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| 93-s-4242 | 93 | s | 4242 | An original bill to amend the Rail Passenger Service Act. | Labor and Employment | 1974-12-17 | 1974-12-20 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Hartke, Vance [D-IN] | IN | D | H000297 | 0 | Increases the maximum allowable salary of the Chief Executive Officer of the National Railroad Service Corporation to $85,000 per year. (Amends 45 U.S.C. 543(d)) | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 93-s-4229 | 93 | s | 4229 | A bill to provide job opportunities in areas of high unemployment. | Labor and Employment | 1974-12-12 | 1974-12-12 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 3 | States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide emergency financial assistance to stimulate, maintain, or expand job-creating activities in areas suffering from unusually high unemployment. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the heads of Federal departments and agencies, to review proposed expenditures authorized by Federal law to identify programs having the potential to stimulate job creation in eligible areas. Defines an "eligible area" as one of 6.5 percent unemployment prior to the month the designation is made, and specifies the items to be given priority consideration by the Secretary in making the allocations authorized by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for fiscal years 1975 and 1976 to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 93-hr-17597 | 93 | hr | 17597 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 | Labor and Employment | 1974-12-10 | 1974-12-31 | Public law 93-572. | House | Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2] | OR | D | U000004 | 6 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that any State may enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor under this Act if such State's law contains a requirement that extended compensation be payable thereunder as provided by the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. States that any such agreement shall provide that the State agency of the State will make payments of emergency compensation to individuals who: (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under the State law; (2) have exhausted all rights to or eligibility for extended compensation in such State; (3) have no rights to regular or extended compensation with respect to a week under State or Federal law; and (4) are not receiving unemployment compensation from Canada or the Virgin Islands, for any week of unemployment which begins in an emergency benefit period and the individual's period of eligibility. States the circumstances under which an individual shall be deemed to have exhausted his rights to regular or extended compensation, and specifies the period of time which shall constitute an emergency benefit period. Provides that, in the case of any State, no emergency benefit period shall last for a period of less than 26 consecutive weeks. States that any agreement under this Act with a State shall provide that the State will establish, for each eligible individual who files an application for emergency compensation, an emergency compensation account, and specifies the range of the amount to be placed in such account. Provides that there shall be paid to each State which has entered into an agreement under this Act an amount equal to 100 percent of the emergency compensation paid to individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement, but only where the State has waived the 120 percent requirement as provided by Public Law 93-368. Authorizes to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, to the extended unemployment compensation account, as repay… | 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z | |
| 93-hr-17570 | 93 | hr | 17570 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-12-05 | 1974-12-05 | Reported to House from the Committee on Ways and Means with amendment, H. Rept. 93-1523. | House | Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2] | OR | D | U000004 | 0 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into agreements with the States to provide special unemployment compensation payments to qualified individuals in areas where unemployment is high. Provides that to qualify for the special payments an individual whose employment was covered under the unemployment compensation laws would be required to have exhausted after September 1974 all of his rights to unemployment compensation (both regular and extended) under all State and Federal unemployment compensation laws. Provides that an individual whose employment was not covered under any State or Federal unemployment compensation law qualifies for the special payments if in the year preceding his unemployment he would have qualified for unemployment compensation had all of his work been covered under an unemployment compensation law. Provides that benefits are payable whenever a special unemployment compensation period existed in the area in which the individual worked. Specifies that an unemployment compensation period begins with the third week after the week for which there was an "on" indicator for the area and ends with the third week after the week for which there is an "off" indicator. Provides that no special unemployment compensation period would be for less than 13 weeks. Provides that there would be an "on" indicator in an area if for a running 13-week period the average insured unemployment rate for the area was 4 percent or more and was at least 20 percent higher than the average rate for the corresponding 13-week period beginning October 1, 1972, and ending September 29, 1973, or the average rate of insured employment for the area was 4.5 percent or more. Provides that there would be an "off" indicator if none of the conditions for an "on" indicator were met for a consecutive 13-week period. States that the area in which the program would be in effect would be an economically integrated geographical unit with a populati… | 2025-09-03T12:50:30Z | |
| 93-hr-17575 | 93 | hr | 17575 | Career Guidance and Counseling Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-12-05 | 1974-12-05 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 1 | Career Guidance and Counseling Act - Title I: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations of specified amounts for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Establishes within the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education an Office of Career Guidance and Counseling to administer the provisions of this Act. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Career Guidance and Counseling composed of fifteen members appointed by the President who shall be broadly representative of the guidance and counseling profession at large. States that the Council shall conduct a survey of the current status of career guidance programs in the United States and report to the President and the Congress. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title II: Career Guidance and Counseling Programs - Provides that each State which desires to receive a grant under this title shall submit through its State educational agency to the Commissioner for approval, through the Office of Career Guidance and Counseling, a State plan for career guidance and counseling to include specified elements and also such provisions as the Commissioner of Education may require. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to States having approved plans for distribution to local educational agencies, on the basis of statewide needs and priorities, for career development guidance and counseling programs and services. Specifies in detail the purposes for which such grants may be used. Sets forth the requirements that State programs must meet in order to be awarded grants by the Commissioner through the Office of Career Guidance and Counseling. Directs the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of contracting with institutions of higher education for purposes of providing needed training and retraining of guidance personnel. Defines the term "guidance personnel" for the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the requirements to be met by institutions of higher education entering into contracts to train and retrain guidance personnel. Provides for research… | 2025-09-03T12:50:30Z | |
| 93-s-4207 | 93 | s | 4207 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-12-04 | 1974-12-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT] | CT | D | R000191 | 39 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that, for the purposes of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, there is a State "emergency on" indicator for a week if there is a State or National "emergency on" indicator for such a week. Provides, for the same purposes, that there is a State "emergency off" indicator for a week if there is both a State and National "emergency off" indicator for such week. States that, with respect to the period which begins January 1, 1975, no emergency compensation shall be payable after a specified time pursuant to the provisions of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 relating to the payment of extended compensation. Changes the rate of insured unemployment definitive of a national "on" indicator from 4.5 to 4 percent for all States. Provides that there shall be paid to the States 100 percent of the sharable extended compensation and sharable regular compensation paid to individuals under State law. | 2025-09-03T12:53:24Z | |
| 93-s-4212 | 93 | s | 4212 | National Center for Productivity and Economic Competition Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-12-04 | 1974-12-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations. | Senate | Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL] | IL | R | P000222 | 6 | National Center for Productivity and Economic Competition Act - Title I: General Provisions - States that it is the purpose of this Act to consolidate in one governmental unit the responsibility to: (1) establish a national policy for short-term and long-term productivity growth and work quality in the United States; (2) correct those public and private structural imbalances which impede productivity, growth, improved work quality, and the effective performance of society and the economy; (3) identify ways and means for more effective collaborative joint efforts by labor and industry to effect growth in productivity and improved work quality; (4) identify, encourage, and support development and implementation of all useful technologies, systems, incentives, methods, and techniques for enhancing growth of productivity and improving work quality in the public and private sectors of the United States; (5) maximize the contributions of the Federal Government to productivity growth and improved work quality in both the private and public sector, including the Federal Establishment; and (6) increase public understanding of productivity and work quality, the ways in which productivity and work quality can be improved, and the urgency of such improvement in all sectors of the economy. Title II: National Center for Productivity and Economic Competition - Establishes as an independent establishment of the executive branch the National Center for Productivity and Work Quality to be under the general direction of a board of directors of specified membership. Specifies the functions of the Center consonant with the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Executive Director of the Center to enter into contracts, without regard to Federal procurement statutes, for research and demonstration programs or projects to effectuate the achievement of the purposes of this Act. Specifies limitations to be placed on the authority to make grants and contracts under this Act. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides that the duties,… | 2025-09-03T12:53:28Z | |
| 93-hr-17526 | 93 | hr | 17526 | Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1974-11-26 | 1974-11-26 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38] | NY | R | K000086 | 0 | Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Amendments - States that it is the principal purpose of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to provide job training for economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons; to provide employment opportunities for such persons; and to assure that training and other services lead to maximum employment opportunities and enhance self-sufficiency by establishing a flexible and decentralized system of Federal, State, and local programs. Permits private organizations to train employees for jobs funded under such Act. Requires assurances that an applicant for funds under such Act will provide private organizations and associations with an opportunity to train persons to be hired to fill jobs created under such Act. Provides a civil penalty for applicants receiving assistance under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 who discriminate in the administration of programs under such Act on the basis of political affiliation. | 2025-09-03T12:50:30Z | |
| 93-hr-17539 | 93 | hr | 17539 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-11-26 | 1974-11-26 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Whalen, Charles W., Jr. [R-OH-3] | OH | R | W000317 | 0 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to establish a Federal unemployment law providing a temporary program of supplemental unemployment assistance to workers affected by adverse economic conditions in areas of aggravated unemployment. Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment assistance, shall be paid by the the United States in such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this Act in the State. Provides that a State shall not be eligible to enter into such an agreement with the Secretary for any week in which specified conditions exist. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special assistance or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occuring during and subsequent to a special unemployment period in accordance with the provisions of this Act if the individual meets the specified requirements, including the exhaustion of all rights to compensation under all State unemployment compensation and other laws. Provides for the periods of time to be covered for special unemployment assistance under this Act. States that a special unemployment assistance period shall commence in an area designated by the Secretary with the third week after the first week for which there is an "on" indicator for such area, and shall terminate with the third week after the first week for which there is an "off" indicator for such area. Provides that no special unemployment assistance period shall have a duration of less than 13 weeks. Sets forth the criteria for establishing "on" and "off" indicators. Prescribes the calculations to be followed in determining the weekly amount of special unemployment benefits and sets maximum benefit amounts. Stipulates that no payment of assistance under this Act shall be made with respect to any week of unemployment ending after March 31, 1976. | 2025-09-03T12:50:25Z | |
| 93-hres-1480 | 93 | hres | 1480 | Resolution, impact of imports on unemployment investigation. | Labor and Employment | 1974-11-26 | 1974-11-26 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Dent, John H. [D-PA-21] | PA | D | D000255 | 3 | Requires the House Committee on Education and Labor to initiate an investigation designed to evaluate the impact of those motor vehicles produced in part or in whole in a manufacturing facility outside of the United States upon unemployment in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry in the United States, and upon unemployment generally in the United States. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-s-4194 | 93 | s | 4194 | An original bill to extend the authorizations of appropriations in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for 1 year, to transfer the Rehabilitation Services Administration to the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to make certain technical and clarifying amendments, and for other purposes; to amend the Randolph-Sheppard Act for the Blind to strengthen the programs authorized thereunder; and to provide for the convening of a White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals. | Labor and Employment | 1974-11-26 | 1974-12-02 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (H.R. l7503 with similar provisions passed Senate 11/26/74). | Senate | Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | W000502 | 0 | Title I: Rehabilitation Act Amendments - Rehabilitation Act Amendments - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration to carry out this Act. Provides, under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, for the extension of authorization of appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services; (2) research and training; (3) grants for construction of rehabilitation facilities; (4) vocational training services for handicapped individuals; (5) special projects and demonstrations; (6) the National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults; (7) program and project evaluation; (8) secretarial responsibilities; and (9) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Title II: Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments - Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that after review of the blind vending stand program authorized under the Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1936, the program has not been developed in the manner and spirit in which Congress intended. Authorizes the operation of such vending facilities on any Federal property, stating that priority shall be given to blind persons licensed by a State agency as provided in this Act. Enumerates new Federal and State responsibilities for carrying out the Randolph-Sheppard Act. Provides that after January 1, 1975, no department of the United States shall undertake to acquire any building unless such building includes a site for the location of a vending facility by a blind person, with enumerated exceptions relating to a limited number of people using the property. Makes provisions throughout the Randolph-Sheppard Act for changing the word "stand" to "facility". States that any blind licensee dissatisfied with any action arising from the operation of the vending facility program may request a hearing from the State licensing agency. Provides for arbitration panels to hear such grievances, setting forth their composition and duties. Provides that no limitation shall… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 93-hr-17503 | 93 | hr | 17503 | A bill to extend the authorizations of appropriations in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for 1 year, to transfer the Rehabilitation Services Administration to the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to make certain technical and clarifying amendments, and for other purposes; to amend the Randolph-Sheppard Act for the blind; to strengthen the program authorized thereunder; and to provide for the convening of a White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals. | Labor and Employment | 1974-11-25 | 1974-12-07 | Public law 93-516. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 2 | Title I: Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Rehabilitation Act Amendments - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration to carry out this Act. Provides, under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, for the extension of authorization of approprication for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services; (2) research and training; (3) grants for construction of rehabilitation facilities; (4) vocational training services for handicapped individuals; (5) special projects and demonstrations; (6) the National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults; (7) program and project evaluation; (8) secretarial responsibilities; and (9) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Title II: Randolph-sheppard Act Amendments - Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that after review of the blind vending stand program authorized under the Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1936, the program has not been developed in the manner and spirit in which Congress intended. Authorizes the operation of such vending facilities on any Federal property, stating that priority shall be given to blind persons licensed by a State agency as provided in this Act. Enumerates new Federal and State responsibilities for carrying out the Randolph-Sheppard Act. Provides that after January 1, 1975, no department of the United States shall undertake to acquire any building unless such building includes a site for the location of a vending facility by a blind person, with enumerated exceptions relating to a limited number of people using the property. Makes provisions throughout the Randolph-Sheppard Act for changing the word "stand" to "facility". States that any blind licensee dissatisfied with any action arising from the operation of the vending facility program may request a hearing from the State licensing agency. Provides for arbitration panels to hear such grievances, setting forth their composition and duties. Provides that no … | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-s-4129 | 93 | s | 4129 | National Employment Assistance Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Taft, Robert, Jr. [R-OH] | OH | R | T000010 | 3 | National Employment Assistance Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares it to be the purpose of this Act to establish, in areas of aggravated unemployment, a temporary special unemployment assistance program and a temporary program of community improvement projects. Title I: Special Unemployment Assistance Program - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment assistance in accordance with the provisions of this title and the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, shall be paid by the United States amounts to carry out the provisions of this title in the State. Provides that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of assistance or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occuring during and subsequent to a special unemployment assistance period in accordance with the provisions of this title if specified requirements are met, including that the individual has exhausted all rights to regular, additional, and extended compensation under all Federal and State unemployment compensation laws. Specifies the length for the special unemployment assistance period, the amount of the weekly benefit, the maximum benefit amount, and the termination date for assistance under this title. Title II: Community Improvement Program - Empowers the Secretary to make financial assistance available to eligible applicants within designated areas for the purposes of carrying out community improvement projects providing temporary employment assistance for unemployed persons in public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations providing community services. Provides for the allocation of funds among the designated areas. Prescribes the procedures for filing applications for financial assistance under this title, for the approval of such applications, and for the conditions required by all programs. Sets forth the criteria governing an individual's eligibility for employment in p… | 2025-09-03T12:53:21Z | |
| 93-hr-17185 | 93 | hr | 17185 | Unemployment Compensation Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | Unemployment Compensation Amendments - Requires States to extend to not more than 39 weeks the period for which an individual may receive regular unemployment compensation pursuant to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Provides that each State shall be entitled to receive Federal financing of one-third the costs attributable to the extension of benefits so required. Directs the Secretary of Labor to appoint, within three years after the date of enactment of this Act, a Special Advisory Commission on Unemployment Compensation for the purpose of reviewing the Federal-State program of unemployment compensation and making recommendations with respect to the relationship between unemployment compensation and other social insurance programs, and any other matters bearing on the Federal-State unemployment compensation program. Establishes minimum standards of eligibility for unemployment compensation, limits the use of waiting periods for the receipt of such compensation, and otherwise extends the Federal-State unemployment insurance system. Revises the definition of wages under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act by excluding from the meaning of such term all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash for agricultural labor, and includes within the definition of employment under such Act qualified domestic service wherein the employer paid cash remuneration of $225 or more in any calendar quarter. | 2025-09-03T12:50:17Z | |
| 93-hr-17218 | 93 | hr | 17218 | National Employment Assistance Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 1 | National Employment Assistance Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares it to be the purpose of this Act to establish, in areas of aggravated unemployment, a temporary special unemployment assistance program and a temporary program of community improvement projects. Title I: Special Unemployment Assistance Program - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment assistance in accordance with the provisions of this title and the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, shall be paid by the United States amounts to carry out the provisions of this title in the State. Provides that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of assistance or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occuring during and subsequent to a special unemployment assistance period in accordance with the provisions of this title if specified requirements are met, including that the individual has exhausted all rights to regular, additional, and extended compensation under all Federal and State unemployment compensation laws. Specifies the length for the special unemployment assistance period, the amount of the weekly benefit, the maximum benefit amount, and the termination date for assistance under this title. Title II: Community Improvement Program - Empowers the Secretary to make financial assistance available to eligible applicants within designated areas for the purposes of carrying out community improvement projects providing temporary employment assistance for unemployed persons in public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations providing community services. Provides for the allocation of funds among the designated areas. Prescribes the procedures for filing applications for financial assistance under this title, for the approval of such applications, and for the conditions required by all programs. Sets forth the criteria governing an individual's eligibility for employment in p… | 2025-09-03T12:50:19Z | |
| 93-hr-17131 | 93 | hr | 17131 | National Public Employment Relations Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-10-08 | 1974-10-08 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Helstoski, Henry [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | H000465 | 0 | National Public Employment Relations Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to encourage collective bargaining. Provides that "employee" includes employees of State and local subdivisions as well as public and other authorities and public agencies. Provides that "employer" includes any employee of an employer and excludes only officials appointed or elected pursuant to a statute to a policy-making position. Provides that "exclusive representative" includes only those unions which are recognized prior to the enactment of this Act or which later become certified by the National Public Employee Relations Commission. Provides that "supervisor" includes only those individuals who can make or effectively recommend personnel changes or who may responsibly direct other employees. Establishes a commission of five members appointed by the President, to be known as the National Public Employment Relations Commission. Provides for a General Counsel of the Commission to investigate alleged violations of this Act. Authorizes employees to form, join or assist a labor organization and to bargain collectively, free from interference by the employer. Requires an employer to deduct from an employees pay, dues to any organization designated by written authorization by such employee. Provides that where there is an exclusive representative, dues must be checked off to that organization only. Provides that the authorization may be revoked annually. Provides that the employee organization selected for the purpose of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees shall be the exclusive representative of all the employees, and an employer shall not bargain in regard to matters covered by this Act with any employee, group of employees, or other employee organization. States that any employee organization may file a request for recognition as the exclusive representive. Sets forth the procedure for the filing of such petition with the Commission and employer. Provides that a petition may be filed with the Commi… | 2025-09-03T12:50:12Z | |
| 93-hr-17145 | 93 | hr | 17145 | A bill to amend the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to protect and insure restoration of a subordinate labor organization after termination of a trusteeship. | Labor and Employment | 1974-10-08 | 1974-10-08 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-22] | CA | D | C000780 | 9 | Provides, under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, that, for a period of eighteen months following the termination of a trusteeship of a subordinate labor organization, it shall be unlawful for any individual to stand for election as an officer of such subordinate labor organization unless such individual was, before the establishment of such trusteeship: (1) a bona fide member; and (2) eligible for election as an officer of such subordinate labor organization. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-s-4069 | 93 | s | 4069 | Local Hire Preference Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-10-01 | 1974-10-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Gravel, Mike [D-AK] | AK | D | G000388 | 0 | Local Hire Preference Act - Defines the terms used in this Act. Declares it the policy of the United States that in any area of substantial unemployment an executive agency or an employer engaged in a federally related activity shall give preference in hiring for employment to residents of that area. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe by regulation the conditions for residences for individuals. States that each executive agency shall adopt and maintain procedures, continuously conduct activities and projects, and undertake such other action as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the policy set forth in this Act. Requires each executive agency to report quarterly to the Secretary on the procedures, activities, projects, actions, and provisions undertaken to carry out the policy. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:53:21Z | |
| 93-hr-16876 | 93 | hr | 16876 | A bill to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act. | Labor and Employment | 1974-09-25 | 1974-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Jarman, John [D-OK-5] | OK | D | J000057 | 0 | Repeals the Occupational Safety and Health Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-16702 | 93 | hr | 16702 | A bill to provide for the establishment of a National Office for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, with responsibility for the coordinated administration of all of the programs of that Department serving migrant and seasonal farmworkers. | Labor and Employment | 1974-09-17 | 1974-09-17 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | R000485 | 1 | Provides for the establishment of a National Office for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, with responsibility for the coordinated administration of all of the programs of that Department serving migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Sets forth the functions of such Office. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to appoint a special task force on migrant and seasonal farmworkers which shall conduct a continuing study and investigation of the needs and problems of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States and of methods for meeting those needs and solving those problems, giving particular emphasis to the early development of a single comprehensive Federal program designed to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-s-3993 | 93 | s | 3993 | National Productivity Councils Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-09-12 | 1974-09-12 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 0 | National Productivity Councils Act - Declares the finding of the Congress that in view of the continuing rapid increase in inflation, and the recent decline in productivity, it is necessary to focus attention at the regional and industry level on the need to increase productivity. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to establish regional and industry productivity councils, to improve productivity in regions and industries. Directs that the productivity councils shall be composed of representatives of management, labor, and of the public, with expertise in the relevant industry. Directs that each productivity council shall report to the Secretary of Labor not less than once a year on actions needed to improve productivity. Provides that the reports of the productivity councils shall be made available to the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality, to Congress, and the public. Directs that the productivity councils shall consult regularly with the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality and the Council on Wage and Price Stability, and shall make recommendations on productivity to further the work of such Commission and such Council. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $50,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:53:21Z | |
| 93-hr-16537 | 93 | hr | 16537 | A bill to provide that maintenance operations performed on nuclear reactors shall be covered by the Davis-Bacon Act. | Labor and Employment | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Carey, Hugh L. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | C000143 | 1 | Provides that maintenance operations performed on nuclear reactors shall be covered by the Davis-Bacon Act (relating to the rate of wages for laborers and mechanics employed on Federal buildings). | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-16417 | 93 | hr | 16417 | Public Service Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-08-13 | 1974-08-13 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 4 | Public Service Employment Act - Declares that one of the purposes of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 is to provide employment opportunities to assure that no area in the United States has an unemployment rate in excess of seven percent. Defines "area of severe unemployment". Establishes in the Treasury the Public Service Employment Fund. Sets forth the amounts in such fund during each fiscal year and authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides that eligible applicants shall be entitled to allotments from the fund in accordance with the excess number of unemployed persons residing in areas of severe unemployment. Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified Federal Acts. | 2025-09-03T12:49:50Z | |
| 93-hr-16299 | 93 | hr | 16299 | Railroad Retirement Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-08-06 | 1974-08-06 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9] | VA | R | W000121 | 0 | See summary of: S. 3612 | 2025-09-03T12:49:41Z | |
| 93-hr-16167 | 93 | hr | 16167 | Railroad Retirement Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-07-30 | 1974-07-30 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Hastings, James F. [R-NY-39] | NY | R | H000327 | 0 | See summary of: S. 3612 | 2025-09-03T12:49:36Z | |
| 93-hr-16150 | 93 | hr | 16150 | Public Service Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-07-29 | 1974-07-29 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 24 | Public Service Employment Act - Declares that one of the purposes of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 is to provide employment opportunities to assure that no area in the United States has an unemployment rate in excess of seven percent. Defines "area of severe unemployment". Establishes in the Treasury the Public Service Employment Fund. Sets forth the amounts in such fund during each fiscal year and authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides that eligible applicants shall be entitled to allotments from the fund in accordance with the excess number of unemployed persons residing in areas of severe unemployment. Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified Federal Acts. | 2025-09-03T12:49:40Z | |
| 93-hr-15982 | 93 | hr | 15982 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from minimum wage and overtime coverage employees employed to provide only babysitting services. | Labor and Employment | 1974-07-18 | 1974-07-18 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Dellenback, John [R-OR-4] | OR | R | D000220 | 0 | Excludes from minimum wage and overtime coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act employees employed to provide only babysitting services. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-15822 | 93 | hr | 15822 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that no civil penalty may be assessed with respect to the initial issuance of a citation for any violation of such act. | Labor and Employment | 1974-07-10 | 1974-07-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] | MS | R | C000567 | 0 | Provides that no civil penalty may be assessed with respect to an initial violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act until after the lapse of an abatement period, such period not to be longer than 30 days in the case of a non-serious violation or 15 days in the case of a serious violation. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-15807 | 93 | hr | 15807 | National Public Employment Relations Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-07-09 | 1974-07-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Maraziti, Joseph J. [R-NJ-13] | NJ | R | M000121 | 0 | National Public Employment Relations Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to encourage collective bargaining. Provides that "employee" includes employees of State and local subdivisions as well as public and other authorities and public agencies. Provides that "employer" includes any employee of an employer and excludes only officials appointed or elected pursuant to a statute to a policy-making position. Provides that "exclusive representative" includes only those unions which are recognized prior to the enactment of this Act or which later become certified by the National Public Employee Relations Commission. Provides that "supervisor" includes only those individuals who can make or effectively recommend personnel changes or who may responsibly direct other employees. Establishes a commission of five members appointed by the President, to be known as the National Public Employment Relations Commission. Provides for a General Counsel of the Commission to investigate alleged violations of this Act. Authorizes employees to form, join or assist a labor organization and to bargain collectively, free from interference by the employer. Requires an employer to deduct from an employees pay, dues to any organization designated by written authorization by such employee. Provides that where there is an exclusive representative, dues must be checked off to that organization only. Provides that the authorization may be revoked annually. Provides that the employee organization selected for the purpose of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees shall be the exclusive representative of all the employees, and an employer shall not bargain in regard to matters covered by this Act with any employee, group of employees, or other employee organization. States that any employee organization may file a request for recognition as the exclusive representive. Sets forth the procedure for the filing of such petition with the Commission and employer. Provides that a petition may be filed with the Commi… | 2025-09-03T12:49:28Z | |
| 93-hjres-1083 | 93 | hjres | 1083 | Joint resolution relating to the publication of economic and social statistics for Americans of Spanish origin or descent. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-28 | 1974-06-28 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | R000485 | 4 | Directs the Department of Labor, in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census, to immediately begin to undertake the collection and compilation of data in order to provide for the monthly publication by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, beginning not later than July 1974, of the nationwide unemployment rate among Americans of Spanish origin or descent; and that the Bureau of the Census and the Department of Labor and the Department of Agriculture undertake further efforts to collect and publish regularly statistics which provide indicators of the social and economic conditions of both urban and rural Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and other Americans having Spanish origin or descent. | 2024-08-01T18:27:53Z | |
| 93-hr-15726 | 93 | hr | 15726 | A bill to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-28 | 1974-06-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1] | ID | R | S001138 | 10 | Repeals the Occupational Safety and Health Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-15623 | 93 | hr | 15623 | A bill to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-26 | 1974-06-26 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Broomfield, William S. [R-MI-19] | MI | R | B000890 | 0 | Repeals the Occupational Safety and Health Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-15633 | 93 | hr | 15633 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements for that act for certain full-time babysitters. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-26 | 1974-06-26 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Henderson, David N. [D-NC-3] | NC | D | H000479 | 0 | Provides an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act for full-time babysitters employed on a full-time basis in domestic service employment if such babysitter's employer has a gross income of less than $7,500, or if the employer and his spouse have a joint gross income of less than $15,000. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-15607 | 93 | hr | 15607 | A bill to extend for 1 year the suspension of the 120-percent criterion for State "on" and "off" indicators for purposes of the Federal-State Extended Enemployment Compensation Act of 1970. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-25 | 1974-06-25 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Carey, Hugh L. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | C000143 | 0 | Extends from July 1, 1974, to July 1, 1975, the 120-percent criterion for State "on" and "off" indicators for purposes of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. | 2024-08-01T18:37:57Z | |
| 93-hr-15573 | 93 | hr | 15573 | A bill to improve the extended unemployment compensation program. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-24 | 1974-06-24 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 1 | Provides that there is a national "on" indicator under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act for a week of unemployment if for each of the three most recent calendar months ending before such week the rate of national unemployment (seasonally adjusted) for all States equaled or exceeded 5 percent (now requires 4.5 percent). Provides that there is a national "off" indicator under such Act for a week if for each of the three most recent calendar months ending before such week the rate of national unemployment (seasonally adjusted) for all States was less than 5 percent (now requires 4.5 percent). Establishes a supplemental account has been established, for any individual for whom an individual compensation account has been established under such Act. Provides that such account shall be available for benefits paid under this Act for weeks of unemployment occurring in such individual's eligibility period. Increases the Federal share of compensation paid under the State compensation law to 100 percent. Extends the time period during which benefits are payable to an eligible individual by 13 weeks. Entitles a noninsured individual to compensation benefits under this Act if: (1) such individual has had six quarters of coverage under title II of the Social Security Act, or (2) such individual has been registered with the local employment service for at least six months and cannot obtain work, and the local employment service certifies that he has been so registered and cannot obtain work. Increases the rate of Federal unemployment tax under the Internal Revenue Code to 3.26 percent. | 2024-08-01T18:37:57Z | |
| 93-hjres-1075 | 93 | hjres | 1075 | Joint resolution relating to the publication of economic and social statistics for Americans of Spanish origin or descent. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-20 | 1974-06-20 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | R000485 | 1 | Directs the Department of Labor, in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census, to immediately begin to undertake the collection and compilation of data in order to provide for the monthly publication by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, beginning not later than July 1974, of the nationwide unemployment rate among Americans of Spanish origin or descent; and that the Bureau of the Census and the Department of Labor and the Department of Agriculture undertake further efforts to collect and publish regularly statistics which provide indicators of the social and economic conditions of both urban and rural Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and other Americans having Spanish origin or descent. | 2024-08-01T18:27:53Z | |
| 93-s-3654 | 93 | s | 3654 | Occupational Safety and Health Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-17 | 1974-06-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 1 | Occupational Safety and Health Amendments - Provides that any employer who is issued a citation under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and who believes that he maintains work conditions which would meet the criteria for a variance under the provisions of the Act, may apply to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for such a variance. States that, except where the Secretary finds it frivolous and submitted for the purpose of delay, such application shall result in the suspension of all further proceedings with respect to such citation pending final action by the Secretary on such application. Stipulates that, in order to carry out his responsibilities under the Act, the Secretary shall, upon request, visit the workplaces of employers having 100 or fewer employees for the purpose of affording consultation and advice to such employers. Directs the Secretary to make recommendations regarding the elimination of any hazards disclosed within the scope of the onsite consultation. | 2025-09-03T12:53:04Z | |
| 93-hr-15386 | 93 | hr | 15386 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of that act for certain full-time babysitters. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-13 | 1974-06-13 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Stuckey, W. S. (Bill), Jr. [D-GA-8] | GA | D | S001039 | 0 | Provides an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act for full-time babysitters employed on a full-time basis in domestic service employment if such babysitter's employer has a gross income of less than $7,500, or if the employer and his spouse have a joint gross income of less than $15,000. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-15352 | 93 | hr | 15352 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of that act for full-time babysitters. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-12 | 1974-06-12 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ruth, Earl B. [R-NC-8] | NC | R | R000545 | 0 | Provides, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of that Act for full-time babysitters. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-15300 | 93 | hr | 15300 | Occupational Safety and Health Act Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-10 | 1974-06-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Shriver, Garner E. [R-KS-4] | KS | R | S000388 | 0 | Occupational Safety and Health Act Amendments - Excludes from the coverage of the Occupational Health and Safety Act any farmer engaged in a contract with any person for the purpose of furnishing and operating farm machinery used in connection with farm activities. Requires safety and health rules proposed by the Secretary of Labor to be accompanied by a statement summarizing the economic impact on affected employers. States that no safety or health standard adopted shall require any employer to replace existing equipment or facilities before the normal useful life of that equipment or facility has expired unless failure to do so would result in a serious violation of the Act. Requires citations for violations of the Act to stipulate with particularity a suggested course or courses of action which if implemented would correct the violating condition or process. Provides for the suspension of all further proceedings concerning a citation pending final action on an application for variance from the Act's standards. States that the posting of a citation shall not be required after the violation has been abated, or a proceeding contesting the citation has been concluded by a final order. Provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to any proceeding under that Act that: (1) the employer furnished adequate notice and exerted all reasonable efforts to obtain the compliance of his employees and the violation of the Act was attributable to such employees; (2) the employer did not receive at least 30 days prior actual notice of a standard; and (3) the standard which is the subject of the violation charged would not have effectively constituted an improvement of occupational safety and health in the circumstances under which the charge is brought. Gives the Review Commission (previously the Secretary) final authority to affirm or modify abatement requirements in a citation. Assesses a civil penalty of up to $1000 for a series of non-serious violations of standards or orders under the Act, unless the employer volunta… | 2025-09-03T12:49:10Z | |
| 93-hr-15301 | 93 | hr | 15301 | Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-10 | 1974-10-16 | Public law 93-445. | House | Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | S000778 | 0 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Railroad Retirement Act - =Title I: The Railroad Retirement Act of 1974= - Defines the terms used in this Act. Sets forth the annuity eligibility requirements for individuals covered under this Act, their spouses and the survivors of deceased employees. Describes: (1) the procedures for the computation of the amount of employee annuities, taking into account social security benefits and a cost-of-living escalation; and (2) the formulas for computation of spouse and survivor benefits, resulting in an increase in such benefits. Prescribes the beginning and ending dates for annuities and the procedures for application for any payment under this Act. Provides for lump sum payments of annuities to survivors in specified instances. States that this Act shall be administered by the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 as an independent agency in the executive branch and composed of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Board shall have and exercise all duties and powers necessary to administer this Act. Enumerates additional duties of the Board. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to furnish the Board certified reports of wages, self-employment income, and periods of service and of other records in his possession, or which he may secure, pertinent to the administration of this Act. Sets forth the rules governing judicial review of Board decisions. Requires employers to file with the Board returns of compensation of employees. Outlines the procedures to be followed: (1) on the making of erroneous payments under this Act; (2) for waiver of annuities; and (3) in the case of incompetence of the individual claiming benefits. Provides that the Railroad Retirement Account established by the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 shall continue to be maintained in the Treasury of the United States. Authorizes appropriations to such Account for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year en… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 93-s-3612 | 93 | s | 3612 | Railroad Retirement Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-10 | 1974-06-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] | ME | D | H000346 | 0 | Railroad Retirement Act - Title I: The Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 - Defines the terms used in this Act. Sets forth the annuity eligibility requirements for individuals covered under this Act, their spouses and the survivors of deceased employees. Describes: (1) the procedures for the computation of the amount of employee annuities, taking into account social security benefits and a cost-of-living escalation; and (2) the formulas for computation of spouse and survivor benefits, resulting in an increase in such benefits. Prescribes the beginning and ending dates for annuities and the procedures for application for any payment under this Act. Provides for lump sum payments of annuities to survivors in specified instances. States that this Act shall be administered by the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 as an independent agency in the executive branch and composed of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Board shall have and exercise all duties and powers necessary to administer this Act. Enumerates additional duties of the Board. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to furnish the Board certified reports of wages, self-employment income, and periods of service and of other records in his possession, or which he may secure, pertinent to the administration of this Act. Sets forth the rules governing judicial review of Board decisions. Requires employers to file with the Board returns of compensation of employees. Outlines the procedures to be followed: (1) on the making of erroneous payments under this Act; (2) for waiver of annuities; and (3) in the case of incompetence of the individual claiming benefits. Provides that the Railroad Retirement Account established by the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 shall continue to be maintained in the Treasury of the United States. Authorizes appropriations to such Account for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, to provide for the payment … | 2025-09-03T12:53:05Z | |
| 93-s-3600 | 93 | s | 3600 | Wages Adjustment Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-07 | 1974-06-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Mansfield, Mike [D-MT] | MT | D | M000113 | 0 | Wages Adjustment Act - Requires all employers engaged in interstate commerce and subject to the tax on employers for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance or hospital benefits under the Internal Revenue Code to annually increase the salaries of their employees in line with changes in the price index from the base year of 1973. Allows a passthrough of such salary costs by employers in their prices. Requires an annual increase in the minimum wage to reflect such price index change. | 2025-09-03T12:52:58Z | |
| 93-hr-15200 | 93 | hr | 15200 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of that act for certain full-time babysitters. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-05 | 1974-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 2 | Provides an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act for full-time babysitters employed on a full-time basis in domestic service employment if such babysitter's employer has a gross income of less than $7,500, or if the employer and his spouse have a joint gross income of less than $15,000. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-15202 | 93 | hr | 15202 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal the coverage of domestic service workers provided by the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974. | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-05 | 1974-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 0 | Repeals the coverage of domestic service workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-15213 | 93 | hr | 15213 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-05 | 1974-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 7 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation, shall be paid by the United States such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Act in the State. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and subsequent to a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this Act if the individual meets the specified requirements, including the exhaustion of all rights to compensation under all State unemployment compensation and other laws. Provides for the periods of time to be covered by special unemployment compensation under this Act. States that a special unemployment compensation period shall commence in an area designated by the Secretary with the third week after the first week for which there is an "on" indicator for such area, and shall terminate with the third week after the first week for which there is an "off" indicator for such area. Provides that no special unemployment compensation period shall have a duration of less than 13 weeks. Sets forth the criteria for establishing "on" and "off" indicators. Prescribes the calculations to be followed in determining the weekly amount of special unemployment benefits and sets maximum benefit amounts. Empowers the Secretary to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:04Z | |
| 93-hr-15180 | 93 | hr | 15180 | National Employment Priorities Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-06-04 | 1974-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Patten, Edward J. [D-NJ-15] | NJ | D | P000106 | 0 | National Employment Priorities Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act: (1) to require prenotification to employees and communities of dislocation of business concerns; (2) to prevent Federal support for unjustified dislocation; and (3) to provide assistance to employees, and affected communities threatened with dislocation. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Employment Relocation Administration, to be headed by an Administrator and Deputy Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that, in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to perform enumerated functions and duties, including: (1) conduct investigations on any proposed closing or transfer of operations of a business concern; (2) provide adjustment assistance to employees because of a closing or transfer of operations of an establishment of a business concern; and (3) conduct research into the problems of business closings, transfers of operations, and unemployment. Establishes a National Employment Relocation Advisory Council. Specifies the composition and compensation rates of members of such Council. Directs the Council to perform enumerated functions, including to advise the Secretary and Administrator with respect to the activities of the National Employment Relocation Administration and to evaluate the effectiveness of programs carried out under this Act. Requires written notice be given to the Secretary whenever (1) a business concern intends to close or transfer all or part of the operations of an establishment of that business concern; and (2) at least 15 percent of the employees who are members of any labor organization or 15 percent of all employees in that establishment will suffer an eligible employment loss as a result of any such closing or transfer. Specifies the items to be included in such notice. Authorizes the Secretary to investigate a proposed closing or transfer of operations u… | 2025-09-03T12:49:04Z | |
| 93-s-3544 | 93 | s | 3544 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with respect to exemptions for baby sitters. | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-29 | 1974-05-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Provides an exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 from minimum wage and overtime coverage for babysitters. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 93-s-3545 | 93 | s | 3545 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with respect to an exemption for certain employees who are baby sitters. | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-29 | 1974-05-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Exempts from coverage of the minimum wage law, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, babysitters who are employed by a person who is, in turn, employed substantially full time and who is paid less than twice the minimum wage. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 93-hjres-1030 | 93 | hjres | 1030 | Joint resolution relating to the publication of economic and social statistics for Spanish-speaking Americans. | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-23 | 1974-05-23 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | R000485 | 2 | Directs the Department of Labor in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census to immediately begin to undertake the collection and compilation of data in order to provide for the monthly publication by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, beginning not later than July 1973, of the nationwide unemployment rate among Spanish-speaking Americans; and that the Bureau of the Census and the Department of Labor and the Department of Agriculture undertake further efforts to collect and publish regularly statistics which provide indicators of the social and economic condition of Spanish-speaking citizens in urban and rural America. | 2024-08-01T18:27:53Z | |
| 93-hr-14942 | 93 | hr | 14942 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from minimum wage and overtime coverage for babysitters. | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-22 | 1974-05-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Bowen, David R. [D-MS-2] | MS | D | B000682 | 0 | Provides an exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 from minimum wage and overtime coverage for babysitters. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-s-3522 | 93 | s | 3522 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 to permit an individual to receive a spouse's annuity even though such individual renders compensated service for the outside employer by whom such individual was last employed before the spouse's annuity of such individual began to accrue. | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-21 | 1974-05-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | Permits, under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, an individual to receive a spouse's annuity even though such individual renders compensated service for the outside employer by whom such individual was last employed before the spouse's annuity of such individual began to accrue. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 93-hr-14857 | 93 | hr | 14857 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal the coverage of domestic service workers provided by the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974. | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-16 | 1974-05-16 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Waggonner, Joe D., Jr. [D-LA-4] | LA | D | W000018 | 0 | Repeals the coverage of domestic service workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-s-3512 | 93 | s | 3512 | Unemployment Compensation Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-16 | 1974-05-16 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] | MN | D | M000851 | 2 | Unemployment Compensation Amendments - Requires States to extend to not more than thirty-nine weeks the period for which an individual may receive regular unemployment compensation pursuant to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Provides that each State shall be entitled to receive Federal financing of one-half the costs attributable to the extension of benefits so required. Directs the Secretary of Labor to appoint, within three years after the date of enactment of this Act, a Special Advisory Commission on Unemployment Compensation for the purpose of reviewing the Federal-State program of unemployment compensation and making recommendations for improvement of the system, and making recommendations with respect to the relationship between unemployment compensation and other social insurance programs, and any other matters bearing on the Federal-State unemployment compensation program. Establishes minimum standards of eligibility for unemployment compensation, limits the use of waiting periods for the receipt of such compensation, and otherwise extends and improves the Federal-State unemployment insurance system. Revises the definition of wages under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act by excluding from the meaning of such term all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash for agricultural labor; and includes within the definition of employment under such Act qualified domestic service wherein the employer paid cash remuneration of $225 or more in any calendar quarter. | 2025-09-03T12:52:55Z | |
| 93-hr-14799 | 93 | hr | 14799 | A bill to provide for a temporary program of special unemployment compensation in areas of high unemployment and to amend the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-15 | 1974-05-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Blatnik, John Anton [D-MN-8] | MN | D | B000550 | 0 | Title I: Special Unemployment Compensation Program - Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation in accordance with the provisions of this title and the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under this title, shall be paid by the United States from time to time such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this title in the State. Provides that special unemployment compensation may be paid to individuals only pursuant to such an agreement. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and after a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this title if the individual: (1) has exhausted all rights to regular, additional, and extended compensation laws and as otherwise required under this title; (2) has no further rights, with respect to such week of unemployment, to regular, additional, or extended compensation under any State or Federal unemployment compensation law; (3) is not receiving compensation with respect to such week of unemployment; (4) becomes totally or partially unemployed on or after October 1, 1973; (5) has met any waiting period requirement of the applicable State unemployment compensation law; and (6) has met the qualifying employment and wage requirements of the applicable State unemployment compensation law in a base year which, notwithstanding such State law, shall be the 52-week period immediately preceding the first week in which the individual files a claim under this title. Extends eligibility to payment to individuals: (1) totally or partially unemployed, and able to work, and available for work, within the meaning of the applicable State unemployment compensation law, and is not subject to disqualification under tha… | 2024-08-01T18:37:25Z | |
| 93-hr-14804 | 93 | hr | 14804 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 to increase the amount of earnings permitted before the limitation on earnings of a retirement annuitant takes effect and to provide for its further increase in certain circumstances when the Consumer Price Index rises. | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-15 | 1974-05-15 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Hastings, James F. [R-NY-39] | NY | R | H000327 | 0 | Increases, under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, the amount of earnings permitted before the limitation on earnings of a retirement annuitant takes effect. Provides for further increases in annuities when the Consumer Price Index rises. | 2024-08-01T18:37:21Z | |
| 93-hr-14808 | 93 | hr | 14808 | Energy Emergency Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-15 | 1974-05-15 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Macdonald, Torbert H. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000005 | 0 | Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides tha… | 2025-09-03T12:48:53Z | |
| 93-hr-14765 | 93 | hr | 14765 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from minimum wage and overtime coverage for babysitters. | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-14 | 1974-05-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Fountain, L. H. [D-NC-2] | NC | D | F000319 | 0 | Provides an exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 from minimum wage and overtime coverage for babysitters. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-14691 | 93 | hr | 14691 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-08 | 1974-05-08 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 23 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation, shall be paid by the United States such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Act in the State. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and subsequent to a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this Act if the individual meets the specified requirements, including the exhaustion of all rights to compensation under all State unemployment compensation and other laws. Provides for the periods of time to be covered by special unemployment compensation under this Act. States that a special unemployment compensation period shall commence in an area designated by the Secretary with the third week after the first week for which there is an "on" indicator for such area, and shall terminate with the third week after the first week for which there is an "off" indicator for such area. Provides that no special unemployment compensation period shall have a duration of less than 13 weeks. Sets forth the criteria for establishing "on" and "off" indicators. Prescribes the calculations to be followed in determining the weekly amount of special unemployment benefits and sets maximum benefit amounts. Empowers the Secretary to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:47Z | |
| 93-hr-14649 | 93 | hr | 14649 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 so as to increase the amount of the annuities payable thereunder to widows and widowers. | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-07 | 1974-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roncalio, Teno [D-WY-At Large] | WY | D | R000421 | 0 | Authorizes an increase under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 in the amount of the annuities payable thereunder to widows and widowers. Provides that such amount shall equal whichever of the following is the greater: $103.00, or the amount of the annuity which would have been payable to such employee for such month if such employee were living, had attained age 65, and had otherwise qualified for an employee's annuity. | 2024-08-01T18:37:14Z | |
| 93-s-3454 | 93 | s | 3454 | Occupational Safety and Health Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-07 | 1974-05-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 0 | Occupational Safety and Health Amendments - Requires the Secretary of Labor to publish every six months a report of the classes of violations of this Act most often occuring in the last six months. Provides that, if after an initial onsite inspection, where an employer requests such inspection to facilitate compliance with this Act and where such employer has no previous violations of this Act, a violation is found, the employer shall be notified and given a reasonable abatement period, not to exceed 20 working days. States that after such period, if inspection proves the violation unabated, a citation shall be issued. Sets forth standards to be followed in the assessment of any penalties for such violations. | 2025-09-03T12:52:58Z | |
| 93-hr-14578 | 93 | hr | 14578 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-05-02 | 1974-05-02 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | W000780 | 0 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation, shall be paid by the United States such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Act in the State. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and subsequent to a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this Act if the individual meets the specified requirements, including the exhaustion of all rights to compensation under all State unemployment compensation and other laws. Provides for the periods of time to be covered by special unemployment compensation under this Act. States that a special unemployment compensation period shall commence in an area designated by the Secretary with the third week after the first week for which there is an "on" indicator for such area, and shall terminate with the third week after the first week for which there is an "off" indicator for such area. Provides that no special unemployment compensation period shall have a duration of less than 13 weeks. Sets forth the criteria for establishing "on" and "off" indicators. Prescribes the calculations to be followed in determining the weekly amount of special unemployment benefits and sets maximum benefit amounts. Empowers the Secretary to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:46Z | |
| 93-s-3406 | 93 | s | 3406 | A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to provide flexibility in adjusting the maximum pay rate for public service jobs in high cost of living areas. | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-30 | 1974-04-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Gravel, Mike [D-AK] | AK | D | G000388 | 0 | Authorizes increases in the maximum pay rate for public service jobs in areas where the cost of living is 15 percent or more above the national average. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 93-hr-14437 | 93 | hr | 14437 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to reduce and then repeal the credit against the minimum wage which is bases on tips received by tipped employees. | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-29 | 1974-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10] | NY | D | B000432 | 0 | Reduces the credit under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 against the minimum wage which is based on tips received by tipped employees. Repeals such provisions effective one year after the enactment of this Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 203 (m)) | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-14458 | 93 | hr | 14458 | A bill to provide that finding of permanent and total disability under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act, chapter 13 or 15 of title 38, United States Code, or the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 will be considered as a finding of disability under any of such programs, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-29 | 1974-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | Y000013 | 0 | Provides that a finding of permanent and total disability under: (1) title II (Federal Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) or XVI (Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently Blind and Totally Disabled) of the Social Security Act; (2) specified provisions relating to veterans' benefits; or (3) the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, will be considered as a finding of disability under any of such programs. | 2024-08-01T18:37:11Z | |
| 93-hr-14407 | 93 | hr | 14407 | Energy Emergency Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-25 | 1974-04-25 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Nix, Robert N. C. [D-PA-2] | PA | D | N000113 | 0 | Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides tha… | 2025-09-03T12:48:41Z | |
| 93-hr-14415 | 93 | hr | 14415 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 to eliminate the existing prohibition against payment of an annuity to an individual who continues to work (or returns to work) for his last nonrailroad employer. | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-25 | 1974-04-25 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Walsh, William F. [R-NY-33] | NY | R | W000107 | 0 | Revises the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 by eliminating the existing prohibition against payment of an annuity to an individual who continues to work (or returns to work) for his last nonrailroad employer. | 2024-08-01T18:37:07Z | |
| 93-hr-14431 | 93 | hr | 14431 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-25 | 1974-04-25 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Tiernan, Robert O. [D-RI-2] | RI | D | T000265 | 0 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation, shall be paid by the United States such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Act in the State. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and subsequent to a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this Act if the individual meets the specified requirements, including the exhaustion of all rights to compensation under all State unemployment compensation and other laws. Provides for the periods of time to be covered by special unemployment compensation under this Act. States that a special unemployment compensation period shall commence in an area designated by the Secretary with the third week after the first week for which there is an "on" indicator for such area, and shall terminate with the third week after the first week for which there is an "off" indicator for such area. Provides that no special unemployment compensation period shall have a duration of less than 13 weeks. Sets forth the criteria for establishing "on" and "off" indicators. Prescribes the calculations to be followed in determining the weekly amount of special unemployment benefits and sets maximum benefit amounts. Empowers the Secretary to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:40Z | |
| 93-s-3381 | 93 | s | 3381 | Rehabilitation Act Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-25 | 1974-04-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Rehabilitation Act Amendments - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Rehabilitation Services Administration to be headed by a Commissioner to be appointed by the President. Extends and authorizes additional appropriations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for vocational rehabilitative services, assistance for rehabilitation facilities, vocational training services for handicapped individuals, and assistance to the National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. | 2025-09-03T12:52:52Z | |
| 93-hjres-986 | 93 | hjres | 986 | Joint resolution relating to the publication of economic and social statistics for Spanish-speaking Americans. | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-24 | 1974-04-24 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-8] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Directs the Department of Labor in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census to immediately begin to undertake the collection and compilation of data in order to provide for the monthly publication by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, beginning not later than January 1972, of the nationwide unemployment rate among Spanish-speaking Americans; and that the Bureau of the Census and the Department of Labor and the Department of Agriculture undertake further efforts to collect and publish regularly statistics which provide indicators of the social and economic condition of Spanish-speaking citizens in urban and rural America. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-14384 | 93 | hr | 14384 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-24 | 1974-04-24 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 0 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation, shall be paid by the United States such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Act in the State. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and subsequent to a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this Act if the individual meets the specified requirements, including the exhaustion of all rights to compensation under all State unemployment compensation and other laws. Provides for the periods of time to be covered by special unemployment compensation under this Act. States that a special unemployment compensation period shall commence in an area designated by the Secretary with the third week after the first week for which there is an "on" indicator for such area, and shall terminate with the third week after the first week for which there is an "off" indicator for such area. Provides that no special unemployment compensation period shall have a duration of less than 13 weeks. Sets forth the criteria for establishing "on" and "off" indicators. Prescribes the calculations to be followed in determining the weekly amount of special unemployment benefits and sets maximum benefit amounts. Empowers the Secretary to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:37Z | |
| 93-hr-14225 | 93 | hr | 14225 | Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-11 | 1974-11-26 | Provisions inserted in H.R. 17503 as passed House. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 3 | (LATEST SUMMARY) =Title I: Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973= - Rehabilitation Act Amendments - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President with Senate approval. Provides that the Administration shall be the principal agency for carrying out the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Authorizes appropriations for various programs under the Rehabilitation Act through fiscal year 1977. Makes various clarifying and technical amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. =Title II: Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments= - Randolph Sheppard Act Amendments - Provides that blind persons licensed under the provisions of this Act shall be authorized to operate vending facilities on any Federal or other property. Gives preference to blind persons licensed by a State agency as provided in this Act. Requires the head of each department or agency in control of Federal property to prescribe regulations assuring such preference. Eliminates the requirement that licensees be 21 years of age. Eliminates the requirement that licensees shall have resided for at least one year in the State for which a license is requested. Requires that in the design, construction, or substantial alteration of each public building after January 1, 1975, there shall be a satisfactory site or sites suitable for the location and operation of a vending facility by a blind person or persons. Authorizes state licensing agencies or any blind licensee to file a complaint with the Secretary who shall convene an arbitration panel to hear appeals when the State licensing agency or licensee feels that any department or agency is failing to comply with the provisions of this Act. States that, with specified exceptions, all vending machine income shall accrue to the blind licensee operating the facility. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. =Title III: White House Conference on Handi… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-14245 | 93 | hr | 14245 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide additional assistance to small employers. | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. McCormack, Mike [D-WA-4] | WA | D | M000365 | 1 | Provides that the Secretary of Commerce may visit the workplace of any small employer to advise him, provided the visit is requested by the employer to gain interpretation of standards and provided the visit is limited to matters specified in the request. Prohibits such visits from being regarded as inspections or investigations. Authorizes an appropriation of $1,000,000 for fiscal 1973, $1,500,000 for fiscal 1974, and $1,500,000 for fiscal 1975 for carrying out this Act. Prescribes procedures for the Secretary to follow if such visit discloses serious violations of standards. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-14259 | 93 | hr | 14259 | A bill to amend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to provide worker assistance to any individual unemployed because of the administration and enforcement of such act, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Sarasin, Ronald A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | S000062 | 0 | Requires the President to minimize any adverse impact of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act upon employment. | 2024-08-01T18:37:02Z | |
| 93-hr-14119 | 93 | hr | 14119 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-10 | 1974-04-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 17 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation, shall be paid by the United States such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Act in the State. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and subsequent to a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this Act if the individual meets the specified requirements, including the exhaustion of all rights to compensation under all State unemployment compensation and other laws. Provides for the periods of time to be covered by special unemployment compensation under this Act. States that a special unemployment compensation period shall commence in an area designated by the Secretary with the third week after the first week for which there is an "on" indicator for such area, and shall terminate with the third week after the first week for which there is an "off" indicator for such area. Provides that no special unemployment compensation period shall have a duration of less than 13 weeks. Sets forth the criteria for establishing "on" and "off" indicators. Prescribes the calculations to be followed in determining the weekly amount of special unemployment benefits and sets maximum benefit amounts. Empowers the Secretary to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:31Z | |
| 93-hr-14063 | 93 | hr | 14063 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 so as to increase the amount of the annuities payable thereunder to widows and widowers. | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-09 | 1974-04-09 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Johnson, Albert W. [R-PA-23] | PA | R | J000115 | 0 | Authorizes an increase under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 in the amount of the annuities payable thereunder to widows and widowers. Provides that such amount shall equal whichever of the following is the greater: $103.00, or the amount of the annuity which would have been payable to such employee for such month if such employee were living, had attained age 65, and had otherwise qualified for an employee's annuity. | 2024-08-01T18:36:48Z | |
| 93-hr-14100 | 93 | hr | 14100 | A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to apply to the U. S. Postal Service certain provisions of law providing for Federal agency safety programs and responsibilities. | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-09 | 1974-04-09 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Thompson, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-4] | NJ | D | T000200 | 0 | Requires the United States Postal Service to establish and maintain an effective and comprehensive occupational safety and health program which is consistent with the standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. | 2024-08-01T18:36:50Z | |
| 93-hr-13924 | 93 | hr | 13924 | Occupational Safety and Health Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-03 | 1974-04-03 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 24 | Occupational Safety and Health Amendments - States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not propose any rule promulgating a new occupational health or safety standard before he: (1) has, as part of each such proposal, reviewed and published in the Federal Register the financial impact of such proposed standard; and (2) has determined with due regard for that impact that the benefit to be derived from such standard justifies such proposal. Provides that no standard adopted or promulgated shall require any employer to phase out, change, or replace existing equipment or facilities before the normal useful life of that equipment or facility has expired unless failure to so phase out, change, or replace that equipment or facility prematurely would result in a serious violation. Directs the Secretary to prescribe, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, as part of each existing standard adopted under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: (1) the estimated average and maximum cost per unit to the average employer who is subject to that standard for compliance with the conditions, practices, means, methods, operation, or process used or proposed to be used by that employer under that standard; and (2) the period within which it is, in fact, possible for such employers to meet such standard including, but not limited to, availability of required devices, and possibility of performance of required procedures. Sets forth requirements with respect to notifying an employer of violations of the requirements prescribed pursuant to this Act. States that any employer who has been found to be not in compliance with any rule or standard adopted or promulgated under this Act shall not receive a notice for such violation if he is able to show: (1) that implementing such rule or standard would not materially affect the safety or health of his employees in the facility inspected; (2) that he has employed alternative procedures to protect his employees from the hazards contemplate… | 2025-09-03T12:48:22Z | |
| 93-hr-13925 | 93 | hr | 13925 | Occupational Safety and Health Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-03 | 1974-04-03 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 16 | Occupational Safety and Health Amendments - States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not propose any rule promulgating a new occupational health or safety standard before he: (1) has, as part of each such proposal, reviewed and published in the Federal Register the financial impact of such proposed standard; and (2) has determined with due regard for that impact that the benefit to be derived from such standard justifies such proposal. Provides that no standard adopted or promulgated shall require any employer to phase out, change, or replace existing equipment or facilities before the normal useful life of that equipment or facility has expired unless failure to so phase out, change, or replace that equipment or facility prematurely would result in a serious violation. Directs the Secretary to prescribe, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, as part of each existing standard adopted under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: (1) the estimated average and maximum cost per unit to the average employer who is subject to that standard for compliance with the conditions, practices, means, methods, operation, or process used or proposed to be used by that employer under that standard; and (2) the period within which it is, in fact, possible for such employers to meet such standard including, but not limited to, availability of required devices, and possibility of performance of required procedures. Sets forth requirements with respect to notifying an employer of violations of the requirements prescribed pursuant to this Act. States that any employer who has been found to be not in compliance with any rule or standard adopted or promulgated under this Act shall not receive a notice for such violation if he is able to show: (1) that implementing such rule or standard would not materially affect the safety or health of his employees in the facility inspected; (2) that he has employed alternative procedures to protect his employees from the hazards contemplate… | 2025-09-03T12:48:28Z | |
| 93-hr-13900 | 93 | hr | 13900 | Public Energy Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-02 | 1974-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | R000485 | 11 | Public Energy Act - Title I: Declaration of Policy - Declares it unlawful after the date of enactment of this Act for any person engaged in commerce in the business of refining energy resource products to acquire any energy resource product extraction asset, energy pipeline asset, or energy marketing asset. States that the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission shall simulataneously and independently examine the relationship of persons now engaged in one or more branches of the energy industry. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to institute suits in the district courts of the United States requesting the issuance of such relief as is appropriate under this Act. Provides that any person who knowingly violates any provision of this title shall, upon conviction, be punished, in the case of an individual, by a fine of not to exceed $500,000 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed ten years, or both, or in the case of a corporation, by a fine of not to exceed $5,000,000 or by suspension of the right to do business in interstate commerce for a period not to exceed ten years, or both. Title II: Federal Energy Commission - Establishes an independent regulatory commission to be known as the Federal Energy Commission, consisting of five Commissioners who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that for the purpose of assuring a sufficient supply of energy resource products throughout the United States with the greatest possible economy and with regard to the proper utilization and conservation of natural resources, the Commission shall divide the country into regional districts which shall be served by energy refinery assets designated by the Commission for such purpose. Provides that, beginning with the expiration of the three-year period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, by rule, prescribe all rates and charges (or the manner for determining all rates and cha… | 2025-09-03T12:48:18Z | |
| 93-hr-13917 | 93 | hr | 13917 | Energy Emergency Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-02 | 1974-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 4 | Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance, to return workers to employment, and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible; (3) develop an early energy unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedures and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such a manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides that … | 2025-09-03T12:48:28Z | |
| 93-s-3294 | 93 | s | 3294 | A bill to provide that employees of States and political subdivisions thereof shall be subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-02 | 1974-04-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | W000502 | 1 | Provides that employees of States and political subdivisions thereof shall be subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 152(2)) | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 93-s-3295 | 93 | s | 3295 | National Public Employment Relations Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-02 | 1974-04-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | W000502 | 2 | National Public Employee Relations Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to encourage collective bargaining. Provides that "employer" includes State and local subdivisions as well as public and other authorities and public agencies. Provides that "employee" includes any employee of an employer and excludes only "officials appointed or elected pursuant to a statute to a policy-making position." Provides that "exclusive representative" includes only those unions which are recognized prior to the enactment of the Act or which later become certified by the National Public Employee Relations Commission. Provides that "supervisor" includes only those individuals who can make or effectively recommend personnel changes or who may responsibly direct other employees. Establishes a commission of five members appointed by the President, to be known as the National Public Employment Relations Commission. Provides for a General Counsel of the Commission to investigate alleged violations of this Act. Authorizes employees to form, join or assist a labor organization and to bargain collectively, free from interference by the employer. Requires an employer to deduct from an employee's pay, dues to any organization designated by written authorization by such employee. Provides that where there is an exclusive representative, dues must be checked off to that organization only. Provides that the authorization may be revoked annually. Provides that the employee organization selected for the purpose of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees shall be the exclusive representative of all the employees, and an employer shall not bargain in regard to matters covered by this Act with any employee, group of employees, or other employee organization. States that any employee organization may file a request for recognition as the exclusive representive. Sets forth the procedure for the filing of such petition with the Commission and employer. Provides that a petition may be filed with the Commission asking i… | 2025-09-03T12:52:51Z | |
| 93-hr-13844 | 93 | hr | 13844 | Occupational Safety and Health Act Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1974-04-01 | 1974-04-01 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 12 | Occupational Safety and Health Act Amendments - Excludes from the coverage of the Occupational Health and Safety Act any farmer engaged in a contract with any person for the purpose of furnishing and operating farm machinery used in connection with farm activities. Requires safety and health rules proposed by the Secretary of Labor to be accompanied by a statement summarizing the economic impact on affected employers. States that no safety or health standard adopted shall require any employer to replace existing equipment or facilities before the normal useful life of that equipment or facility has expired unless failure to do so would result in a serious violation of the Act. Requires citations for violations of the Act to stipulate with particularity a suggested course or courses of action which if implemented would correct the violating condition or process. Provides for the suspension of all further proceedings concerning a citation pending final action on an application for variance from the Act's standards. States that the posting of a citation shall not be required after the violation has been abated, or a proceeding contesting the citation has been concluded by a final order. Provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to any proceeding under that Act that: (1) the employer furnished adequate notice and exerted all reasonable efforts to obtain the compliance of his employees and the violation of the Act was attributable to such employees; (2) the employer did not receive at least 30 days prior actual notice of a standard; and (3) the standard which is the subject of the violation charged would not have effectively constituted an improvement of occupational safety and health in the circumstances under which the charge is brought. Gives the Review Commission (previously the Secretary) final authority to affirm or modify abatement requirements in a citation. Assesses a civil penalty of up to $1000 for a series of non-serious violations of standards or orders under the Act, unless the employer volunta… | 2025-09-03T12:48:22Z | |
| 93-hr-13829 | 93 | hr | 13829 | Energy Emergency Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-28 | 1974-03-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 16 | Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides tha… | 2025-09-03T12:48:22Z | |
| 93-hr-13778 | 93 | hr | 13778 | A bill to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-27 | 1974-03-27 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. McEwen, Robert C. [R-NY-30] | NY | R | M000433 | 0 | Repeals the Occupational Safety and Health Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-13801 | 93 | hr | 13801 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-27 | 1974-03-27 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 0 | Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation, shall be paid by the United States such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Act in the State. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and subsequent to a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this Act if the individual meets the specified requirements, including the exhaustion of all rights to compensation under all State unemployment compensation and other laws. Provides for the periods of time to be covered by special unemployment compensation under this Act. States that a special unemployment compensation period shall commence in an area designated by the Secretary with the third week after the first week for which there is an "on" indicator for such area, and shall terminate with the third week after the first week for which there is an "off" indicator for such area. Provides that no special unemployment compensation period shall have a duration of less than 13 weeks. Sets forth the criteria for establishing "on" and "off" indicators. Prescribes the calculations to be followed in determining the weekly amount of special unemployment benefits and sets maximum benefit amounts. Empowers the Secretary to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:20Z | |
| 93-s-3257 | 93 | s | 3257 | Job Security Assistance Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-27 | 1974-03-27 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bennett, Wallace F. [R-UT] | UT | R | B000384 | 0 | Job Security Assistance Act - Title I: Unemployment Compensation Amendments - Provides that with respect to benefit years beginning on or after July 1, 1976, the weekly benefit amount for any individual eligible for unemployment compensation shall be: (1) an amount equal to at least one-half of such individual's average weekly wage as determined by the State agency; or (2) the maximum weekly benefit amount payable under such State law, whichever is the lesser. Requires that the state maximum weekly benefit amount shall be no less than 66 2/3 percent of the statewide average weekly wage most recently computed before the beginning of the individual's benefit year. States that compensation shall not be paid to any person who the State finds is a striker under the law of that State. Stipulates that compensation shall not be denied to any other person otherwise eligible who is unemployed as a result of a labor dispute and who the State finds is an innocent bystander under the law of that State. Extends coverage of unemployment compensation to agricultural labor performed for an employer who during any calendar quarter in the calendar year for the preceding calendar year paid remuneration in cash of $5,000 or more to individuals employed in agricultural labor; or on each of some 20 days during the calendar year or preceding calendar year, each day being in a different calendar week, employed in agricultural labor for some portion of the day (whether or not at the same moment of time) 4 or more individuals. Increases the unemployment compensation tax on wages paid from 0.5 percent to 0.58 percent. Title II: Special Unemployment Compensation Program - Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor hereunder, shall be paid by the United States from time to tim… | 2025-09-03T12:52:48Z | |
| 93-hr-13732 | 93 | hr | 13732 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 so as to increase the amount of the annuities payable thereunder to widows and widowers. | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-26 | 1974-03-26 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Podell, Bertram L. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | P000399 | 0 | Authorizes an increase under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 in the amount of the annuities payable thereunder to widows and widowers. Provides that such amount shall equal whichever of the following is the greater: $103.00, or the amount of the annuity which would have been payable to such employee for such month if such employee were living, had attained age 65, and had otherwise qualified for an employee's annuity. | 2024-08-01T18:36:34Z | |
| 93-hr-13715 | 93 | hr | 13715 | Energy Emergency Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-25 | 1974-03-25 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Waldie, Jerome R. [D-CA-14] | CA | D | W000035 | 0 | Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides tha… | 2025-09-03T12:48:16Z | |
| 93-s-3206 | 93 | s | 3206 | Energy Crisis Unemployed Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-21 | 1974-03-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Energy Crisis Unemployed Compensation Act - Title I: Findings and Declarations - Expresses the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act, including to provide substantial assistance whereby: (1) additional unemployment compensation benefits will be available to the unemployed for whom existing provisions are inadequate; and (2) such benefits will be logically related to, and administered through, the existing structure of State agencies. Title II: Federal - State Agreements - Provides that any State, the State unemployment compensation law of which is approved by the Secretary of Labor under the Internal Revenue Code which desired to do so, may enter into an agreement for the payment of Energy Crisis Unemployment Compensation. Sets forth the requirements of any such agreement, including that it shall provide that the unemployment compensation agency of the State will make payments of Energy Crisis Unemployment Compensation to specified individuals. States that for purposes of this Act, the "Energy Crisis benefit period" shall begin on February 1, 1974, and end on June 30, 1976. Defines additional terms used in this Act. Provides that for purposes of any agreement under this title, the amount of the Energy Crisis unemployment compensation which shall be payable to any individual for any week of total or partial unemployment shall be computed under the same provisions applicable to regular unemployment compensation under the State law. Requires that any agreement under this title shall provide that the State will establish, for each individual who files an application, a separate compensation account. Title III: Payments to States Having Agreements for the Payment of Energy Crisis Unemployment Compensation - Directs that there shall be paid to each State which has entered into an agreement under this title an amount equal to 100 percent of the Energy Crisis unemployment compensation paid to individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement. Provides for payments of additional sums to States under s… | 2025-09-03T12:52:47Z | |
| 93-hr-13577 | 93 | hr | 13577 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 so as to increase the amount of the annuities payable thereunder to widows and widowers. | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-19 | 1974-03-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Carney, Charles J. [D-OH-19] | OH | D | C000164 | 0 | Authorizes an increase under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 in the amount of the annuities payable thereunder to widows and widowers. Provides that such amount shall equal whichever of the following is the greater: $103.00, or the amount of the annuity which would have been payable to such employee for such month if such employee were living, had attained age 65, and had otherwise qualified for an employee's annuity. | 2024-08-01T18:36:33Z | |
| 93-hr-13597 | 93 | hr | 13597 | A bill to reimburse the States for all unemployment compensation paid to individuals whose unemployment is attributable to the oil crisis. | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-19 | 1974-03-19 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to reimburse the States for all unemployment compensation paid to individuals whose unemployment is attributable to the oil crisis. Establishes on the books of the U.S. Treasury a trust fund known as the "Oil Emergency Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund" for the making of payments to the States. | 2024-08-01T18:36:37Z | |
| 93-hr-13598 | 93 | hr | 13598 | A bill to amend the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-19 | 1974-03-19 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 0 | Extends for three months (until July 1, 1974) those provisions of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 which relate to the date before which a State under such Act may provide its determination of the existence of an "on" or "off" indicator for the purpose of measuring extended benefits periods. | 2024-08-01T18:36:37Z | |
| 93-hr-13599 | 93 | hr | 13599 | A bill to provide for a temporary program of special unemployment compensation in areas of high unemployment and to amend the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-19 | 1974-03-19 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 0 | Title I: Special Unemployment Compensation Program - Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation in accordance with the provisions of this title and the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under this title, shall be paid by the United States from time to time such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this title in the State. Provides that special unemployment compensation may be paid to individuals only pursuant to such an agreement. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and after a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this title if the individual: (1) has exhausted all rights to regular, additional, and extended compensation laws and as otherwise required under this title; (2) has no further rights, with respect to such week of unemployment, to regular, additional, or extended compensation under any State or Federal unemployment compensation law; (3) is not receiving compensation with respect to such week of unemployment; (4) becomes totally or partially unemployed on or after October 1, 1973; (5) has met any waiting period requirement of the applicable State unemployment compensation law; and (6) has met the qualifying employment and wage requirements of the applicable State unemployment compensation law in a base year which, notwithstanding such State law, shall be the 52-week period immediately preceding the first week in which the individual files a claim under this title. Extends eligibility to payment to individuals: (1) totally or partially unemployed, and able to work, and available for work, within the meaning of the applicable State unemployment compensation law, and is not subject to disqualification under tha… | 2024-08-01T18:36:37Z | |
| 93-hr-13602 | 93 | hr | 13602 | Energy Emergency Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-19 | 1974-03-19 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Wilson, Charles H. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | W000571 | 0 | Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides tha… | 2025-09-03T12:48:15Z | |
| 93-hr-13558 | 93 | hr | 13558 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 so as to increase the amount of the annuities payable thereunder to widows and widowers. | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-18 | 1974-03-18 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Skubitz, Joe [R-KS-5] | KS | R | S000472 | 0 | Authorizes an increase under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 in the amount of the annuities payable thereunder to widows and widowers. Provides that such amount shall equal whichever of the following is the greater: $103.00, or the amount of the annuity which would have been payable to such employee for such month if such employee were living, had attained age 65, and had otherwise qualified for an employee's annuity. | 2024-08-01T18:36:34Z | |
| 93-hr-13509 | 93 | hr | 13509 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow any State an additional year in which to repay advances made before January 1, 1974, to the unemployment account of such State under title XII of the Social Security Act. | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-14 | 1974-03-14 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. McKinney, Stewart B. [R-CT-4] | CT | R | M000527 | 1 | Allows any State an additional year in which to repay advances made before January 1, 1974, to the unemployment account of such State under title XII of the Social Security Act (advances to State unemployment funds). | 2024-08-01T18:36:31Z | |
| 93-hr-13511 | 93 | hr | 13511 | Energy Emergency Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-14 | 1974-03-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 8 | Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides tha… | 2025-09-03T12:48:09Z | |
| 93-hr-13512 | 93 | hr | 13512 | Consumer Energy Act | Labor and Employment | 1974-03-14 | 1974-03-14 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Moss, John E. [D-CA-3] | CA | D | M001035 | 13 | Consumer Energy Act - Title I; Natural Gas and Oil Regulatory Reform - Declares it to be the policy of Congress to apply uniform economic regulations to both natural gas and oil production to assure adequate supplies and availability at reasonable prices. Exempts a small producer from the provisions of this Act for an initial period of 5 years from the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that the Federal Power Commission may by regulation require any such producer to prepare and submit to it such information as the Commission determines to be necessary. Authorizes the Commission to exempt from the provisions of this Act any transportation or sale of natural gas or oil in interstate commerce with respect to any State which establishes and maintains an adequate program of regulation within such State of such transportation and sale in accordance with this Act. Requires the Commission, in a rulemaking proceeding, to establish on or before February 1, 1976, and annually thereafter to revise, a national area rate for production within the United States of natural gas and oil. Requires the Commission to establish adjustments to the national area rate for each major producing region to reflect differences in production costs, State taxation, and similar costs. States that each new producer contract shall be filed by the producer with the Commission within 30 days of its execution. Authorizes the Commission, after notice, hearing, and opportunity for public comment, to allocate natural gas among pipelines. Disallows authorization of appropriations for the Commission until either the Chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives or the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the Senate certifies that a comprehensive oversight investigation and hearing into and evaluation of the operations and effectiveness of the Commission has been conducted by a committee. Directs the Commission, so far as practicable, to secure and keep current information with respect to: (1) th… | 2025-09-03T12:48:05Z |
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