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| 94-hr-15748 | 94 | hr | 15748 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further encourage industrial safety, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1976-09-29 | 1976-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Sarasin, Ronald A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | S000062 | 7 | Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, that whenever an employer's failure to comply with any provision of that Act or any State requirement relating to industrial safety causes or contributes to an accident resulting in bodily injury, no provision of any workers' compensation law or similar statute shall be construed to bar an action at law for contribution, indemnification, or other relief against the employer by a person alleged liable for such injury. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15716 | 94 | hr | 15716 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | Labor and Employment | 1976-09-28 | 1976-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 1 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty under such Act shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15719 | 94 | hr | 15719 | Youth Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-09-28 | 1976-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 13 | Youth Employment Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to: (1) provide financial assistance to States, political subdivisions of the States, private profit or nonprofit organizations, and prime sponsor's planning councils established under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, through the Youth Job Guarantee Office established under this Act, in each labor market area of the country, for programs of training and employment in jobs on public service and private employment projects, for eligible individuals between the ages of 16 to 24 inclusive, and (2) provide special assistance to such eligible individuals who apply for such assistance, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Youth Full Employment Board, to be composed of members appointed by the Secretary who shall include a majority of representatives from labor, civil rights, youth, and women's organizations, chosen from among nominees submitted by such organizations. Directs the Secretary to carry out his functions under this Act in such a way that: (1) within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, the rate of unemployment among youths between the ages of 16 and 24 inclusive, in any political subdivision of any State shall not exceed ten percent of the total labor force in such subdivision; (2) within two years of the date of enactment of this Act, the rate of unemployment among such youths in any political subdivision of any State shall not exceed three percent of the total labor force in such subdivision; and (3) within three years of the date of enactment of this Act, the rate of unemployment among such youths shall be effectively zero throughout the United States. Establishes in the Department of Labor a Youth Job Guarantee Office, to be headed by a Director to be appointed by the Board, through which the Secretary shall carry out the program under this Act, so that any eligible individual who applies for assistance under this Act shall be placed in … | 2025-09-02T18:49:57Z | |
| 94-hr-15663 | 94 | hr | 15663 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further encourage industrial safety, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1976-09-22 | 1976-09-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Clancy, Donald D. [R-OH-2] | OH | R | C000409 | 0 | Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, that whenever an employer's failure to comply with any provision of that Act or any State requirement relating to industrial safety causes or contributes to an accident resulting in bodily injury, no provision of any workers' compensation law or similar statute shall be construed to bar an action at law for contribution, indemnification, or other relief against the employer by a person alleged liable for such injury. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15607 | 94 | hr | 15607 | A bill to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities. | Labor and Employment | 1976-09-17 | 1976-09-17 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] | IL | R | C000873 | 4 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit employers from making an agreement with a labor organization which requires membership therein as a condition of employment. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15608 | 94 | hr | 15608 | Student's Freedom of Choice Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-09-17 | 1976-09-17 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] | IL | R | C000873 | 6 | Student's Freedom of Choice Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exempt full-time secondary and college students from compulsory union membership. | 2025-09-02T18:49:58Z | |
| 94-hr-15497 | 94 | hr | 15497 | A bill to reduce unemployment by providing that unemployment insurance funds may be used pursuant to State laws establishing programs for payments to employers who hire the unemployed. | Labor and Employment | 1976-09-09 | 1976-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | W000780 | 1 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act to permit federally funded State unemployment insurance programs to compensate employers for employing individuals who would otherwise be unemployed. Limits such authority to State-approved plans which: (1) compensate the employer with an amount equal to the payment the otherwise unemployed person would be entitled to; (2) require the employer to pay the otherwise unemployed person wages comparable to those paid other persons doing similar work; (3) limit coverage to employment positions additional to those maintained by the employer during the State's base period; and (4) limit the coverage of any single position to a total time period not exceeding one year. Requires State laws establishing such plans to provide that their administration be undertaken by the State unemployment agency or by a management organization with specified responsibilities. Prescribes the minimum information to be required by State plans from employers seeking qualification thereunder. Forbids the State to consider the individual's employment and wages which are provided pursuant to the State plan when determining whether he is an otherwise unemployed individual and the compensation he would be entitled to as such. | 2024-08-01T19:33:24Z | |
| 94-hr-15247 | 94 | hr | 15247 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | Labor and Employment | 1976-08-24 | 1976-08-24 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 5 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to grant reasonable litigation costs, including attorney's fees, to any employer who successfully contests a citation or proposed penalty before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission or an order of the Commission before an appropriate United States court of appeals. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15128 | 94 | hr | 15128 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | Labor and Employment | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 10 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty under such Act shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-15131 | 94 | hr | 15131 | Employment and Training Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-08-10 | 1976-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 0 | Employment and Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to formulate and administer an employment and training program under which Federal grants will be made available to State agencies upon request for distribution to unemployed individuals within the State through employers. Requires each State agency desiring to participate in the program to submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed plan of operation. States that subsidies shall be provided under this Act to employers who provide unemployed individuals with employment and training. Specifies requirements which each State plan of operation must include. Directs the Secretary to deliver quarterly to each State participating in the program a grant constituting the Federal share for the program. Sets forth a formula for grants based on: (1) the average unemployment rate in such State; and (2) the number of unemployed individuals in such State. Defines individuals who are eligible for subsidized employment under such Act. States that the United States shall pay 80 percent of the subsidies distributed in each State under the program established by this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 and for each fiscal year thereafter. | 2025-09-02T18:49:39Z | |
| 94-hr-15040 | 94 | hr | 15040 | Federal Environmental Employment Job Security Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-08-04 | 1976-08-04 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Abzug, Bella S. [D-NY-20] | NY | D | A000018 | 12 | Federal Environmental Employment Job Security Act - Requires investigation into complaints involving employment loss allegedly resulting from imposition of Federal environmental standards. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report results of such investigations to the Secretary of Labor. Requires investigation of complaints of employment loss allegedly resulting from administration of Federal laws regulating nuclear energy. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to report results of such investigations to the Secretary of Labor. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide employment compensation and other forms of financial assistance to individuals certified as unemployed as a result of such environmental or nuclear regulatory standards. Authorizes an appropriation of $100,000,000 to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:39Z | |
| 94-s-3723 | 94 | s | 3723 | Job Opportunities and Economic Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-08-03 | 1976-08-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Job Opportunities and Economic Reform Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress with respect to economic disruption, inflation, unemployment, and underemployment. Title I: Establishment of Goals and General Economic Policies - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide a stable economic environment, to minimize disruptive Government intervention in the economy, and to provide a sound fiscal policy. Declares it the responsibility of the Federal Government to avoid and reduce whenever possible intervention in the economy. Title II: Balanced Budgets and Economic Stability - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to declare that for fiscal years beginning on October 1, 1977, the appropriate level of total budget outlays shall not exceed the recommended level of Federal revenues by more than seven percent, with subsequent reductions in future fiscal years. States that for fiscal year 1979 and thereafter, the appropriate level of total budget outlays shall not exceed the recommended level of Federal revenues. Title III: Sound Currency - States the findings of Congress that money redeemable in gold meets the vital needs of the United States in the forseeable future. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, beginning in fiscal year 1981, to offer for sale gold from, and to purchase gold for, United States gold stocks at prices to be determined by specified formulas. Provides for fluctuating percentage adjustments in the sale and purchase price of gold. Permits the President to extend for up to one year any purchase price or selling established under this Act if he determines that the market price of gold has been manipulated in order to affect the actions of the Secretary of the Treasury under this Act. Title IV: Federal Commission on Barriers to Employment - Establishes a seven-member Federal Commission on Barriers to Employment to undertake a study of the costs of various barriers to the employment of individuals to businesses, to the economy, and to the Government. Requires the Commission to report to … | 2025-09-02T18:52:35Z | |
| 94-hr-14970 | 94 | hr | 14970 | Special Unemployment Assistance Extension Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-30 | 1976-10-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21] | CA | D | C000780 | 2 | Special Unemployment Assistance Extension Act - Extends the special unemployment assistance program under the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act for one year. Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into agreements with States to provide for the payment of additional benefits in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Eliminates the special base period requirement for payments of special unemployment assistance under such Act. Stipulates that employment and wages which are not covered by the applicable State unemployment compensation law shall be treated as though they were covered, except to the extent they are covered by another State or Federal unemployment compensation law, including the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:38Z | |
| 94-hr-14907 | 94 | hr | 14907 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 14 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty under such Act shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14908 | 94 | hr | 14908 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 12 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty under such Act shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14911 | 94 | hr | 14911 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any employee who is a member of a religion or sect historically holding conscientious objection to joining or financially supporting a labor organization shall not be required to do so. | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Clausen, Don H. [R-CA-2] | CA | R | C000475 | 0 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that all employees covered by that Act who are members of a bona fide religion which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor organizations shall not be required to join or so support any such organization as a condition of employment. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14913 | 94 | hr | 14913 | A bill to amend section 19 of the National Labor Relations Act to provide that all employees covered by that act who are members of a bona fide religion which has historically held conscientious objections to joining organizations shall not be required to join or so support any such organization as a condition of employment. | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Duncan, Robert B. [D-OR-3] | OR | D | D000537 | 1 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that all employees covered by that Act who are members of a bona fide religion which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor organizations shall not be required to join or so support any such organization as a condition of employment. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14916 | 94 | hr | 14916 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any employee who is a member of a religion or sect historically holding conscientious objection to joining or financially supporting a labor organization shall not be required to do so. | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22] | CA | R | M000926 | 0 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that all employees covered by that Act who are members of a bona fide religion which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor organizations shall not be required to join or so support any such organization as a condition of employment. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14920 | 94 | hr | 14920 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any employee who is a member of a religion or sect historically holding conscientious objection to joining or financially supporting a labor organization shall not be required to do so. | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Pettis, Shirley N. [R-CA-37] | CA | R | P000273 | 0 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that all employees covered by that Act who are members of a bona fide religion which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor organizations shall not be required to join or so support any such organization as a condition of employment. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14926 | 94 | hr | 14926 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 2970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 16 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty under such Act shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14927 | 94 | hr | 14927 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-28 | 1976-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 12 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty under such Act shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-s-3662 | 94 | s | 3662 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to the computation of annuity amounts in certain cases. | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-02 | 1976-09-22 | Reported to Senate from the Committee on Finance, S. Rept. 94-1296. | Senate | Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | W000502 | 0 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare with amendment, S. Rept. 94-1246) Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 respecting the computation of annuity benefits for railroad employees and spouses of deceased employees. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon request by the Railroad Retirement Board, to transfer funds from the Railroad Retirement Account in the U.S. Treasury to the Railroad Retirement Supplemental Account if the amounts in the supplemental account are insufficient to pay the annuities due from it. Requires the transfer of any excess amounts in the supplemental account to the retirement account. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from the definition of compensation paid to railroad employees, for purposes of the Railroad Retirement Tax, amounts paid to, or on behalf of, an employee or any of his dependents, under a plan or system established by an employer which provides for his employees generally or for a class or classes of his employees on account of sickness or accident disability or medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with such sickness or disability. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-hr-14680 | 94 | hr | 14680 | A bill to amend the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to provide for third party actions for contribution or indemnification or other similar relief. | Labor and Employment | 1976-07-01 | 1976-07-01 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Sarasin, Ronald A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | S000062 | 0 | Amends the Long Shoremen's Harbor Workers Compensation Act to authorize third party actions for contribution or indemnification or other similar relief in worker's compensation cases. Limits the available recovery to the amount of the employer's total liability under the applicable State workers' compensation law or under this Act, whichever amount is greater. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14627 | 94 | hr | 14627 | A bill to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities. | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-30 | 1976-06-30 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rousselot, John H. [R-CA-26] | CA | R | R000469 | 0 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit employers from making an agreement with a labor organization which requires membership therein as a condition of employment. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14517 | 94 | hr | 14517 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-23 | 1976-06-23 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 0 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty under such Act shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14523 | 94 | hr | 14523 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further encourage industrial safety. | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-23 | 1976-06-23 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Sarasin, Ronald A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | S000062 | 20 | Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, that whenever an employer's failure to comply with any provision of that Act or any State requirement relating to industrial safety causes or contributes to an accident resulting in bodily injury, no provision of any workers' compensation law or similar statute shall be construed to bar an action at law for contribution, indemnification, or other relief against the employer by a person alleged liable for such injury. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-s-3595 | 94 | s | 3595 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide for a freedom of choice in labor relations for full-time and part-time secondary and college students by exempting them from compulsory union membership. | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-21 | 1976-06-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Fannin, Paul J. [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000013 | 10 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exempt full-time and part-time secondary and college students from compulsory union membership. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-hr-14444 | 94 | hr | 14444 | A bill to provide that in civil actions brought under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 where the United States is a plaintiff, a prevailing defendant may recover a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-17 | 1976-06-17 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 0 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require that the United States pay prevailing defendants in civil suits under such Act a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14405 | 94 | hr | 14405 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may render on-site consultation and advice to certain small business employers to assist such employers in providing safe and healthful working conditions for their employees. | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-16 | 1976-06-16 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38] | CA | D | P000121 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to visit the workplaces of small business employers to render consultation and advice. Stipulates that such visits may be conducted only upon written request and shall be limited to matters specified in the request affecting conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, equipment or materials in the workplace. Directs the Administrator to make recommendations regarding the elimination of any hazards disclosed within the scope of onsite consultation. Prohibits the issuance of any citation or proposal of any civil penalty as a result of such visit. Requires the Administrator to issue written notice to a small business employer upon discovering of an apparent serious violation describing its nature and any action which may be taken for the abatement of such violation. Directs the Administrator to transmit written notification of such violation to the Secretary of Labor. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Administrator and to furnish guidelines and interpretations with respect to occupational safety and health standards. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14421 | 94 | hr | 14421 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-16 | 1976-06-16 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] | CA | D | R000485 | 0 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide special authority for the Opportunities Industrialization Centers in order to create and provide job opportunities for specific unemployed persons. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated (OIC) in order to provide comprehensive employment services and jobs for unemployed persons. Requires each such contract to contain provisions assuring that specific requirements are complied with, including requirements that (1) special consideration in providing jobs will be given to unemployed persons who are most severely disadvantaged in terms of the length of time they have been unemployed; (2) due consideration will be given to persons who have participated in manpower training programs for whom unemployment opportunities would be otherwise available, and (3) the program will to the maximum extent feasible contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to employment and occupational advancement. Sets forth special conditions to be met prior to providing financial assistance pursuant to a contract entered into under this Act. Requires the programs to contribute, to the maximum extent feasible, to the occupational development or upward mobility of individual participants. Prohibits the Secretary from providing financial assistance unless he determines that: (1) periodic reports will be submitted to him to measure the effectiveness of the program; (2) there will be no discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs within the program; and (3) the participants in the program will not be employed in the construction, operation, or maintenance of sectarian religious facilities. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act of $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $350,000,000 … | 2025-09-02T18:49:19Z | |
| 94-hr-14359 | 94 | hr | 14359 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-14 | 1976-06-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Heinz, John [R-PA-18] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide special authority for the Opportunities Industrialization Centers in order to create and provide job opportunities for specific unemployed persons who were particularly hard hit by the recent economic recession, and to provide opportunities for industry to create additional jobs for the unemployed in rural and urban communities. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated (OIC) in order to provide comprehensive employment services and jobs for unemployed persons. Requires each such contract to contain provisions assuring that specific requirements are complied with, including requirements that (1) special consideration in providing jobs will be given to unemployed persons who are most severely disadvantaged in terms of the length of time they have been unemployed; (2) due consideration will be given to persons who have participated in manpower training programs for whom unemployment opportunities would be otherwise available, and (3) the program will to the maximum extent feasible contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to employment and occupational advancement. Sets forth special conditions to be met prior to providing financial assistance pursuant to a contract entered into under this Act. Requires the programs to contribute, to the maximum extent feasible, to the occupational development or upward mobility of individual participants. Prohibits the Secretary from providing financial assistance unless he determines that: (1) periodic reports will be submitted to him to measure the effectiveness of the program; (2) there will be no discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs within the program; and (3) the participants in the program will not be employed in the construction, operation, or maintenance of sectarian religious facilities. Authoriz… | 2025-09-02T18:49:19Z | |
| 94-sres-465 | 94 | sres | 465 | A resolution to review, evaluate, and further amend the Wagner-Peyser Act. | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-14 | 1976-06-14 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Calls for every agency and avenue available for the placement of the unemployed and the disadvantaged to be utilized to give the highest priority of effort to such purpose. Directs the United States Employment Service to devote its resources solely to providing assistance to the unemployed and the disadvantaged. States that the Wagner-Peyser Act should be amended to conform to the goals of this resolution. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-s-3529 | 94 | s | 3529 | A bill to amend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 to provide that compensation payable to an individual thereunder shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of periodic benefits payable to such individual under a pension system, and to amend the Federal State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to limit Federal financial participation in compensation payments thereunder to an individual to the portion thereof which is in excess of any such periodic benefits payable to such individual. | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-08 | 1976-06-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000200 | 0 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 to provide that compensation payable to an individual thereunder shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of periodic benefits payable to such individual under a pension. Limits Federal financial participation in compensation payments under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to an individual to the portion thereof which is in excess of any periodic benefits payable to such individual. | 2024-08-01T19:37:21Z | |
| 94-hr-14203 | 94 | hr | 14203 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that individuals who do not apply for or accept employment within their capabilities will not be eligible to receive unemployment compensation. | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-04 | 1976-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to approval of State unemployment compensation laws to make individuals who have received unemployment compensation for at least 17 weeks during any benefit year and who have failed to apply for or accept employment within their capabilities ineligible to receive unemployment compensation during subsequent weeks. | 2024-08-01T19:32:24Z | |
| 94-hr-14111 | 94 | hr | 14111 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that certain persons engaged in farming shall not be considered employers for purposes of such act. | Labor and Employment | 1976-06-01 | 1976-06-01 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Skubitz, Joe [R-KS-5] | KS | R | S000472 | 0 | Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to provide that persons employing fewer than 25 employees in connection with a farming operation, or persons entering into a contract or other arrangement for the furnishing and operation of any machinery used in connection with a farming operation shall not be considered employers for purposes of such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14041 | 94 | hr | 14041 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to the computation of annuity amounts in certain cases, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-26 | 1976-10-18 | Public law 94-547. | House | Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | S000778 | 0 | Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 respecting the computation of annuity benefits for railraod employees and spouses of deceased employees. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon request by the Railroad Retirement Board, to transfer funds from the Railroad Retirement Account in the U.S. Treasury to the Railroad Retirement Supplemental Account if the amounts in the supplemental account are insufficient to pay the annuities due from it. Requires the transfer of any excess amounts in the supplemental account to the retirement account. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from the definition of compensation paid to railroad employees, for purposes of the Railroad Retirement Tax, amounts paid to, or on behalf of, an employee or any of his dependents, under a plan or system established by an employer which provides for his employees generally or for a class or classes of his employees on account of sickness or accident disability or medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with such sickness or disability. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-hr-13959 | 94 | hr | 13959 | Youth Counseling and Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-21 | 1976-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | T000393 | 24 | Youth Counseling and Employment Act - Establishes within the Department of Labor a Youth Employment Office, to be headed by a Director appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance through grants and contracts in urban and rural areas for comprehensive work and training programs, and necessary supportive and follow-up services; including: (1) programs to provide useful work experience for high school students from low-income families; (2) programs to provide unemployed, underemployed, or low-income persons aged 16 and over with useful work and training; and (3) jobs for economically disadvantaged youths during the summer months. Requires that to the maximum extent feasible programs conducted under this Act be linked to work and training programs conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. States that assistance shall be provided, to the maximum extent feasible, for a minimum period of three years. Requires the Director of the Office to conduct necessary studies to assess the effectiveness of the programs and to keep appropriate Congressional committees fully informed. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, to provide financial assistance in urban and rural areas with large concentrations of unemployed and low-income persons for comprehensive work and training programs and necessary supportive and followup services. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:08Z | |
| 94-hr-13960 | 94 | hr | 13960 | Youth Counseling and Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-21 | 1976-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | T000393 | 3 | Youth Counseling and Employment Act - Establishes within the Department of Labor a Youth Employment Office, to be headed by a Director appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance through grants and contracts in urban and rural areas for comprehensive work and training programs, and necessary supportive and follow-up services; including: (1) programs to provide useful work experience for high school students from low-income families; (2) programs to provide unemployed, underemployed, or low-income persons aged 16 and over with useful work and training; and (3) jobs for economically disadvantaged youths during the summer months. Requires that to the maximum extent feasible programs conducted under this Act be linked to work and training programs conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. States that assistance shall be provided, to the maximum extent feasible, for a minimum period of three years. Requires the Director of the Office to conduct necessary studies to assess the effectiveness of the programs and to keep appropriate Congressional committees fully informed. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, to provide financial assistance in urban and rural areas with large concentrations of unemployed and low-income persons for comprehensive work and training programs and necessary supportive and followup services. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:08Z | |
| 94-hr-13927 | 94 | hr | 13927 | Fluorspar Miners Respiratory Disease Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-20 | 1976-05-20 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Fluorspar Miners Respiratory Disease Compensation Act - Title I: General Provisions - Declares it the purpose of this Act to provide disability payments to fluorspar miners who are totally disabled due to respiratory disease arising from their employment, and to provide benefits to the surviving dependents of miners whose death was due to such disease. Title II: Claims for Benefits Filed on or Before December 31, 1976 - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe standards for determining whether or not a miner or his dependent is eligible to receive benefits under this Act. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that respiratory diseases of miners employed for ten years or more in fluorspar mines arose out of such employment. Establishes criteria to determine the amount of monthly benefits to eligible applicants. Stipulates that no claim for benefits shall be denied solely on the basis of a ches roentgenogram. Allows reimbursement for reasonable medical expenses incurred by claimants in establishing their claims. Title III: Claims for Benefits after December 31, 1976 - Requires that claims for benefits on or after January 1,1977, be filed pursuant to State workmen's compensation law. Directs the Secretary of Labor to determine whether State workmen's compensation laws provide adequate coverage for eligible applicants. Authorizes the imposition of Federal standards if State laws are deemed inadequate for such purposes. Requires that claims for benefits be filed within three years of the discovery of total disability or within three years of the date of death of such miner. Stipulates that fluorspar mine operators shall secure payment of all benefits payable for miners employed in such mine. Requires such operators to carry insurance for the payment of benefits under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to initiate research for the purpose of devising simple and effective tests for determining the extent of disability due to employment in fluorspar mines. Aut… | 2025-09-02T18:49:02Z | |
| 94-hr-13744 | 94 | hr | 13744 | A bill to amend the Davis Bacon Act to provide for a fact-finding panel to determine the cause of work stoppages, to provide that the Federal Government may, in certain cases, terminate contracts with contractors who are at fault in causing such work stoppages. | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-12 | 1976-05-12 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ryan, Leo J. [D-CA-11] | CA | D | R000558 | 12 | Requires that every contract within the scope of the Davis-Bacon Act shall contain a provision requiring that in the case of a work stoppage which is directly related to a labor dispute between the contractor and the employees carrying out the contract, the contractor and the collective bargaining representative shall immediately notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service that the work stoppage has occured. Directs the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to appoint a fact finding panel within two days after receiving such notice. Requires the panel to publish, within five days, its findings on whether the work stoppage is beyond the control of the contractor and was caused without his fault. States that if the panel finds the contractor at fault, the head of the Federal agency which is a party to the contract involved may not make further progress payments on the contract, or exercise any option which would have the effect of increasing the amount payable to the contractor, or the amount of services to be acquired from the contractor, until the dispute is settled. Permits termination of the contract if no collective bargaining agreement is signed within 45 days following the work stoppage. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-13745 | 94 | hr | 13745 | A bill to amend the Davis Bacon Act to prohibit contractors from replacing certain employees participating in a strike. | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-12 | 1976-05-12 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ryan, Leo J. [D-CA-11] | CA | D | R000558 | 12 | Requires that every public contract under the Davis-Bacon Act shall contain a provision that the contractor must notify the contracting agency when ever a strike occurs involving employees who are engaged in carrying out such contract. Directs the head of the agency involved to terminate any contract if he determines that the contractor has replaced, or attempted to replace, any employee participating in such a strike. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-13746 | 94 | hr | 13746 | A bill to amend the Service Contract of 1965 to provide for a fact-finding panel to determine the cause of work stoppages, to provide that the Federal Government may in certain cases, terminate contracts with contractors who are at fault in causing such work stoppages. | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-12 | 1976-05-12 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ryan, Leo J. [D-CA-11] | CA | D | R000558 | 12 | Requires that every contract within the scope of the Service Contract Act of 1965 shall contain a provision requiring that in the case of a work stoppage which is directly related to a labor dispute between the contractor and the employees carrying out the contract, the contractor and the collective bargaining representative shall immediately notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service that the work stoppage has occured. Directs the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to appoint a fact finding panel within two days after receiving such notice. Requires the panel to publish, within five days, its findings on whether the work stoppage is beyond the control of the contractor and was caused without his fault. States that if the panel finds the contractor at fault, the head of the Federal agency which is a party to the contract involved may not make further progress payments on the contract, or exercise any option which would have the effect of increasing the amount payable to the contractor, or the amount of service to be acquired from the contractor, until the dispute is settled. Permits termination of the contract if no collective bargaining agreement is signed within 45 days following the work stoppage. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-13747 | 94 | hr | 13747 | A bill to amend the Walsh Healey Act to prohibit contractors from replacing certain employees participating in a strike. | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-12 | 1976-05-12 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Ryan, Leo J. [D-CA-11] | CA | D | R000558 | 12 | Requires that every public contract under the Walsh-Healey Act shall contain a provision that the contractor must notify the contracting agency whenever a strike occurs involving employees who are engaged in carrying out such contract. Directs the head of the agency involved to terminate any contract if he determines that the contractor has replaced, or attempted to replace, any employee participating in such a strike. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-13619 | 94 | hr | 13619 | A bill to provide that special unemployment assistance benefits will not be paid to employees of educational institutions during periods between academic years or terms. | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-06 | 1976-05-06 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Mann, James R. [D-SC-4] | SC | D | M000105 | 0 | Provides, under the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974, that an individual who performs services for an educational institution or agency shall not be eligible to receive Federal unemployment assistance benefits during periods between academic years or terms. | 2024-08-01T19:31:58Z | |
| 94-hr-13624 | 94 | hr | 13624 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further encourage industrial safety. | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-06 | 1976-05-06 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Sarasin, Ronald A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | S000062 | 9 | Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, that whenever an employer's failure to comply with any provision of that Act or any State requirement relating to industrial safety causes or contributes to an accident resulting in bodily injury, no provision of any workers' compensation law or similar statute shall be construed to bar an action at law for contribution, indemnification, or other relief against the employer by a person alleged liable for such injury. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-13555 | 94 | hr | 13555 | Mine Safety and Health Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-05-05 | 1976-09-01 | Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, S. Rept. 94-1197. | House | Rep. Daniels, Dominick V. [D-NJ-14] | NJ | D | D000041 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #557 (309-86)) Mine Safety and Health Act - Amends the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act to change the short title to "Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety and Health Act." Amends such Act to impose a general duty on mine operators to furnish miners with employment and a place of employment which are free from hazards that are causing, or are likely to cause, death or injury. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish additional mine safety standards pursuant to recommendations made by an adivsory committee appointed by the Secretary. Requires that standards dealing with toxic materials or harmful physical agents allow mine operators, miners, and their representatives the opportunity for observation of monitoring techniques and access to pertinent records. Requires that standards impose labeling requirements and suitable protective equipment for miners. Establishes procedures for the granting of variances for affected mine operators from such standards. Directs the making of unannounced inspections of mine sites by representatives of the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires special inspections upon the request of miners or their representatives where an imminent danger is alleged to exist. Requires investigations into mine accidents with a view to preventing their recurrence. Imposes reporting requirements on mine operators with respect to work-related deaths, injuries and illnesses. Stipulates that such information shall be obtained in a manner designed to impose a minimum burden on small business. Establishes a program of miner education and training. Requires that miners be informed of rights and obligations under this Act. Establishes procedures for enforcement of mine safety standards under this Act, including the closure of dangerous mine sites by the Secretary of Labor or his representative. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violation of provisions of this Act. Establishes the Fe… | 2025-09-02T18:48:50Z | |
| 94-hr-13430 | 94 | hr | 13430 | A bill to provide that the eligibility of unemployed construction workers for emergency unemployment compensation will be determined on the basis of the rate of unemployment in the construction industry. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-29 | 1976-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | F000141 | 0 | Provides, under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974, that the eligibility of unemployed construction workers for emergency unemployment compensation will be determined on the basis of the rate of unemployment in the construction industry. | 2024-08-01T19:31:50Z | |
| 94-hr-13412 | 94 | hr | 13412 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-28 | 1976-04-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 0 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide special authority for the Opportunities Industrialization Centers in order to create and provide job opportunities for specific unemployed persons who were particularly hard hit by the recent economic recession, and to provide opportunities for industry to create additional jobs for the unemployed in rural and urban communities. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated (OIC) in order to provide comprehensive employment services and jobs for unemployed persons. Requires each such contract to contain provisions assuring that specific requirements are complied with, including requirements that (1) special consideration in providing jobs will be given to unemployed persons who are most severely disadvantaged in terms of the length of time they have been unemployed; (2) due consideration will be given to persons who have participated in manpower training programs for whom unemployment opportunities would be otherwise available, and (3) the program will to the maximum extent feasible contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to employment and occupational advancement. Sets forth special conditions to be met prior to providing financial assistance pursuant to a contract entered into under this Act. Requires the programs to contribute, to the maximum extent feasible, to the occupational development or upward mobility of individual participants. Prohibits the Secretary from providing financial assistance unless he determines that: (1) periodic reports will be submitted to him to measure the effectiveness of the program; (2) there will be no discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs within the program; and (3) the participants in the program will not be employed in the construction, operation, or maintenance of sectarian religious facilities. Authoriz… | 2025-09-02T18:48:46Z | |
| 94-hr-13330 | 94 | hr | 13330 | Federal Environmental Employment Job Security Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-27 | 1976-04-27 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Abzug, Bella S. [D-NY-20] | NY | D | A000018 | 0 | Federal Environmental Employment Job Security Act - Requires investigation into complaints involving employment loss allegedly resulting from imposition of Federal environmental standards. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report results of such investigations to the Secretary of Labor. Requires investigation of complaints of employment loss allegedly resulting from administration of Federal laws regulating nuclear energy. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to report results of such investigations to the Secretary of Labor. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide employment compensation and other forms of financial assistance to individuals certified as unemployed as a result of such environmental or nuclear regulatory standards. Authorizes an appropriation of $100,000,000 to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:48:45Z | |
| 94-hr-13337 | 94 | hr | 13337 | A bill to provide an additional 26 weeks of benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-27 | 1976-04-27 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | F000141 | 1 | Provides an additional twenty-six weeks of unemployment benefits (presently limited to twenty-six weeks) under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974. | 2024-08-01T19:31:44Z | |
| 94-hr-13264 | 94 | hr | 13264 | A bill to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-14 | 1976-04-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22] | TX | R | P000583 | 0 | Repeals the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-s-3317 | 94 | s | 3317 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further encourage industrial safety. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-14 | 1976-04-14 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Taft, Robert, Jr. [R-OH] | OH | R | T000010 | 7 | Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, that whenever an employer's failure to comply with any provision of that Act or any State requirement relating to industrial safety causes or contributes to an accident resulting in bodily injury, no provision of any workers' compensation law or similar statute shall be construed to bar an action at law for contribution, indemnification, or other relief against the employer by a person alleged liable for such injury. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-hr-13206 | 94 | hr | 13206 | A bill to correct certain inequities in determining worker eligibility for adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-13 | 1976-04-13 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10] | PA | R | M000399 | 0 | Provides, under the Trade Act of 1974, that in determining worker eligibility for trade adjustment assistance due to unemployment caused by an increase in imports, any certification of eligibility to apply for such assistance which was issued by the Secretary of Labor during calendar year 1975 shall apply to any worker whose last total or partial separation from the affected firm occurred on or after January 1, 1973. | 2024-08-01T19:31:38Z | |
| 94-hr-13249 | 94 | hr | 13249 | A bill to reduce unemployment by providing that unemployment insurance funds may be used pursuant to State laws establishing programs for payments to employers who hire the unemployed. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-13 | 1976-04-13 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | W000780 | 8 | Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that unemployment insurance funds may be used for payments to employers of otherwise unemployed individuals. Requires that each State establish a plan for such payments, which includes specific requirements that the employer will pay the unemployed individual wages comparable to the amount paid to other individuals doing the same work, and that no payment will be made for any position for a period of longer than one year. Stipulates that the State law establishing an approved plan shall require from prospective employers information for qualification purposes. Defines "otherwise unemployed individual" as meaning an individual who, but for his employment, would be eligible to receive compensation under State law. | 2024-08-01T19:31:38Z | |
| 94-hr-13162 | 94 | hr | 13162 | A bill to provide that States may elect to use area triggers for purposes of emergency unemployment compensation benefits. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-09 | 1976-04-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Whalen, Charles W., Jr. [R-OH-3] | OH | R | W000317 | 10 | Permits States, under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974, to elect to provide for the payment of emergency unemployment compensation benefits on the basis of area "emergency on" or "emergency off" indicators. States that such election may be made in the time and manner which the Secretary of Labor prescribes, and shall be irrevocable. States that for purposes of this Act there shall be an area "emergency on" indicator for any week if the rate of insured unemployment in such area has equaled or exceeded five percent for at least 12 weeks. | 2024-08-01T19:31:38Z | |
| 94-s-3285 | 94 | s | 3285 | Advance Warning of Potential Occupational Hazards Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-09 | 1976-04-09 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Schweiker, Richard S. [R-PA] | PA | R | S000159 | 0 | Advance Warning of Potential Occupational Hazards Act - Requires, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, that whenever the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health initially determines that any substance may be a potential occupational hazard which may cause death or serious injury, the Institute shall immediately notify the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary, upon receipt of such information, to publish it in the Federal Register and to furnish written notice to all employers manufacturing or using such substance. Requires employers to post such notice within 30 days so as to inform all employees of the nature of the potentially hazardous substance. | 2025-09-02T18:52:22Z | |
| 94-hr-13096 | 94 | hr | 13096 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reimburse the States for the amount of State unemployment insurance benefits paid to workers eligible to receive trade readjustment allowances. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-07 | 1976-04-07 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Dent, John H. [D-PA-21] | PA | D | D000255 | 0 | Provides, under the Trade Act of 1974, that if unemployment insurance is paid under State law to an adversely affected worker receiving or eligible to receive a trade adjustment allowance, the State agency making such payment shall be reimbursed by the Federal Government. States that the amount of such reimbursement shall be determined by the Secretary of Labor on the basis of reports furnished to him by the State agency. | 2024-08-01T19:31:29Z | |
| 94-hr-13071 | 94 | hr | 13071 | Special Unemployment Assistance Extension Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-06 | 1976-04-06 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21] | CA | D | C000780 | 0 | Special Unemployment Assistance Extension Act - Extends the special unemployment assistance program under the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act for one year. Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into agreements with States to provide for the payment of additional benefits in accordance with the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:48:34Z | |
| 94-hr-13072 | 94 | hr | 13072 | Emergency Compensation Extension Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-06 | 1976-04-06 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21] | CA | D | C000780 | 12 | Emergency Compensation Extension Act - Extends the emergency unemployment compensation program authorized under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 until September 30,1977. Revises the trigger provisions for initiating Federal assistance under such Act. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of compensation available to individual accounts. Provides additional assistance for periods during which the unemployment rate exceeds six percent. | 2025-09-02T18:48:34Z | |
| 94-hr-13073 | 94 | hr | 13073 | A bill to extend the emergency unemployment compensation program for 1 year, to adjust the number of weeks for which compensation is payable under such program. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-06 | 1976-04-06 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Steiger, William A. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | S000847 | 0 | Extends the emergency unemployment compensation program authorized under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 for one year (until March 31, 1978). Prohibits payment of assistance for weeks ending after March 31, 1977. | 2024-08-01T19:31:38Z | |
| 94-hr-13074 | 94 | hr | 13074 | A bill to provide that emergency unemployment compensation benefits will be paid on the basis of State or area triggers. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-06 | 1976-04-06 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Steiger, William A. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | S000847 | 1 | Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 to permit the use of area triggers within States to determine the payment of Federal emergency unemployment compensation benefits. Stipulates that there will be an area "emergency on" indicator in any area if the rate of insured unemployment in such area equals or exceeds five percent for at least 12 weeks. States that for purposes of determining an individual's period of eligibility or additional eligibility period, to the extent that an emergency benefit period is not in effect in all areas of a State, the determination shall be made by reference to the area in which the individual was last employed for at least five work days before the beginning of the benefit year. Sets forth a formula to determine the amount of funds available to individual accounts. | 2024-08-01T19:31:29Z | |
| 94-s-3262 | 94 | s | 3262 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Special Unemployment Assistance Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-06 | 1976-04-06 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 3 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Special Unemployment Assistance Amendments - Title I: Amendments to Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 - States that for purposes of determining emergency Federal unemployment benefits there shall be an "emergency on" indicator in a State for a week if the rate of insured unemployment in the State for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks equaled or exceeded five percent; or the rate of insured unemployment for all States for such period equaled or exceeded four and one-half percent. Stipulates that there is an "emergency off" indicator in a State for a week if there is no "emergency on" indicator and if at the end of such week the emergency benefit period on the State has lasted for at least 13 weeks. Extends the emergency assistance program authorized by the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 until 1978. Authorizes additional compensation to individuals enrolled in approved training programs after exhaustion of the maximum amount of emergency compensation otherwise payable to the individual. States that such compensation shall be limited to the lesser of a maximum of 13 consecutive weeks, or the weeks the individual is participating and making satisfactory progress in the training program. Permits the Secretary of Labor to prescribe rules and regulations to implement this Act. Title II: Special Unemployment Assistance Amendments - Extends the emergency assistance program authorized under the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 through the week ending March 31, 1978. Permits individuals participating in approved training programs to receive assistance after the maximum amount of assistance otherwise payable to such individual is exhausted. States that such assistance shall be limited to the lesser of a maximum of 13 weeks or the weeks the individual is participating and progressing satisfactorily in the training program. Establishes a special unemployment assistance program for public service employees. Directs t… | 2025-09-02T18:52:21Z | |
| 94-hr-13003 | 94 | hr | 13003 | A bill to provide that States may elect to use area triggers for purposes of emergency unemployment compensation benefits. | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-02 | 1976-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000141 | 0 | Permits States, under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974, to elect to provide for the payment of emergency unemployment compensation benefits on the basis of area "emergency on" or "emergency off" indicators. States that such election may be made in the time and manner which the Secretary of Labor prescribes, and shall be irrevocable. States that for purposes of this Act, there shall be an area "emergency on" indicator for any week if the rate of insured unemployment in such area has equaled or exceeded five percent for at least 12 weeks. | 2024-08-01T19:31:30Z | |
| 94-hr-13008 | 94 | hr | 13008 | Youth Counseling and Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-04-02 | 1976-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | T000393 | 0 | Youth Counseling and Employment Act - Establishes within the Department of Labor a Youth Employment Office, to be headed by a Director appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance through grants and contracts in urban and rural areas for comprehensive work and training programs, and necessary supportive and follow-up services; including: (1) programs to provide useful work experience for high school students from low-income families; (2) programs to provide unemployed, underemployed, or low-income persons aged 16 and over with useful work and training; and (3) jobs for economically disadvantaged youths during the summer months. Requires that to the maximum extent feasible programs conducted under this Act be linked to work and training programs conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. States that assistance shall be provided, to the maximum extent feasible, for a minimum period of three years. Requires the Director of the Office to conduct necessary studies to assess the effectiveness of the programs and to keep appropriate Congressional committees fully informed. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, to provide financial assistance in urban and rural areas with large concentrations of unemployed and low-income persons for comprehensive work and training programs and necessary supportive and followup services. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:48:36Z | |
| 94-s-3216 | 94 | s | 3216 | A bill to amend chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code, so as to provide that unemployment compensation for those ordinarily steadily employed but who have become temporarily, involuntarily unemployed which is payable to a Federal employee for any week shall be reduced (but not below (zero) by the benefits payable to him with respect to such week under a Federal pension system. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-26 | 1976-03-26 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000200 | 5 | States that unemployment compensation, for those ordinarily steadily employed but who have become temporarily, involuntarily unemployed, which is payable to a Federal employee for any week shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the benefits payable to him with respect to such week under a Federal pension system. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-hr-12795 | 94 | hr | 12795 | Youth Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-25 | 1976-03-25 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 0 | Youth Employment Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to: (1) provide financial assistance to States, political subdivisions of the States, private profit or nonprofit organizations, and prime sponsor's planning councils established under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, through the Youth Job Guarantee Office established under this Act, in each labor market area of the country, for programs of training and employment in jobs on public service and private employment projects, for eligible individuals between the ages of 16 to 24 inclusive, and (2) provide special assistance to such eligible individuals who apply for such assistance, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Youth Full Employment Board, to be composed of members appointed by the Secretary who shall include a majority of representatives from labor, civil rights, youth, and women's organizations, chosen from among nominees submitted by such organizations. Directs the Secretary to carry out his functions under this Act in such a way that: (1) within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, the rate of unemployment among youths between the ages of 16 and 24 inclusive, in any political subdivision of any State shall not exceed ten percent of the total labor force in such subdivision; (2) within two years of the date of enactment of this Act, the rate of unemployment among such youths in any political subdivision of any State shall not exceed three precent of the total labor force in such subdivision; and (3) within three years of the date of enactment of this Act, the rate of unemployment among such youths shall be effectively zero throughout the United States. Establishes in the Department of Labor a Youth Job Guarantee Office, to be headed by a Director to be appointed by the Board, through which the Secretary shall carry out the program under this Act, so that any eligible individual who applies for assistance under this Act shall be placed in … | 2025-09-02T18:48:30Z | |
| 94-hr-12776 | 94 | hr | 12776 | A bill to provide for the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals residing in Guam on the basis of Federal service or service in the Armed Forces. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-24 | 1976-04-28 | Rereferred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | W000686 | 0 | Includes as Federal service for purpose of Federal employee unemployment compensation service performed in Guam in the employ of the United States or an instrumentality thereof. Directs the Secretary of Labor to pay unemployment compensation to a Federal employee or former member of the armed forces who files a first claim while residing in Guam in the same amounts, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as would be paid to such individual under the unemployment compensation law of the District of Columbia if such individual's Federal service and Federal wages had been included as employment and wages under such law. | 2024-08-01T19:31:22Z | |
| 94-hr-12727 | 94 | hr | 12727 | A bill to reduce unemployment by providing that unemployment insurance funds may be used pursuant to State laws establishing programs for payments to employers who hire the unemployed. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-23 | 1976-03-23 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | W000780 | 0 | Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that unemployment insurance funds may be used for payments to employers of otherwise unemployed individuals. Requires that each State establish a plan for such payments, which includes specific requirements that the employer will pay the unemployed individual wages comparable to the amount paid to other individuals doing the same work, and that no payment will be made for any position for a period of longer than one year. Stipulates that the State law establishing an approved plan shall require from prospective employers information for qualification purposes. Defines "otherwise unemployed individual" as meaning an individual who, but for his employment, would be eligible to receive compensation under State law. | 2024-08-01T19:31:12Z | |
| 94-hr-12694 | 94 | hr | 12694 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-22 | 1976-03-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38] | CA | D | P000121 | 0 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide special authority for the Opportunities Industrialization Centers in order to create and provide job opportunities for specific unemployed persons who were particularly hard hit by the recent economic recession, and to provide opportunities for industry to create additional jobs for the unemployed in rural and urban communities. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated (OIC) in order to provide comprehensive employment services and jobs for unemployed persons. Requires each such contract to contain provisions assuring that specific requirements are complied with, including requirements that (1) special consideration in providing jobs will be given to unemployed persons who are most severely disadvantaged in terms of the length of time they have been unemployed; (2) due consideration will be given to persons who have participated in manpower training programs for whom unemployment opportunities would be otherwise available, and (3) the program will to the maximum extent feasible contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to employment and occupational advancement. Sets forth special conditions to be met prior to providing financial assistance pursuant to a contract entered into under this Act. Requires the programs to contribute, to the maximum extent feasible, to the occupational development or upward mobility of individual participants. Prohibits the Secretary from providing financial assistance unless he determines that: (1) periodic reports will be submitted to him to measure the effectiveness of the program; (2) there will be no discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs within the program; and (3) the participants in the program will not be employed in the construction, operation, or maintenance of sectarian religious facilities. Authoriz… | 2025-09-02T18:48:25Z | |
| 94-hr-12695 | 94 | hr | 12695 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-22 | 1976-03-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 21 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide special authority for the Opportunities Industrialization Centers in order to create and provide job opportunities for specific unemployed persons who were particularly hard hit by the recent economic recession, and to provide opportunities for industry to create additional jobs for the unemployed in rural and urban communities. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated (OIC) in order to provide comprehensive employment services and jobs for unemployed persons. Requires each such contract to contain provisions assuring that specific requirements are complied with, including requirements that (1) special consideration in providing jobs will be given to unemployed persons who are most severely disadvantaged in terms of the length of time they have been unemployed; (2) due consideration will be given to persons who have participated in manpower training programs for whom unemployment opportunities would be otherwise available, and (3) the program will to the maximum extent feasible contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to employment and occupational advancement. Sets forth special conditions to be met prior to providing financial assistance pursuant to a contract entered into under this Act. Requires the programs to contribute, to the maximum extent feasible, to the occupational development or upward mobility of individual participants. Prohibits the Secretary from providing financial assistance unless he determines that: (1) periodic reports will be submitted to him to measure the effectiveness of the program; (2) there will be no discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs within the program; and (3) the participants in the program will not be employed in the construction, operation, or maintenance of sectarian religious facilities. Authoriz… | 2025-09-02T18:48:25Z | |
| 94-s-3182 | 94 | s | 3182 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide consultation and education to employers. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-18 | 1976-03-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Taft, Robert, Jr. [R-OH] | OH | R | T000010 | 38 | Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to make visits to the work place of any employer, upon the request of the employer, to consult with and advise the employer concerning the obligations of the employer under such Act. Directs the Secretary to give priority to small business and hazardous workplaces. Stipulates that no consultative visit made under this Act may serve as an inspection or investigation as otherwise provided for by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, except: (1) in the case of an employer who fails to eliminate a danger disclosed during such a visit; or (2) if conditions are found during such a visit which indicate the probability that death or serious harm could result to employees therefrom, the Secretary may notify the employer of such conditions and afford him a reasonable time to eliminate such conditions. Prohibits the transmission of information obtained during a consultative visit to representatives of the Secretary engaged in enforcement. Directs the Secretary to establish education programs to inform employers and employees of the hazards in particular industries. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1978 for the purposes of this Act. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-s-3156 | 94 | s | 3156 | Worker Relocation Assistance Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-17 | 1976-03-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Worker Relocation Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, to provide relocation allowances to specified unemployed individuals. Sets forth conditions governing receipt of such assistance, including the requirement that such person: (1) cannot reasonably be expected to secure employment in the commuting area in which that person resides; and (2) has obtained or has had an offer of suitable long-term employment elsewhere. States that such allowance shall be equal to 80 percent of reasonable transportation expenses, up to a maximum payment of $800. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with States to receive applications for and to provide relocation assistance. Sets forth penalties for obtaining payments fraudulently under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:52:15Z | |
| 94-hr-12525 | 94 | hr | 12525 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-15 | 1976-03-15 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Slack, John [D-WV-3] | WV | D | S000473 | 0 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers Job Creation and Training Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide special authority for the Opportunities Industrialization Centers in order to create and provide job opportunities for specific unemployed persons who were particularly hard hit by the recent economic recession, and to provide opportunities for industry to create additional jobs for the unemployed in rural and urban communities. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated (OIC) in order to provide comprehensive employment services and jobs for unemployed persons. Requires each such contract to contain provisions assuring that specific requirements are complied with, including requirements that (1) special consideration in providing jobs will be given to unemployed persons who are most severely disadvantaged in terms of the length of time they have been unemployed; (2) due consideration will be given to persons who have participated in manpower training programs for whom unemployment opportunities would be otherwise available, and (3) the program will to the maximum extent feasible contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to employment and occupational advancement. Sets forth special conditions to be met prior to providing financial assistance pursuant to a contract entered into under this Act. Requires the programs to contribute, to the maximum extent feasible, to the occupational development or upward mobility of individual participants. Prohibits the Secretary from providing financial assistance unless he determines that: (1) periodic reports will be submitted to him to measure the effectiveness of the program; (2) there will be no discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs within the program; and (3) the participants in the program will not be employed in the construction, operation, or maintenance of sectarian religious facilities. Authoriz… | 2025-09-02T18:48:25Z | |
| 94-hr-12369 | 94 | hr | 12369 | A bill to amend the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to exempt contractors of workers engaged in custom cutting or combine operations in connection with the harvesting of grains, sugar beets, dry beans, hay, potatoes and contractors of workers engaged in the shearing of sheep. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-09 | 1976-03-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S000622 | 1 | States that the term "migrant worker" under the Farm Labor Contractor Act of 1963 shall not include any individual whose primary employment is in custom cutting or combine operations in connection with the harvesting of grains, sugar beets, dry beans, hay, potatoes, or in the shearing of sheep. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-12396 | 94 | hr | 12396 | A bill to amend the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to exempt contractors of workers engaged in custom cutting or combine operations in connection with the harvesting of grains. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-09 | 1976-03-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Sebelius, Keith G. [R-KS-1] | KS | R | S000217 | 2 | States that the term "migrant worker" under the Farm Labor Contractor Act of 1963 shall not include any individual whose primary employment is in custom cutting or combine operations in connection with the harvesting of grains. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hconres-573 | 94 | hconres | 573 | Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that negotiations should resume between the Southern Railway and the Chessie System on the one hand and railway labor organizations on the other. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-04 | 1976-03-04 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the negotiations between Southern Railway and Chessie System on one hand and railway labor organizations on the other should be resumed, with the assistance of the Secretaries of Labor and Transportation. | 2024-08-01T19:20:23Z | |
| 94-hconres-574 | 94 | hconres | 574 | Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding northeastern railroads. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-04 | 1976-03-04 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 21 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the negotiations between Southern Railway and Chessie System on one hand and railway labor organizations on the other should be resumed, with the assistance of the Secretaries of Labor and Transportation. | 2024-08-01T19:20:23Z | |
| 94-hconres-575 | 94 | hconres | 575 | Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to continuing negotiations to carry out the recommendations made in the final system plan to preserve railroad competition in the Northeastern United States. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-04 | 1976-03-04 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | S000778 | 2 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the negotiations between Southern Railway and Chessie System on one hand and railway labor organizations on the other should be resumed, with the assistance of the Secretaries of Labor and Transportation. | 2024-08-01T19:20:22Z | |
| 94-hr-12314 | 94 | hr | 12314 | A bill to amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to provide that national and international labor organizations, and intermediate labor organization bodies, shall elect their officers by secret ballot. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-04 | 1976-03-04 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 1 | Provides, under the Labor- Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, that national and international labor organizations, and intermediate labor organization bodies, shall elect their officers by secret ballot. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-sconres-97 | 94 | sconres | 97 | A concurrent resolution urging the resumption of negotiations between certain railroads and railway labor organizations. | Labor and Employment | 1976-03-04 | 1976-03-09 | Measure passed House. | Senate | Sen. Beall, J. Glenn, Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | B000272 | 21 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the negotiations between Southern Railway and Chessie System on one hand and railway labor organizations on the other should be resumed, with the assistance of the Secretaries of Labor and Transportation. | 2024-08-01T19:33:44Z | |
| 94-hr-12139 | 94 | hr | 12139 | A bill to amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to provide that national and international labor organizations, and intermediate labor organization bodies, shall elect their officers by secret ballot. | Labor and Employment | 1976-02-26 | 1976-02-26 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 5 | Provides, under the Labor- Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, that national and international labor organizations, and intermediate labor organization bodies, shall elect their officers by secret ballot. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-s-3034 | 94 | s | 3034 | A bill to amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. | Labor and Employment | 1976-02-25 | 1976-02-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 0 | Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to allow the Secretary of Labor to waive specified regulations regarding State plans for vocational rehabilitation services in order to demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of alternative organizational structures designed to improve delivery of such services. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-hr-11906 | 94 | hr | 11906 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require that employers be given notice of complaints alleging violations of that Act, the identity of the complainant, and the basis for the complaint. | Labor and Employment | 1976-02-17 | 1976-02-17 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ketchum, William M. [R-CA-18] | CA | R | K000153 | 2 | Requires, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, that employers be given notice of complaints alleging violations of that Act, the identity of the complainant, and the basis for the complaint. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-11841 | 94 | hr | 11841 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide for strike votes, direct court appeals in election cases, and to guarantee the right to challenge a union's majority status. | Labor and Employment | 1976-02-10 | 1976-02-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ashbrook, John M. [R-OH-17] | OH | R | A000221 | 0 | States that it shall be an unfair labor practice under the National Labor Relations Act for a labor organization to strike after a majority of the employees in the bargaining unit have voted not to strike in a secret referendum. Provides that any such referendum may be requested by: (1) the labor organization; (2) the employer; or (3) ten percent or more of the members of the bargaining unit. Authorizes direct court appeals to the appropriate United States circuit court of union elections results where the National Labor Relations Board has certified a particular collective bargaining representative as being the exclusive representative of employees in a unit and such Board certification is disputed. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-11799 | 94 | hr | 11799 | A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act to prohibit contractors from replacing certain employees participating in a strike, and for other purpose. | Labor and Employment | 1976-02-09 | 1976-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ryan, Leo J. [D-CA-11] | CA | D | R000558 | 0 | Requires that every public contract under the Davis-Bacon Act shall contain a provision that the contractor must notify the contracting agency when ever a strike occurs involving employees who are engaged in carrying out such contract. Directs the head of the agency involved to terminate any contract if he determines that the contractor has replaced, or attempted to replace, any employee participating in such a strike. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-11800 | 94 | hr | 11800 | A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act to provide for a fact-finding panel to determine the cause of work stoppages, to provide that the Federal Government may, in certain cases, terminate contracts with contractors who are at fault in causing such work stoppages, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1976-02-09 | 1976-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ryan, Leo J. [D-CA-11] | CA | D | R000558 | 0 | Requires that every contract within the scope of the Davis-Bacon Act shall contain a provision requiring that in the case of a work stoppage which is directly related to a labor dispute between the contractor and the employees carrying out the contract, the contractor and the collective bargaining representative shall immediately notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service that the work stoppage has occured. Directs the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to appoint a fact finding panel within two days after receiving such notice. Requires the panel to publish, within five days, its findings on whether the work stoppage is beyond the control of the contractor and was caused without his fault. States that if the panel finds the contractor at fault, the head of the Federal agency which is a party to the contract involved may not make further progress payments on the contract, or exercise any option which would have the effect of increasing the amount payable to the contractor, or the amount of services to be acquired from the contractor, until the dispute is settled. Permits termination of the contract if no collective bargaining agreement is signed within 45 days following the work stoppage. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-11801 | 94 | hr | 11801 | A bill to amend the Service Contract Act of 1965 to provide for a fact-finding panel to determine the cause of work stoppages, to provide that the Federal Government may, in certain cases, terminate contracts with contractors who are at fault in causing such work stoppages, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1976-02-09 | 1976-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ryan, Leo J. [D-CA-11] | CA | D | R000558 | 0 | Requires that every contract within the scope of the Service Contract Act of 1965 shall contain a provision requiring that in the case of a work stoppage which is directly related to a labor dispute between the contractor and the employees carrying out the contract, the contractor and the collective bargaining representative shall immediately notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service that the work stoppage has occured. Directs the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to appoint a fact finding panel within two days after receiving such notice. Requires the panel to publish, within five days, its findings on whether the work stoppage is beyond the control of the contractor and was caused without his fault. States that if the panel finds the contractor at fault, the head of the Federal agency which is a party to the contract involved may not make further progress payments on the contract, or exercise any option which would have the effect of increasing the amount payable to the contractor, or the amount of service to be acquired from the contractor, until the dispute is settled. Permits termination of the contract if no collective bargaining agreement is signed within 45 days following the work stoppage. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-11802 | 94 | hr | 11802 | A bill to amend the Walsh-Healey Act to provide for a fact-finding panel to determine the cause of work stoppages, to provide that the Federal Government may, in certain cases, terminate contracts with contractors who are at fault in causing such work stoppages, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1976-02-09 | 1976-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Ryan, Leo J. [D-CA-11] | CA | D | R000558 | 0 | Requires that every contract within the scope of the Walsh-Healey Act shall contain a provision requiring that in the case of a work stoppage which is directly related to a labor dispute between the contractor and the employees carrying out the contract, the contractor and the collective bargaining representative shall immediately notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service that the work stoppage has occured. Directs the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to appoint a fact finding panel within two days after receiving such notice. Requires the panel to publish, within five days, its findings on whether the work stoppage is beyond the control of the contractor and was caused without his fault. States that if the panel finds the contractor at fault, the head of the Federal agency which is a party to the contract involved may not make further progress payments on the contract, or exercise any option which would have the effect of increasing the amount payable to the contractor, or the amount of services to be acquired from the contractor, until the dispute is settled. Permits termination of the contract if no collective bargaining agreement is signed within 45 days following the work stoppage. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-11803 | 94 | hr | 11803 | A bill to amend the Walsh-Healey Act to prevent contractors from replacing certain employees participating in a strike, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1976-02-09 | 1976-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Ryan, Leo J. [D-CA-11] | CA | D | R000558 | 0 | Requires that every public contract under the Walsh-Healey Act shall contain a provision that the contractor must notify the contracting agency whenever a strike occurs involving employees who are engaged in carrying out such contract. Directs the head of the agency involved to terminate any contract if he determines that the contractor has replaced, or attempted to replace, any employee participating in such a strike. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-11635 | 94 | hr | 11635 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to include agricultural laborers under the provisions of the act. | Labor and Employment | 1976-02-02 | 1976-02-02 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Talcott, Burt L. [R-CA-16] | CA | R | T000022 | 0 | Revises the definition of "employee" under the National Labor Relations Act, to include agricultural laborers. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-11600 | 94 | hr | 11600 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require that employers be given notice of complaints alleging violations of that act, the identity of the complainant, and the basis for the complaint. | Labor and Employment | 1976-01-29 | 1976-01-29 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Ketchum, William M. [R-CA-18] | CA | R | K000153 | 0 | Requires, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, that employers be given notice of complaints alleging violations of that Act, the identity of the complainant, and the basis for the complaint. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-s-2892 | 94 | s | 2892 | A bill to provide for Federal payment of State unemployment compensation benefits which are attributable to services performed by certain employees of State or local governments. | Labor and Employment | 1976-01-28 | 1976-01-28 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 1 | Authorizes the Federal payment of State unemployment compensation benefits which are attributable to public services performed by State or local government employees. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-hr-11482 | 94 | hr | 11482 | A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, to protect the integrity of labor organizations. | Labor and Employment | 1976-01-22 | 1976-01-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Thompson, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-4] | NJ | D | T000200 | 1 | States that it shall not be an unfair labor practice, under the National Labor Relations Act, for an employer engaged in the food processing industry to make an agreement covering employees engaged in such industry with a labor organization because such agreement requires, as a condition of employment, membership in such labor organization. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-s-2816 | 94 | s | 2816 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to the annuities payable under such Act to the widows of retired railroad employees. | Labor and Employment | 1975-12-18 | 1975-12-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Montoya, Joseph M. [D-NM] | NM | D | M000876 | 0 | Provides, under the Railroad Retirement Act, that widows of retired railroad employees who received annuities under such Act shall receive the amount the retired employees were receiving. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-hr-11152 | 94 | hr | 11152 | Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 1975-12-15 | 1975-12-15 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 5 | Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to improve the administration of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and to provide for regulatory procedures related to such administration. 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: (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 a… | 2025-09-02T18:47:44Z | |
| 94-hr-11171 | 94 | hr | 11171 | A bill to provide that States may elect to use area triggers for purposes of emergency unemployment compensation benefits. | Labor and Employment | 1975-12-15 | 1975-12-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Whalen, Charles W., Jr. [R-OH-3] | OH | R | W000317 | 0 | Allows a State to elect to provide for the payment of emergency unemployment compensation benefits on the basis of area "emergency on" or "emergency off" indicators. Directs that any such election shall be irrevocable. Provides that the determination of an individual's eligibility period or additional eligibility period shall be made by reference to the area in which the individual was last employed for at least five work days before the beginning of the benefit year with respect to which he most recently received regular compensation. Defines the term "labor area" to mean any area designated as being a contiguous population center with a population of at least 250,000. | 2024-08-01T19:30:07Z | |
| 94-hr-11094 | 94 | hr | 11094 | Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 1975-12-10 | 1975-12-10 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 23 | Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to improve the administration of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and to provide for regulatory procedures related to such administration. 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: (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 a… | 2025-09-02T18:47:39Z | |
| 94-hr-10897 | 94 | hr | 10897 | Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Amendments | Labor and Employment | 1975-12-01 | 1975-12-01 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Daniels, Dominick V. [D-NJ-14] | NJ | D | D000041 | 1 | Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Amendments - Revises the existing Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act. Adds new provisions, including a statement of congressional findings and purposes, to such Act. Inserts a "general duty" clause requiring each mine operator to furnish miners with employment and a place of employment which are free from hazards that are causing, or are likely to cause, death or injury. Requires the adoption of Federal mine safety standards and provides for promulgation of emergency temporary standards if the newly created Assistant Secretary of Labor for Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety determines that miners are exposed to grave danger from substances determined to be toxic or to cause injury, or from new hazards. Adds provisions allowing affected operators to apply for a variance from the established standards. Offers such operators an opportunity to participate in a hearing on the promulgation of standards. Sets forth instances when the Assistant Secretary may grant a variance. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Assistant Secretary to inspect any mine subject to this Act. Provides that in making inspections and investigations the Assistant Secretary may require the testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. Prohibits advance notice of inspections, providing penalties for violations of such prohibition. Provides for a comprehensive program of miner education in occupational safety and health, including access to information concerning the toxicity of materials to which miners may be exposed. Requires that regulations affecting operators shall be available at each mine. Entitles miners to compensation at a regular rate of pay when a mine is closed pursuant to the Act. Establishes the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Commission, as an independent agency, to appoint hearing examiners (to adjudicate disputes under the Act) and to review the decisions of such examiners. Establishes, in the Department of Labor, an Office of … | 2025-09-02T18:47:39Z | |
| 94-hr-10906 | 94 | hr | 10906 | Emergency Public Service Employment Extension Act | Labor and Employment | 1975-12-01 | 1975-12-01 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 0 | Emergency Public Service Employment Extension Act - Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary for the fiscal years 1976 and 1977 to carry out the emergency jobs programs under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Provides for the allocation of such sums and special conditions for preferred consideration to unemployed persons without alternative sources of income. | 2025-09-02T18:47:39Z | |
| 94-hr-10864 | 94 | hr | 10864 | Emergency Public Service Employment Extension Act | Labor and Employment | 1975-11-20 | 1975-11-20 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 0 | Emergency Public Service Employment Extension Act - Authorizes appropriation of such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 1976 and 1977 to carry out the emergency jobs programs under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. | 2025-09-02T18:47:33Z |
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