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| 99-hconres-419 | 99 | hconres | 419 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the continued unemployment of more than 8,000,000 Americans is inhumane and is a dilemma that must be treated as a national priority. | Labor and Employment | 1986-10-18 | 1986-11-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | H000388 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the continued unemployment of more than 8,000,000 Americans is inhumane and is a dilemma that must be treated as a national priority. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-5720 | 99 | hr | 5720 | Omnibus Job Training and Retraining Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-10-16 | 1986-11-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-17] | MI | D | L000263 | 18 | Omnibus Job Training and Retraining Act of 1986 - Title I: Unemployment Compensation and Related Matters - Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act - Subtitle A: Improved Program of Extended Unemployment Compensation - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to revise formulas for determining the amount and number of weeks of extended unemployment compensation for which an individual is eligible. Revises provisions duration periods for purposes of such formulas. Revises formulas for payments to States. Amends the Social Security Act to authorize appropriations for additional transfers to the extended unemployment compensation account. Directs the Secretary of Labor, within 18 months of the date of enactment of this Act, to implement a program of job training and extended benefits. Subtitle B: Worker Adjustment and Retraining - Establishes the Worker Retraining and Adjustment Fund in the Treasury. Provides that amounts in such Fund shall be available, as provided in appropriation Acts, to carry out title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of the Job Training Partnership Act. Provides that revenues for such Fund shall be through imposition of a uniform duty on all imports and through funds received under certain unemployment taxes. Subtitle C: Advance Notice and Adjustment Assistance - Labor Management Notification and Adjustment Assistance Act of 1986 - Prohibits any employer from ordering a plant closing or mass layoff until 90 days after the employer serves written notice of a proposal to issue such an order to: (1) the representative of the affected employees or, if none, to each affected employee; and (2) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Provides for reduction of such notification period if unavoidable business circumstances prevent the employer from withholding such closing or layoff until the end of such period. Amends title III of the Job Training Partnership Act to reserve ten percent of funds under such title to provide assist… | 2025-08-29T16:31:06Z | |
| 99-sconres-169 | 99 | sconres | 169 | A concurrent resolution saluting the tuna man for his contributions to the city of San Diego, the Nation, and the world. | Labor and Employment | 1986-10-15 | 1986-10-15 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA] | CA | R | W000607 | 0 | Salutes the tuna man for his contributions to San Diego, the Nation, and the world. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 99-hconres-410 | 99 | hconres | 410 | A concurrent resolution saluting the tuna man for his contributions to the City of San Diego, the Nation, and the world. | Labor and Employment | 1986-10-14 | 1986-10-14 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Lowery, Bill [R-CA-41] | CA | R | L000479 | 0 | Salutes the tuna man for his contributions to San Diego, the Nation, and the world. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 99-hr-5668 | 99 | hr | 5668 | Pension Restoration Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-10-08 | 1986-11-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] | MO | D | C000488 | 27 | Pension Restoration Act of 1986 - Establishes a Federal annuity program to compensate participants in private pension plans which were terminated before September 1, 1974, for nonforfeitable pension benefits which were lost by reason of the termination. Sets forth entitlements of qualified participants and qualified spouses to such annuities. Makes such entitlements subject to appropriations. Sets forth formulas for computation of such annuities. Sets forth application requirements. Provides for administrative appeals and judicial review of denials of annuities. Sets forth provisions for payment of annuities. Provides for interagency coordination and cooperation. Directs the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. Establishes in the Treasury a Pension Restoration Trust Fund to be used by the Corporation in carrying out its duties to make annuity payments under this Act. Authorizes investment of Trust Fund assets under specified conditions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to the Trust Fund. | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-hr-5644 | 99 | hr | 5644 | A bill to amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to provide that owner-operated mines shall be exempt from certain provisions of such Act, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1986-10-02 | 1986-11-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14] | CA | R | S000393 | 0 | Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act to exempt from the provisions of such Act (except the black lung benefit provisions) a coal or other mine in which no individual is employed who does not have an ownership interest in such mine, and the number of such individuals does not exceed five. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-5645 | 99 | hr | 5645 | Conscientious Employee Act | Labor and Employment | 1986-10-02 | 1986-11-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 0 | Conscientious Employee Act - Makes it unlawful for an employer to take retaliatory action against an employee because the employee: (1) discloses or threatens to disclose an activity, policy, or practice of the employer that the employee reasonably believes evidences violation of a law, rule, or regulation or endangers the health or safety of employees or the general public; (2) provides information to, or testifies before, any public body conducting an investigation, hearing, or inquiry into any violation by the employer; or (3) objects to, or refuses to participate in, any activity, policy, or practice which the employee reasonably believes violates a law, rule, or regulation, endangers public health or safety, or significantly compromises the recognized tenets and ethics of the employee's profession or occupation. Makes it unlawful for an employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or the attempt to exercise any action protected under this Act. Requires notification to a supervisor, except under specified circumstances, for the protection against retaliatory action to be applicable. Provides for enforcement by civil action, including punitive damages and civil penalties. Requires employers to post notice of the pertinent provisions of this Act. | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-hr-5622 | 99 | hr | 5622 | Apprenticeship Improvement Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-09-30 | 1986-11-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 0 | Apprenticeship Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the National Apprenticeship Act (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Labor, in promoting labor standards for the welfare of apprentices, to ensure that no apprenticeship program discriminates in admission or employment against any individual because of age. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain a national information collection system for apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs. Requires the Secretary to assure that, from the amounts appropriated to carry out the Act in each fiscal year, at least one percent shall be available to establish outreach recruitment activities to increase the participation of women and minorities, handicapped individuals, displaced workers, and disadvantaged individuals in the apprenticeship programs authorized under the Act. Establishes the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training in the Department of Labor, under the direction of the Administrator of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. Transfers to the Bureau all functions of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration with respect to the promotion of labor standards of apprenticeship, including research, information, and publications. Transfers to the Bureau all functions related to apprenticeship, including appropriate administrative and program support services, together with necessary personnel and related funds. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint necessary employees for the administration of this Act. Limits the authority to conduct reductions in force within the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the Department of Labor. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within six months after the enactment of this Act on whether the apprenticeship program conducted by the Department of Labor under the Act complies with regulations governing equal opportunity. Requires such report to include: (1) a detailed description of activities carried out by the Department to ensure compliance; (2) a list of compliance reviews undertaken by t… | 2025-08-29T16:31:29Z | |
| 99-hr-5614 | 99 | hr | 5614 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require that wages based on individual productivity be paid to handicapped workers employed under certificates issued by the Secretary of Labor. | Labor and Employment | 1986-09-29 | 1986-10-01 | Other Measure S.2884 Passed House in Lieu. | House | Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] | PA | D | M001088 | 9 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Labor, in order to prevent curtailment of employment opportunities, to provide special certificates for the employment, at less than the minimum wage, of individuals (including those employed in agriculture) whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental deficiency, or injury. Requires that, under such certificates, individuals be paid wages which are: (1) lower than the applicable minimum wage; (2) commensurate with those paid to similarly located and employed nonhandicapped workers; and (3) related to the individual's productivity. Requires employers to assure that they will periodically review and adjust such wages in a specified manner. Sets forth procedures for administrative review of such wages. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-s-2884 | 99 | s | 2884 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, to require that wages based on individual productivity be paid to handicapped workers employed under certificates issued by the Secretary of Labor. | Labor and Employment | 1986-09-27 | 1986-10-16 | Became Public Law No: 99-486. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 13 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Labor, in order to prevent curtailment of employment opportunities, to provide special certificates for the employment, at less than the minimum wage, of individuals (including those employed in agriculture) whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental deficiency, or injury. Requires that, under such certificates, individuals be paid wages which are: (1) lower than the applicable minimum wage; (2) commensurate with those paid to similarly located and employed nonhandicapped workers; and (3) related to the individual's productivity. Requires employers to assure that they will periodically review and adjust such wages in a specified manner. Sets forth procedures for administrative review of such wages. | 2023-01-19T20:05:24Z | |
| 99-hr-5575 | 99 | hr | 5575 | Retirement Health Plan Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-09-23 | 1986-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Rowland, John G. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | R000482 | 5 | Retirement Health Plan Act of 1986 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to provide protection for private retirement health plan benefits. Title I: Reporting and Disclosure Requirements for Retirement Health Plans - Makes specified ERISA disclosure and reporting requirements applicable to retirement health plans. Requires with respect to retirement health plans that: (1) all provisions of the plan be in writing; (2) the rights of participants and beneficiaries under such plan be legally enforceable; and (3) such plan be established with the intention of being maintained for an indefinite period of time. Applies certain pension plan annual reporting requirements to retirement health plans. Makes the exemption from certain reporting and disclosure requirements of employee welfare benefit plans unavailable in the case of retirement health plans. Requires reporting of participant's benefit rights on request in the case of retirement health plans. Allows alternative methods of compliance with disclosure and reporting requirements for retirement health plans. Title II: Vesting Requirements - Sets forth minimum vesting standards for retirement health plans. Provides for a nonforfeitable right to medical benefits under retirement health plans for participants who are retired or eligible for retirement (and for their surviving beneficiaries). Title III: Tax Incentives for Vesting and Full Funding of Retirement Health Plan Benefits - Adds retirement health plan trusts to the list of tax-exempt organizations under the Internal Revenue Code. Provides for a tax credit for full funding of retirement health plans. Provides for approval of a "prescribed percentage" in determining such credit by joint resolution of the Congress. Title IV: Retirement Health Plan Termination Insurance Program - Subtitle A: Basic Provisions - Includes retirement health plans under provisions for plan termination insurance. Revises definitions to reflect such inclusion. Sets forth … | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-hr-5542 | 99 | hr | 5542 | A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to recognize as an exception to applicable anti-alienation and preemption provisions State court judgments, decrees, or orders recognizing or creating in the employer or assigning to the employer a right to an employee's accrued retirement benefit as an equitable remedy under State law for criminal fraud or theft. | Labor and Employment | 1986-09-17 | 1986-09-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-15] | NY | R | G000417 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code to recognize as an exception to applicable anti-alienation and preemption provisions State court judgments, decrees, or orders recognizing or creating in the employer or assigning to the employer a right to an employee's accrued retirement benefit as an equitable remedy under State law for criminal fraud or theft. | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-hjres-728 | 99 | hjres | 728 | A joint resolution to provide for a settlement to the Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute. | Labor and Employment | 1986-09-16 | 1986-09-23 | Other Measure S.J.Res.415 Passed House in Lieu. | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 26 | Provides for a settlement to the Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5519 | 99 | hr | 5519 | Continuation Health Coverage Technical Amendments of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-09-16 | 1986-09-17 | Ordered to be Reported. | House | Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] | MO | D | C000488 | 0 | Continuation Health Coverage Technical Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to make technical amendments relating to continuation of employer-based health insurance coverage. Revises the effect of modifications to plan coverage. Revises the maximum period of continuation coverage. Establishes a grace period for payment of premiums. Provides for termination of continuation coverage upon coverage by another group health plan rather than upon reemployment or remarriage. Entitles each qualified beneficiary to make a separate selection if there is a choice among types of coverage under the plan. Adds a deadline to a certain notice requirement. Revises the definition of group health plan. | 2025-08-29T16:32:39Z | |
| 99-hr-5530 | 99 | hr | 5530 | Employee Drug Testing Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 1986-09-16 | 1986-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10] | NY | D | S000148 | 6 | Employee Drug Testing Protection Act - Prohibits any employer (including the Federal Government) from requiring an employee to undergo a drug test unless: (1) the employer has a reasonable suspicion that the employee uses a controlled substance or designer drug; (2) the employee is or will be engaged in a drug-sensitive occupation; or (3) the employer may do so under a collective bargaining agreement covering the employee. Prohibits an employer from disclosing positive test results before the employee undergoes a confirmatory drug test whose results are also positive. Requires the Secretary of Labor to prepare and distribute notices of the prohibitions against drug testing and to prescribe regulations as necessary to carry out this Act. Sets forth the duties of employers with respect to: (1) notifying employees of protections afforded by this Act; (2) preparing drug test reports; and (3) maintaining, correcting, and disclosing such reports. Sets forth the enforcement powers of the Secretary. Authorizes employees aggrieved by a violation of this Act to obtain relief from the U.S. district courts. Declares that this Act does not apply to members of the armed forces. | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-hr-5531 | 99 | hr | 5531 | A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to establish certain restrictions relating to drug testing by Federal agencies, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1986-09-16 | 1986-09-16 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000022 | 16 | Prohibits an agency from requesting or requiring that an employee submit to a drug test unless at least two individuals having supervisory or oversight authority with respect to such employee concur that: (1) the employee's performance is impaired; and (2) there is reason to believe the impairment is due to the employee's being under the influence of a controlled substance. Declares that an employee having a positive result in a drug test may be requested or required to submit to a confirmatory drug test. Authorizes an agency to take action against any employee who tests out positive in a confirmatory drug test, or who refuses to submit to a confirmatory drug test. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to establish general guidelines to carry out this Act. Authorizes persons aggrieved by a violation of this Act to bring a civil action in the appropriate U.S. district court. Declares that employees subject to collective bargaining agreements shall not be subject to drug tests: (1) if, or to the extent, such tests would violate such agreement; or (2) if drug tests are not covered by such agreement, unless or until there has been consultation in accordance with applicable law. Declares that this Act does not apply to employees of the Central Intelligency or the National Security Agency. Makes this Act applicable to an executive agency, a military department, a court of the United States, the Administrative Office of the United States, the Library of Congress, the Botanic Garden, and the Government Printing Office. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 99-sjres-415 | 99 | sjres | 415 | A joint resolution to provide for a settlement to the Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute. | Labor and Employment | 1986-09-16 | 1986-09-30 | Became Public Law No: 99-431. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 12 | Provides for a settlement to the Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute. | 2023-01-19T20:05:19Z | |
| 99-sres-483 | 99 | sres | 483 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the concerns of Safeway workers should be addressed as an integral part of the takeover plan currently underway. | Labor and Employment | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the concerns of Safeway workers should be addressed, through collective bargaining and otherwise, as an integral part of the takeover plan currently underway with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Company. Declares that the Joint Economic Committee should study the implications of leveraged buyout deals and assess whether restrictions are needed to protect the integrity of the American free enterprise system as well as the rights of workers involved. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hres-535 | 99 | hres | 535 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the concerns of Safeway workers should be addressed as an integral part of the takeover plan currently underway, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1986-08-14 | 1986-09-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] | MO | D | C000488 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the concerns of Safeway workers should be addressed, through collective bargaining and otherwise, as an integral part of the takeover plan currently underway with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Company. Declares that the Joint Economic Committee should study the implications of leveraged buyout deals and assess whether restrictions are needed to protect the integrity of the American free enterprise system as well as the rights of workers involved. | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-hr-5289 | 99 | hr | 5289 | A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide certain rules for application of the withdrawal liability provisions of part 1 of subtitle E of such title. | Labor and Employment | 1986-07-30 | 1986-07-31 | Ordered to be Reported. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide certain special rules for the application of provisions for withdrawal liability in the case of certain employer withdrawals from multiemployer plans. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hjres-683 | 99 | hjres | 683 | A joint resolution to provide for a temporary prohibition of strikes or lockouts with respect to the Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute. | Labor and Employment | 1986-07-24 | 1986-08-21 | Became Public Law No: 99-385. | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 15 | (Measure passed House, amended) Makes specified provisions of the Railway Labor Act applicable for an additional 60-day period so as to extend the temporary prohibition of strikes and lockouts with respect to the Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute. Directs the three-member board appointed by the National Mediation Board to report to the Congress on: (1) the progress of negotiations in such dispute; (2) certain findings of fact; and (3) recommendations for a proposed solution. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-sjres-378 | 99 | sjres | 378 | A joint resolution to provide for a temporary prohibition of strikes or lockouts with respect to the Maine Central Railroad Company Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute. | Labor and Employment | 1986-07-24 | 1986-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 10 | Makes specified provisions of the Railway Labor Act applicable for an additional 60-day period so as to extend the temporary prohibition of strikes and lockouts with respect to the Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute. Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to the Congress on the progress of negotiations in such dispute, with recommendations for a proposed solution. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5185 | 99 | hr | 5185 | Job Training Partnership Amendments of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-07-17 | 1986-08-11 | Other Measure S.2069 (Amended) Passed House in Lieu. | House | Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | H000367 | 5 | (Measure passed House, amended) Job Training Partnership Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (the Act) to revise the definition of "economically disadvantaged" to base determinations under such definition on total family income over a 12-month, rather than six-month, period prior to application. Revises the designation of service delivery areas on the basis of their serving a substantial part of one or more labor market areas. Adds to purposes for which State education grants may be used, the provision of: (1) literacy training to youth and adults; (2) dropout prevention and reenrollment services to youth; and (3) a State-wide school-to-work transition program. Requires that specified portions of such funds be used for such purposes. Establishes an intrastate hold harmless allocation requirement. Allows service delivery areas to use specified funds for summer youth remedial education programs. Allows Governors or service delivery areas to use incentive grant funds to develop and implement a data collection system to track the post-program experience of participants. Permits summer youth programs to be offered in school vacation periods during nonsummer months under specified conditions. Prohibits requiring State matching grants under criteria for receipt of grants from the Secretary of Labor's discretionary funds. Includes under the definition of dislocated workers individuals who were self-employed (including farmers) and who are unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community in which they reside or because of natural disaster. Directs the Secretary to establishes categories of self-employed individuals and of economic conditions and natural disasters. Prohibits State and local taxation of Job Corps operations. Directs the Secretary to take into account both urban and rural areas in developing an annual statistical measure of labor market related economic hardship. Directs the Secretary to develop a means by which statistical data relating to permanent dislocati… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-5111 | 99 | hr | 5111 | A bill to amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to exclude individuals with contagious diseases from the definition of handicapped individuals. | Labor and Employment | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | D000044 | 3 | Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to exclude individuals with contagious diseases from the definition of handicapped individuals for purposes of provisions relating to employment under Federal contracts and nondiscrimination under Federal grants and programs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-5118 | 99 | hr | 5118 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit employees of public agencies to volunteer to perform for such agencies the same type of services for which the employees are employed. | Labor and Employment | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Eckert, Fred J. [R-NY-30] | NY | R | E000033 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from wage and hour coverage under such Act volunteer services performed by public agency employees even if such services are the same type of services for which such employees are employed. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-5123 | 99 | hr | 5123 | Multiemployer Pension Plan Reform Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45] | CA | R | H000981 | 0 | Multiemployer Pension Plan Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require multiemployer pension plan actuaries to assume a specified interest rate in determining the unfunded vested benefits of a multiemployer pension plan for purposes of determining an employer's withdrawal liability under special provisions for multiemployer pension plans under ERISA provisions relating to plan termination insurance. | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-hr-5062 | 99 | hr | 5062 | Dislocated Farmer Training Amendments of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-06-19 | 1986-06-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 26 | Dislocated Farmer Training Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (the Act) to include under the definition of "community-based organizations" locally and regionally based farm, business, and industrial organizations, local rural service organizations, and rural planning and development organizations. Revises the definition of "economically disadvantaged" to base determinations of income eligibility on a 12-month (rather than a six-month) period prior to application. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary), within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations to permit the exclusion of any proceeds of a sale of farm or business assets of a family resulting from a foreclosure, forfeiture, or bankruptcy in determination of income eligibility for programs under the Act. Includes mental health care and counseling among supportive services under the Act. Includes State and local agricultural agencies and social service agencies under the Governor's coordination and special services plan. Requires such plan to provide, where appropriate, for: (1) collecting and disseminating to service delivery areas information on the number of permanent dislocations of farmers and ranchers due to farm and ranch failures; and (2) identifying farm and ranch family members in need of retraining and job search assistance, on a State and local basis. Includes rural areas under designated areas for which certain labor market projections are to be made. Requires inclusion of individuals who are geographically isolated due to rural residence under eligibility provisions for part A (Adult and Youth Programs) of title II (Training Services for the Disadvantaged) of the Act. Prohibits requiring States to match grants from the Secretary's discretionary funds under title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of the Act. Includes as eligible for dislocated worker assistance individuals who were self-employed (including farmers) and who are or will be unemployed as a result … | 2025-08-29T16:30:55Z | |
| 99-hr-5064 | 99 | hr | 5064 | Opportunities for Employment Preparation Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-06-19 | 1986-06-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31] | NY | R | K000086 | 21 | Opportunities for Employment Preparation Act of 1986 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (the Act) to establish a program of targeted assistance for severely economically disadvantaged individuals. Defines "severely economically disadvantaged" as individuals who have received benefits under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) provisions of the Social Security Act for a specified period and who have been unemployed or without city employment for a specified period. Requires the job training program in each service delivery area to establish a feeder system using community based organizations to conduct outreach and provide preemployment services to severely economically disadvantaged individuals. Requires such outreach and feeder system to include: (1) skills assessment; (2) registration with the Bureau of Employment Security; (3) preemployment training, including an eight-week internship with a private or public agency; (4) employment training, including vocational, adult, and community college and other postsecondary programs; and (5) on-the-job and other employment preparation activities available under the Act. Requires preemployment services to include: (1) educational preparation and basic skills development to increase literacy and computational skills; (2) programs to strengthen attitude and motivation for work; (3) guidance and counseling to assist with occupational choices and selection of employment preparation programs; (4) counseling and information and referral for those experiencing personal or family problems; and (5) parenting and home and family living skills, including nutrition and health education, targeted to teenage parents. Requires supportive services, including child care and transportation assistance, to be given to program participants. Provides that program participants will not lose any other Federal benefits because of program participation. Requires State plans to include descriptions of coordination of other programs with such targeted assistance program. | 2025-08-29T16:29:19Z | |
| 99-s-2578 | 99 | s | 2578 | Opportunities for Employment Preparation Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-06-19 | 1986-06-19 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Opportunities for Employment Preparation Act of 1986 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (the Act) to establish a program of targeted assistance for severely economically disadvantaged individuals. Defines "severely economically disadvantaged" as individuals who have received benefits under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) provisions of the Social Security Act for a specified period and who have been unemployed or without city employment for a specified period. Requires the job training program in each service delivery area to establish a feeder system using community based organizations to conduct outreach and provide preemployment services to severely economically disadvantaged individuals. Requires such outreach and feeder system to include: (1) skills assessment; (2) registration with the Bureau of Employment Security; (3) preemployment training, including an eight-week internship with a private or public agency; (4) employment training, including vocational, adult, and community college and other postsecondary programs; and (5) on-the-job and other employment preparation activities available under the Act. Requires preemployment services to include: (1) educational preparation and basic skills development to increase literacy and computational skills; (2) programs to strengthen attitude and motivation for work; (3) guidance and counseling to assist with occupational choice and selection of employment preparation programs; (4) counseling and information and referral for those experiencing personal or family problems; and (5) parenting and home and family living skills, including nutrition and health education, targeted to teenage parents. Requires supportive services, including child care and transportation assistance, to be given to program participants. Provides that program participants will not lose any other Federal benefits because of program participation. Requires State plans to include descriptions of coordination of other programs with such targeted assistance program. | 2025-08-29T16:30:33Z | |
| 99-s-2515 | 99 | s | 2515 | Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-06-05 | 1986-09-08 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] | CT | R | W000253 | 11 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 4021 passed in lieu) Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: General Provisions Amendments - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to ensure that the Rehabilitation Services Administration staff shall: (1) be in sufficient numbers to meet program needs and at levels to attract and maintain the most qualified personnel; and (2) include individuals with training experience in rehabilitation services and with competencies which meet professional standards. Revises the definitions of "evaluation of rehabilitation potential" and "severe handicap." Adds definitions of "employability," "rehabilitation engineering," and "supported employment." Authorizes the Commissioner of Rehabilitative Services (the Commissioner) to: (1) provide monitoring and conduct evaluations; and (2) appoint necessary task forces. Revises provisions for program and project evaluation to: (1) require the use of appropriate methodology and evaluative research designs; and (2) give the Commissioner, rather than the Secretary, responsibility for carrying out such evaluations. Permits up to one-half of one percent of funds appropriated for discretionary grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under the Act to be used to provide non-Federal panels of experts to review applications for such grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. Adds provisions for review of grant or contract applications. Title II: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for grants to States (and Indian tribes) for provision of vocational rehabilitation services and for innovation and expansion of such services. Revises requirements for State plans for vocational rehabilitation services. Requires such plans to: (1) include the results of a comprehensive, State-wide assessment of the rehabilitation needs of all individuals with severe handicaps residing within the State and the State's response… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-2502 | 99 | s | 2502 | A bill entitled the "Workers Freedom of Choice Act". | Labor and Employment | 1986-05-21 | 1986-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] | SD | R | A000009 | 2 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act to eliminate provisions authorizing union security agreements (agreements which require union membership as a condition of employment). | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4850 | 99 | hr | 4850 | A bill to apply the National Labor Relations Act to persons employed in food service activities under the Architect of the Capitol. | Labor and Employment | 1986-05-20 | 1986-06-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Annunzio, Frank [D-IL-11] | IL | D | A000212 | 0 | Applies the National Labor Relations Act to persons employed in food service activities under the Architect of the Capitol. | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-hr-4806 | 99 | hr | 4806 | A bill to amend the Service Contract Act to prohibit discrimination against employees of predecessor employers under such Act, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1986-05-13 | 1986-06-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] | MO | D | C000488 | 0 | Amends the Service Contract Act of 1965 to require the successor government service contractor to give the predecessor contractor's employees the right of first refusal for employment in order of seniority. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-4789 | 99 | hr | 4789 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of that Act employees of public agencies whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by a physical or mental deficiency or injury. | Labor and Employment | 1986-05-08 | 1986-05-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | K000118 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements employees of public agencies whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by a physical or mental deficiency or injury. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-4793 | 99 | hr | 4793 | Occupational Hazard Communication Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-05-08 | 1986-05-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 1 | Occupational Hazard Communication Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to conduct research into improving the means of: (1) surveillance of employees exposed to occupational health hazards; and (2) medical monitoring and treatment of employees exposed to occupational hazards. Requires that such research be conducted primarily through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Directs the Secretary, within six months after enactment of this Act, to amend the hazard communication standard contained in specified Federal regulations in the following ways. Makes such standard applicable, despite specified provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act), to all employers, including manufacturing, mining, construction, and transportation. Requires that employers provide notice and training to current employees concerning health hazards to which employees are exposed in work areas. Requires that employers transmit health hazard notices to former employees. Requires that employee hazard training emphasize the chronic and acute health effects of such hazards so as to promote early detection and treatment. Sets forth protections against employer discrimination against employees who have been notified that they are at risk of any occupational disease. Sets forth provisions for enforcement of hazard communication standards under the Act and under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. | 2025-08-29T16:31:06Z | |
| 99-sconres-136 | 99 | sconres | 136 | A concurrent resolution entitled "Volunteers are the Importance of Volunteerism". | Labor and Employment | 1986-05-05 | 1986-05-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 10 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that volunteer work should be taken into account by employers when hiring and listed on employment application forms. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4719 | 99 | hr | 4719 | Trade Development Investment Act | Labor and Employment | 1986-04-30 | 1986-05-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 1 | Trade Development Investment Act - Sets forth provisions to improve the competitiveness of the United States in international trade by increasing the public investment in education and training. Title I: Trade Development Investment Trust Fund - Subtitle A: Trade Development Investment Trust Fund - Establishes the Trade Development Investment Trust Fund (the Fund). Transfers to the Fund amounts received under an import surcharge established by this Act. Subtitle B: Allocation of Trust Fund - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make allocations from the Fund to carry out specified provisions of this Act for FY 1988 and fiscal years thereafter. Sets forth provisions for ratable reductions and limitations on such allocations. Title II: Investments in Education - Subtitle A: Elementary and Secondary Education - Part I: Vocational Education - Provides for annual transfers from the Fund to the appropriation under provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Act for: (1) adult training, retraining, and employment development; and (2) industry-education partnership for training in high-technology occupations. Part 2: Mathematics, Sciences, Foreign Language, and Computer Literacy - Provides for annual transfers from the Fund to the appropriation under specified provisions of the Education for Economic Security Act relating to mathematics, sciences, foreign language, and computer literacy (through improvement of teachers and instruction in such fields, teacher institutes, and materials development). Part 3: Gifted and Talented Children and Youth - Gifted and Talented Children and Youth Education Act of 1986 - Establishes a Federal gifted and talented education (GTE) program to improve the capability of State and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) and private nonprofit schools to: (1) identify gifted and talented children and youth; and (2) provide those children and youth with appropriate educational opportunities. Directs the Secretary of Education, from specified sums transferred from the Fund under thi… | 2025-08-29T16:31:37Z | |
| 99-s-2374 | 99 | s | 2374 | Dislocated Workers Assistance Amendments Act | Labor and Employment | 1986-04-28 | 1986-04-30 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Dislocated Workers Assistance Amendments Act - Amends title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a separately funded remedial education program for dislocated workers. Authorizes appropriations for remedial education program grants to States for FY 1987 and each succeeding fiscal year. (Provides that other title III funds may not be used for remedial education.) Sets forth annual reporting requirements for States administering title III programs. Provides for technical assistance for States in the implementation of title III programs. | 2025-08-29T16:30:48Z | |
| 99-s-2282 | 99 | s | 2282 | National Advanced Technician Training Act | Labor and Employment | 1986-04-10 | 1986-04-14 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from National Science Foundation, Education Department, Labor Department, Commerce Department, OMB, Defense Department. | Senate | Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL] | FL | R | H000374 | 1 | National Advanced Technician Training Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to carry out a three-year national advanced technician training program under which accredited community and technical colleges, using matching non-Federal funds, will provide training in technical competencies in strategic fields. Requires such program to include emphasis on on-the-job training intermixed with technical occupational training. Requires such program to place special recruiting emphasis on: (1) those who need retraining or upgrading to retain their jobs; (2) those who are unemployed, especially workers dislocated by plant closings and technological change; and (3) those who have recently completed high school or left high school prior to graduation. Requires the Director to establish within the Directorate of Science, Technology, and International Education in the NSF an Office of Applied Technology to: (1) monitor the skills needed in emerging and strategic technical fields; and (2) conduct the grant program authorized by this Act. Requires the Director, in carrying out such program, to: (1) award matching grants on a competitive basis to accredited community and technical colleges which possess the demonstrated ability to provide competency-based occupational training; and (2) work with the Nation's network of community and technical colleges to establish and maintain, at NSF or by contract, a readily accessible inventory of advanced technician training programs which are serving public and private employers and addressing the changing workforce demands of emerging technology. Requires each community or technical college which is awarded such a grant to provide an associate degree training program in designated advanced-technology occupational fields. Sets the maximum grant award at $50,000 per year. Requires the grant program to give special consideration to those associate degree advanced-technician training programs which: (1) include flexibility in scheduling in order to accommodate… | 2025-08-29T16:32:07Z | |
| 99-s-2277 | 99 | s | 2277 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from sections 6, 7, and 12 of that Act individuals of league baseball teams who serve as bat boys and bat girls. | Labor and Employment | 1986-04-09 | 1986-04-14 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department. | Senate | Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] | IN | R | Q000007 | 2 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make minimum wage, overtime, and child labor provisions inapplicable to bat boys or bat girls for league baseball teams under specified conditions. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-s-2278 | 99 | s | 2278 | Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-04-09 | 1986-04-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 4 | Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986 - Title I: General Requirements for Parental and Medical Leave - Entitles employees to parental leave for specified periods in cases involving the birth, adoption, or serious health condition of a child. Entitles employees to temporary medical leave for specified periods in cases involving inability to work because of a serious health condition. Sets forth conditions for certification for such types of leave. Provides that such leave may be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave to cover part of such leave period. Sets forth employment and benefits protections relating to such leave. Provides for administrative enforcement of this title by the Secretary of Labor, as well as enforcement by civil action. Sets forth provisions for injunctive relief, monetary relief, and attorneys' fees. Requires employers to post notice of the pertinent provisions of this title. Title II: Parental Leave and Temporary Medical Leave for Civil Service Employees - Amends specified Federal law to entitle civil service employees to parental leave and temporary medical leave for specified periods. Provides that such leave will be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave for part of such leave. Sets forth protection for job position and health insurance benefits of employees using such leave. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for administration of this title which are consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under title I of this Act. Title III: Commission on Paid Parental and Medical Leave - Establishes the Commission on Paid Parental and Medical Leave. Requires the Commission to report on its study of paid parental and medical leave to the Congress within two years after the Commission first meets. Terminates the Commission within 30 days after its final report. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth the effect of this Act on existing laws and existing employment bene… | 2025-08-29T16:33:15Z | |
| 99-hr-4493 | 99 | hr | 4493 | Minimum Wage Equity Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-25 | 1986-04-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19] | NY | D | B000432 | 2 | Minimum Wage Equity Act of 1986 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for specified annual increases in the minimum wage beginning January 1, 1987. Provides, beginning January 1, 1990, for annual indexing of the minimum wage to 50 percent of the average hourly rate in the private sector. | 2025-08-29T16:30:43Z | |
| 99-hr-4487 | 99 | hr | 4487 | Youth Opportunity Wage Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-21 | 1986-04-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] | KS | R | R000307 | 2 | Youth Opportunity Wage Act of 1986 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit a lower minimum wage for: (1) youths under age 20, for limited periods; and (2) full-time students, for part-time or vacation period work. | 2025-08-29T16:30:59Z | |
| 99-hr-4459 | 99 | hr | 4459 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal its minimum wage and overtime requirements. | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-20 | 1986-04-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | A000217 | 2 | Repeals the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Provides that any reference to such requirements of such Act in any other Federal law shall be of no force and effect on and after the enactment date of this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-4469 | 99 | hr | 4469 | Extended Unemployment Insurance Reform Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-20 | 1986-06-24 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] | OH | D | P000170 | 24 | Extended Unemployment Insurance Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Improved Program of Extended Unemployment Compensation - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to limit the amount of extended compensation payable to an individual to the amount established in an individual's extended compensation account. Increases the limit on the amount established in an individual's extended compensation account. Sets forth the formula for determining the new limit. Limits an individual's eligibility period for extended compensation to the number of weeks equal to the applicable limit for an individual's compensation account. Requires the amount and duration of extended compensation payable under the interstate benefit payment plan to be the same as if the individual were filing the claim in the State which establishes the individual's extended compensation account. Requires that each unemployment benefit duration period shall be a three-month period beginning on the first Sunday of January of each year and the first Sunday of every third month thereafter. Sets forth formulas, based upon each State's insured unemployment rate, for determining whether a benefit duration period shall be an eight-percent, seven-percent, six-percent, five-percent, or four-percent period. Requires that a benefit duration period shall be a "low-unemployment period" if the State's adjusted insured unemployment rate for the first week of such benefit duration period and the immediately preceding 12 weeks was less than four percent. Sets forth an alternative method of determining a benefit duration period based upon the total rate of unemployment. Requires that each State be paid an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the sum of the sharable extended compensation and the sharable regular compensation paid to individuals under State law. Sets forth the applicable percentage for eight-percent, seven-percent, six-percent, five-percent, and four-percent periods. Defines sharable regular compensation. Amends title… | 2025-08-29T16:29:20Z | |
| 99-sjres-302 | 99 | sjres | 302 | A joint resolution to commend Project Equality, Incorporated, participant for twenty years of dedicated service to equal employment opportunity. | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-20 | 1986-03-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 3 | Commends Project Equality, Incorporated, on its 20th anniversary. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 99-hr-4449 | 99 | hr | 4449 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish and carry out a two-year demonstration project in which certain States may utilize a portion of their unemployment compensation accounts in the Federal Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out employment-related service programs designed to improve methods of locating employment opportunities for individuals who are receiving, or who are likely to begin receiving, unemployment compensation. | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-19 | 1986-03-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation. | House | Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | A000226 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Labor to carry out a demonstration project, during FY 1987 through 1989, to allow eligible States to use funds in their accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out programs to improve methods of locating employment opportunities for individuals who are receiving, or who are likely to begin receiving, unemployment compensation. Requires that an eligible State's account have no balance of advances and contain specified amounts above its solvency level. Limits project payments to such amounts (25 percent of the interest earned by the account during the previous fiscal year). Sets forth reporting requirements. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2181 | 99 | s | 2181 | Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-11 | 1986-03-17 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 20 | Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments of 1986 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that in the construction industry two or more business entities engaged in the same or similar work with common ownership or control shall be deemed a single employer. Applies the terms of a collective bargaining agreement regarding employees of such business entities to all other business entities comprising the same single employer within the geographical area covered by the agreement. States that collective bargaining agreements may only be repudiated after the National Labor Relations Board certifies election results in which a majority of the employees select a bargaining representative other than the representative with whom such agreement was made. | 2025-08-29T16:32:53Z | |
| 99-s-2170 | 99 | s | 2170 | Labor Productivity Assistance Act | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-10 | 1986-03-17 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department, Treasury Department, OMB, GAO. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 1 | Labor Productivity Assistance Act - Establishes a program of loans for individuals who are unemployed, underemployed, displaced homemakers, or dislocated workers to upgrade job skills, learn new job skills, better their employment opportunities, and increase overall labor productivity. Establishes in the Treasury a Labor Productivity Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, as Trustee of the Fund, to issue to the Federal Financing Bank notes or other obligations in an amount not to exceed specified total and fiscal year limits. Sets forth requirements for the issuance of obligations and the deposit of proceeds from their sale or redemption. Directs the Trustee (the Secretary of the Treasury) to transfer funds in each fiscal year out of the Fund to the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) in amounts necessary to carry out this Act, subject to the specified limitations. Provides that such transferred funds shall be available for making loans and for payment of administrative expenses under this Act. Directs the Trustee to make such expenditures from the Fund as are necessary for the redemption of notes and obligations issued pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds from the Fund among the States, to the maximum extent possible, on the basis of the allocation set forth under specified provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) relating to the allocation of assistance to dislocated workers. Sets forth individual eligibility requirements for loans under this Act. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations for the certification of eligible individuals identified in a specified manner. Authorizes the Secretary to use the local offices of the U.S. Employment Service in each State or in the private industry councils (PICs) established under JTPA to identify and certify any individual eligible to receive such a loan. Makes an individual eligible to receive such a loan if the individual is at least 25 years old and is: (1) a dislocated worker; (2) a displaced homemaker; … | 2025-08-29T16:30:04Z | |
| 99-s-2148 | 99 | s | 2148 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require that wages based on individual productivity be paid to handicapped workers employed under certificates issued by the Secretary of Labor. | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-06 | 1986-03-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 11 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Labor, in order to prevent curtailment of employment opportunities, to provide special certificates for the employment, at less than the minimum wage, of individuals (including those employed in agriculture) whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental deficiency, or injury. Requires that, under such certificates, individuals be paid wages which are: (1) lower than the applicable minimum wage; (2) commensurate with those paid to similarly located and employed nonhandicapped workers; and (3) related to the individual's productivity. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-4323 | 99 | hr | 4323 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage. | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-05 | 1986-03-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 22 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for annual increases in the minimum wage (five percent annually, plus any changes in the consumer price index), until a certain wage rate is attained (one-half the average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls). | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-4300 | 99 | hr | 4300 | Family and Medical Leave Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-03-04 | 1986-09-18 | Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.552 Reported to House. | House | Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] | MO | D | C000488 | 127 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 99-699 (Part II)) Family and Medical Leave Act of 1986 - Title I: General Requirements for Family Leave and Medical Leave - Makes rights provided under this title inapplicable to employees of any facility of an employer at which fewer than 15 employees are employed if the combined number of employees employed by the employer within 200 miles of the facility is fewer than 15. Entitles employees to family leave for specified periods in cases involving the birth, adoption, or serious health condition of a child or of a dependent parent. Entitles employees to temporary medical leave for specified periods in cases involving inability to work because of a serious health condition. Sets forth conditions for certification for such types of leave. Provides that such leave may be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave to cover part of such leave period. Sets forth employment and benefits protections relating to such leave. Provides for administrative enforcement of this title by the Secretary of Labor, as well as enforcement by civil action. Sets forth provisions for injunctive relief, monetary relief, and attorneys' fees. Requires employers to post notice of the pertinent provisions of this title. Title II: Parental Leave and Temporary Medical Leave for Civil Service Employees - Amends specified Federal law to entitle civil service employees to parental leave and temporary medical leave for specified periods. Provides that such leave will be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave for part of such leave. Sets forth protection for job position and health insurance benefits of employees using such leave. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for administration of this title which are consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under title I of this Act. Title III: Commission on Paid Family and Medical Leave - Establishes … | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-hr-4271 | 99 | hr | 4271 | A bill to require the President to direct the secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a joint report addressing the question of United States Government responsibility for providing benefits and services to individuals who served with certain voluntary organizations in support of the Armed forces in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era. | Labor and Employment | 1986-02-27 | 1986-03-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] | IL | D | E000250 | 0 | Requires the President to direct the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, a joint report addressing the question of Government responsibility for providing benefits and services to individuals who served with certain volunteer organizations in support of U.S. armed forces stationed in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 99-hconres-293 | 99 | hconres | 293 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should pay compensation to civilians working at the Nevada Test Site who lose their jobs due to ratification of a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty and to the State of Nevada for degradation of the land at the test site caused by nuclear weapons tests. | Labor and Employment | 1986-02-26 | 1986-04-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Reid, Harry [D-NV-1] | NV | D | R000146 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) civilians who lose their jobs at the Nevada Test Site due to compliance with a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty should receive Federal compensation for such loss; (2) the President should establish a commission to recommend compensation guidelines and a job retraining program; and (3) the State of Nevada should receive Federal compensation for the degradation of the land at the Nevada Test Site caused by nuclear weapons tests. | 2021-06-30T18:52:18Z | |
| 99-hr-4227 | 99 | hr | 4227 | Minimum Wage Inflation Adjustment Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-02-25 | 1986-03-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | K000259 | 16 | Minimum Wage Inflation Adjustment Act of 1986 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage to not not less than $3.65 an hour in 1987 and not less than $3.95 an hour after 1987. | 2025-08-29T16:30:44Z | |
| 99-hr-4210 | 99 | hr | 4210 | A bill to extend and improve the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. | Labor and Employment | 1986-02-24 | 1986-03-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Bartlett, Steve [R-TX-3] | TX | R | B000204 | 3 | Title I: Amendments to the General Provisions - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the Act) to redefine "severely handicapped individual" and to add a definition of "supported employment" (competitive work in integrated work settings for individuals with severe handicaps who need intensive, on-going, post-employment support services to perform such work). Revises provisions of the Act to include references to supported employment. Provides that rehabilitation goals for severely handicapped individuals under the Act may include supported, homebound, or part-time employment. Requires the annual report to include an evaluation of the status of individuals with severe handicaps participating in programs under the Act. Title II: Amendments Related to Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Requires State plans under the Act to contain the plans, policies, and methods to be followed to assist in the transition from education to employment related activities. Requires the State agency to provide a justification for the order to be followed in selecting individuals to whom vocational rehabilitation services will be provided. Includes community mental health programs among the entities with whom State vocational rehabilitation agencies may enter into cooperative agreements. Requires that the goals of the individualized written rehabilitation program be based on an assessment determined through an evaluation of rehabilitation potential. Includes under the scope of vocational rehabilitation services for individuals under the Act an evaluation by personnel skilled in rehabilitation technology. Title III: Amendments Related to Research and Training - Includes dissemination of the results of their research under the functions of Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers. Redesignates the National Institute of Handicapped Research as the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation. Title IV: Amendments Related to Services for Independent Living - Includes developmentally disabled individuals as eligible for serv… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hconres-291 | 99 | hconres | 291 | A concurrent resolution entitled: Volunteers are the importance of volunteerism. | Labor and Employment | 1986-02-20 | 1986-03-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | H000367 | 42 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that volunteer work should be taken into account by employers when hiring and listed on employment application forms. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-4209 | 99 | hr | 4209 | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration concerning inspections of storage facilities where certain explosive materials are stored. | Labor and Employment | 1986-02-20 | 1986-03-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Synar, Mike [D-OK-2] | OK | D | S001139 | 2 | Amends Federal law to authorize the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to inspect Class B explosives (fireworks) storage facilities. (Currently OSHA has manufacturing facility inspection authority.) | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-s-2069 | 99 | s | 2069 | Job Training Partnership Act Amendments of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-02-07 | 1986-10-16 | Became Public Law No: 99-496. | Senate | Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] | IN | R | Q000007 | 2 | (Senate agreed to House amendment with an amendment) Job Training Partnership Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (the Act) to permit local governments to jointly apply for designation as a service delivery area (SDA) to serve one or more labor market areas (rather than a single labor market area). Adds to purposes for which State education grants may be used the provision of: (1) literacy training to youth and adults; (2) dropout prevention and reenrollment services to youth; and (3) a State-wide school-to-work transition program. Requires that specified portions of such funds be used for such purposes. Authorizes the President to make annual awards for outstanding business involvement in job training partnership programs, as well as awards for model programs which demonstrate effectiveness in addressing the job training needs of groups of individuals with multiple barriers to employment. Establishes an intrastate hold harmless allocation requirement. Allows Governors or service delivery areas to use incentive grant funds to develop and implement a data collection system to track the post-program experience of participants. Defines "eligible youth," for purposes of authorizing job training services to disadvantaged youth under the Act, to include 14- and 15-year old individuals. Requires SDAs to: (1) assess the reading and mathematics skill levels of eligible participants in summer youth employment and training programs; (2) expend funds for basic and remedial education as described in the job training plan; and (3) establish written program goals and objectives to evaluate the effectiveness of summer youth employment and training programs. Permits summer youth programs to be offered in school vacation periods during nonsummer months under specified conditions. Prohibits requiring State matching grants under criteria for receipt of grants from the Secretary of Labor's discretionary funds. Includes under the definition of dislocated workers individuals who were self-employed (inclu… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-4154 | 99 | hr | 4154 | Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-02-06 | 1986-10-31 | Became Public Law No: 99-592. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18] | FL | D | P000218 | 68 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to remove the existing 70-year upper age limit of the class to which the discrimination prohibitions apply, thus extending coverage to all individuals who are at least 40 years of age. Removes the 69-year upper age limit for group health plan coverage. Allows any State or local government or any interstate agency to refuse to hire or to discharge any individual because of age if such action is taken with respect to the employment of an individual as a firefighter or law enforcement officer. Defines "firefighter" and "law enforcement officer" for the purpose of such Act. Repeals this provision on December 31, 1993. Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to conduct a study to determine whether physical and mental fitness tests are valid measurements of the ability and competence of police officers and fire-fighters. Requires the Secretary to submit the results of such study, along with recommendations, to the Congress. Permits the compulsory retirement of tenured faculty who have attained 70 years of age. Repeals this provision on December 31, 1993. Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to study the potential consequences of eliminating mandatory retirement on institutions of higher education. Delays the effect of this Act for employees under a collective bargaining contract until January 1, 1990, or the termination of such contract, if earlier. Provides that the amendments made with respect to firefighters and law enforcement officers shall not apply with respect to any cause of action arising under such Act as in effect before January 1, 1987. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-s-2050 | 99 | s | 2050 | High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-02-05 | 1986-05-15 | Subcommittee on Labor. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 19 | High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act of 1986 - Establishes a Risk Assessment Board, within the Department of Health and Human Services, to: (1) review scientific reports on the incidence of disease associated with employment; (2) report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) on the state of current research on such diseases; and (3) designate, from such review, employee populations at risk of disease associated with hazardous occupational exposures. Sets forth factors which the Board must consider in identifying such populations at risk. Directs the Board, within ten days of making a finding that a class or category of workers is a population at risk (30 percent greater incidence of disease than a comparable worker population not exposed to the hazardous occupational exposure), to recommend to the Secretary that individuals within such populations be notified. Prohibits the Board from considering economic feasibility in making such determinations. Gives priority for Board review to those employee populations exposed to hazardous occupational exposures for which there exists a permanent standard under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Requires the Board to transmit to the Secretary its findings and recommendations on at least five of these employee populations within one year after the effective date of this Act. Requires the Board to provide interested persons with notice and opportunity to submit their views to the Board before making its findings and recommendations. Directs the Secretary to determine whether a class or category of employees is a population at risk based on the Board's findings and recommendations unless the Secretary concluded that: (1) the Board's procedures for notifying interested persons are not met; or (2) to do so will endanger the health or safety of a class or category of employees. Directs the Secretary, upon determination that a given class or category of employees is a population at risk of disease, to notify each in… | 2025-08-29T16:32:54Z | |
| 99-hr-4115 | 99 | hr | 4115 | Job Training Partnership Act Amendments of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-02-04 | 1986-02-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 7 | Job Training Partnership Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to allow gubernatorial approval of service delivery area consortiums serving more than one labor market area. Allows redesignation of service delivery areas more often than every two years in order to prevent such areas from receiving reduced allocations. Requires job training plans, in addition to their current contents, to contain requirements for: (1) coordination with specified adult and vocational educational programs; (2) descriptions of arrangements with local educational agencies (LEAs) for attendance and performance standards for youth eudcational programs and for flexible class schedules; and (3) descriptions of arrangements with private nonprofit organizations for attendance and performance standards for alternative youth educational programs. Requires that after June 30, 1986, no service delivery area within a State shall be allocated less than 90 percent of its average allocation for the two years after the program year for which an eligibility determination is made. Requires a ratable reduction in the amount each area is allocated if the amount appropriated is not sufficient to provide 90 percent. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from establishing a requirement that States have to match the assistance provided to them for dislocated workers under the Act. Requires the administration and monitoring of Native American employment and training programs to be conducted within one unit of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor. | 2025-08-29T16:29:51Z | |
| 99-hr-4071 | 99 | hr | 4071 | A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the COLA offset provisions, and restore amounts offset under those provisions after January 1984. | Labor and Employment | 1986-01-29 | 1986-02-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Kolter, Joseph P. [D-PA-4] | PA | D | K000307 | 0 | Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to reduce to 3.5 percent (currently, five percent) the portion of a railroad employee's annuity subject to reduction to offset cost-of-living increases under the Social Security Act. Applies such reduction to annuity adjustments made after January 1984. Directs the Railroad Retirement Board to readjust annuity amounts payable after January 1984 to comply with this Act. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-4054 | 99 | hr | 4054 | Summer Youth Employment, Training, and Education Act of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-01-23 | 1986-02-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 95 | Summer Youth Employment, Training, and Education Act of 1986 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to require the addition of an education component to the summer youth employment and training programs under part B of title II (Training Services for the Disadvantaged) of JTPA. Requires that each service delivery area (SDA) be allotted an amount equal to at least 90 percent of the amount available to such area for the summer youth program in the preceding fiscal year. Requires ratable reductions in the allocation to each SDA if appropriations are not sufficient to provide such amount to each SDA. Requires that allotments to States and allocations to SDAs be: (1) made in accordance with provisions for prompt allocation of funds; and (2) available for planning purposes before the beginning of the summer months for which allotted and allocated. Requires that summer youth program funds be used so that participants spend a portion of their time on individualized, self-paced, remedial and basic academic and functional competency development and achieve specified types of performance standards established and developed in each SDA. Requires that the portion of a participant's time spent on such competency development be in addition to, and not in place of, regular employment under the summer youth program. Prohibits summer youth program funds from being used to provide employment to any individual who fails to comply with attendance standards established by the SDA with respect to such education components. Prohibits summer youth program funds from being used to compensate or reward participants for attendance at such education components, except under specified provisions which require that a portion of matching funds be used to provide bonuses to participants for achievement of academic and functional competence. Specifies that planning for summer youth programs does not have to be conducted during the summer months. Sets forth matching fund requirements for summer youth programs. Requires each private ind… | 2025-08-29T16:30:43Z | |
| 99-hr-4029 | 99 | hr | 4029 | A bill to establish an occupational health and safety standard on field sanitation with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations. | Labor and Employment | 1986-01-22 | 1986-04-16 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Gaydos, Joseph M. [D-PA-20] | PA | D | G000105 | 45 | Establishes a field sanitation occupational health and safety standard with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations in the field. Provides that such standard shall be deemed to be an occupational health and safety standard promulgated, enforceable, and subject to penalties for violations under specified provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Prohibits modification, revocation, or challenge of such standard under specified provisions of OSHA. Provides that this Act shall not preempt any State occupational health and safety standard, or any provision thereof, which is more effective in providing sanitized potable drinking water and toilet and handwashing facilities for agricultural employees than the standard established under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to submit to the Congress a plan for inspecting agricultural establishments and to report within two years of the effective date of this Act on inspections made pursuant to this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-4021 | 99 | hr | 4021 | Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 | Labor and Employment | 1986-01-21 | 1986-10-21 | Became Public Law No: 99-506. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 6 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 99-955) Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the Act) to revise and extend provisions under the Act. Title I: Amendments to the General Provisions - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to ensure that the Rehabilitation Services Administration staff shall: (1) be in sufficient numbers to meet program needs and at levels to attract and maintain the most qualified personnel; and (2) include individuals with training experience in rehabilitation services and with competencies which meet professional standards. Requires that the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (the Commissioner) have substantial experience in rehabilitation and rehabilitation program management. Revises the formula for the Federal share under the Act. Revises the definitions of "evaluation of rehabilitation potential" and "severe handicap." Adds defintions of "employability," "rehabilitation engineering," and "supported employment." Replaces the phrase "handicapped individual" with the phrase "individual with handicaps." Redefines "individual with severe handicaps." Includes Indian tribal organizations under the term "public or nonprofit agency or organization." Authorizes the Commissioner to: (1) provide monitoring and conduct evaluations; and (2) appoint necessary task forces. Requires that the Commissioner's reports to the President and the Congress include statistical data on the activities and staffing of a certain information clearinghouse. Requires that the annual report include an evaluation of the status of individuals with severe handicaps participating in programs under this Act. Requires that the Secretary's annually published summaries of program and project evaluations include the standards used for such evaluations. Revises provisions for program and project evaluation to: (1) require the use of appropriate methodology and evaluative research designs; and (2)… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-s-1968 | 99 | s | 1968 | Railroad Unemployment Insurance Amendments of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-12-18 | 1986-04-15 | By Senator Hatch from Committee on Labor and Human Resources filed written report. Report No. 99-281. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Railroad Unemployment Insurance Amendments of 1985 - Title I: Financing Provisions - Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (the Act) to revise provisions relating to: the compensation base under such Act; employer contributions and experience rating; the railroad unemployment insurance account; and the railroad unemployment insurance administration account. Title II: Benefit Adjustments - Revises provisions relating to days and amounts of benefits under the Act. Sets forth a definition of "qualified employee" under the Act. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises provisions relating to claims, appeals, judicial review, and disclosure under this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:30:05Z | |
| 99-s-1984 | 99 | s | 1984 | Multiemployer Pension Plan Reform Act of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-12-18 | 1985-12-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 1 | Multiemployer Pension Plan Reform Act of 1985 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require multiemployer pension plan actuaries to assume a specified interest rate in determining the unfunded vested benefits of a multiemployer pension plan for purposes of determining an employer's withdrawal liability under special provisions for multiemployer pension plans under ERISA provisions relating to plan termination insurance. | 2025-08-29T16:30:48Z | |
| 99-s-1928 | 99 | s | 1928 | A bill to require the President to direct the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to submit to the appropriate Committees of the Congress a joint report addressing the question of the United States Government responsibility for providing benefits and services to individuals who served with certain voluntary organizations in support of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era. | Labor and Employment | 1985-12-12 | 1986-04-11 | Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from CBO. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Requires the President to direct the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, a joint report addressing the question of Government responsibility for providing benefits and services to individuals who served with certain volunteer organizations in support of U.S. armed forces stationed in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 99-hr-3916 | 99 | hr | 3916 | Polygraph Reform Act of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-12-11 | 1986-01-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | Y000031 | 24 | Polygraph Reform Act of 1985 - Declares that no employer may take any action affecting the employment status of an employee or prospective employee if such action is based on the results of a polygraph examination that was not administered in accordance with the standards established by this Act. Lists areas of questioning into which polygraph examiners may not inquire. Lists the rights of the polygraph examinee, including the right to terminate the questioning at any time. Lists the qualification standards for polygraph examiners. Requires any State or local government agency wishing to develop and enforce standards for the use of polygraphs to submit such plans to the Secretary of Labor for certification. Provides that no person may conduct a polygraph examination unless such person is certified by the Secretary. Provides certain limitations for the disclosure of information obtained during a polygraph examination. States that the rights and procedures established by this Act may not be waived. Provides civil penalties for violations of this Act. Allows a person who is given a polygraph examination in violation of this Act to bring a civil suit against the polygraph examiner. Sets the maximum fine for such violations. | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-hr-3787 | 99 | hr | 3787 | A bill to amend the Federal Unemployment Tax Act with respect to Indian tribal governments. | Labor and Employment | 1985-11-19 | 1985-11-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation. | House | Rep. Strang, Michael L. [R-CO-3] | CO | R | S000991 | 5 | Amends the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) to authorize States to enter into agreements with Indian tribal governments to cover the services performed for the tribal governments under State laws approved under specified FUTA provisions. Requires such agreements to provide that such compensation be payable under such State law on the basis of services performed for the Indian tribal government in the same amount and with the same terms and conditions as compensation payable on the basis of other service subject to such law. Requires such agreements to permit the tribal government to elect to pay (in lieu of contributions otherwise required under such State law) into the State unemployment fund amounts equal to the compensation attributable under the State law to such service. Allows such agreements to also provide safeguards to ensure that the tribal government so electing will make the payments required under such elections. Permits the tribal government making such a payment to take a credit equal to the maximum amount that may be credited against such tax by a taxpayer in such State for wages paid in the calendar year for which the payment is made. Prohibits assessment of FUTA taxes on any Indian tribe not covered by a State unemployment compensation program. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-3789 | 99 | hr | 3789 | A bill to amend the Job Training Partnership Act to qualify displaced farmers for the dislocated worker program under title III of such Act. | Labor and Employment | 1985-11-19 | 1985-12-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Wylie, Chalmers P. [R-OH-15] | OH | R | W000781 | 0 | Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to qualify displaced farmers for the dislocated worker program under title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of such Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-s-1856 | 99 | s | 1856 | A bill to amend the Federal Unemployment Tax Act with respect to Indian tribal employees. | Labor and Employment | 1985-11-19 | 1985-11-21 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department. | Senate | Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] | CO | R | A000219 | 1 | Amends the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) to authorize States to enter into agreements with Indian tribal governments to cover the services performed for the tribal governments under State laws approved under specified FUTA provisions. Requires such agreements to provide that such compensation be payable under such State law on the basis of services performed for the Indian tribal government in the same amount and with the same terms and conditions as compensation payable on the basis of other service subject to such law. Requires such agreements to permit the tribal government to elect to pay (in lieu of contributions otherwise required under such State law) into the State unemployment fund amounts equal to the compensation attributable under the State law to such service. Allows such agreements to also provide safeguards to ensure that the tribal government so electing will make the payments required under such elections. Permits the tribal government making such a payment to take a credit equal to the maximum amount that may be credited against such tax by a taxpayer in such State for wages paid in the calendar year for which the payment is made. Prohibits assessment of FUTA taxes on any Indian tribe not covered by a State unemployment compensation program. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-3748 | 99 | hr | 3748 | A bill to establish a sanitation occupational health and safety standard with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations in the field. | Labor and Employment | 1985-11-13 | 1985-12-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 67 | Establishes a field sanitation occupational health and safety standard with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations in the field. Provides that such standard shall be deemed to be an occupational health and safety standard promulgated, enforceable, and subject to penalties for violations under specified provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Prohibits modification, revocation, or challenge of such standard under specified provisions of OSHA. Provides that this Act shall not preempt any State occupational health and safety standard, or any provision thereof, which is more effective in providing sanitized potable drinking water and toilet and handwashing facilities for agricultural employees than the standard established under this Act. Specifies that such more effective State standards need not encompass other standards. Provides that, should there be any statutory restrictions on OSHA's ability to regulate certain agricultural employers, the States are not preempted from developing and enforcing field sanitation standards to apply to such employers. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3674 | 99 | hr | 3674 | A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that, in the case of participants meeting certain minimum requirements as of the date of termination of the plan, early retirement pension benefits under the plan shall be guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and shall commence no later than as specified in applicable plan provisions. | Labor and Employment | 1985-11-01 | 1985-11-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3] | IA | R | E000259 | 0 | Amends title IV (Plan Termination Insurance) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to revise provisions for guarantee of early retirement benefits under single-employer plans by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Provides that such nonforfeitable benefits shall be guaranteed by the Corporation only if, on the plan's termination date, the participant: (1) is an employee of the plan sponsor; (2) has 15 or more years of service credited under the plan; and (3) meets plan requirements for such early retirement benefit (other than attainment of a minimum age and application for such benefit). | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-s-1815 | 99 | s | 1815 | Polygraph Protection Act of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-31 | 1986-09-17 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 918. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 7 | Polygraph Protection Act of 1985 - Prohibits any employer from using any lie detector test or examination in the work place, for both pre-employment testing and testing in the course of employment. Requires the Secretary of Labor to prepare and have printed notices setting forth this prohibition. Requires employers to post these notices. Provides for remedies for violations of this Act as found in the Fair Labor Standards Act. Exempts the following individuals from provisions of this Act: (1) Federal, State, and local employees; and (2) personnel of contractors of the Department of Defense with access to classified information | 2025-08-29T16:30:56Z | |
| 99-hr-3594 | 99 | hr | 3594 | Retirement Income Policy Act of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-22 | 1986-02-25 | Executive Comment Requested from Labor, IRS, Treasury, Pension Guaranty Corp. | House | Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] | MO | D | C000488 | 15 | Retirement Income Policy Act of 1985 - Sets forth national retirement income policy goals. Title I: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Subtitle A: Participation Requirements - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to add definitions which distinguish between "retirement plans" and "nonretirement savings plans." Defines a retirement plan as a pension plan which meets the retirement income requirements established by this Act. Defines a nonretirement savings plan as any pension plan which is not a retirement plan as defined in this Act. Prohibits conversion of a retirement plan to a nonretirement savings plan. Sets forth retirement income requirements for retirement plans. Permits retirement plans to distribute the accrued benefits to the participant upon the participant's disability or death or separation from service, under certain conditions. Prohibits such distribution upon separation from service unless: (1) the participant is at least 59 1/2 years old; or (2) (if the participant is younger than 59 1/2 years old) the distribution is in one of the described retirement income forms. Requires that retirement plan distributions commence by: (1) the end of the plan year in which the employee: (1) attains age 70 1/2; or (2) the end of a later plan year in which an employee (who is not an owner-employee) retires. Sets forth the following descriptions of permissible "retirement income forms" for distributions upon separation from service to participants under 59 1/2 years old: (1) an annuity for the life of the participant; (2) a qualified joint and survivor annuity; or (3) a level distribution over life expectancy (which may be adjusted annually to account for certain changes). Allows such distribution forms to be adjusted periodically to allow for supplemental benefits prior to the receipt of Social Security benefits, provided such supplemental benefits do not exceed the amount of anticipated Social Security benefits. Permits retirement plans … | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-s-1784 | 99 | s | 1784 | Retirement Income Policy Act of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-22 | 1986-01-28 | Subcommittee on Savings, Pensions, and Investment. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 1 | Retirement Income Policy Act of 1985 - Sets forth national retirement income policy goals. Title I: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Subtitle A: Participation Requirements - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to add definitions which distinguish between "retirement plans" and "nonretirement savings plans." Defines a retirement plan as a pension plan which meets the retirement income requirements established by this Act. Defines a nonretirement savings plan as any pension plan which is not a retirement plan as defined in this Act. Prohibits conversion of a retirement plan to a nonretirement savings plan. Sets forth retirement income requirements for retirement plans. Permits retirement plans to distribute the accrued benefits to the participant upon the participant's disability or death or separation from service, under certain conditions. Prohibits such distribution upon separation from service unless: (1) the participant is at least 59 1/2 years old; or (2) (if the participant is younger than 59 1/2 years old) the distribution is in one of the described retirement income forms. Requires that retirement plan distributions commence by the end of the plan year in which the employee: (1) attains age 70 1/2; or (2) the end of a later plan year in which an employee (who is not an owner-employee) retires. Sets forth the following descriptions of permissible "retirement income forms" for distributions upon separation from service to participants under 59 1/2 years old: (1) an annuity for the life of the participant; (2) a qualified joint and survivor annuity; or (3) a level distribution over life expectancy (which may be adjusted annually to account for certain changes). Allows such distribution forms to be adjusted periodically to allow for supplemental benefits prior to the receipt of Social Security benefits, provided such supplemental benefits do not exceed the amount of anticipated Social Security benefits. Permits retirement plans to tra… | 2025-08-29T16:31:09Z | |
| 99-hr-3586 | 99 | hr | 3586 | A bill to increase the number of administrative law judges of the Department of Labor who are available to adjudicate cases under the Black Lung Benefits Act, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-17 | 1985-10-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-3] | WV | D | W000654 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Labor, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to appoint and assign to the adjudication of claims under the Black Lung Benefits Act: (1) at least ten administrative law judges in addition to those who are so assigned on July 31, 1985; and (2) such additional support staff as such additional judges may need. Declares that the Secretary is still obliged to use all other available means, including assigning retired annuitants and obtaining detailees from other agencies, to reduce the number of claims pending and awaiting review by administrative law judges under such Act. Requires the chief administrative law judge of the Department of Labor and the chairman of the Benefits Review Board to each submit a report to the Secretary at the end of each calendar quarter stating number of cases pending and awaiting review by administrative law judges and such Board, respectively, under such Act at the conclusion of such quarter. Directs the Secretary to transmit these reports to the Congress, with recommendations for reducing such backlog. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3587 | 99 | hr | 3587 | A bill to prohibit the recovery of overpayments under the Black Lung Benefits Act from claimants who received such payments through no fault of their own. | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-17 | 1985-10-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-3] | WV | D | W000654 | 0 | Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to prohibit the recovery of overpayments from claimants who received such payments through no fault of their own. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3588 | 99 | hr | 3588 | A bill to amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide for the resumption of benefits to a remarried surviving wife upon the termination of a subsequent marriage. | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-17 | 1985-10-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-3] | WV | D | W000654 | 0 | Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide for the resumption of benefits to a remarried surviving wife upon termination of a subsequent marriage. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3530 | 99 | hr | 3530 | Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-09 | 1985-10-28 | House Incorporated this Measure (Amended) in S.1570 as an Amendment. | House | Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] | PA | D | M001088 | 78 | (Measure passed House, amended) Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (the Act) to allow State, local, or interstate government employees to receive, in lieu of overtime compensation, compensatory time off at a rate not less than one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required by the Act. Allows a public agency to provide such compensatory time only pursuant to: (1) applicable provisions of a collective bargaining agreement between the public agency and representatives of such employees; or (2) in the case of employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, an agreement or understanding arrived at between the employer and the employee before the performance of the work. Provides that, in the case of employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement and hired prior to April 15, 1986, the regular practice in effect on such date with respect to compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation shall constitute such an agreement or understanding. Limits the amount of such compensatory time which public employees may accrue after April 15, 1985, to 180 hours or 480 hours in the case of work which include a public safety activity, an emergency response activity, or a seasonal activity. Requires that if compensation is paid to such employee for accrued compensatory time off such compensation be paid at the regular rate earned by the employee at the time of payment. Requires that, upon termination of such employment, the unused compensatory time off be paid for at a rate not less than the average regular rate received by such employee during the last three years of employment. Requires that public employees who have accrued such compensatory time and requested its use be permitted to use it within a reasonable period after making such request if its use does not unduly disrupt the operations of the public agency. Provides that a collective bargaining agreement which is in effect on April 15, 1986, and… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3540 | 99 | hr | 3540 | Job Security Bank Act of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-09 | 1985-10-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Hamilton, Lee H. [D-IN-9] | IN | D | H000114 | 1 | Job Security Bank Act of 1985 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise provisions relating to trade adjustment assistance program benefits. Requires workers, before receiving such benefits, to agree to repay certain amounts of such assistance whenever the worker begins full-time employment after total separation from the adversely affected employment. Requires such repayment in monthly installments over the course of the first year of such full-time employment. Sets forth formulas for determining the applicable repayment amount on the basis of the amount of income exceeding specified poverty levels from the full-time employment and the amount of program benefits received. Prohibits payment of program benefits to any worker if: (1) any amount was previously paid under retraining provisions for such worker; and (2) the worker continued or resumed, after the 60 day-period after the retraining ended, the adversely affected employment which had made the worker eligible for such retraining. Revises conditions for eligibility of workers for trade adjustment allowance payments. Removes the condition that all rights to unemployment insurance be exhausted. Adds a requirement that the worker submit a written certification that such worker will undertake retraining in a program approved by a private industry council established under the Job Training Partnership Act. Removes provisions relating to the prescription of regulations requiring workers to accept certain training or to search actively for work outside a certain area. Revises provisions relating to the weekly and maximum total amounts of trade adjustment allowances. Provides that, for any week during which the worker receives any unemployment insurance benefits, the allowance shall equal 50 percent of the amount of unemployment insurance benefits payable to such worker for a week within the period covered by the certification that occurs prior to the first exhaustion of unemployment insurance benefits. Sets the allowance at 100 percent of such amount for any we… | 2025-08-29T16:30:10Z | |
| 99-hr-3502 | 99 | hr | 3502 | A bill to amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to increase the number of permanent and temporary members of the Benefits Review Board in order to improve the handling of cases under the Black Lung Benefits Act. | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-03 | 1985-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] | WV | D | M000844 | 9 | Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to increase the number of permanent and temporary members of the Benefits Review Board (affects review of cases under the Black Lung Benefits Act). | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3489 | 99 | hr | 3489 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize the provision of compensatory time in lieu of overtime compensation for employees of State, political subdivisions of States, and interstate governmental agencies and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-02 | 1985-10-28 | See H.R.3530. | House | Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1] | OK | D | J000232 | 5 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to allow State, local, or interstate governmental agencies to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime compensation. Requires that such compensatory time be one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required. Allows such compensatory time only if it is not prohibited under a collective bargaining agreement. Requires that each such employee, upon entering employment with the public agency, be given an opportunity to elect to receive compensatory time in lieu of overtime compensation during the 12-month period following such election. Adds provisions relating to special detail work for fire protection and law enforcement employees (including prison security) of State, local, or intergovernmental agencies. Provides that any such employee who voluntarily agrees to be employed by another employer in fire protection, law enforcement, or related activities shall not be considered an employee of such State, local, or intergovernmental agency during the period of employment by the other employer. Revises the definition of "employee" to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate governmental agency who volunteers to perform such services without compensation or for expenses or a nominal fee. Provides that no State, local, or interstate governmental agency shall be liable under penalty provisions of the Act for violations (unless they are willful violations) of overtime requirements occurring before the date of enactment of this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-s-1719 | 99 | s | 1719 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit a State or local government employee to take compensatory time off in lieu of compensation for overtime hours, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1985-10-01 | 1985-10-16 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit State or local government employers to grant their employees, upon employee request, compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-3391 | 99 | hr | 3391 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize the provision of compensatory time in lieu of overtime compensation for employees of States, political subdivisions of States, and interstate governmental agencies, to lengthen the workweek of firefighters, to clarify the application of the Act to volunteers, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1985-09-20 | 1985-10-28 | See H.R.3530. | House | Rep. Bartlett, Steve [R-TX-3] | TX | R | B000204 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (the Act) to allow State, local, or interstate governmental agencies to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime compensation. Requires that such compensatory time be one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required under the Act. Allows such compensatory time only if it is not prohibited under a collective bargaining agreement. Requires that each such employee, upon entering employment with the public agency, be given an opportunity to elect to receive compensatory time in lieu of overtime compensation during the 12-month period following such election. Adds provisions relating to special detail work for fire protection and law enforcement (including prison security) employees of State, local, or intergovernmental agencies. Provides that any such employee who voluntarily agrees to be employed by another employer in fire protection, law enforcement, or related activities shall not be considered an employee of such State, local, or intergovernmental agency during the period of employment by the other employer. Extends the permissible workweek before overtime is required for fire protection employees of State, local, or intergovernmental agencies. Provides that an overtime rate is required only for their tours of duty which in the aggregate exceed 224 hours in a work period of 28 consecutive days or a similar ratio of hours to consecutive days in any case of an established work period from at least seven but less than 28 days. Revises the definition of "employee" under the Act to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate governmental agency who volunteers to perform such services without compensation or for expenses or a nominal fee. Provides that no State, local, or interstate governmental agency shall be liable under penalty provisions of the Act for violations of overtime requirements occurring before the date of enactment of this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3394 | 99 | hr | 3394 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from its overtime requirements employees of State and local public agencies and to clarify the application of that Act to volunteers and to authorize an employer to pay a youth employment opportunity wage to a person under twenty years of age from May through September until September 30, 1987. | Labor and Employment | 1985-09-20 | 1985-10-28 | See H.R.3530. | House | Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] | TX | R | D000217 | 0 | Title I: Public Employees - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude employees of State, local, or interstate governmental agencies from overtime requirements under such Act. Revises the definition of "employee" under such Act to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate governmental agency who volunteers to perform such services without compensation or for expenses or a nominal fee. Title II: Youth Employment Opportunity Wage - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to pay employees under 20 years of age, from May 1 through September 30 of each year, the lesser of: (1) $2.50 per hour; or (2) 75 percent of the minimum wage rate. Restricts such subminimum wage to: (1) hours worked by eligible employees in compliance with applicable child labor laws; and (2) youths not employed by the employer during the 90-day period before May 1. Prohibits the removal of employees ineligible for such subminimum wage in order to replace them with employees who are eligible. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to monitor the implementation of this title and to report to the Congress concerning the employment effects of this title. Terminates such minimum wage rate exception after September 30, 1987, and repeals, as of that date, the amendments made by this title. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3368 | 99 | hr | 3368 | Fair Labor Standards Act Amendment of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-09-19 | 1985-10-28 | See H.R.3530. | House | Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3] | FL | D | B000371 | 0 | Fair Labor Standards Act Amendment of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of Wage and Hours Division of the Department of Labor to retain and continue to enforce specified regulations issued on December 21, 1979, from February 19, 1985, until such time as the Congress and the President have had an opportunity to consider the scope of the coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for employees of non-Federal public agencies and have given further direction to the Secretary and the Administrator. | 2025-08-29T16:33:30Z | |
| 99-hr-3380 | 99 | hr | 3380 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and political subdivisions of States from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours, to clarify the application of that Act to volunteers, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1985-09-19 | 1985-10-28 | See H.R.3530. | House | Rep. Loeffler, Tom [R-TX-21] | TX | R | L000396 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and local governments from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours. Revises the definition of "employee" under that Act to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate public agency, even if such volunteer is paid expenses or a nominal fee to perform the voluntary services. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3295 | 99 | hr | 3295 | A bill to establish a sanitation occupational health and safety standard with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations in the field. | Labor and Employment | 1985-09-12 | 1985-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 63 | Establishes a field sanitation occupational health and safety standard with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations in the field. Provides that such standard shall be deemed to be an occupational health and safety standard promulgated, enforceable, and subject to penalties for violations under specified provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA). Prohibits modification, revocation, or challenge of such standard under specified provisions of OSHA. Provides that this Act shall not preempt any State occupational health and safety standard, or any provision thereof, which is more effective in providing sanitized potable drinking water and toilet and handwashing facilities for agricultural employees than the standard established under this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3271 | 99 | hr | 3271 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and political subdivisions of States from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours, to clarify the application of that Act to volunteers, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1985-09-11 | 1985-10-28 | See H.R.3530. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and local governments from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours. Revises the definition of "employee" under that Act to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate public agency, even if such volunteer is paid expenses or a nominal fee to perform the voluntary services. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3276 | 99 | hr | 3276 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from the overtime requirements of that Act employees of State and local public agencies and to clarify the application of that Act to volunteers. | Labor and Employment | 1985-09-11 | 1985-10-28 | See H.R.3530. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of State and local governments from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours. Revises the definition of "employee" under that Act to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate public agency, even if such volunteer is paid expenses or a nominal fee to perform the voluntary services. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3230 | 99 | hr | 3230 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from the overtime requirements of that Act employees of State and local public agencies and to clarify the application of that Act to volunteers. | Labor and Employment | 1985-09-04 | 1985-10-28 | See H.R.3530. | House | Rep. Daub, Hal [R-NE-2] | NE | R | D000065 | 11 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and local governments from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours. Revises the definition of "employee" under that Act to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate public agency, even if such volunteer is paid expenses or a nominal fee to perform the voluntary services. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3237 | 99 | hr | 3237 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from the overtime requirements of that Act employees of State and local public agencies and to clarify the application of that Act to volunteers. | Labor and Employment | 1985-09-04 | 1985-10-28 | See H.R.3530. | House | Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S000622 | 45 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and local governments from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours. Revises the definition of "employee" under that Act to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate public agency, even if such volunteer is paid expenses or a nominal fee to perform the voluntary services. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3173 | 99 | hr | 3173 | A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of that Act for employees of State and local public agencies, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1985-08-01 | 1985-10-28 | See H.R.3530. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 31 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from overtime and minimum wage coverage under such Act, State, local, or interstate public agency employees. Provides that no State, local, or interstate public agency shall be liable under penalty provisions of such Act for violations of minimum wage or overtime requirements occurring before the date of enactment of this Act with respect to any employee of such public agencies. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-3194 | 99 | hr | 3194 | Black Lung Benefits Amendments Act of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-08-01 | 1985-09-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] | PA | D | M001088 | 2 | Black Lung Benefits Amendments Act of 1985 - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide that all administrative law judges making determinations under such Act shall receive compensation at a rate not less than the GS-16 level. Makes such amendment applicable to determinations for benefits pending before the Department of Labor on the date of enactment of this Act as well as to claims brought after such date. | 2025-08-29T16:30:45Z | |
| 99-hr-3203 | 99 | hr | 3203 | Employee Stock Ownership Plan Improvements Act of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-08-01 | 1985-09-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] | CA | D | R000485 | 1 | Employee Stock Ownership Plan Improvements Act of 1985 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code to set requirements relating to the establishment of employee stock ownership plans in cases of corporate consolidation. Disqualifies such plans unless they: (1) do not become effective until approved by the vote of an absolute majority of the employees; (2) provide that all accrued benefits are nonforfeitable; (3) provide that each participant has full voting power of all classes of stock allocated to the participant and that all unallocated stock is voted in the same proportion as the allocated stock is voted; and (4) do not supersede certain defined benefit plans during the period from one year before to one year after the termination of such plans. | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z | |
| 99-s-1570 | 99 | s | 1570 | Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-08-01 | 1985-11-13 | Became Public Law No: 99-150. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 53 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 99-357) Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (the Act) to allow State, local, or interstate government employees to receive, in lieu of overtime compensation, compensatory time off at a rate not less than one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required by the Act. Allows a public agency to provide such compensatory time only pursuant to: (1) applicable provisions of a collective bargaining agreement between the public agency and representatives of such employees; or (2) in the case of employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, an agreement or understanding arrived at between the employer and the employee before the performance of the work. Provides that, in the case of employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement and hired prior to April 15, 1986, the regular practice in effect on such date with respect to compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation shall constitute such an agreement or understanding. Limits the amount of such compensatory time which public employees may accrue after April 15, 1985, to 240 hours or 480 hours in the case of work which included a public safety activity, an emergency response activity, or a seasonal activity. Requires that if compensation is paid to such employee for accrued compensatory time off such compensation be paid at the regular rate earned by the employee at the time of payment. Requires that, upon termination of such employment, the unused compensatory time off be paid for at a rate not less than the higher of: (1) the average regular rate received by such employee during the last three years of employment; or (2) the final regular rate received by such employee. Requires that public employees who have accrued such compensatory time and requested its use be permitted to use it within a reasonable period after making such request if its use does not unduly disrupt the operations of the publi… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 99-hr-3126 | 99 | hr | 3126 | Public Employee Pension Plan Reporting and Accountability Act of 1985 | Labor and Employment | 1985-07-31 | 1985-08-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. | House | Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] | MO | D | C000488 | 6 | Public Employee Pension Plan Reporting and Accountability Act of 1985 - Imposes disclosure and reporting requirements upon State and local government pension plans. Establishes fiduciary standards for trustees of public employee pension benefit plans. Provides remedies and access to Federal courts. Specifies employee benefit plans which are exempt from this Act. Title I: Reporting and Disclosure - Requires the administrator of each public employee pension benefit plan to submit a registration statement to the appropriate State Governor within one year of enactment of this Act. Exempts a plan from the reporting and disclosure requirements of this Act if a State Governor certifies to the Secretary of Labor that: (1) State requirements are substantially equivalent to those of this Act: (2) the State can adequately administer its requirements; and (3) the State can adequately collect the requisite reports. Requires the Secretary of Labor to terminate any certification if a State is not meeting Federal requirements. Requires the plan administrator to: (1) publish a summary plan description; and (2) furnish such description to plan participants, beneficiaries, and specified persons. Delineates the contents of such summary plan description. Requires such description to: (1) state the rights of participants and beneficiaries; and (2) include an update whenever material modifications are made to the plan. Requires the plan administrator to publish an annual report. Specifies the contents of such report. Directs such administrator to engage an independent qualified public accountant to ascertain whether the financial statements and schedules in the annual report present fairly and in all material respects the information contained in the annual report. Requires the accountant's opinion to be included in the annual report. Requires the annual report to include a financial statement containing specified information, including the most recent annual statement of assets and liabilities of a common or a collective trust h… | 2026-03-13T20:55:53Z |
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