or eligible worker-owned cooperative which is at least 51% employee owned, or will become so as a result of Bank assistance. Authorizes the bank also to allow: (1) a company that is less than 51% employee owned to become at least 51% employee owned; and (2) allow a company that is already at least 51% employee owned to increase the level of employee ownership, expand operations, and increase or preserve employment. Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to require the employer, if it orders a plant or facility closing in connection with the termination of its operations there, to offer its employees an opportunity to purchase such plant or facility through an employee stock ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative that is at least 51% employee owned. Exempts from such requirement an employer that orders a plant closing: (1) but will retain the plant assets to continue or begin a business within the United States; or (2) intends to continue the business conducted at such plant at another plant within the United States. Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to authorize the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency, in assessing and taking into account the record of a financial institution during an examination, to consider capital investments, loans, loan participation, technical assistance, financial advice, grants, and other ventures undertaken by the institution to support or enable employees to establish employee stock ownership plans or eligible worker-owned cooperatives that are at… | 2023-01-11T13:16:49Z | |
| 111-s-2915 | 111 | s | 2915 | Rape Victims Act of 2009 | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-18 | 2009-12-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] | TN | R | C001071 | 3 | Rape Victims Act of 2009 - Declares that an agreement made between an employer and employee to arbitrate a claim of rape shall not be enforceable. | 2023-01-11T13:16:49Z | |
| 111-sjres-24 | 111 | sjres | 24 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to financial disclosure and transparency by labor union management. | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-18 | 2009-12-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] | TX | R | C001056 | 32 | Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to financial disclosure and transparency by labor union management | 2023-01-11T13:16:48Z | |
| 111-hr-4355 | 111 | hr | 4355 | New Jobs for America Act of 2009 | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-16 | 2010-02-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 0 | New Jobs for America Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make grants to state and local governments and Indian tribes to carry out employment training programs to aid unemployed individuals in securing employment in a new area of expertise, particularly in emerging markets and industries (such as green technologies). | 2023-01-11T13:16:55Z | |
| 111-hr-4318 | 111 | hr | 4318 | 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-15 | 2010-02-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 9 | 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act - Authorizes the President, in order to relieve widespread unemployment, restore depleted natural resources in the United States, and advance public works programs, to establish a Civilian Conservation Corps to employ unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens in the construction, maintenance, and carrying on of works of a public nature, such as forestation of U.S. and state lands, prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion, and construction and repair of National Park System paths and trails. Authorizes the President to extend Corps activities to state- and private- owned lands to prevent and control forest fires and floods and attacks of forest tree pests and diseases. Authorizes the President to provide housing and transportation for Corps employees. Prohibits discrimination in the hiring of Corps employees. | 2023-01-11T13:16:56Z | |
| 111-hr-4290 | 111 | hr | 4290 | New Deal for a New Economy Act | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-11 | 2010-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. | House | Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] | IL | D | H001040 | 56 | New Deal for a New Economy Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, from unobligated funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), to make specified sums available for FY2010-FY2012 to the Secretary of Education, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, the Interior, and Agriculture. Requires: (1) the Secretary of Education to allocate, and each eligible local educational agency in the state to receive, funds in proportion to amounts received under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) a state to make and distribute the amount allocated to it within 90 days of receipt. Authorizes the use of funds to hire new employees, rehire employees laid off during the year prior to enactment, continue to employ employees scheduled to be laid off as a result of reduced budgets, and prevent furloughs scheduled as a result of reduced budgets. Directs: (1) the Attorney General to award grants to state, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies through the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to hire, rehire, continue to employ, and prevent furloughs of police officers; (2) the Secretary of DHS, through the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, to award grants through the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program to hire, rehire, continue to employ, and prevent furloughs of firefighters; (3) the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to states, cities or other political subdivisions or a consortium of such subdivisions, or Indian tribes, to assist in maintaining basic government services; and (4) the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to fund specific public works projects in national parks and through the National Forest Service, respectively. Establishes in the Department of Labor a New Economy Grant Program, to provide grants for the creation of new jobs on specific public works projects. Limits funding under this Act's Departments of Labor, the In… | 2023-01-11T13:16:57Z | |
| 111-hr-4299 | 111 | hr | 4299 | To authorize a capitalization of self-sustainable social services grant program to provide workforce development opportunities and training to people with barriers to employment. | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-11 | 2010-02-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] | WA | D | S000510 | 12 | Directs the Secretary of Labor to award capitalization grants to eligible applicants (nonprofit local workforce investment boards, states, political subdivisions of a state, and Indian tribes, or a single national organization) for projects to create jobs and the delivery of self-sustainable social services (i.e., education, training, and career services) to people with barriers to employment. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of capitalization in providing workforce development opportunities and training to people with barriers to employment after the grantee has had three years to capitalize and build or expand its programs. | 2023-01-11T13:16:57Z | |
| 111-hr-4268 | 111 | hr | 4268 | Put America to Work Act of 2009 | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-10 | 2010-01-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] | MN | D | E000288 | 69 | Put America to Work Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to states, local government units, and Indian tribes to create employment opportunities for unemployed and underemployed residents of distressed communities. Specifies grant uses, including funding of fast-track jobs for: (1) painting and repair of schools, community centers, and libraries; (2) restoration of abandoned and vacant properties; (3) expansion of emergency food programs to reduce hunger; (4) augmentation of staffing in Head Start and other early childhood education programs; and (5) renovation and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, and other public spaces. Requires grant recipients to use remaining grant funds to make grants to public entities, nonprofit organizations, public-private partnerships, or small businesses to create employment opportunities in: (1) construction, rehabilitation, and improvements in energy efficiency of residences or public facilities; (2) the provision of human services; (3) remediation and demolition of vacant and abandoned properties; and (4) programs that provide opportunities for employment, education, and training for disadvantaged youth. | 2023-01-11T13:16:58Z | |
| 111-hr-4271 | 111 | hr | 4271 | Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2009 | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-10 | 2009-12-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] | KY | R | G000558 | 8 | Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs. Revises and reauthorizes workforce investment systems with respect to: (1) state and local planning, allocation, work force investment board membership, and performance accountability; (2) one-stop centers; (3) consolidated funding for adult program activities, including job training, dislocated worker retraining, the employment service system, and reemployment grants; (4) training programs for both out-of-school and in-school youth, including challenge grants; and (5) national job training programs, including the Job Corps and programs for Native Americans, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and veterans. Requires the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor to be the principal agency to administer WIA title I workforce investment systems for job training and employment services and title III (Job Corps). Exempts religious organizations, with respect to their employment of individuals of a particular religion, from WIA nondiscrimination requirements. Prescribes requirements for the approval of state Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) plans for the carrying out of certain workforce development activities. Repeals Wagner-Peyser Act provisions relating to the U.S. Employment Service. Directs the Secretary of Labor to oversee the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of a nationwide workforce and labor market information system. Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (2) the Helen Keller National Center Act. | 2023-01-11T13:16:58Z | |
| 111-hr-4281 | 111 | hr | 4281 | Employees' Pension Security Act of 2009 | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-10 | 2010-03-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. | House | Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] | IN | D | V000108 | 0 | Employees’ Pension Security Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require assets of single-employer pension plans to be held in trust by joint boards of trustees. Requires plan sponsors and administrators to provide all material investment information in an accurate form to participants and beneficiaries. Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of certain information requirements. Sets forth additional requirements for plan termination, to prevent abuse of the bankruptcy and termination process, including requirements relating to: (1) distress termination; (2) bankruptcy court decrees, and the right to intervene to challenge them; (3) consideration of alternatives by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the plan sponsor; (4) PBGC efforts at consulting on alternatives with plan participants and their union representatives; and (5) notice of the right to challenge determinations relating to plan termination. Amends federal bankruptcy law to include, in a priority order for recovery of expenses and claims, allowed unsecured claims for benefit liabilities to participants and beneficiaries under a single-employer plan in connection with the plan termination, in excess of the benefits payable to them by the PBGC in connection with such termination. | 2023-01-11T13:16:58Z | |
| 111-hr-4282 | 111 | hr | 4282 | To amend title XII of the Social Security Act to extend the provision waiving certain interest payments on advances made to States from the Federal unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. | Labor and Employment | 2009-12-10 | 2009-12-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. | House | Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] | VT | D | W000800 | 0 | Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Fund) of the Social Security Act, as added by the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, to extend through December 31, 2012, the waiver of certain interest payments on advances made to states from the federal unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. (Thus continues temporary assistance for states with such advances.) | 2023-01-11T13:16:58Z |
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