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95-hr-14367 95 hr 14367 Inflation Reduction and Jobs Protection Act Labor and Employment 1978-10-14 1978-10-14 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10] GA D B000153 3 Inflation Reduction and Jobs Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to postpone (1) the minimum wage of $2.90 and (2) modification of the formula for determining the amount of wages which an employer is deemed to have paid to a tipped employee from the year beginning January 1, 1979, to the year beginning January 1, 1980. Postpones a subsequent increase in the minimum wage and further modification of such formula by one year. 2025-09-02T17:11:50Z  
95-hr-14387 95 hr 14387 A bill to amend the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to extend the increase in benefits currently applicable to individuals receiving benefits for permanent total disability to individuals receiving benefits for temporary total disability. Labor and Employment 1978-10-14 1978-10-14 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Steers, Newton I., Jr. [R-MD-8] MD R S000844 0 Amends the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to extend the increase in benefits currently applicable to individuals receiving benefits for permanent total disability to individuals receiving benefits for temporary total disability. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-14312 95 hr 14312 A bill to provide that existing regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor with respect to occupational exposure to cotton dust shall cease to be effective and that any future regulations with respect to such exposure shall be subject to congressional disapproval. Labor and Employment 1978-10-12 1978-10-12 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] GA D M000413 0 Provides that certain regulations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration regarding occupational exposure to cotton dust shall cease to be effective after enactment of this Act. Stipulates that any such future regulations regarding such exposure shall be subject to congressional disapproval. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-s-3567 95 s 3567 Small Business Employment Expansion Act Labor and Employment 1978-10-07 1978-10-07 Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 0 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 to exempt employers employing fewer than ten employees from the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 2025-09-02T17:14:36Z  
95-hr-14248 95 hr 14248 Inflation Reduction and Jobs Protection Act Labor and Employment 1978-10-05 1978-10-05 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10] GA D B000153 15 Inflation Reduction and Jobs Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to postpone (1) the minimum wage of $2.90 and (2) modification of the formula for determining the amount of wages which an employer is deemed to have paid to a tipped employee from the year beginning January 1, 1979, to the year beginning January 1, 1980. Postpones a subsequent increase in the minimum wage and further modification of such formula by one year. 2025-09-02T17:11:44Z  
95-hr-14230 95 hr 14230 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to benefits payable to certain individuals who on December 31, 1974, had at least ten years of railroad service and also were fully insured under the Social Security Act. Labor and Employment 1978-10-04 1978-10-04 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Steers, Newton I., Jr. [R-MD-8] MD R S000844 0 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to revise the method of computation of annuities for certain retired employees and their surviving spouses. 2024-08-01T20:07:05Z  
95-hr-14136 95 hr 14136 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that services performed for camps by certain students who generally are not eligible to receive unemployment compensation will not be subject to the Federal unemployment tax. Labor and Employment 1978-09-20 1978-09-20 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Sarasin, Ronald A. [R-CT-5] CT R S000062 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the coverage of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act full-time students who perform services for seasonal camps during fewer than 13 weeks in the calendar year. 2024-08-01T20:07:02Z  
95-hr-14114 95 hr 14114 Inflation Reduction and Jobs Protection Act Labor and Employment 1978-09-19 1978-09-19 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10] GA D B000153 0 Inflation Reduction and Jobs Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to postpone (1) the minimum wage of $2.90 and (2) modification of the formula for determining the amount of wages which an employer is deemed to have paid to a tipped employee from the year beginning January 1, 1979, to the year beginning January 1, 1980. Postpones a subsequent increase in the minimum wage and further modification of such formula by one year. 2025-09-02T17:11:38Z  
95-hr-14123 95 hr 14123 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to the computation of certain annuity amounts. Labor and Employment 1978-09-19 1978-09-19 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] WV D S000778 0 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to the computation of cost-of-living increases in annuities payable under such Act to retired railroad employees, their spouses, and survivors. Sets forth criteria which the Railroad Retirement Board is to use in making its estimates of the liabilities created by such Act with respect to the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Retirement Supplemental Accounts. 2024-08-01T20:07:00Z  
95-hr-14100 95 hr 14100 Training and Employment Act Labor and Employment 1978-09-18 1978-09-18 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] OH R B000910 0 Training and Employment Act - Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish and administer an employment and training program which makes grants to State agencies for distribution to qualifying employers who employ previously unemployed individuals. Specifies priorities for distribution of such grants and formulas for the amounts of the subsidies. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 and $2,100,000,000 for fiscal year 1981. 2025-09-02T17:11:38Z  
95-hr-14068 95 hr 14068 Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments Labor and Employment 1978-09-13 1978-09-13 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Lott, Trent [R-MS-5] MS R L000447 0 Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments - Amends the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to (1) specifically include ship cleaners, lashers, and ship carpenters within the coverage of the Act; (2) specifically exclude certain tasks from the definition of "longshoring operations" which are covered by the Act; (3) delete the requirement that the injury for which compensation is sought have occurred upon the navigable waters of the United States; (4) extend the existing limits on the amount of disability compensation to death compensation; (5) require that injured employees select an attending physician from a panel chosen by the employer rather than any physician as is currently allowed; (6) specify guidelines for the evaluation of physical impairments by physicians; (7) allow a determination of total disability only if the employee is unable to earn any wages in any employment, except for certain specified types of injuries; (8) disallow death benefits for the permanently disabled who die of causes unrelated to the original injury; (9) limit increases in disability compensation tied to wage increases to a maximum of three percent a year; (10) limit the total compensation payable to an employee for an injury to $100,000 except in cases of permanent total disability or death; (11) repeal the statutory presumptions related to claims under the Act; and (12) allow a compensation order to be set aside by a court if not in accordance with law. 2025-09-02T17:11:34Z  
95-hr-14060 95 hr 14060 A bill to provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of General Casimir Pulaski and Americans of Polish descent. Labor and Employment 1978-09-12 1978-09-12 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] OH D M001044 2 Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring General Casimir Pulaski. 2024-08-01T20:06:53Z  
95-hr-13993 95 hr 13993 A bill to amend the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to provide for the use of unemployment rates in the determination of extended benefit periods. Labor and Employment 1978-09-06 1978-09-06 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Lederer, Raymond F. [D-PA-3] PA D L000187 0 Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to change the measure of unemployment from the rate of insured unemployment, as determined by the number of unemployment claims filed, to the unemployment rate, as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the purpose of establishing the beginning of an extended benefit period for receipt of unemployment compensation. 2024-08-01T20:06:56Z  
95-s-3471 95 s 3471 Inflation Reduction and Jobs Protection Act Labor and Employment 1978-08-25 1978-08-25 Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. Senate Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] TX R T000322 7 Inflation Reduction and Jobs Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to postpone: (1) the minimum wage of $2.90; and (2) modification of the formula for determining the amount of wages which an employer is deemed to have paid to a tipped employee from the year beginning January 1, 1979, to the year beginning January 1, 1980. Postpones a subsequent increase in the minimum wage and further modification of such formula by one year. 2025-09-02T17:14:32Z  
95-hr-13935 95 hr 13935 A bill entitled the "Fair Treatment for Skilled Trades Act of 1978". Labor and Employment 1978-08-17 1978-08-17 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Quayle, Dan [R-IN-4] IN R Q000007 0 Amends the National Labor Relations Act with respect to the authority of the National Labor Relations Board to decide that a craft unit is an inappropriate collective bargaining unit to require such a decision to be based upon collective bargaining history or decided in the same manner as the initial establishment of such a unit would be. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-13941 95 hr 13941 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the requirements of such Act with respect to employers shall apply to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Labor and Employment 1978-08-17 1978-08-17 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9] VA R W000121 1 Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to include the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor within the definitions of employer and employee for purposes of coverage under such Act. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-13889 95 hr 13889 A bill to amend the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to provide that labor organizations which provide employment referral services and other similar services to assist migrant workers in obtaining agricultural employment shall be considered to be farm labor contractors for purposes of such Act. Labor and Employment 1978-08-16 1978-08-16 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Goldwater, Barry, Jr. [R-CA-20] CA R G000268 0 Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to designate as 'farm labor contractors' any labor organizations which establish and maintain an employment referral procedure or service which refers, furnishes, assigns, or recruits migrant workers for agricultural employment. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-13839 95 hr 13839 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the reduction of railroad retirement annuities by amounts payable as social security benefits in cases of persons who had at least 10 years of service, and had attained the age of 65 as of the effective date of such Act. Labor and Employment 1978-08-11 1978-08-11 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] MA D M000834 0 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the deduction of railroad retirement annuities by amounts payable as social security benefits for persons who had at least ten years of service and had attained the age of 65 as of the effective date of such Act. 2024-08-01T20:06:43Z  
95-hr-13796 95 hr 13796 A bill to disregard, for purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-08-08 1978-08-08 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] CA D P000047 6 Requires that, until further Congressional action is taken, the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding shall be made in accordance with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975. 2024-08-01T20:06:49Z  
95-hr-13746 95 hr 13746 A bill to provide for the administration of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 without regard to certain Revenue Rulings relating to the definition of the term "employee". Labor and Employment 1978-08-04 1978-08-04 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] CA D P000047 0 Requires that Revenue Rulings issued by the Internal Revenue Service on or after December 1, 1975, relating to the definition of the term "employee" be disregarded in applying the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, and income tax withholding requirements to real estate salespeople. 2024-08-01T20:06:49Z  
95-hr-13734 95 hr 13734 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit restrictions on work rules in locations in which there is hunting, fishing, or shooting sports, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-08-03 1978-08-03 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] GA D M000413 0 Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to stipulate that nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize any regulation designed to restrict hunting, sport fishing, or shooting sports or to establish safety or health standards for work performed in any location which is customarily used for such activities. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-13632 95 hr 13632 A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the minimum wage requirements of that Act inapplicable to employees under the age of 21. Labor and Employment 1978-07-27 1978-07-27 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1] ID R S001138 0 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the minimum wage requirements of that Act inapplicable to employees under the age of 21. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-13604 95 hr 13604 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide spouses' and widows' benefits for certain divorced persons. Labor and Employment 1978-07-26 1978-07-26 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Edwards, Jack [R-AL-1] AL R E000084 1 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to entitle divorced spouses and surviving divorced spouses of railroad employees to an annuity if such an individual was married to the railroad employee for at least ten years before such divorce. 2024-08-01T20:06:35Z  
95-s-3346 95 s 3346 A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt full-time students serving as resident assistants and resident counselors in private nonprofit institutions of higher education from that Act, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-07-26 1978-07-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. Senate Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] CO D H000287 0 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt full-time students serving as resident assistants and resident counselors in a dormitory of an institution of higher education from the provisions of such Act. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
95-hr-13593 95 hr 13593 Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments Labor and Employment 1978-07-25 1978-07-25 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Ruppe, Philip E. [R-MI-11] MI R R000512 0 Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments - Amends the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to (1) specifically include ship cleaners, lashers, and ship carpenters within the coverage of the Act; (2) specifically exclude certain tasks from the definition of "longshoring operations" which are covered by the Act; (3) delete the requirement that the injury for which compensation is sought have occurred upon the navigable waters of the United States; (4) extend the existing limits on the amount of disability compensation to death compensation; (5) require that injured employees select an attending physician from a panel chosen by the employer rather than any physician as is currently allowed; (6) specify guidelines for the evaluation of physical impairments by physicians; (7) allow a determination of total disability only if the employee is unable to earn any wages in any employment, except for certain specified types of injuries; (8) disallow death benefits for the permanently disabled who die of causes unrelated to the original injury; (9) limit increases in disability compensation tied to wage increases to a maximum of three percent a year; (10) limit the total compensation payable to an employee for an injury to $100,000 except in cases of permanent total disability or death; (11) repeal the statutory presumptions related to claims under the Act; and (12) allow a compensation order to be set aside by a court if not in accordance with law. 2025-09-02T17:11:18Z  
95-hr-13556 95 hr 13556 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the requirements of such Act with respect to employers shall apply to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Labor and Employment 1978-07-20 1978-07-20 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9] VA R W000121 11 Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to include the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor within the definitions of employer and employee for purposes of coverage under such Act. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-13466 95 hr 13466 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the reduction of railroad retirement annuities by amounts payable as social security benefits in cases of persons who had current connections with the railroad industry, had at least 5 years of service, and had attained the age of 65 as of the effective date of such Act. Labor and Employment 1978-07-13 1978-07-13 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] PA D Y000014 6 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the deduction of railroad retirement annuities by amounts payable as social security benefits for persons who had current connections with the railroad industry, had at least five years of service, and had attained the age of 65 as of the effective date of such Act. 2024-08-01T20:06:27Z  
95-hr-13438 95 hr 13438 A bill to disregard, for purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-07-12 1978-07-12 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] CA D P000047 17 Requires that, until further Congressional action is taken, the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding shall be made in accordance with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975. 2024-08-01T20:06:32Z  
95-hr-13414 95 hr 13414 Labor Intensive Public Works Act Labor and Employment 1978-07-11 1978-07-11 Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. House Rep. Nedzi, Lucien N. [D-MI-14] MI D N000019 0 Labor Intensive Public Works Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 by adding a new title, "Labor Intensive Public Works." Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, through the Economic Development Administration, to make grants to States and units of local government for the purpose of public works projects on public buildings, including construction, renovation, demolition and energy conservation. Requires at least 50 percent, but not more than 80 percent, of the total costs of each project to be spent on labor, and further requires that at least 50 percent of the persons employed on a project be long-term unemployed as defined in this Act. Directs that grant monies be allocated among the States on the basis of relative unemployment, but provides a set-aside for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages. Sets forth a number of requirements that recipients of grants must adhere to, including making affirmative efforts to recruit apprentices, youths and members of minority groups for employment on projects funded under this Act. 2025-09-02T17:11:09Z  
95-s-3278 95 s 3278 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that service performed by a citizen of the United States as an employee of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission shall constitute employment for purposes of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Labor and Employment 1978-07-11 1978-07-11 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Muskie, Edmund S. [D-ME] ME D M001121 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that service performed by a citizen of the United States as an employee of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission shall constitute employment for purposes of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. 2024-08-01T20:10:48Z  
95-hjres-1039 95 hjres 1039 A resolution requiring improvement and expansion in the collection, analysis, and publication of statistical data relating to women in the professional, technical, and managerial occupations, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-06-28 1978-06-28 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] HI D A000069 5 Directs the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of Labor, to develop methods for better collection and publication of labor force characteristics relating to women in professional, technical, and managerial occupations (including a breakdown in the statistical tables of the Bureau of the Census). 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-13313 95 hr 13313 A bill to disregard, for purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes from common law in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-06-28 1978-06-28 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] CA D P000047 0 Requires that until further Congressional action is taken, the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding shall be made in accordance with Internal Revenue Service audit procedures and regulations in effect December 31, 1975. Prohibits the treatment of any individual as an employee of any employer, if such employer consistently treated the individual, in good faith, as an independent contractor. 2024-08-01T20:06:31Z  
95-hr-13325 95 hr 13325 A bill to disregard, for purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-06-28 1978-06-28 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO-2] CO D W000647 0 Requires that, until further Congressional action is taken, the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding shall be made in accordance with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975. 2024-08-01T20:06:31Z  
95-hr-13296 95 hr 13296 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exempt employers of ten or fewer regular employees, to require the issuance of warnings to employers of twenty-five or fewer regular employees for the first instance violations, and bar the assessment of penalties where fewer than ten violations are cited. Labor and Employment 1978-06-26 1978-06-26 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Skubitz, Joe [R-KS-5] KS R S000472 1 Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to exclude from coverage (1) employers with ten or fewer employees; and (2) employees not employed on a regular basis for 30 or more consecutive days. Requires that a warning rather than a citation be given for a first instance violation, other than a willful or serious violation, to an employer who has not employed more than 25 employees at any time during the 30 days prior to an inspection or investigation. Prohibits the imposition of a civil penalty against an employer for a nonserious violation if (1) such employer has not previously received a citation for the same violation; and (2) the inspection upon which such citation was based resulted in the issuance of citations for ten or or fewer violations of a nonserious nature. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-13267 95 hr 13267 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit restrictions on work rules in locations in which there is hunting, recreational fishing, or recreational sport shooting, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-06-22 1978-06-22 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2] TX D W000570 3 Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to stipulate that nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize any regulation designed to restrict hunting, recreational fishing, or recreational shooting sports or to establish safety or health standards for work performed in any location which is customarily used for such activities. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-13207 95 hr 13207 A bill to disregard, for purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-06-21 1978-06-21 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Edwards, Jack [R-AL-1] AL R E000084 0 Requires that, until further Congressional action is taken, the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding shall be made in accordance with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975. 2024-08-01T20:06:23Z  
95-hr-13073 95 hr 13073 Rehabilitation Amendments Labor and Employment 1978-06-09 1978-06-09 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. O'Brien, George M. [R-IL-17] IL R O000010 11 Rehabilitation Amendments - Amends the formula for allocating funds among the States for basic vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 2025-09-02T17:10:58Z  
95-s-3186 95 s 3186 Labor Intensive Public Works Act Labor and Employment 1978-06-08 1978-06-08 Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV] WV D R000046 0 Labor Intensive Public Works Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 by adding a new title, "Labor Intensive Public Works." Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, through the Economic Development Administration, to make grants to States and units of local government for the purpose of public works projects on public buildings, including construction, renovation, demolition and energy conservation. Requires at least 50 percent, but not more than 80 percent, of the total costs of each project to be spent on labor, and further requires that at least 50 percent of the persons employed on a project be long term unemployed as defined in this Act. Directs that grant monies be allocated among the States on the basis of relative unemployment, but provides a set aside for Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages. Sets forth a number of requirements that recipients of grants must adhere to, including making affirmative efforts to recruit apprentices, youths and members of minority groups for employment on projects funded under this Act. 2025-09-02T17:14:17Z  
95-hr-12989 95 hr 12989 A bill to disregard, for purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-06-06 1978-06-06 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] CA D P000047 11 Requires that, until further Congressional action is taken, the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding shall be made in accordance with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975. 2024-08-01T20:06:13Z  
95-hr-12990 95 hr 12990 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide that certain additional military service shall be deemed part of the years of service of an individual for the computation of certain annuities. Labor and Employment 1978-06-06 1978-06-06 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] KY D P000230 0 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to authorize the use of certain additional military service in the computation of "years of service" for purposes of retirement under such Act. 2024-08-01T20:06:08Z  
95-hr-12993 95 hr 12993 Labor Intensive Public Works Act Labor and Employment 1978-06-06 1978-06-06 Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. House Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] NJ D R000383 3 Labor Intensive Public Works Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 by adding a new title, "Labor Intensive Public Works." Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, through the Economic Development Administration, to make grants to States and units of local government for the purpose of public works projects on public buildings, including construction, renovation, demolition and energy conservation. Requires at least 50 percent, but not more than 80 percent, of the total costs of each project to be spent on labor, and further requires that at least 50 percent of the persons employed on a project be long-term unemployed as defined in this Act. Directs that grant monies be allocated among the States on the basis of relative unemployment, but provides a set aside for Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages. Sets forth a number of requirements that recipients of grants must adhere to, including making affirmative efforts to recruit apprentices, youths and members of minority groups for employment on projects funded under this Act. 2025-09-02T17:10:54Z  
95-hr-12999 95 hr 12999 A bill to disregard, for purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-06-06 1978-06-06 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] GA D B000839 0 Requires that, until further Congressional action is taken, the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding shall be made in accordance with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975. 2024-08-01T20:06:13Z  
95-hr-12903 95 hr 12903 A bill to disregard, for the purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-05-31 1978-05-31 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Harris, Herbert E., II [D-VA-8] VA D H000241 1 Directs the Internal Revenue Service, during the years 1976-1979, not to adopt a position which is inconsistent with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975, in determining whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding. 2024-08-01T20:06:04Z  
95-hr-12853 95 hr 12853 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the requirements of such Act with respect to employers shall apply to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Labor and Employment 1978-05-24 1978-05-24 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9] VA R W000121 0 Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to include the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor within the definitions of employer and employee for purposes of coverage under such Act. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12836 95 hr 12836 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit restrictions on work rules in locations in which there is hunting, fishing, or shooting sports, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-05-23 1978-05-23 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Hansen, George V. [R-ID-2] ID R H000171 0 Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to stipulate that nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize any regulation designed to restrict hunting, sport fishing, or shooting sports or to establish safety or health standards for work performed in any location which is customarily used for such activities. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12810 95 hr 12810 A bill to extend for one year the authorization for the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life, and to allow for the transfer of the functions of the Center within the Federal Government. Labor and Employment 1978-05-22 1978-05-22 Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. House Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36] NY D L000556 0 Amends the National Productivity and Quality of Working Life Act of 1975 to extend the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life through fiscal year 1979. Authorizes the President to transfer the functions, staff and property of the Center to departments and agencies of the Federal Government. 2024-08-01T20:06:00Z  
95-hr-12820 95 hr 12820 A bill to amend the Youth Conservation Corps Act amendments of 1974 to remove the ceiling on the authorization of appropriations. Labor and Employment 1978-05-22 1978-05-22 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] WA D M000626 2 Amends the Youth Conservation Corps Act to change the ceiling on authorizations under such Act to a minimum authorization. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12802 95 hr 12802 Second Careers Act Labor and Employment 1978-05-19 1978-05-19 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] CA D W000215 21 Second Careers Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Expresses the findings of Congress and states the purposes of this Act, including to establish a second careers program to in part redress the pattern of discrimination against workers over 40 and afford them a suitable employment program. Title II: Second Careers Programs - Directs the Secretary of Labor to administer this Act. Requires any program carried out under this Act to include the following: (1) analysis of the local labor force by comparative age factors; (2) activities to familiarize employers in the area with the availability of the workers in the program, and to obtain commitments from on-job-training and work experience sponsors and other employers in the area, to hire second career participants; (3) the formulation of a second career strategy plan by the Secretary of Labor which will include the steps planners intend to take to solve the problems of workers over 40 in the area; (4) the assessment of the skills and experience of a participant in order to formulate realistic career objectives which will enable a participant to compete successfully in the job market; (5) second career counseling; (6) the establishment of second career objectives for program participants; (7) format training agreements between the participant and program manager; (8) the payment by the Secretary of reasonable training costs including training stipends, tuition payments, and payments to on-the-job training sponsors; (9) part-time or flexible-time working hours; and (10) review of work attendance and progress. Requires that program participants be over 40, underemployed, unemployed, or disadvantaged. Lists groups which may qualify as program sponsors. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out this Act. Title III: Institute on Age and Employment - Establishes an Institute on Age and Employment in the Department of Labor to help to utilize middle-age and older workers most effectively in the economy. 2025-09-02T17:10:51Z  
95-hr-12758 95 hr 12758 Unemployment Compensation Cost Equalization Act Labor and Employment 1978-05-17 1978-05-17 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38] CA D P000121 6 Unemployment Compensation Cost Equalization Act - Entitles, under the Social Security Act, states whose rates of insured unemployment is at least six percent to partial reimbursement on an ascending sliding scale of unemployment compensation costs incurred above a certain amount. 2025-09-02T17:10:43Z  
95-hr-12768 95 hr 12768 A bill entitled the "Fair Treatment for Skilled Trades Act of 1978." Labor and Employment 1978-05-17 1978-05-17 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] IL R C000873 0 Amends the National Labor Relations Act with respect to the authority of the National Labor Relations Board to decide that a craft unit is an inappropriate collective bargaining unit to require such a decision to be based upon collective bargaining history or decided in the same manner as the initial establishment of such a unit would be. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12741 95 hr 12741 A bill to provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of General Casimir Pulaski and Americans of Polish descent. Labor and Employment 1978-05-16 1978-05-16 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] OH D M001044 4 Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring General Casimir Pulaski. 2024-08-01T20:06:01Z  
95-hr-12721 95 hr 12721 A bill to disregard, for purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-05-15 1978-05-15 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] CA D P000047 23 Requires that, until further Congressional action is taken, the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding shall be made in accordance with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975. 2024-08-01T20:05:57Z  
95-hr-12707 95 hr 12707 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit restrictions on work rules in locations in which there is hunting, fishing, or shooting sports, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-05-12 1978-05-12 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Stump, Bob [D-AZ-3] AZ D S001044 0 Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to stipulate that nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize any regulation designed to restrict hunting, sport fishing, or shooting sports or to establish safety or health standards for work performed in any location which is customarily used for such activities. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12688 95 hr 12688 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the employment of full-time students under the age of 16 as hand harvest laborers in an agricultural operation. Labor and Employment 1978-05-11 1978-05-11 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. McCormack, Mike [D-WA-4] WA D M000365 1 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the coverage of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act agricultural hand-harvest labor performed by full-time students under the age of 16 years. 2024-08-01T20:05:56Z  
95-s-3060 95 s 3060 National Workers Compensation Standards Act Labor and Employment 1978-05-11 1978-05-11 Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. Senate Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] NJ D W000502 9 National Workers' Compensation Standards Act - Establishes minimum standards for State workers' compensation laws. Provides that the employers in any State in which the laws do not meet the minimum standards shall be required to pay to any employee the difference between the State payments and the payments the Federal standards would require. Authorizes grants to States to assist them in achieving compliance with the minimum standards set forth in this Act. Vests administrative responsibility for these provisions in the Department of Labor. Establishes a National Workers' Compensation Advisory Commission to monitor the progress of the States in meeting the standards established by this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, by rule making proceedings, standards for determining whether diseases arise out of the course of employment and cause death or disability. Requires any such standard to be a minimum standard for State workers' compensation laws for that disease. 2025-09-02T17:14:20Z  
95-hr-12652 95 hr 12652 A bill to amend the Youth Conservation Corps Act amendments of September 3, 1974 to remove the ceiling on the authorization of appropriations. Labor and Employment 1978-05-10 1978-05-10 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] WA D M000626 1 Amends the Youth Conservation Corps Act to change the ceiling on authorizations under such Act to a minimum authorization. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12562 95 hr 12562 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow States to deny unemployment compensation payable to individuals on the basis of services performed as substitute teachers. Labor and Employment 1978-05-04 1978-05-04 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Conable, Barber B., Jr. [R-NY-35] NY R C000666 1 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny compensation under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to substitute teachers who are paid on a per diem basis and are employed for less than 45 days in the applicable base period. 2024-08-01T20:05:48Z  
95-s-3037 95 s 3037 A bill to provide for the administration of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 without regard to certain Revenue Rulings relating to the definition of the term "employee". Labor and Employment 1978-05-04 1978-05-04 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] AZ D D000185 7 Requires that Revenue Rulings issued by the Internal Revenue Service on or after December 1, 1975, relating to the definition of the term "employee" be disregarded in applying the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, and income tax withholding requirements to real estate salespeople. 2024-08-01T20:10:38Z  
95-hr-12526 95 hr 12526 Unemployment Compensation Cost Equalization Act Labor and Employment 1978-05-03 1978-05-03 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38] CA D P000121 0 Unemployment Compensation Cost Equalization Act - Entitles, under the Social Security Act, states whose rates of insured unemployment is at least six percent to partial reimbursement on an ascending sliding scale of unemployment compensation costs incurred above a certain amount. 2025-09-02T17:10:35Z  
95-hr-12451 95 hr 12451 A bill to disregard, for the purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-05-01 1978-05-01 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Harris, Herbert E., II [D-VA-8] VA D H000241 0 Directs the Internal Revenue Service, during the years 1976-1979, not to adopt a position which is inconsistent with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975, in determining whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding. 2024-08-01T20:05:47Z  
95-hr-12453 95 hr 12453 Comprehensive Employment and Training Amendments Labor and Employment 1978-05-01 1978-05-01 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] CA D H000367 11 Comprehensive Employment and Training Amendments - Revises generally the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA). Consolidates the administrative provisions of such Act in a new title. Requires State prime sponsors to allow subareas to assist in the planning and delivery of services within their respective jurisdictions. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to act as a prime sponsor for an area under any of the employment and training programs when there is no other prime sponsor for an area or when services are not being provided to an area due to a complaint about the prime sponsor or disapproved plan. Revises the procedures for a prime sponsor to become eligible for grants. Requires each prime sponsor to submit a comprehensive employment and training plan consisting of a master plan and a single assurance that the prime sponsor will comply with the Act, the regulations, and the comprehensive employment and training plan. Sets forth the information to be included in the plans. Amends provisions regarding review of comprehensive plans and complaints about and sanctions against prime sponsors. Changes the composition and meeting requirements of prime sponsor planning councils and State employment and training councils. Consolidates various assurances presently required to be submitted by prime sponsors and redesignates them as program conditions. Sets out those conditions which are applicable to all programs. Includes among such conditions a requirement that small and minority businesses be given maximum reasonable opportunity to compete for contracts. Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Labor an Office of Audits, Investigations, and Compliance to conduct and supervise audits and investigations relating to CETA programs and activities. Establishes an Office of Management Assistance in the Secretary's Office to provide management assistance to prime expenses. Redefines "unemployed" and "underemployed" for purposes of the Act. Permits institutionalized persons to be designated as "und… 2025-09-02T17:10:38Z  
95-hr-12466 95 hr 12466 A bill to amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to expand the comprehensive systems approach to treatment of spinal cord injuries, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-05-01 1978-05-01 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] PA D W000044 0 Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to extend through fiscal year 1980 the authorization of appropriations for research and training in the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals. Requires a certain portion of such funds to be set aside for spinal cord injury programs. Extends through 1980 the authorization of appropriations for special projects and demonstrations relating to rehabilitation of handicapped individuals and requires a set aside for funding existing and new spinal cord centers. Requires the establishment of no less than five regional comprehensive treatment centers in each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to provide services to individuals with spinal cord injuries. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12415 95 hr 12415 A bill making additional appropriations for the Department of Labor for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 1979. Labor and Employment 1978-04-27 1978-04-27 Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. House Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] WA D D000327 0 Appropriates $500,000,000 to the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, to carry out Title VIII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. 2024-08-01T20:05:43Z  
95-hr-12427 95 hr 12427 A bill to disregard, for purposes of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employees. Labor and Employment 1978-04-27 1978-04-27 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] CA D P000047 2 Requires that, until further Congressional action is taken, the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding shall be made in accordance with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975. 2024-08-01T20:05:49Z  
95-s-3007 95 s 3007 A bill to disregard, for purpose of certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to employees, certain changes since 1975 in the treatment of individuals as employers. Labor and Employment 1978-04-27 1978-04-27 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 15 Directs the Internal Revenue Service not to adopt a position which is inconsistent with previous general audit procedure or regulations in determining whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding until a law amending the definition of "employee" is enacted. 2024-08-01T20:10:30Z  
95-hr-12377 95 hr 12377 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to benefits payable to certain individuals who on December 31, 1974, had at least ten years of railroad service and also were fully insured under the Social Security Act. Labor and Employment 1978-04-26 1978-04-26 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2] TN R D000534 0 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to revise the method of computation of annuities for certain retired employees and their surviving spouses. 2024-08-01T20:05:44Z  
95-hr-12380 95 hr 12380 A bill to amend the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 with respect to an individual's eligibility period for benefits under such Act. Labor and Employment 1978-04-26 1978-09-28 Conference scheduled in Senate. House Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21] CA D C000780 0 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to allow a State to limit the time within which special unemployment benefits under such Act must be collected by an individual to a three year period. Requires such a restriction after January 1, 1981. Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to exclude from the gross income of any individual, for the purpose of determining such individual's net earnings from self-employment, amounts which are received: (1) by any self-employed farmer in a year in which such farmer does not engage in substantial farm activitiy and which are derived from the sale of farm commodities produced in a prior year; and (2) by any individual after age 65 as a renewal commission from a life insurance policy which was sold through such individual's personal efforts in a prior year. Provides that service performed by a citizen of the United States as an employee of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission shall be considered as 'employment' under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. 2024-08-01T20:05:49Z  
95-hr-12357 95 hr 12357 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that certain agricultural labor performed by individuals under the age of 16 will not be subject to the Federal unemployment tax. Labor and Employment 1978-04-25 1978-04-25 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2] OR D U000004 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the coverage of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act agricultural hand-harvest labor performed by full-time students under the age of 16 years, which is remunerated solely on a piece rate basis. 2024-08-01T20:05:49Z  
95-s-2972 95 s 2972 Opportunities Industrialization Centers and Community Based Organizations Services Improvement Act Labor and Employment 1978-04-24 1978-04-24 Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. Senate Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV] WV D R000046 2 Opportunities Industrialization Centers and Community-Based Organizations Services Improvement Act - Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to require prime sponsors and the Secretary of Labor to give special consideration to community-based organizations, such as Opportunities Industrialization Centers, the National Urgan League, and Ser-Jobs for Progress, in carrying out various programs under such Act. 2025-09-02T17:14:11Z  
95-s-2978 95 s 2978 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit restrictions on work rules in locations in which there is hunting, fishing, or shooting sports, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-04-24 1978-04-24 Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. Senate Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] ID R M000346 4 Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to stipulate that nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize any regulations designed to restrict hunting, sport fishing, or shooting sports or to establish safety or health standards for work performed in connection with hunting, sport fishing, or shooting sports in areas customarily used for such activities. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
95-s-2979 95 s 2979 Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and Private Sector Job Creation Welfare Reform Act Labor and Employment 1978-04-24 1978-04-24 Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. Senate Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] MI D R000249 0 Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and Private Sector Job Creation Welfare Reform Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to (1) enter into a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated, for the creation of jobs and the provision of skills training for hard-core unemployed welfare recipients in urban and rural depressed areas, and unemployed persons in depressed areas whose unemployment insurance has expired, and (2) enter into contracts with other national community-based organizations, such as the National Urban League, for the provision of comprehensive employment services to such persons. Directs the head of each agency administering authority under any of specified Acts or programs, including the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, the Housing and Community Development Act, and public works assistance programs, to take steps to assure that consideration will be given to national community-based organizations for the provision of comprehensive employment services and job opportunities to welfare recipients pursuant to those Acts and programs. 2025-09-02T17:14:11Z  
95-hr-12256 95 hr 12256 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to benefits payable to certain individuals who on December 31, 1974, had at least ten years of railroad service and also were fully insured under the Social Security Act. Labor and Employment 1978-04-20 1978-04-20 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Byron, Goodloe E. [D-MD-6] MD D B001221 14 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to revise the method of computation of annuities for certain retired employees and their surviving spouses. 2024-08-01T20:05:35Z  
95-hr-12270 95 hr 12270 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the employment of full-time students under the age of 16 as hand harvest laborers in an agricultural operation. Labor and Employment 1978-04-20 1978-04-20 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. McCormack, Mike [D-WA-4] WA D M000365 8 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the coverage of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act agricultural hand-harvest labor performed by full-time students under the age of 16 years. 2024-08-01T20:05:40Z  
95-hr-12283 95 hr 12283 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit restrictions on work rules in locations in which there is hunting, recreational fishing, or recreational sport shooting, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-04-20 1978-04-20 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2] TX D W000570 1 Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to stipulate that nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize any regulation designed to restrict hunting, recreational fishing, or recreational shooting sports or to establish safety or health standards for work performed in any location which is customarily used for such activities. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12224 95 hr 12224 Federal Construction Costs Reduction Act Labor and Employment 1978-04-19 1978-04-19 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Hagedorn, Thomas M. [R-MN-2] MN R H000012 1 Federal Construction Costs Reduction Act - Raises from $2,000 to $40,000 the dollar value of contracts to which the Davis-Bacon Act (minimum wages on federally-affected construction projects) applies. Directs the Secretary of Labor to increase such threshold level yearly in proportion to the rise in the Consumer Price Index. Makes the Act applicable only to the wages of unskilled laborers. Exempts apprentices, helpers, and trainees from the Act and forbids the Secretary from taking any action which discourages the customary utilization of such persons. Requires the "prevailing wage" (contracts covered by the Act must provide that covered employees are paid at a rate determined by the prevailing wage) to be set at the average wage paid laborers employed on at least three projects similar to the subject project which were carried out in the immediate geographic area during the previous two years. Requires such determination to be made no later than 60 days prior to the opening of invitations for bids for projects covered by the Act. Requires, in lieu of the weekly wage reports presently required by the Act, that in the event there is no evidence that a contractor is violating the Act, such contractor need only submit an affidavit certifying his compliance. States that where evidence of such violation exists, the contractor must submit weekly certified payroll statements and other records required by the Secretary. Establishes a Federal Construction Appeals Board to which any interested party may appeal wage rate determinations or other Labor Department Rules likely to have a substantial effect on future wage rate determinations. 2025-09-02T17:10:30Z  
95-hr-12232 95 hr 12232 A bill to amend the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 with respect to the National Commission on Unemployment Compensation, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-04-19 1978-09-28 Conference scheduled in Senate. House Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21] CA D C000780 1 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 to provide compensation for members of the National Commission on Unemployment Compensation who are not full-time Federal employees. Revises the deadline for the Commission's final and initial interim reports, and requires the Commission to submit an additional interim report. Exempts the Commission from certain provisions of the Federal Reports Act which require clearance from the Office of Management and Budget for information gathering. Provides that any reports the Commission makes to Congress shall be made directly and without clearance from the Office of Management and Budget. Amends the Social Security Act to provide for Federal matching for services to non-AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) families on a permanent basis. Exempts certain States from the requirement of the January 1977, through September 1977, audit of all State child support enforcement programs under Title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of the Social Security Act by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to approve a claim for refund, credit, or adjustment for overpayment of Social Security taxes by the Jefferson County Mental Health Center (Colorado). 2024-08-01T20:05:40Z  
95-hr-12170 95 hr 12170 Unemployment Compensation Cost Equalization Act Labor and Employment 1978-04-18 1978-04-18 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Brodhead, William [D-MI-17] MI D B000862 4 Unemployment Compensation Cost Equalization Act - Entitles, under the Social Security Act, states whose rates of insured unemployment is at least six percent to partial reimbursement on an ascending sliding scale of unemployment compensation costs incurred above a certain amount. 2025-09-02T17:10:27Z  
95-hr-12175 95 hr 12175 A bill to provide special consideration by CETA prime sponsors for Opportunity Industrialization Centers to provide, in cooperation with private industry, new pre-skills training and skills training opportunities, and to other national community-based organizations, to provide comprehensive employment services, to create new training and job opportunities in the private sector. Labor and Employment 1978-04-18 1978-04-18 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Gaydos, Joseph M. [D-PA-20] PA D G000105 0 Opportunity Industrialization Center Pre-Skills and Skills Training and National Community-Based Organizations Private Sector Job Creation and Employment Act - Directs prime sponsors under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to assure special consideration, through contracts including specified obligations, to (1) Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated, for the creation of jobs and the provision of preskills and skills for the hardcore unemployed, unemployed persons in rural and urban areas, and unemployed persons in industries hard hit by the recent recession and (2) other national community-based organizations for the provision of comprehensive employment services to such persons. Directs the head of each agency administering authority under any of specified Acts or programs, including the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, the Housing and Community Development Act, and public works assistance programs, to take steps to assure that consideration will be given to national community-based organizations for the provision of comprehensive employment services and job opportunities to unemployed persons pursuant to those Acts and programs. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12191 95 hr 12191 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the reduction of Railroad Retirement annuities by amounts payable as Social Security benefits in cases of persons who had current connections with the railroad industry, had at least five years of service, and had attained the age of 65 as of the effective date of such Act. Labor and Employment 1978-04-18 1978-04-18 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] PA D Y000014 0 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the deduction of railroad retirement annuities by amounts payable as social security benefits for persons who had current connections with the railroad industry, had at least five years of service, and had attained the age of 65 as of the effective date of such Act. 2024-08-01T20:05:35Z  
95-hr-12195 95 hr 12195 Rehabilitation Amendments Labor and Employment 1978-04-18 1978-04-18 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10] NY D B000432 2 Rehabilitation Amendments - Amends the formula for allocating funds among the States for basic vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 2025-09-02T17:10:30Z  
95-hr-12154 95 hr 12154 A bill to amend the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to clarify the Act's coverage to employees engaged in the manufacture, repair, servicing, or sale of recreational boats. Labor and Employment 1978-04-17 1978-04-17 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Leggett, Robert L. [D-CA-4] CA D L000221 0 Amends the definition of "employee" under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to specify the coverage of such Act with respect to persons engaged in the manufacture, sale, repair, or servicing of recreational or fishing boats. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12130 95 hr 12130 A bill to amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require that rehabilitation counselors hired under State plans approved under such Act have certain minimum qualifications. Labor and Employment 1978-04-13 1978-04-13 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Richmond, Frederick W. [D-NY-14] NY D R000232 0 Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to establish minimum qualification standards for rehabilitation counselors hired pursuant to State plans under such Act. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12133 95 hr 12133 A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit restrictions on work rules in locations in which there is hunting, fishing, or shooting sports, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-04-13 1978-04-13 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Snyder, M. G. (Gene) [R-KY-4] KY R S000669 0 Adds a provision to the Occupational Safety and Health Act stating that nothing in the Act shall be construed to authorize any regulation designed to restrict hunting, fishing, or shooting sports or to establish safety or health standards for work performed in any location which is customarily used for those activities. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-12141 95 hr 12141 A bill to amend the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to clarify the Act's coverage to employees engaged in the manufacture, repair, servicing, or sale of recreational boats. Labor and Employment 1978-04-13 1978-04-13 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] CA D M000725 8 Amends the definition of "employee" under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to specify the coverage of such Act with respect to persons engaged in the manufacture, sale, repair, or servicing of recreational or fishing boats. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-11999 95 hr 11999 Youth Employment Act Labor and Employment 1978-04-11 1978-04-11 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Moorhead, William S. [D-PA-14] PA D M000930 0 Youth Employment Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to (1) provide financial assistance, through the Youth Job Guarantee Office created under this Act, to States, local governments, private organizations, and prime sponsor planning councils established under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 for training and employment programs for eligible youths in jobs on public service and private employment projects, and (2) provide special assistance to those eligible youths who apply for such aid. Makes eligible for programs and assistance under this Act those individuals age 16 to 24, inclusive, who are able and willing to work but who are not employed and who are unable to obtain employment through other means. Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Youth Full Employment Board to assist the Secretary in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to carry out his functions under this Act so as to (1) within one year after the enactment of this Act, reduce the number of unemployed youths in each political subdivision of every State to not more than ten percent of the total labor force in such subdivision; (2) within two years, reduce the number of unemployed youths in each subdivision to not more than three percent of the total labor force; and (3) within three years, reduce the number of unemployed youths to effectively zero. Establishes a Youth Job Guarantee Office within the Department of Labor, with regional offices to be located in each State. Directs the Secretary, through the Office, to do the following in carrying out the assistance programs established under this Act: (1) insure that among projects planned adequate consideration be given to such individuals and groups as face special obstacles in finding and holding useful employment; (2) enter into agreements containing specified assurances with agencies and organizations for public service and private employment projects to be administered by such agency or organization; (3) refer eligi… 2025-09-02T17:10:23Z  
95-hr-11929 95 hr 11929 Federal Construction Costs Reduction Act Labor and Employment 1978-04-06 1978-04-06 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Hagedorn, Thomas M. [R-MN-2] MN R H000012 1 Federal Construction Costs Reduction Act - Raises from $2,000 to $40,000 the dollar value of contracts to which the Davis-Bacon Act (minimum wages on federally-affected construction projects) applies. Directs the Secretary of Labor to increase such threshold level yearly in proportion to the rise in the Consumer Price Index. Makes the Act applicable only to the wages of unskilled laborers. Exempts apprentices, helpers, and trainees from the Act and forbids the Secretary from taking any action which discourages the customary utilization of such persons. Requires the "prevailing wage" (contracts covered by the Act must provide that covered employees are paid at a rate determined by the prevailing wage) to be set at the average wage paid laborers employed on at least three projects similar to the subject project which were carried out in the immediate geographic area during the previous two years. Requires such determination to be made no later than 60 days prior to the opening of invitations for bids for projects covered by the Act. Requires, in lieu of the weekly wage reports presently required by the Act, that in the event there is no evidence that a contractor is violating the Act, such contractor need only submit an affidavit certifying his compliance. States that where evidence of such violation exists, the contractor must submit weekly certified payroll statements and other records required by the Secretary. Establishes a Federal Construction Appeals Board to which any interested party may appeal wage rate determinations or other Labor Department Rules likely to have a substantial effect on future wage rate determinations. 2025-09-02T17:10:16Z  
95-hr-11939 95 hr 11939 Rehabilitation Amendments Labor and Employment 1978-04-06 1978-04-06 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. O'Brien, George M. [R-IL-17] IL R O000010 1 Rehabilitation Amendments - Amends the formula for allocating funds among the States for basic vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 2025-09-02T17:10:16Z  
95-hr-11903 95 hr 11903 Second Careers Act Labor and Employment 1978-04-05 1978-04-05 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] CA D W000215 18 Second Careers Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Expresses the findings of Congress and states the purposes of this Act, including to establish a second careers program to in part redress the pattern of discrimination against workers over 40 and afford them a suitable employment program. Title II: Second Careers Programs - Directs the Secretary of Labor to administer this Act. Requires any program carried out under this Act to include the following: (1) analysis of the local labor force by comparative age factors; (2) activities to familiarize employers in the area with the availability of the workers in the program, and to obtain commitments from on-job-training and work experience sponsors and other employers in the area, to hire second career participants; (3) the formulation of a second career strategy plan by the Secretary of Labor which will include the steps planners intend to take to solve the problems of workers over 40 in the area; (4) the assessment of the skills and experience of a participant in order to formulate realistic career objectives which will enable a participant to compete successfully in the job market; (5) second career counseling; (6) the establishment of second career objectives for program participants; (7) format training agreements between the participant and program manager; (8) the payment by the Secretary of reasonable training costs including training stipends, tuition payments, and payments to on-the-job training sponsors; (9) part-time or flexible-time working hours; and (10) review of work attendance and progress. Requires that program participants be over 40, underemployed, unemployed, or disadvantaged. Lists groups which may qualify as program sponsors. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out this Act. Title III: Institute on Age and Employment - Establishes an Institute on Age and Employment in the Department of Labor to help to utilize middle-age and older workers most effectively in the economy. 2025-09-02T17:10:16Z  
95-hjres-819 95 hjres 819 A resolution requiring improvement and expansion in the collection, analysis, and publication of statistical data relating to women in the professional, technical, and managerial occupations, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-04-04 1978-04-04 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] HI D A000069 19 Directs the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of Labor, to develop methods for better collection and publication of labor force characteristics relating to women in professional, technical, and managerial occupations (including a breakdown in the statistical tables of the Bureau of the Census). 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-11795 95 hr 11795 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that services performed by certain officers of closely-held corporations will not be subject to the Federal unemployment tax. Labor and Employment 1978-04-03 1978-04-03 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Ammerman, Joseph S. [D-PA-23] PA D A000177 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt services by officers of closed corporations wholly owned by themselves or their families from the unemployment tax. 2024-08-01T20:05:20Z  
95-hr-11820 95 hr 11820 A bill to provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of General Casimir Pulaski and Americans of Polish descent. Labor and Employment 1978-04-03 1978-04-03 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] OH D M001044 10 Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring General Casimir Pulaski. 2024-08-01T20:05:16Z  
95-hr-11824 95 hr 11824 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to annuities for widows and widowers of certain railroad employees. Labor and Employment 1978-04-03 1978-04-03 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] FL D P000218 1 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to increase survivors' annuities under such Act to that amount which would have been payable to the deceased railraod employee. 2024-08-01T20:05:14Z  
95-s-2805 95 s 2805 Comprehensive Employment and Training Amendments Labor and Employment 1978-03-23 1978-03-23 Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 1 Comprehensive Employment and Training Amendments - Restructures and generally revises the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. Consolidates most administrative provisions of such Act into a separate title. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, as a first recourse when an area is not being served by a prime sponsor, to designate a public agency to serve. Authorizes the Secretary to directly make payments to public and private entities under this Act in an area not served by a prime sponsor only when no suitable substitute agency is found. Revises requirements for comprehensive prime sponsor plans to limit them to (1) a prime sponsor program plan for all grants made by formula under this Act, (2) annual individual program supplements for nonformula programs in which the prime sponsor desires to participate, and (3) assurances that the prime sponsor will comply with the provisions of the Act, the regulations of the Secretary, and the plan. Stipulates that the prime sponsor program plan shall serve as the basic long-term agreement between the Secretary and the prime sponsor and shall be submitted every three years. Details information to be included in the program plan. Requires each prime sponsor to develop for each participant in a program under this Act an assessment of employment and advancement barriers and to attempt to provide for each former participant a followup assessment and appropriate additional services. Amends procedures for review of comprehensive plans. Requires States seeking financial assistance under the Act to submit a Governor's coordination and special services plan. Specifies conditions applicable to all programs under this Act and those applicable to public service employment programs. Focuses the primary programs under the Act on the easing of structural unemployment through the establishment of separate specified mission objectives and activities for different age groups of socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Includes among the mission objectives relative to yo… 2025-09-02T17:14:03Z  
95-hr-11723 95 hr 11723 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 1978-03-22 1978-03-22 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2] TN R D000534 0 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to stipulate that whenever a retired employee who is receiving a larger annuity under such Act than would be payable to the spouse of such employee, the amount payable to the surviving spouse of such an individual shall be the same amount which would have been payable to the retired employee but for his or her death. 2024-08-01T20:05:14Z  
95-s-2781 95 s 2781 A bill to amend the Federal Unemployment Tax Act so as to exclude from coverage thereunder agricultural hand-harvest labor performed by a full-time student under the age of sixteen (16) years. Labor and Employment 1978-03-22 1978-03-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] WA D J000013 3 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the coverage of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act agricultural hand-harvest labor performed by full-time students under the age of 16 years, except where the State in which such labor is performed provides unemployment compensation for such labor. 2024-08-01T20:10:22Z  
95-hr-11616 95 hr 11616 A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 by inserting a new Title X to establish a senior environmental corps. Labor and Employment 1978-03-16 1978-03-16 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Blouin, Michael [D-IA-2] IA D B000567 0 Adds to Older Americans Act of 1965 a new title, Title X: Senior Environmental Employment Corps. Creates within the United States Environmental Protection Agency the Senior Environmental Employment Corps, in the Office of the Administrator. States that the purpose of the creation of such Corps is to develop useful employment opportunities in envrionmental activities for unemployed and underemployed persons who are 55 years of age or older. Authorizes the Administrator to fund, by means of grants, up to 90 percent of the cost of projects developed under this Act. Directs the Administrator to consult: (1) with State agencies on Aging concerning potential projects; and (2) with relevant Federal agencies in order to achieve optimal coordination with such other programs. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-11633 95 hr 11633 Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act Labor and Employment 1978-03-16 1978-03-16 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1] MI D C000714 2 Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act - Title I: Establishment of Goals and General Economic Policies - Amends the Employment Act of 1946 to declare full employment as a national goal. Declares further that inflation is a national problem requiring improvement of government policies, reform of outmoded government rules, and correction of structural defects in the economy. States that (1) nothing in this Act shall independently authorize production, wage, or price controls and (2) the effort to expand jobs under this Act shall focus on the private sector and shall use subsidized public employment only as a last resort. Directs the President to recommend in each annual Economic Report numerical goals for five years for employment, production, real income, and productivity. Designates as a goal to be achieved within five years of the enactment of this Act three percent unemployment for the civilian labor force age 20 and over and of four percent unemployment for the civilian labor force age 16 and over. Directs that, in reducing unemployment, every effort be made to reduce differences in unemployment rates among teenagers, women, minorities, the elderly and groups in the labor force. Requires inclusion in each Economic Report of priority policies and programs to assure productive nonwasteful jobs. Specifies among such priorities (1) development of energy, transportation, small business and environmental improvement; (2) attention to the needs of rural America; (3) attention to the relationship between Federal policies and urban needs; and (4) improvement of the quality and quantity of health care, education, child care, and housing. Requires that the President's Budget and Economic Report include projections of outlays and receipts which are consistent with the goals of this Act. Directs the Federal Reserve Board to transmit to Congress an independent annual report setting forth its intended policies and the relationship between such policies and short-term goals contained in the Economic Report. Directs th… 2025-09-02T17:10:05Z  
95-hr-11573 95 hr 11573 A bill to amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 with respect to the definition of a handicap. Labor and Employment 1978-03-15 1978-03-15 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] IL R H001022 1 Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to rescind the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate a type of disability as qualifying as a "severe handicap" for purposes of such Act. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
95-hr-11576 95 hr 11576 Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and Private Sector Job Creation Welfare Reform Act Labor and Employment 1978-03-15 1978-03-15 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Myers, Michael O. [D-PA-1] PA D M001132 21 Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and Private Sector Job Creation Welfare Reform Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to (1) enter into a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated, for the creation of jobs and the provision of skills training for hard-core unemployed welfare recipients in urban and rural depressed areas, and unemployed persons in depressed areas whose unemployment insurance has expired, and (2) enter into contracts with other national community-based organizations, such as the National Urban League, for the provision of comprehensive employment services to such persons. Directs the head of each agency administering authority under any of specified Acts or programs, including the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, the Housing and Community Development Act, and public works assistance programs, to take steps to assure that consideration will be given to national community-based organizations for the provision of comprehensive employment services and job opportunities to welfare recipients pursuant to those Acts and programs. 2025-09-02T17:10:05Z  
95-hr-11588 95 hr 11588 A bill to amend chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit union organization in the armed forces, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1978-03-15 1978-03-15 Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Rousselot, John H. [R-CA-26] CA R R000469 2 Makes it unlawful for any individual or entity to solicit to enroll or enroll any member of the armed forces in any labor organization or for any member of the armed forces to join, or encourage others to join any labor organization. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  

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