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102-hr-6194 102 hr 6194 Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-10-06 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Safety. House Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] NJ D A000210 1 Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1992 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue a final regulation establishing, as occupational safety and health standards, uniform warnings for personal protective equipment for occupational use. Requires such regulation to be issued within 12 months after enactment of this Act, meet certain conditions, and incorporate specified considerations. Preempts State and local law with respect to such standards. 2025-08-26T15:17:42Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/6194
102-hr-6147 102 hr 6147 Group Health Plan Nondiscrimination Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-10-05 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] NJ D H000930 1 Group Health Plan Nondiscrimination Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide that certain retroactive reductions of benefits under group health plans constitute discrimination which interferes with rights protected under ERISA. Revises civil enforcement provisions to make any person who violates the prohibition provisions against interference with rights of any participant or beneficiary under a group health plan liable to such participant or beneficiary for actual damages (including compensatory and consequential damages proximately caused by the violation). Precludes punitive damages, except that, where the violation constitutes willful, fraudulent, or malicious conduct, bad faith, or gross negligence, each such person may, in the court's discretion, be liable for limited exemplary damages. Provides for attorney's fees and other legal costs to be awarded to plaintiffs who prevail or substantially prevail. Requires group health plans to issue notices of any material change in plan terms to each participant and beneficiary. Requires issuance of such notice not later than ten days before adoption of the change, and prohibits the change from taking effect until 60 days after such issuance. Sets forth special requirements for such notices from self-insured group health plans. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/6147
102-hr-6119 102 hr 6119 State Health Care Financing Equity Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-10-03 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3] KY D M000291 0 State Health Care Financing Equity Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to waive ERISA preemption requirements so as to allow States to: (1) provide for State universal health plans, State risk pools for the medically uninsurable, or prospective payment systems; and (2) impose State provider taxes. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/6119
102-hr-6101 102 hr 6101 Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-10-02 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Safety. House Rep. Henry, Paul B. [R-MI-5] MI R H000514 1 Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1992 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue a final regulation establishing, as occupational safety and health standards, uniform warnings for personal protective equipment for occupational use. Requires such regulation to be issued within 12 months after enactment of this Act, meet certain conditions, and incorporate specified considerations. Preempts State and local law with respect to such standards. 2025-08-26T15:17:39Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/6101
102-hr-6067 102 hr 6067 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the minimum wage rate under that Act will be indexed to the cost of living in the same manner as Social Security benefits are indexed. Labor and Employment 1992-09-30 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. House Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] CA D M000725 9 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the minimum wage rate under such Act will be indexed to the cost of living in the same manner as benefits are indexed under specified provisions of the Social Security Act. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/6067
102-hr-6051 102 hr 6051 Emergency Jobless Benefits Extension Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-09-29 1992-10-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] NY D D000471 2 Emergency Jobless Benefits Extension Act of 1992 - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to increase the number of weeks for which benefits are payable to unemployed workers under such Act. (Increases also the number of weeks of unemployment benefits payable to certain railroad workers under such Act.) Conforms certain financing provisions of such Act to amendments made by this Act. Requires that the provisions of (and amendments made by) this Act be treated as emergency requirements designated by the President and the Congress under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires that any amount of new budget authority, outlays, or receipts resulting from the provisions of (and amendments made by) this Act not be considered for any purpose under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2025-08-26T15:14:30Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/6051
102-hr-6041 102 hr 6041 Workplace Democracy Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-09-25 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] VT I S000033 2 Workplace Democracy Act of 1992 - Applies the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to U.S. companies and their subsidiaries operating in any country signatory to a Free Trade Agreement. Gives workers of such companies and subsidiaries the right to file unfair labor practice complaints against the U.S. parent company under this Act and under the laws of the signatory country. Title I: General Provisions Regarding Rights of Employees and Enforcement Authority of the National Labor Relations Board - Amends the NLRA to give a union the option of sending a contract dispute to compulsory and binding arbitration, if by 45 days after certification a collective bargaining agreement has not been reached. Repeals specified prohibitions against strikes, boycotts, and hot cargo agreements. Repeals specified provisions relating to determinations of bargaining units by the National Labor Relations Board (the Board), including conditions relating to professional and non-professional employees, craft units, and guards. Directs the Board to promulgate rules which plainly define the characteristics of employee units appropriate for collective bargaining groups, including employee groups who have a community of interests. Requires the Board, upon receipt of a majority of signed union recognition cards of employees in an appropriate bargaining unit (as determined by the workers within such Board guidelines), to certify the labor organizations designated as the exclusive representatives of all employees in such unit. Revises provisions relating to enforcement and the authority of the Board in the prevention of unfair labor practices, including provisions relating to taking of testimony and to Board findings and orders. Adds to remedies for unfair labor practices making employees whole for the loss of economic benefits resulting from specified violations, as well as providing other remedial relief. Requires the Board to: (1) use its injunctive power upon determining that an employer has willfully violated unfair l… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/6041
102-hr-5993 102 hr 5993 National American Youth Service Act Labor and Employment 1992-09-22 1992-10-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CT R S001144 1 National American Youth Service Act - Title I: Imposition and Term of Mandatory National Service Obligation - Imposes an obligation to perform at least 1,000 hours of national service on each individual who: (1) is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident; and (2) attains age 18 on or after October 1, 1995. Allows commencement of such service upon the individual's attaining age 18, but requires completion before the individual attains age 26. Provides that prior service shall not be counted if performed before October 1, 1995, or before registration as a participant under this Act. Provides for prorated amounts of service for new citizens and permanent residents after age 18 and before age 26. Requires registration with the local national service board within 90 days after the participant attains age 18 (or after naturalization or attainment of permanent resident status). Allows advanced registration at any time after age 16. Sets forth the types of national service to satisfy the obligation, including: (1) service as a (tax free) one dollar-per hour volunteer with an accredited sponsor organization or a Federal volunteer program established by a Federal agency pursuant to task force or identification; (2) service with the existing programs of the Peace Corps, the National Volunteer Antipoverty Program (VISTA, student community service programs, and special volunteer programs), the Urban Elementary School Literacy Corps, the American Conservation and Youth Corps and other programs of the Commission on National and Community Service, and the National Health Service Corps; (3) employment as a law enforcement officer or firefighter for at least two years before attaining age 26; (4) service in the armed forces (unless the member is separated under adverse conditions before attaining age 26); and (5) participation in the Job Corps or a job training program for the economically disadvantaged under the Job Training Partnership Act or a comparable State job training program (such participation counting toward the serv… 2025-08-26T15:15:49Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5993
102-hr-5958 102 hr 5958 To amend title 29, United States Code, to prohibit the reduction of mandatory retirement age retirements for certain public employees. Labor and Employment 1992-09-16 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] MA D F000339 1 Amends specified Federal law (known as the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, which amended the Age Discrimination in Employment Act) to prohibit State and local governments from lowering the current applicable mandatory retirement age for law enforcement officers because of reorganization or consolidation of law enforcement agencies. Repeals such prohibition on December 31, 1997. Repeals provisions which allow States, local governments, or interstate agencies, under specified conditions, to use age as a reason not to hire or to discharge an individual as a firefighter or law enforcement officer. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5958
102-hr-5946 102 hr 5946 Workplace Education Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-09-15 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] OH R R000141 2 Workplace Education Act of 1992 - Amends the National Literacy Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-73) (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish in the Employment and Training Administration an Office of Workplace Education (the Office) to provide workplace education services for small businesses. Requires the Director of the Office to make grants to States to establish workplace education programs to improve the productivity of small businesses in such States. Requires each State receiving such a grant to establish a State office of workplace education in one of the following: (1) a State agency responsible for education, training, or economic development policy; (2) a State literacy resource center; or (3) an institution of higher education. Requires such State office to: (1) establish workplace education districts throughout the State; (2) hire workforce specialists; and (3) place one of them, including necessary support staff, in one of the institutions of higher education located in each district. Sets forth duties of each specialist and the State office. Sets forth requirements for such districts. Requires the State office to make demonstration grants to eligible small businesses to pay the cost of instructional services and course materials of any such workplace education program attributable to the employees of such businesses. Sets forth limitations on the amounts and uses of such demonstration grants and on administrative costs. Sets forth requirements for non-Federal matching funds. Requires grant allocations to States to be based on population, but limits the percentage of funds which may go to any one State. Requires annual grant program reports and evaluations by the Secretary to the President and the Congress. Defines workplace education as employer-sponsored formal instructional programs for workers which: (1) must include programs to improve at least one or more academic skills, including reading, writing, mathematics, or English as a second language; and (2) may include programs … 2025-08-26T15:18:11Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5946
102-hr-5838 102 hr 5838 Genetic Information Protection Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-08-12 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Blackwell, Lucien E. [D-PA-2] PA D B000517 0 Genetic Information Protection Act of 1992 - Prohibits employers from using genetic information in a personnel action concerning an employee or prospective employee. Sets forth enforcement provisions, including civil penalties assessed by the Secretary of Labor, injunctive relief, and private civil actions. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act. Defines employer as any: (1) private employer involved in or affecting interstate commerce; (2) corporation wholly owned by the United States; and (3) branch of the Federal Government. 2025-08-26T15:17:53Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5838
102-hr-5846 102 hr 5846 Emergency Jobless Benefits and Transitional Employment Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-08-12 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] NY D D000471 4 Emergency Jobless Benefits and Transitional Employment Act of 1992 - Title I: Modifications to Unemployment Compensation Programs - Subtitle A: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) to increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation program benefits are payable (by an additional 13 weeks for individuals who received such benefits before July 5, 1992). Makes similar adjustments to the program of benefits for railroad workers. Modifies eligibility requirements under such Act. Sets forth a special rule under which an individual's unemployment benefits under such Act will not be denied or reduced because of qualified services under the transitional employment program (established under title III of this Act) which the individual performs on a part-time basis while participating in a job search assistance program (established by the State employment service or pursuant to the Job Training Partnership Act). Revises financing provisions under such Act to include amendments made by this Act. Subtitle B: Reemployment Assistance Programs - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to Federal unemployment tax (also known as the Federal Unemployment Tax Act or FUTA) to allow the employer-taxpayer to take as an additional credit against the FUTA tax the amount contributed into a reemployment assistance fund maintained under a State law certified by the Secretary of Labor. Limits the total credit allowed to a taxpayer to not more than 12 percent of the FUTA tax against which such credits are taken. Provides for approval of such State law by the Secretary if: (1) it establishes a reemployment assistance program for eligible workers; (2) the program is funded by requiring additional contributions from employers subject to State unemployment compensation law; and (3) such additional contributions are deposited in a special fund used solely for such assistance to such workers (including admin… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5846
102-hr-5850 102 hr 5850 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that inmates are not treated as employees for purposes of such Act. Labor and Employment 1992-08-12 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. House Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] TX D H000067 12 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that inmates of State penal or correctional institutions are not to be treated as employees for purposes of such Act. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5850
102-hr-5883 102 hr 5883 Minimum Wage Amendments of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-08-12 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. House Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5] MN D S000005 2 Minimum Wage Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage to $6.50 an hour (currently $4.25). 2025-08-26T15:14:57Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5883
102-hr-5900 102 hr 5900 Trade Worker Adjustment Assistance Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-08-12 1992-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] OH D P000170 10 Trade Worker Adjustment Assistance Act of 1992 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise petition and eligibility requirements for trade adjustment assistance benefits for workers adversely affected by import competition or the relocation of U.S. production facilities abroad. Revises provisions with respect to: (1) the training of such workers; (2) employment services; (3) relocation allowances; and (4) job search allowances. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-26T15:17:40Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5900
102-hr-5820 102 hr 5820 To increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable. Labor and Employment 1992-08-11 1992-09-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] CT D K000118 21 Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5820
102-hr-5800 102 hr 5800 Pension Funding Improvement Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-08-10 1992-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10] TX D P000328 15 Pension Funding Improvement Act of 1992 - Title I: Amendments to Pension Plan Funding Requirements - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise minimum funding standards for pension plans. Revises the additional funding requirements for pension plans that are not multiemployer plans to provide for an underfunding reduction requirement and solvency maintenance requirement. Title II: Required Security for Certain Plan Amendments - Amends IRC and ERISA to increase required funding percentages and required security under provisions for pension plan termination insurance. Applies such required funding and security provisions to multiemployer plans, as well as to other pension plans. Applies specified criminal penalties to violations of such requirements. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to submit separate reports to the Congress setting forth alternative increases in premiums that would be required for the assets of the single-employer program (established under ERISA provisions for pension plan termination insurance) to equal or exceed such program's current and expected liabilities by 2002. Amends ERISA to require inclusion in annual PBGC reports of actuarial evaluations of pension benefit guaranty funds for the next five, ten, twenty, and thirty years. (Currently, inclusion of such evaluations for the next five years only is required.) Requires such evaluations to set forth alternative premium schedules to assure that PBGC assets equal or exceed its liabilities during such periods. Authorizes the CBO to transmit a separate report analyzing and commenting upon the actuarial evaluation (and premium schedules) prepared by the PBGC, for any fiscal year the CBO deems appropriate. Authorizes the PBGC to require certain plan sponsors or members of a sponsor's controlled group to provide it with records, documents, or other information necessary… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5800
102-hr-5786 102 hr 5786 Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-08-06 1992-08-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Chandler, Rod D. [R-WA-8] WA R C000293 3 Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1992 - Establishes the Commission on Retirement Income Policy. Directs the Commission to study and report to the Congress on: (1) trends in retirement savings in the United States; (2) existing Federal incentives and programs to encourage and protect such savings; and (3) new Federal incentives and programs needed for such purpose. Requires the Commission to address specified issues and to include in its recommendation measures addressing specified needs of future retirees. Terminates the Commission within 90 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5786
102-hr-5723 102 hr 5723 School-to-Work Transition and Skill Standards Development Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-07-30 1992-09-24 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. House Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7] KY D P000229 1 School-to-Work Transition and Skill Standards Development Act of 1992 - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Sets forth congressional findings and the purposes of this Act. Title II: National Commission on a High Skills Workforce - Establishes the National Commission on a High Skills Workforce (the Commission). Directs the Commission to: (1) make grants to develop voluntary national industry and occupational skill standards and to improve school-to-work transition services; (2) develop a national school-to-work transition system based on such standards and services; (3) disseminate certified standards to all of various entities operating within or providing services to the appropriate industry or occupation; and (4) ensure that participants in any program conducted under this Act are afforded adequate supervision and protection by fully-skilled adult workers, and are provided with adequate and safe equipment and a safe and healthful workplace in conformity with Federal and State standards. Requires the Commission to submit to the Congress, within one year after its initial meeting, a report containing an initial outline of the national school-to-work transition system to be developed by the Commission. Terminates the Commission on January 1, 1998. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Grants to Develop Voluntary National Industry and Occupation Skill Standards - Directs the Commission to make grants to eligible entities to develop voluntary national industry and occupational skill standards. Limits the period of any such grant to at most three fiscal years, subject to annual Commission approval and availability of appropriations. Sets forth application requirements, including grantee reports. Authorizes grants use only for: (1) identification of world-class standards; (2) development of voluntary national industry and occupational standards that are linked to existing rates of pay and pay increases, promote reduction and removal of bias and discrimination, and promote entry of women into nontraditional occupatio… 2025-08-26T15:17:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5723
102-hr-5681 102 hr 5681 To increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1992-07-23 1992-07-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5] MA D A000226 46 Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce a tax deduction for certain expenses for meals and entertainment. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5681
102-hr-5685 102 hr 5685 To prevent States from reducing unemployment compensation benefits by certain remuneration for services in the military reserves. Labor and Employment 1992-07-23 1992-07-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] PA D M001088 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to approval of State unemployment compensation laws to prohibit States from denying or reducing unemployment compensation by reason of certain remuneration for services in the military reserves. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5685
102-hr-5586 102 hr 5586 To promote safety and health in workplaces owned, operated, or under contract with the United States by clarifying the United States' obligation to observe occupational safety and health standards and clarifying the United States' responsibility for harm caused by its negligence at any workplace owned by, operated by, or under contract with the United States. Labor and Employment 1992-07-09 1992-07-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. House Rep. Gradison, Willis D., Jr. [R-OH-2] OH R G000349 0 Makes the legal defense of discretionary function provided under specified Federal law inapplicable to any legal or administrative proceeding for damages arising out of U.S. violation of occupational safety or health standards or U.S. negligence at any workplace owned or operated by or under contract with the United States. 2021-06-02T15:06:43Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5586
102-hr-5537 102 hr 5537 To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to include among pension plans covered under such title pension plans established and maintained by State or local governments for volunteer firefighters. Labor and Employment 1992-07-02 1992-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7] NY D A000022 0 Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to include among pension plans covered under ERISA title IV (Plan Termination Insurance) those established and maintained by State or local governments for volunteer firefighters. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5537
102-hr-5505 102 hr 5505 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a limited exemption from child labor provisions of such Act. Labor and Employment 1992-06-29 1992-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. House Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45] CA R H000981 0 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a limited exemption from child labor provisions for students under 14 who have completed the sixth grade and are participating in a work study program conforming to criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Labor acting through the Administrator of the Wage and Hours Division. Limits such employment to not more than: (1) four hours per week; and (2) 16 weeks in a school year. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5505
102-hr-5443 102 hr 5443 Workplace Leave Fairness Act Labor and Employment 1992-06-18 1992-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. House Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] WI R P000265 8 Workplace Leave Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the length of an employee's leave of absence (even if its only part of one day) shall not disqualify that employee from a specified exempt status. 2025-08-26T15:15:19Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5443
102-hr-5386 102 hr 5386 Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements Enforcement Improvements Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-06-11 1992-06-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] WI R P000265 0 Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements Enforcement Improvements Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise provisions relating to multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) and other employee welfare benefit plans. Revises the definition of employee welfare benefit plan to: (1) allow up to five percent of the aggregate number of covered individuals to be individuals who are not employees or former employees of the employee, or members or former members of the employee organization which established or maintains the plan; and (2) include a plan, fund, or program established or maintained by a franchise network or by two or more trades or businesses that are within the same control group or were within it at any time during the preceding one-year period. Amends the definition of MEWA to: (1) limit the exclusion of collective bargaining agreements, under specified conditions; (2) exclude franchise networks; (3) exclude insurers, or health maintenance organizations licensed to do business in a State; (4) exclude trades and businesses within the same control group at any time during the preceding one-year period (as well as those currently in the same group), by deeming them a single employer; and (5) provide that single plans shall not be deemed MEWAs solely because they cover individuals who are not employees or former employees, or their beneficiaries, if the number of such individuals never exceeds five percent of the aggregate covered during the plan year. Makes ERISA title I (Protection of Employee Benefit Rights) applicable to any MEWA engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce, with specified exceptions. Requires MEWAs which provide medical care benefits to file annual registration statements with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary), including: (1) certain information on persons involved in its operation and States where it conducts business; (2) certification that copies of the registration have been filed with the appropriat… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5386
102-hr-5329 102 hr 5329 To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1992-06-04 1992-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7] KY D P000229 0 Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to revise provisions for title III employment and training assistance for dislocated workers, particularly under the Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (the Program). Requires State dislocated worker units to: (1) notify substate grantees immediately of current or projected permanent closures or substantial layoffs in their substate areas to continue and expand services initiated by the rapid response teams; and (2) provide the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) with a cost breakdown of all title III funds used by such a unit for administrative expenditures. Prohibits States from transferring any of the rapid response assistance functions of such units to any other entities. Expands the definition of substantial layoff, for purposes of rapid response assistance provided under the Program, to mean a layoff of 50 or more individuals. Exempts funds expended under the Program from the 25 percent maximum limitation on needs-related payments and supportive services for other title III dislocated worker programs. Revises the Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (the Program) under JTPA title III. Directs the Secretary, from funds transferred by the Secretary of Defense under the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990, to make grants to substate grantees to provide conversion assistance to affected facilities and training, adjustment assistance, and employment services to eligible employees within such substate areas who are directly or indirectly affected by reductions in U.S. expenditures for defense or by closures of U.S. military facilities. Requires substate grantees to apply for such grants within 60 days after notification of the dislocation or potential dislocation of such employees, or else the Secretary shall make such grants to employers, employee representatives, or labor-management committees located in the areas to provide such services. Directs the Secretary, if the substate grantee and such alternative… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5329
102-hr-5288 102 hr 5288 Job Training 2000 Act Labor and Employment 1992-05-28 1992-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 2 Job Training 2000 Act - Establishes, as part of the Federal system of funding for vocational training programs: (1) a network of local skill centers to provide a common point of entry; (2) a certification system; and (3) a voucher system. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education for allocations to States and private industry councils to assist in carrying out title III of this Act, relating to certification of vocational training programs. Title I: General Provisions - Part A: Federal Responsibilities - Establishes the Federal Vocational Training Council (Federal Council), composed of the Secretaries of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs (or their designees) and such other agency heads as the President may designate. Includes among Federal Council functions: (1) advice and guidance on implementation of this Act to affected Federal, State, and local agencies and organizations; (2) ensuring application of consistent policies, practices, and procedures in Federal vocational training programs (including, through waiver authority, requiring common terms and performance standards, collection of common data, coordination and consolidation of timing and sequence, of State and local plans and reports); (3) serving as an information clearinghouse among Federal, State, and local officials; (4) evaluation of the this Act's effect on individuals, institutions, agencies, and labor markets; and (5) oversight of implementation and administration of this Act. Grants each member of the Federal Council limited waiver authority over regulations or provisions of law in their jurisdiction that would prevent application of consistent practices and procedures to the specified items. Terminates such authority three years after the effective date of this Act. Requires certain reports to the President by the Federal Council. Establishes a National Private Sector, Advisory Board on Vocational Training (Advisory Board), composed of 15 members appointed by the President. Allo… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5288
102-hr-5260 102 hr 5260 Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-05-26 1992-07-03 Became Public Law No: 102-318. House Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] IL D R000458 1 Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) to extend the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program. Changes the EUC program termination date (currently July 4, 1992) to March 6, 1993. Reduces the maximum number of weeks of EUC benefits for new claimants for weeks after June 13, 1992 to: (1) 26 (rather than 33) in certain States with high unemployment rates; and (2) 20 (rather than 26) in all other States. Provides for further reduction of these weeks of benefits, to: (1) 15 or 10 weeks, respectively, if the national total unemployment rate falls below 7 percent for two consecutive months; or (2) 13 or 7 weeks, respectively, if such rate falls below 6.8 percent for such a consecutive two-month period. Provides for up to three months (for weeks beginning before June 19, 1993) continuation of EUC benefits for certain individuals receiving such benefits for a week during which such EUC program termination date (March 6, 1993) occurs. Provides that individuals eligible to receive EUC benefits during such final phaseout period (of weeks beginning after March 6, 1993, and before June 19, 1993), if they are in a State where an extended benefit period is triggered during such phaseout period, shall be eligible to receive whichever is greater, the EUC benefits or the extended benefits. Modifies EUC eligibility requirements to: (1) provide that an individual is not ineligible by reason of subsequent entitlement to regular benefits; and (2) provide certain transition rules, including a waiver of recovery of certain overpayments and an option to defer rights to certain regular benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to estimate the amount of EUC benefits paid to former employees of nonprofit organizations and State or local governments (which amount is to be charged to the general fund of the Treasury). Provides, under specified condi… 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5260
102-hr-5220 102 hr 5220 National Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-05-20 1992-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 20 National Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1992 - Sets forth Federal, State, and local responsibilities in establishing the means for employers, local education agencies, labor organizations, and other appropriate entities to develop and implement youth apprenticeship programs under the national youth apprenticeship criteria (the criteria) established by this Act. Establishes an interagency committee, composed of the Secretaries of Labor, of Education, and of Commerce, to: (1) establish procedures for submission and review of plans by States; and (2) determine if such plans meet the criteria. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to perform specified functions under this Act in consultation with the committee, including providing for criteria and safeguards compliance determination procedures, monitoring data collection, evaluation, review of fund use, policy guidance, resources and technical assistance, recognition and dissemination of outstanding programs, and research and demonstration activities. Directs the Governor of a participating State to submit to the Secretary a biennial State plan for youth apprenticeship programs which meets specified requirements. Directs the Governor also to designate the appropriate State authority to: (1) develop certain program guidelines for designating local entities and for including long-term employment possibilities; (2) certify that local programs meet the criteria, safeguards, and other appropriate standards; (3) provide technical assistance and other support to local entities and employers; and (4) provide for data collection, monitoring, and program evaluation. Requires local entities to ensure programs meet the criteria, safeguards, and other applicable standards. Requires participating schools to provide for career exploration and academic development to meet program entry and participation requirements. Requires local employers (in collaboration with labor organizations where appropriate) to: (1) employ youth apprentices; (2) assist participating schools i… 2025-08-26T15:15:46Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5220
102-hr-5158 102 hr 5158 To improve enforcement of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, by adding certain provisions with respect to the auditing of employee benefit plans. Labor and Employment 1992-05-13 1992-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] NJ R R000465 0 Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to repeal, for plan years beginning in 1992 or thereafter, the limited scope audit exemption (which currently allows the exclusion of assets held by regulated financial institutions from required financial audits of employee benefit plans). Requires peer review of the person's accounting and auditing practice with respect to employee benefit plans for the three years prior to engagement as a qualified public accountant for purposes of such required financial audits. Requires plan administrators and accountants to notify the Secretary of Labor of violations of certain criminal laws with respect to employee benefit plans. Requires plan administrators to notify the Secretary and give the reasons for any termination of an engagement of an accountant for plan auditing services. Requires that the accountant be given a copy of such report and an opportunity to disagree with the reasons for the termination. Authorizes the Secretary to assess a civil penalty against any administrator or accountant who fails to provide the Secretary with such required notifications. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5158
102-hr-5141 102 hr 5141 To exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1992-05-12 1992-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1] IL D H000388 1 Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives, if such personnel are licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard and represented by a labor organization. Provides that picketing or other economic activity undertaken by a labor organization on behalf of such licensed shipboard supervisory personnel shall not be considered a prohibited restraint or coercion. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5141
102-hr-5112 102 hr 5112 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that an employee shall not be excluded from the minimum wage and maximum hour exemption for certain employees because the employee is not paid on a salary basis, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1992-05-07 1992-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. House Rep. Lowery, Bill [R-CA-41] CA R L000479 8 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to provide that a State, local, or interstate governmental agency employee shall not be excluded from the definition of an employee employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity because such employee is not paid on a salary basis (thereby including such government employees under the exemption from minimum wage and overtime requirements of FLSA). Applies such amendment to such employees before, on, and after the enactment date of this Act, unless an action was brought in a court involving the application of specified FLSA provisions to the employee and a final judgment has been entered in such action on or before such enactment date. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5112
102-hr-5053 102 hr 5053 To amend section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act to allow employees to enter into contracts with employers without the intervention of a bargaining representative. Labor and Employment 1992-05-04 1992-05-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] TX R A000217 1 Amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow an individual employee to elect to enter into and administer an individual contract of employment with an employer without the intervention of a bargaining representative. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5053
102-hr-5038 102 hr 5038 Job Training 2000 Act Labor and Employment 1992-04-30 1992-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 2 Job Training 2000 Act - Establishes, as part of the Federal system of funding for vocational training programs: (1) a network of local skill centers to provide a common point of entry; (2) a certification system; and (3) a voucher system. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education for allocations to States and private industry councils to assist in carrying out title III of this Act, relating to certification of vocational training programs. Title I: General Provisions - Part A: Federal Responsibilities - Establishes the Federal Vocational Training Council (Federal Council), composed of the Secretaries of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs (or their designees) and such other agency heads as the President may designate. Includes among Federal Council functions: (1) advice and guidance on implementation of this Act to affected Federal, State, and local agencies and organizations; (2) ensuring application of consistent policies, practices, and procedures in Federal vocational training programs (including, through waiver authority, requiring common terms and performance standards, collection of common data, coordination and consolidation of timing and sequence, of State and local plans and reports); (3) serving as an information clearinghouse among Federal, State, and local officials; (4) evaluation of this Act's effect on individuals, institutions, agencies, and labor markets; and (5) oversight of implementation and administration of this Act. Grants each member of the Federal Council limited waiver authority over regulations or provisions of law in their jurisdiction that would prevent application of consistent practices and procedures to the specified items. Terminates such authority three years after the effective date of this Act. Requires certain reports to the President by the Federal Council. Establishes a National Private Sector Advisory Board on Vocational Training (Advisory Board), composed of 15 members appointed by the President. Allows th… 2025-08-26T15:13:48Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5038
102-hr-5017 102 hr 5017 To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to provide employment and training assistance to workers in substantially and seriously affected defense communities. Labor and Employment 1992-04-29 1992-05-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] CT D G000120 6 Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to expand the program of employment and training assistance for dislocated workers to include workers in substantially and seriously affected defense communities. Includes such workers under the defense conversion adjustment program under such Act. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5017
102-hr-5028 102 hr 5028 Defense Workers Bill of Rights Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-04-29 1992-07-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. House Rep. Reed, Jack [D-RI-2] RI D R000122 8 Defense Workers Bill of Rights Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide each person determined to be a displaced defense worker (a defense facility employee laid off or terminated due to the reduction or elimination of defense contracts) with written certification of such displaced status. Prohibits an eviction or distress from being made with respect to the premises of a displaced defense worker for which the rent does not exceed $1,200 per month for a period of one year after termination or layoff, or the date on which the displaced worker returns to that or comparable employment, except upon leave of court granted in an action affecting the right of possession. Provides for an automatic stay of such proceedings for up to three months, unless the court determines that the availability of the defense worker to pay the rent is not materially affected by being displaced. Provides penalties for violation of the eviction and distress prohibitions. Provides that, in the case of a displaced defense worker who has paid a deposit or an installment under a contract or lease, no person shall exercise any right or option to rescind or terminate the contract or resume possession of the property for nonpayment by the displaced defense worker, except by action of a court of competent jurisdiction. Provides penalties for violations and judicial remedies for breach of such installment contracts, including repayment of installment payments or a stay of proceedings. Provides that, in the case of an existing mortgage or trust deed for real or personal property owned by a displaced defense worker on the date of his or her termination or layoff, a court, in an action to enforce payment obligations, may stay the proceedings or make such other disposition of the case as may be equitable to conserve the interests of all parties. Provides penalties for violations and judicial remedies in such actions, including payment to the displaced defense worker of his or her equitable interest in the property before foreclosur… 2025-08-26T15:15:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5028
102-hr-4919 102 hr 4919 Multiple Employer Self-Insurance Enforcement Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-04-09 1992-06-16 Subcommittee Hearings Held. House Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] NJ D H000930 16 Multiple Employer Self-Insurance Enforcement Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise the applicability of title I (Protection of Employee Benefit Rights) to: (1) multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs); and (2) employee leasing welfare arrangements. Provides for certification requirements and revises provisions relating to State regulation of both such types of arrangements. Sets forth special preemption rules governing treatment and State regulation of MEWAs. Requires certain disclosures, by any MEWA which is not fully insured, to participating employers, participants, and beneficiaries. Provides for administrative adjudication of MEWA benefit claims. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to: (1) provide for an Office of Special Counsel for MEWA Affairs in the Department of Labor; and (2) appoint a Special Counsel as head of such Office. Sets forth requirements for: (1) filing of charges; (2) investigation by the Special Counsel, including an Early Resolution Program; (3) review by an administrative law judge; (4) standards of review by the Wage and Employee Benefits Appeals Board (currently, the Wage Appeals Board); (5) time limitations for review by such Board; (6) service of notice and decision; (7) exhaustion of administrative remedies; (8) final and appealable decisions; and (9) review by the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Provides for State regulation of MEWAs by restricting the preemption of State laws regarding them. Provides for unlimited applicability of State insurance laws to MEWAs that are not fully insured. Provides for an exemption from State laws for MEWAs which provide medical care benefits solely (exclusive of occupational illness injury benefits), and which are not fully-insured, but which meet specified certification requirements or an approved qualified model for State certification procedures superseding such requirements. Makes State laws applicable to: (1) enforcement of such certification requirements or qu… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4919
102-hr-4976 102 hr 4976 School to Work Transition and Youth Apprenticeship Act Labor and Employment 1992-04-09 1992-05-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] WI R G000524 2 School to Work Transition and Youth Apprenticeship Act - Title I: Establishment of National Interagency Compact and National Industry Recognized Skill Standards - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and of Education (the Secretaries) to establish an interagency compact between the Office of Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor and the Office of Adult and Vocational Education of the Department of Education, to: (1) design a national youth apprenticeship system; and (2) develop a system of skills standards within each major industry and within occupations that involve more than one industry. Sets forth various functions of the compact. Requires the compact to provide for national demonstrations to test skills standards and certification and assessment methods in work-based and training settings through: (1) local educational agencies (LEAs) two-year colleges, or postsecondary vocational institutions; and (2) businesses, business associations, or private industry councils. Requires the compact to provide for distribution of funds to facilitate creation of partnerships of business and industry, organized labor or other employee representatives, educators, and the training community for each industry or occupation (to the extent resources permit) to develop skills standards. Sets forth various functions of such partnerships. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: State Youth Transition Opportunity Challenge Grants - Authorizes the compact to make challenge grants to States for the cooperative use by the State agencies for education and for labor, job training, and employment (State agencies) to plan and develop policies and build an infrastructure to support programs for elementary and secondary students that will result in quality education programs and work-related experiences enabling students to graduate from high school prepared to: (1) enter the world of work directly; and/or (2) continue in some form of postsecondary education or training. Sets forth requirements for State applicati… 2025-08-26T15:16:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4976
102-hr-4815 102 hr 4815 Age Discrimination Parity Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-04-08 1992-05-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 1 Age Discrimination Parity Act of 1992 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the Act) to provide, in the cases of non-Federal employees and Federal employees, for compensatory and punitive damages consistent with specified damages authorized under the Revised Statutes. Provides for coverage of certain employees in the legislative branch of the Federal Government. Limits the maximum aggregate amount of compensatory and punitive damages which may be awarded under such provisions. 2025-08-26T15:15:57Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4815
102-hr-4762 102 hr 4762 To amend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 with respect to the eligibility requirement for benefits under such Act. Labor and Employment 1992-04-02 1992-04-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] MT D W000520 0 Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 to provide that: (1) a 20-week work requirement under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 is not applicable to eligibility determinations under the emergency unemployment compensation program; and (2) the base period employment requirements otherwise applicable to regular compensation shall apply. Makes a conforming amendment waiving recovery of certain overpayments. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4762
102-hr-4727 102 hr 4727 Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-04-01 1992-06-03 See H.R.5260. House Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] NY D D000471 15 Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) to extend the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program. Changes the EUC program termination date (currently July 4, 1992) to the earliest of: (1) April 1, 1993; (2) the first day of the third month after the first month (after June 1992) for which the applicable unemployment rate is less than six and one-half percent; or (3) the first day of the first month (after June 1992) for which the applicable unemployment rate is less than six percent. Makes the applicable unemployment rate for any month, for such purposes, the average rate (seasonally adjusted) of total unemployment in all States for the most recent three calendar months for which data are published before the beginning of such month. Provides for specified reductions of benefits during periods after June 13, 1992, and after December 31, 1992 (or three months prior to any earlier termination date for the program than April 1, 1993). Provides, therefore, up to: (1) 33 weeks of EUC benefits in certain high-unemployment States and 26 weeks in all other States, respectively, for claimants prior to June 14, 1992; (2) 26 or 20 weeks, respectively, for new claimants on or after such date; and (3) 13 or 10 weeks, respectively for new claimants on or after January 1, 1993 (or any earlier date for the final three-month phaseout). Provides for up to three months continuation of EUC benefits for certain individuals receiving such benefits for a week during which such termination date occurs. Modifies EUC eligibility requirements to: (1) make a 20-week work requirement inapplicable; (2) provide that an individual is not ineligible by reason of subsequent entitlement to regular benefits; and (3) provide certain transition rules, including a waiver of recovery of certain overpayments and an option to defer rights to certain regular benefits. Provides, … 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4727
102-hr-4720 102 hr 4720 To permit individuals to waive their rights to unemployment compensation based on military service in order to qualify for other unemployment benefits. Labor and Employment 1992-03-31 1992-04-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] MA D O000085 1 Amends specified Federal law to permit individuals to waive their rights to unemployment compensation based on military service in order to qualify for other unemployment benefits, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4720
102-hr-4700 102 hr 4700 To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require an independent audit of statements prepared by certain financial institutions with respect to assets of employee benefit plans. Labor and Employment 1992-03-30 1992-04-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] NJ D H000930 17 Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to eliminate the exemption for banks (or similar institutions) or insurance carriers from the requirement for an independent audit of certain financial statements regarding employee benefit plan assets. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4700
102-hr-4591 102 hr 4591 Community Works Progress Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-03-26 1992-04-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] OK D E000184 17 Community Works Progress Act of 1992 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to establish a new title VI, Community Works Progress and Youth Community Corps Programs. Establishes in the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor a Community Works Progress Office (the Office), to be headed by an Administrator. Directs the Administrator to prepare a plan for implementation of programs of the Office and submit a report summarizing it to the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary), who shall send a copy of the report to the appropriate congressional committees, and promulgate regulations to carry out the plan. Sets forth requirements relating to contracts made by administrative entities carrying out projects under this Act. Requires that such projects comply with nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. Provides that compensation or benefits received by project participants under this Act shall be excluded from consideration under the Higher Education Act of 1965, specified provisions of the Social Security Act, and other determinations of Federal benefits. Requires administrative entities carrying out such projects to submit quarterly progress reports to the State Governor. Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate programs under this Act and report to the Secretary and appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to establish in the Office a Community Works Progress (CWP) program. Provides for CWP program allotments to States, including bonuses to States demonstrating progress in the preceding fiscal year in securing employment for individuals who were receiving AFDC and who no longer require such aid as a result of such employment. Allows States to use such allotments to award grants for CWP projects. Sets forth requirements for State Governors' award of CWP grants to eligible entities (including public agencies, private contractors, and private nonprofit organizations… 2025-08-26T15:13:50Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4591
102-hr-4545 102 hr 4545 Pension Security Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-03-24 1992-04-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] IL R M000692 0 Pension Security Act of 1992 - Title I: Amendments to Pension Plan Funding Requirements - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the additional funding requirements for pension plans that are not multiemployer plans to provide for an underfunding reduction requirement and solvency maintenance requirement. Subtitle B: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise the additional funding requirements pension plans that are not multiemployer plans to provide for an underfunding reduction requirement and a solvency maintenance requirement. Title II: Amendments to Title IV of ERISA - Amends title IV (Plan Termination Insurance) of ERISA to set forth limitations on the benefits guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Revises provisions relating to: (1) enforcement of minimum funding requirements; (2) definition of contributing sponsor; (3) recovery ratio payable under PBGC guaranty; (4) distress termination criteria for banking institutions; and (5) variable rate premium exemption. Eliminates a specified seventh revolving fund and transfers its assets and liabilities to the first revolving fund (i.e. the single-employer basic benefits guaranty fund). Title III: Employer Liability, Lien and Priority - Subtitle A: Amendments to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends title IV of ERISA to revise limitations on employer liability liens and priority amounts. Provides that, in the case of plan terminations initiated on or after January 1, 1992, the lien of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for employer liability shall be determined according to a specified formula. Makes similar revisions relating to the amount of liability to the PBGC which is entitled to priority treatment in insolvency and bankruptcy cases. Amends the Pension Protection Act with respect to bankruptcy and insolvency clai… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4545
102-hr-4528 102 hr 4528 Youth Employability Services 2000 Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-03-20 1992-04-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Collins, Barbara-Rose [D-MI-13] MI D C000633 50 Youth Employability Services 2000 Act of 1992 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to authorize appropriations to establish five additional Job Corps centers during each of the ten fiscal years beginning with FY 1993. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to evaluate the educational curricula offered by the Job Corps as to whether participants are being adequately prepared with skills to meet the technological demands of the marketplace. Requires a report to the Congress and dissemination of evaluation results. Revises the age limits for participation in the Job Corps to allow not more than 20 percent of the enrollees to be from age 22 through 24. Declares that JTPA allows participants to participate concurrently or sequentially in both the Job Corps and training services for the disadvantaged. Increases from ten to 20 percent the allowable number of nonresidential participants enrolled in the Job Corps in any year. Requires that, in enrolling nonresidential participants, priority be given to those eligible individuals who are single parents with dependent children. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing the number of residential participants in Job Corps programs during any program year below the number during 1991 in order to increase the number of nonresidential participants. Prohibits use of Department of Labor funds to contract with a nongovernmental agency to administer or manage a Civilian Conservation Center of the Job Corps on public land. Directs the Secretary, as practicable, to provide child care at or near Job Corps centers for individuals who require such care for their children in order to participate in the Job Corps. Requires each Job Corps center to provide alcohol and drug abuse counseling and referral to participants who need such services. Directs the Secretary to provide all nonprofit Job Corps contractors with an equitable and negotiated management fee of not less than one percent of the contract amount. 2025-08-26T15:15:49Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4528
102-hr-4407 102 hr 4407 Employment and Economic Growth Act Labor and Employment 1992-03-05 1992-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7] KY D P000229 5 Employment and Economic Growth Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to make grants to States and service delivery areas (SDAs) to assist local job projects. Requires that 90 percent of appropriations for this Act for each fiscal year be allotted to States for allocation to SDAs on the basis of: (1) relative number of unemployed individuals residing in areas of substantial unemployment within each SDA; and (2) relative number of economically disadvantaged individuals within areas of substantial poverty in each SDA. Requires that the remaining ten percent of appropriations be distributed by the Secretary on a competitive basis to SDAs experiencing long-term or high unemployment or poverty. Requires expenditure of the following minimum portions of each SDA allocation: (1) at least 70 percent for employment projects, including wages and benefits, for individuals employed in public service or public works jobs; and (2) at least 15 percent for employment benefits. Limits the maximum portion of such allocation which may be expended for: (1) on-the-job training contracts to 25 percent; (2) supplies, tools, and equipment to ten percent; (3) administration, intake, and assessment to ten percent; and (4) education, basic skills, classroom training, and supportive services (such as transportation, stipends and child care) to 20 percent. Makes individuals eligible for project participation if they: (1) are at least 16 years old; and (2) have been unemployed for 30 days from a full-time position or are working part-time because of being displaced from a full-time position. Requires SDAs to give priority for participation to: (1) individuals receiving unemployment insurance for at least three months, individuals receiving cash welfare assistance, veterans, discouraged workers, the homeless, and any member of such additional group as the SDA defines as "at risk" in its job training plan; and (2) individuals with basic skill deficiencies and individuals who do not have a certificate of graduation from high … 2025-08-26T15:18:14Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4407
102-hr-4385 102 hr 4385 To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to resolve questions of coverage under those Acts, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1992-03-04 1992-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6] MN D S000407 4 Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and railroad retirement tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions relating to employer coverage. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4385
102-hr-4340 102 hr 4340 Jobs for the 1990's Act Labor and Employment 1992-02-27 1992-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] MT D W000520 10 Jobs for the 1990's Act - Title I: General Purpose and Authority - Establishes a program to provide employment to unemployed individuals through payments for labor and related costs associated with: (1) repair or rehabilitation of community and educational facilities; (2) conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of public lands; and (3) public safety, health, social service, and other activities necessary to the public welfare. Sets forth requirements for: (1) eligibility, in general; (2) priority for participation (including duration of unemployment); (3) special consideration for veterans; and (4) equal employment opportunities. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds including: (1) a 75 percent minimum reservation for wages and benefits; (2) a ten percent maximum limit on administration costs; (3) allowable use of remaining funds for acquiring supplies, tools, equipment, and other materials; (4) allowable use of other funds from other Federal or non-Federal sources; (5) Buy American requirements; (6) allowable use of title II funds for training and related support costs for a number of participants under certain conditions; and (7) a limit on the rate of salaries or wages for administrative or supervisory employees. Title II: Community Renewal Employment Programs - Part A: Community Improvement Projects - Provides for the Secretary of Labor to allot funds for employment of eligible participants in community improvement projects, including types of activities listed in title I of this Act. Allows for joint projects conducting such activities and others funded under other Federal law. Requires such projects to meet certain conditions, including completion within 18 months. Sets forth limitations on public lands projects. Makes eligible under this title any administrative entity of the service delivery area under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) that serves one or more specified eligible jurisdictions, including local governments or areas (or Native American or Alaskan Native entities) that h… 2025-08-26T15:15:06Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4340
102-hr-4351 102 hr 4351 Emergency Benefits Flexibility Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-02-27 1992-03-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-20] CA R T000188 34 Emergency Benefits Flexibility Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA) to revise the eligibility requirements applicable both to extended unemployment compensation benefits under FSEUCA and to emergency unemployment compensation benefits under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164). Allows the State the flexibility of choosing more than one Federal wage eligibility standard in determining an individual's eligibility for such benefits. 2025-08-26T15:17:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4351
102-hr-4305 102 hr 4305 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit State and local agencies to adopt flexible and compressed work schedules. Labor and Employment 1992-02-25 1992-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. House Rep. Lowery, Bill [R-CA-41] CA R L000479 8 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit State, local, and interstate governmental agencies to adopt flexible and compressed work schedules (under overtime requirements of such Act). 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4305
102-hr-4308 102 hr 4308 Family Emergencies and Medical Leave Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-02-25 1992-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] MN D P000215 0 Family Emergencies and Medical Leave Act of 1992 - Title I: General Requirements for Leave - Establishes certain requirements for family and medical leave for permanent employees. Makes employees eligible for such leave if they have been employed, by the employer from whom leave is sought, for at least: (1) a total of 12 months; and (2) 1,250 hours of service during the previous 12-month period. (Excludes from such coverage: (1) employees at worksites at which the employer employs less than 50 persons (100 persons during the first two years after enactment), if the total number of employees of that employer within 50 miles of that worksite is less than 50 (100 during the first two years); and (2) Federal officers and employees covered under title II of this Act.) Entitles employees to the following number of workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of: (1) the birth of their child, 12 weeks; (2) the placement of a child for their adoption or foster care, 12 weeks; (3) their care of a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition, six weeks; or (4) their own serious health condition which makes them unable to perform the functions of their position, six weeks. Conditions such leave for the birth or placement of a child as follows: (1) the entitlement ends 12 months after the birth or placement; and (2) such leave may not be taken intermittently unless employee and employer agree otherwise. Allows intermittent leave for necessary medical treatment of an employee or family member. Allows the employer to require a temporary transfer to an equivalent alternative position that better accommodates such intermittent leave. Allows all leave to which an employee is entitled under this title: (1) to be taken on a reduced leave schedule, upon agreement with the employer; and (2) to consist of unpaid leave, except under specified conditions when substitution of certain types of paid leave may be elected or required. Declares that nothing in this Act shall require an employer to provide paid si… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4308
102-hr-4227 102 hr 4227 To provide that the eligibility requirements applicable to regular unemployment compensation benefits shall apply in determining eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation benefits. Labor and Employment 1992-02-14 1992-02-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-18] CA D L000225 29 Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to provide that the eligibility requirements applicable to regular (rather than extended) unemployment compensation benefits shall apply in determining eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation benefits under such Act. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4227
102-hr-4203 102 hr 4203 Unemployment Benefits Assurance Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-02-07 1992-02-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] MA D M000133 10 Unemployment Benefits Assurance Act of 1992 - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to establish special rules for computing the weekly benefit amount and for determining an individual's account, in order to assure that all eligible individuals will receive their full benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program (on the basis of the former full-time employment for which they are eligible to receive such benefits, without being disqualified by State laws which would determine such amount and account on the basis of some intervening temporary period of part-time earnings). 2025-08-26T15:17:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4203
102-hr-4149 102 hr 4149 Job Opportunities to Benefit Society (JOBS) Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-02-04 1992-03-05 Executive Comment Requested from Labor. House Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3] FL D B000371 4 Job Opportunities to Benefit Society (JOBS) Act of 1992 - Title I: Programs for the Unemployed - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to establish in the Department of Labor a program of grants to States to create employment programs for certain unemployed individuals in States where the unemployment rate is five percent or more. Requires State Governors, in order to receive fund allotments, to submit annual State plans detailing programs and activities to be assisted and indicating compliance with specified program requirements. Requires a State program to limit such employment to persons within the State who have been unemployed for at least six months and would otherwise qualify for unemployment compensation. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes in the Treasury a Jobs Opportunity to Benefit Society (JOBS) Account, consisting of donations by private individuals and/or corporations to help fund such grants. Allows a State, upon the Secretary's approval of its plan, to receive annual grants based on the number of individuals it expects to employ under the program. Provides that the Secretary will determine the amount of such grants. Terminates the authorization for this Act 36 months from its enactment date. Title II: Deficit Reduction - Requires any grant funds not expended by the Secretary at the end of each fiscal year to be converted to the Treasury for deficit reduction. 2025-08-26T15:15:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4149
102-hr-4122 102 hr 4122 Infrastructure Improvement and Job Opportunity Act Labor and Employment 1992-01-28 1992-03-02 Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities Held Field Hearings in Chicago, Illinois. House Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1] IL D H000388 25 Infrastructure Improvement and Job Opportunity Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to make grants to assist local job projects that: (1) may include renovation or rehabilitation of public buildings or facilities with commercial, industrial, public, service, housing, historic, or other value; and (2) provide employment to eligible participants. Requires eligible areas that desire such funds to establish District Executive Councils (DECs) to receive such grants. Allows the private industry council in any eligible area that is substantially the same as a service delivery area under the Job Training Partnership Act to petition the Governor to be designated a DEC if it meets specified requirements. Requires DECs to select projects to be assisted under the Secretary's criteria and to submit project plans and annual reports on their activities. Limits use of grant funds for administrative expenses to ten percent. Requires an eligible area to: (1) be a county or comparable general local government unit; and (2) have no more than 300,000 population, unless granted a waiver by the Secretary. Makes eligible for job project participation individuals who: (1) have a high school diploma or equivalent or are at least 18 years of age; (2) have resided in the eligible area for at least 30 days; (3) have been unemployed for 35 days prior to determination of employment for an assisted job project; (4) are U.S. citizens or nationals, lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens, refugees and parolees, or persons otherwise authorized by the Attorney General to work in the United States; (5) had an earned income in the year preceding the determination, and a family income in the year in which the determination is made, respectively, of less than $17,000; (6) work for not more than 16 hours per week in any compensated job other than the assisted project job; (7) demonstrate to the project manager that they sought private sector employment during the 35 days prior to their application for and will continue to do s… 2025-08-26T15:17:28Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4122
102-hr-4115 102 hr 4115 Short-Time Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1992-01-24 1992-01-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] CA D S000810 0 Short-Time Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Provides that adoption of short-time compensation programs (which provide partial unemployment benefits to individuals whose workweeks have been reduced under qualified employer plans providing for shortened workweeks in lieu of layoffs) as part of State unemployment compensation law is not precluded by any Federal law (including specified Internal Revenue Code provisions). Declares that benefits payable under a short-time compensation program shall be treated as unemployment compensation payable for partial unemployment, for purposes of Federal law. Directs the Secretary of Labor to assist States in establishing and implementing short-time compensation programs by: (1) developing model legislative language and proposing appropriate revisions; and (2) providing technical assistance and guidance. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on implementation of this Act. Requires annual State review of qualified employer plans to assure that they continue to meet short-time compensation program requirements of this Act and any applicable State law. 2025-08-26T15:14:03Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4115
102-hr-4095 102 hr 4095 To increase the number of weeks for which benefits are payable under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, and for other purposes. Labor and Employment 1992-01-22 1992-02-07 Became Public Law No: 102-244. House Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] IL D R000458 22 Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to add 13 weeks to the number of weeks of benefits payable under the emergency unemployment compensation program. Provides for a total number of weeks of such emergency benefits as follows: (1) 33 weeks (currently 20) in higher unemployment States (with a total unemployment rate of nine percent or higher or an adjusted insured unemployment rate of five percent or higher, for specified periods); and (2) 26 weeks (currently 13) for all other States. Extends to July 4, 1992, the expiration date of the emergency unemployment program (currently June 13, 1992). Provides that those who qualify for emergency benefits before the July 4, 1992, expiration date shall receive the full number of weeks to which they are entitled (but makes the increased-by-13-maximum number of weeks applicable only to those eligible by June 13, 1992, and the current maximums applicable to those who first become eligible after June 13). Amends Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provisions to provide for a temporary increase in the amount of certain corporate estimated tax payments, by setting the applicable percentage for such annualized payments at 95 percent of the tax liability for each of 1993 through 1996 (current law sets it at 94 percent for 1993 and 1994, and 95 percent in 1995 and 1996). Extends to June 30, 1992 (currently January 31, 1992) the deadline by which employers must pay certain additional taxes under Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) provisions of the IRC, if they are in a credit reduction State with an unemployment trust fund balance below a certain amount. Allows such employer taxpayers to elect to defer payment until such later date, but requires payment of interest after January 31, 1992 (but not penalties until after June 30, 1992). Extends to July 4, 1992, the program of temporary unemployment benefits for certain railroad workers (under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991). Increases the number of weeks of such benefits for t… 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4095
102-hr-4078 102 hr 4078 Workforce Readiness Act of 1992 Labor and Employment 1992-01-03 1992-02-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] MI D K000172 2 Workforce Readiness Act of 1992 - Title I: National Board on Workforce Skills - Establishes a National Board on Workforce Skills for the 21st Century. Title II: Work to School Transition Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to develop, implement, or expand programs which integrate workplace skills into the regular school curriculum to facilitate the transition from school to work. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and for the National Board. 2025-08-26T15:17:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4078
102-hr-3941 102 hr 3941 To protect employees who report violations at Department of Energy facilities. Labor and Employment 1991-11-26 1992-10-08 For Further Action See H.R.776. House Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] OR D W000779 2 Prohibits retaliatory personnel practices against employees who report violations at Department of Energy facilities. Sets forth complaint and investigation procedures and remedies for violations, to be carried out by the Secretary of Labor or a district court. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3941
102-hr-3998 102 hr 3998 Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-11-26 1991-12-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4] OK D M000398 10 Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1991 - Establishes an Institute for Youth Apprenticeship (the Institute) as an independent establishment to administer youth apprenticeship demonstration programs set up under this Act. Directs the Board Chairperson to establish guidelines, criteria, and procedures for youth apprenticeship demonstration programs, based on such report, including curriculum guidelines, criteria for demonstration program sites and for apprenticeship occupations, and competency criteria and certification procedures for apprentices and trainers. Directs the Institute Executive Director to enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private organizations to develop and evaluate youth apprenticeship demonstration programs. Requires each eligible entity entering into such a contract with the Board to establish partnerships among secondary and postsecondary schools and employers, labor organizations, and community and civic leaders to provide apprenticeship training to students. Requires at least: (1) one secondary school wage incentive demonstration program under which the Institute shall pay 50 percent of the apprenticeship wage; and (2) one secondary school disadvantaged youth demonstration program. Authorizes two postsecondary school demonstration programs (i.e. two contracts with partnerships for programs solely for postsecondary students). Makes such partnerships responsible for program and curriculum development, coordination and quality assurances, and assessment and evaluation of apprentices and training programs. Sets forth requirements for partnership training for various levels of secondary school students. Sets forth requirements for employers to pay: (1) 100 percent of the apprentice wage rate in secondary school programs (but 50 percent in the wage incentive program); (2) 100 percent of the apprentice wage rate and costs of continuing basic skills courses in postsecondary programs; and (3) costs of on-the-job training. States that employers shall not be required to hire apprentices upon c… 2025-08-26T15:14:04Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3998
102-hr-4011 102 hr 4011 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to bring the minimum wage in American Samoa up to the wage in effect in the United States. Labor and Employment 1991-11-26 1992-07-22 Executive Comment Received from Labor. House Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] PA D M001088 0 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to gradually, over a three-year period, bring the minimum wage in American Samoa up to that in effect in the United States. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4011
102-hr-4013 102 hr 4013 Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-11-26 1991-12-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] PA D M001120 42 Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Corporation to administer a program for the provision of retiree health benefits in the coal industry. Establishes the Coal Industry Retiree Benefit Fund for the deposit of all amounts received by the Corporation. Requires the following payments to the Corporation: (1) an hourly premium on each hour worked in coal production by employees by each person that produces coal for use or for sale; (2) a per-ton premium obligation on the importer of coal; and (3) an annual per beneficiary premium by each last signatory operator and each other employer. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for benefits for orphan miners, and spouses and dependents or orphan miners or deceased coal miners. Requires the Corporation to provide medical and death benefits to such persons. Directs the Corporation to develop managed care rules applicable to the payment of benefits. Establishes the United Mine Workers of America 1991 Benefit Fund as an employee welfare benefit plan consisting of the merger of excess assets from certain closed plans. Sets forth eligibility requirements for benefits from such Fund. Requires the last signatory operator of any individual receiving retiree health care benefits as of February 1, 1993, from an individual employer plan maintained pursuant to a coal wage agreement to provide retiree health care benefits to such individual. Provides for the determination and disposition of excess pension assets to the Corporation or the 1991 Benefit Fund. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4013
102-hr-4043 102 hr 4043 To amend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 to increase the number of weeks of eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation. Labor and Employment 1991-11-26 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] CA D S000810 0 Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to increase the number of weeks of eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/4043
102-hr-3869 102 hr 3869 Emergency Unemployment Benefits Equity Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-11-22 1991-11-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] OK R I000024 4 Emergency Unemployment Benefits Equity Act of 1991 - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to provide for a uniform benefit structure. 2025-08-26T15:15:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3869
102-hr-3878 102 hr 3878 American Jobs Protection Act Labor and Employment 1991-11-22 1992-04-24 Field Hearings Held in San Francisco, California. House Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] MI D F000270 70 American Jobs Protection Act - Requires employers to provide specified notice and employee benefits (including severance pay, continuation of health care benefits, reimbursement for retraining, and accelerated eligibility for early retirement) to employees who are subject to a plant closing or mass layoff because their work is transferred to another country which has specified levels of lower wages or less effective employment standards for overtime compensation, child labor, and employee safety. Provides for enforcement of this Act by investigative and administrative actions by the Secretary of Labor, civil actions by employees and the Secretary, and actions for injunctions. Provides for application under this Act of definitions under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, with exceptions for the terms employer, plant closing, mass layoff, and employment loss. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3878
102-hr-3843 102 hr 3843 Pension Protection in Bankruptcy Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-11-21 1991-12-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Chandler, Rod D. [R-WA-8] WA R C000293 24 Pension Protection in Bankruptcy Act of 1991 - Title I: Employer Liability, Lien, and Portability - Subtitle A: Amendments to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends title IV (Plan Termination Insurance) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise limitations on employer liability liens and priority amounts. Provides that, in the case of plan terminations initiated on or after January 1, 1992, the lien of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for employer liability shall be determined according to a specified formula. Makes similar revisions relating to the amount of liability to the PBGC which is entitled to priority treatment in insolvency and bankruptcy cases. Amends the Pension Protection Act with respect to bankruptcy and insolvency claims. Provides that specified amendments under this Act shall be effective as if included under the Single-Employer Pension Plan Amendments of 1986 and the Pension Protection Act. Amends ERISA to provide for liability upon liquidation of a contributing sponsor of a single-employer plan. Makes such sponsor liable as though the plan had terminated in a distress termination, even if the sponsor's controlled group remains a contributing sponsor of the plan or is liable for payment of specified contributions or installments. Directs the PBGC to transfer such liability payments to the ongoing plans. Subtitle B: Amendments to Title 11, United States Code - Amends the Federal bankruptcy code to permit the PBGC to be a member of an unsecured creditors' committee. Revises priority payment provisions with respect to unpaid contributions to pension plans under ERISA. (Classifies these priorities as expenses arising before, or administrative expenses arising after, the commencement of the case, depending on whether such unpaid contributions are attributable, or such plan termination occurs, before or after the filing of the petition for bankruptcy.) Amends one specified Bankruptcy Rules to require the bankruptcy… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3843
102-hr-3863 102 hr 3863 To amend the National Labor Relations Act with respect to the right to organize of certain security personnel. Labor and Employment 1991-11-21 1991-12-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] MT D W000520 1 Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that a specified prohibition against certification of labor organizations representing both "guards" and other employees, for collective bargaining unit purposes, is to be applied only in the case of "plant security guards" whose primary responsibility is to prevent employee disorders and misconduct. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3863
102-hr-3793 102 hr 3793 Part-Time and Temporary Workers Protection Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-11-15 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] CO D S000142 0 Part-Time and Temporary Workers Protection Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for approval of State unemployment compensation laws to provide for the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain individuals seeking part-time employment. Amends specified Federal law to require inclusion in a current population survey of certain questions relating to employee benefits and the total number of hours worked at different jobs. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for protection and treatment of part-time and temporary workers under: (1) participation, vesting, and accrual rules governing pension plans; and (2) group health plans. Expands the definition of employee to include certain individuals whose services are leased or contracted. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3793
102-hr-3757 102 hr 3757 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-11-13 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. House Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] IL D R000458 3 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Authorizes a State Governor to elect to trigger off an extended compensation period to provide emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular compensation under State law, if the State is in a 20-week period or a 13-week period as defined under this Act. Begins such periods three weeks after the first week in which specified triggering requirements are met (and ends them three weeks after the first week in which such requirements are not met). Triggers the 20-week period for any week if: (1) the adjusted rate of insured unemployment (IUR) for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks is at least five percent; or (2) the average rate of total unemployment (TUR) in such State for the most recent six-calendar month period for which data are published before the close of such week is at least nine percent. Triggers the 13-week period for any week if: (1) the State IUR for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks is at least four percent; or (2) the State IUR for such period is at least 2.5 percent and the benefit exhaustion rate in the State for the most recent month for which data are available before … 2025-08-26T15:17:22Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3757
102-hr-3763 102 hr 3763 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from the overtime pay provisions of such Act for certain employees of community colleges. Labor and Employment 1991-11-13 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. House Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] CA D P000047 16 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain employees of community colleges from overtime pay provisions of such Act under specified conditions. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3763
102-hr-3755 102 hr 3755 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-11-12 1991-12-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-3] WV D W000654 0 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Authorizes a State Governor, in a period of a seven or eight percent total unemployment rate in that State (as defined under this Act), to elect to trigger an extended compensation period to provide emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular compensation under State law. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) 20 for an eight-percent period, i.e. one triggered by an adjusted total unemployment rate (TUR) of eight percent or more in the State, for the most recent six calendar months with available data; (2) 13 for a seven-percent period; and (3) seven for a six-percent period or for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the in… 2025-08-26T15:15:36Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3755
102-hr-3707 102 hr 3707 Worker Retraining Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-11-04 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] CO D S000142 0 Worker Retraining Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide pilot program grants to assist not more than ten selected States to plan, establish, and operate worker retraining initiatives to allow employed low-income individuals to advance from low skill to higher skill positions in the industry in which they are employed. Sets forth requirements for: (1) selection of States; (2) regional distribution of such grants; (3) applications; and (4) reports. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-26T15:15:03Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3707
102-hr-3697 102 hr 3697 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-11-01 1991-11-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] IL D R000458 1 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Authorizes a State Governor, in a period of a seven or eight percent total unemployment rate in that State (as defined under this Act), to elect to trigger an extended compensation period to provide emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular compensation under State law. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) 20 for an eight-percent period, i.e. one triggered by an adjusted total unemployment rate (TUR) of eight percent or more in the State, for the most recent six calendar months with available data; (2) 13 for a seven-percent period; and (3) seven for a six-percent period or for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the in… 2025-08-26T15:14:28Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3697
102-hr-3671 102 hr 3671 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to assert jurisdiction in a labor dispute which occurs on Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. Labor and Employment 1991-10-30 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 0 Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to assert jurisdiction over a labor dispute which occurs on Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3671
102-hr-3672 102 hr 3672 To provide reasonable fees to labor representatives that represent nonmember employees. Labor and Employment 1991-10-30 1991-11-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 1 Provides that in cases in which a labor union that serves as an exclusive representative of Federal employees represents a nonmember employee, such employee shall be required to pay such representative a reasonable fee as determined by the Federal Labor Relations Authority. 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3672
102-hr-3676 102 hr 3676 Bankruptcy Pension Plan Protection Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-10-30 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] PA R S000146 6 Bankruptcy Pension Plan Protection Act of 1991 - Requires a contributing sponsor of an insufficient pension plan to make monthly contributions to keep such plan substantially sufficient during the course of a bankruptcy proceeding. Terminates the provisions of this Act after June 30, 1992, except with respect to contributions remaining due as of such date. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3676
102-hr-3625 102 hr 3625 Unremunerated Work Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-10-24 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Collins, Barbara-Rose [D-MI-13] MI D C000633 39 Unremunerated Work Act of 1991 - Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to: (1) conduct time use surveys of unremunerated work performed in the United States (including household, agricultural, and volunteer work and work related to child care and other care services, food production, and family businesses); and (2) calculate the monetary value of such unremunerated work, separately for men and women, and include such value in statistics used to determine the gross national product. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3625
102-hr-3618 102 hr 3618 Aid to American Workers Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-10-23 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] MD R G000180 0 Aid to American Workers Act of 1991 - Title I: Federal Supplemental Compensation Program - Establishes a Federal supplemental unemployment compensation program (Federal supplemental compensation). Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of Federal supplemental compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Authorizes a State Governor, in a period of a seven percent total unemployment rate in that State (as defined under this Act), to elect to trigger an extended compensation period to provide Federal supplemental compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular compensation under State law. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish a Federal compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) 13 for a seven-percent period, i.e. one triggered by an adjusted total unemployment rate (TUR) of seven percent or more in the State, for the most recent six calendar months with available data; and (2) seven for a six-percent period or for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the individual relating to the same b… 2025-08-26T15:14:03Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3618
102-hr-3600 102 hr 3600 Deficit-Neutral Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-10-22 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] IL R M000692 1 Deficit-Neutral Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any States to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers to the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) ten weeks during a five-percent period (triggered if the adjusted rate of insured unmployment for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks is at least five percent); and (2) six weeks for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the individual relating to the same benefit year under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Sets the weekly benefit amount at the amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable under the State law to the individual for such week for total unemployment. Provides for determination of periods and applicable triggers. Provides for a minimum per… 2025-08-26T15:17:46Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3600
102-hr-3575 102 hr 3575 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-10-17 1992-10-05 See H.R.3040. House Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] IL D R000458 1 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Authorizes a State Governor to elect to trigger an extended compensation period to provide emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular compensation under State law, if the State is in a 20-week period or a 13-week period as defined under this Act. Begins such periods three weeks after the first week in which specified triggering requirements are met (and ends them three weeks after the first week in which such requirements are not met). Triggers the 20-week period for any week if: (1) the adjusted rate of insured unemployment (IUR) for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks is at least five percent; or (2) the average rate of total unemployment (TUR) in such State for the most recent six-calendar month period for which data are published before the close of such week is at least nine percent. Triggers the 13-week period for any week if: (1) the State IUR for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks is at least four percent; or (2) the State IUR for such period is at least 2.5 percent and the benefit exhaustion rate in the State for the most recent month for which data are available before the … 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3575
102-hr-3588 102 hr 3588 Emergency Unemployment Benefits and Congressional Spending Priorities Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-10-17 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Taylor, Charles H. [R-NC-11] NC R T000067 3 Emergency Unemployment Benefits and Congressional Spending Priorities Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Authorizes a State Governor, in a period of a seven or eight percent total unemployment rate in that State (as defined under this Act), to elect to trigger an extended compensation period to provide emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular compensation under State law. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) 20 for an eight-percent period, i.e. one triggered by an average unadjusted total unemployment rate (TUR) of eight percent or more in the State for the most recent six calendar months with published data; (2) 13 for a seven-percent period; and (3) seven for a six-percent period or for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the am… 2025-08-26T15:15:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3588
102-hr-3511 102 hr 3511 To provide extended unemployment benefits during periods of high unemployment to railroad employees who have less than 10 years of service. Labor and Employment 1991-10-07 1991-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] MT D W000520 49 Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide temporary extended railroad unemployment insurance benefits or to railroad employees who have less than ten years of service, for periods of high national unemployment of six percent or greater. Provides for such extended benefits for up to 13 weeks, through July 4, 1992. Sets forth transition and reachback provisions. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3511
102-hr-3500 102 hr 3500 Apprenticeship Improvement Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-10-03 1991-10-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] MN D O000006 0 Apprenticeship Improvement Act of 1991 - Amends the National Apprenticeship Act to direct the Secretary of Labor 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 such 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. Establishes the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (the Bureau) 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. Directs the Secretary to increase the force within the Bureau to a specified number of full-time employees by January 1, 1992. Limits the authority to conduct reductions in force within the Bureau. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within six months on whether the apprenticeship program complies with regulations governing equal opportunity. 2025-08-26T15:16:25Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3500
102-hr-3507 102 hr 3507 American Industrial Quality and Training Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-10-03 1991-12-06 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. H. Rept. 102-418, Part I. House Rep. Valentine, Tim [D-NC-2] NC D V000006 20 American Industrial Quality and Training Act of 1991 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, through the Technology Administration, to make competitve matching grants to establish and operate American workforce quality partnership programs for workforce training consortia of industry and higher education institutions. Requires such programs to establish partnerships between one or more technology-based or manufacturing sector firms and a local community or technical college to train the industrial partners' employees at all organizational levels through both workplace and classroom training programs. Requires each partnership to establish an advisory board. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to develop and operate youth technical apprenticeship programs. Gives special consideration to applications providing for non-Federal contributions. Provides, also, for planning grants for such programs. Requires each grant recipient to establish an advisory board. Directs the Secretary of Labor, together with other appropriate entities, to establish and maintain a clearinghouse of youth apprenticeship programs in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make competitive matching grants to States for statewide technical education and training networks to develop plans or strategies to establish statewide systems to provide technical, technician, or technological skills and education by building upon Federal, State, and local programs through various methods. Requires State Governors to submit evaluation reports within three years of award of such grants. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in conjunction with the Small Business Administration and other relevant agencies, to compile information and statistics on the total annual expenditure of U.S. industry on formal worker training programs, quantity of training, and other relevant worker training information, by firm size, sector, industry, job cl… 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3507
102-hr-3470 102 hr 3470 High Skills Competitive Workforce Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-10-02 1992-03-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. House Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] MO D G000132 4 High Skills, Competitive Workforce Act of 1991 - Title I: Findings and National Policy - Sets forth findings and purposes of this Act. Makes national policy declarations involving: (1) Federal encouragement of a voluntary system of educational and occupational standards of proficiency to be used in design and evaluation of worker training programs; (2) increased attention and resources to provide adequate educational resources to students of all backgrounds, school-to-work transition programs, and adult education and training; (3) technical assistance and diagnostic services for employers and labor unions to implement changes to high performance forms of work organization; (4) workforce training, education, and other activities emphasizing increasing education, skills, and direct authority and autonomy of front-line workers; (5) the Federal role as a guide and catalyst, providing incentives, establishing broad strategic goals, sponsoring research and pilot projects, disseminating information and knowledge, and simplifying and coordinating existing Federal resources; and (6) the private sector lead role and the involvement of business, labor educational institutions, State and local governments, and community organizations. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions and prohibitions against State use of funds under this Act to attract existing businesses to relocate from another State. Title II: Standards of Excellence in Education and Training - Establishes a National Board for Professional and Technical Standards (the National Board) for occupational training. Directs the National Board to establish advisory committees for each major industry and for major occupations that involve more than one industry. Requires the National Board: (1) by December 1, 1993, to have identified at least 20 occupational categories and developed recommendations for occupational standards, curricula, and certifications for such occupations; and (2) develop a program to ensure that standards, curricula, and certifications for all re… 2025-08-26T15:18:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3470
102-hr-3475 102 hr 3475 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act Labor and Employment 1991-10-02 1992-10-27 Became Public Law No: 102-530. House Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] MD R M000941 51 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to carry out an outreach program to inform employers and labor unions of the availability of technical assistance for preparing the workplace to employ women in apprenticeable occupations and other nontraditional occupations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide outreach to employers through, but not limited to, the private industry councils in each service delivery area; (2) provide outreach to labor unions through, but not limited to, the building trade councils, joint apprenticeable occupations councils, and individual unions; and (3) give priority to employers in areas that have nontraditional employment and training programs specifically targeted to women. Sets forth various activities which may be included under such technical assistance provided by community-based organizations to employers and labor unions. Directs the Secretary to select a total of 50 employers or labor unions to receive such technical assistance. Requires each eligible community-based organization desiring to receive a competitive grant to provide such technical assistance to employers and labor unions to submit an application to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to give priority to applications from community-based organizations that demonstrate specified types of experience and that have tradeswomen or women in nontraditional occupations as active members. Sets forth technical assistance application requirements, for employers and labor unions, including specified descriptions, assurances, and commitments. Directs the Department of Labor to serve as a liaison among employers, labor, and community organizations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the participation of women in apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations, examining specified topics; and (2) report to the Congress within two years on such study, with recommendations. Authorizes appropriations for such technical assistance progr… 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3475
102-hr-3476 102 hr 3476 Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces Act Labor and Employment 1991-10-02 1992-09-29 Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. House Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] MD R M000941 56 Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces Act - Establishes the Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3476
102-hr-3443 102 hr 3443 Employee Benefits and Job Security Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-10-01 1991-10-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] FL R B000463 1 Employee Benefits and Job Security Act of 1991 - Entitles eligible individuals to certain reemployment rights if they leave employment for specified legitimate personal purposes involving family, health, or education. Makes individuals eligible for such reemployment if they: (1) were employed by the employer (from whom reemployment is sought) for at least 2,000 hours of continuous employment during the 14-month period preceding provision of specified notice; (2) left a currently held position with the employer for a period of time for specified legitimate personal purposes; (3) did not accept intervening employment exceeding 17 1/2 hours per week with any employer during the period (unless they applied for reemployment and have been notified that the original or a similar position is not currently available); (4) have provided specified notice and documentation; (5) have applied for reemployment in a specified manner; and (6) were not subject to formal or informal disciplinary action by the employer before delivery of such notices. Requires the employer, with specified exceptions, to: (1) restore an eligible individual to employment in an available similar position at the time of application with any benefits and seniority accrued during prior service with the same employer; or (2) if such a similar position is not available when the individual applies, notify the individual of such situation and any subsequent availability of such a position that occurs within one year after the application date in accordance with specified notification procedures, and restore the individual to employment. Allows the employer and the eligible individual to agree that the individual shall be employed in any available position of lesser status, benefits, or pay until the same or a similar position becomes available. Includes as a period of time for a legitimate family purpose a period: (1) preceding the birth of a child, because of a serious health condition or on the advice of a physician and for purposes directly related to t… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3443
102-hr-3400 102 hr 3400 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-09-24 1991-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] IL R M000692 9 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) ten weeks during a five-percent period (triggered if the adjusted rate of insured unemployment for such week and the immediately perceding 12 weeks is at least five percent; and (2) six weeks for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the individual relating to the same benefit year under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Sets the weekly benefit amount at the amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable under the State law to the individual for such week for total unemployment. Provides for determination of periods and applicable triggers. Provides for a minimum period. Prov… 2025-08-26T15:15:27Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3400
102-hr-3353 102 hr 3353 Glass Ceiling Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-09-17 1991-10-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Molinari, Susan [R-NY-14] NY R M000843 20 Glass Ceiling Act of 1991 - Establishes the Glass Ceiling Commission to conduct a study and prepare recommendations concerning: (1) eliminating artificial barriers to the advancement of women and minorities; and (2) increasing opportunities and developmental experiences of women and minorities to foster advancement of women and minorities to management and decisionmaking positions in business. Establishes the National Award for Diversity and Excellence in American Executive Management. Allows a recipient business to use the award in its advertising if the business agrees to help other U.S. businesses improve with respect to the promotion of opportunities and developmental experiences of women and minorities regarding management and decisionmaking positions. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission and the authority to make awards four years after enactment of this Act. 2025-08-26T15:16:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3353
102-hr-3340 102 hr 3340 Privacy for Consumers and Workers Act Labor and Employment 1991-09-16 1991-10-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] NE R B000403 0 Privacy for Consumers and Workers Act - Requires employers who engage in electronic monitoring to provide each affected employee with prior written notice describing specified aspects of the electronic monitoring directly affecting the employee. Requires employers to notify prospective employees at personal interviews or meetings of existing forms of electronic monitoring which may directly affect them and, upon request, provide them with the written notice provided to employees. Requires employers to permit employees or their authorized agents to have access to all personal data obtained by electronic monitoring of their work. Prohibits employers from collecting personal data on an employee which is not relevant to the employee's work performance. Prohibits employers from disclosing personal data obtained by electronic monitoring to any person or business except to the individual employee to whom that data pertains or without the employee's prior written consent, unless disclosure would be: (1) to the employer's officers and employees who need it to perform their duties; (2) to a law enforcement agency for a criminal investigation or prosecution; or (3) pursuant to a proper court order. Prohibits employers from using personal data obtained by electronic monitoring as the exclusive basis for individual employee performance evaluation or disciplinary action, unless the employee is given an opportunity to review the data within a reasonable time after it is obtained. Prohibits employers from using personal data or collective data obtained by electronic monitoring as the sole basis for setting production quotas or work performance expectations. Prohibits employers from maintaining, collecting, using, or disseminating personal data obtained by electronic monitoring which describes how an employee exercises First Amendment rights, unless such use is: (1) expressly authorized by statute or by the employee; or (2) pertinent to and within the scope of an authorized law enforcement activity. Sets forth the following … 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3340
102-hr-3201 102 hr 3201 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-08-02 1992-10-05 See H.R.3040. House Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] IL D R000458 0 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Authorizes a State Governor, in a period of a seven or eight percent total unemployment rate in that State (as defined under this Act), to elect to trigger off an extended compensation period to provide emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular compensation under State law. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) 20 for an eight-percent period, i.e. one triggered by a total unemployment rate (TUR) of eight percent or more in the State, seasonally adjusted, for the most recent three months with available data; (2) 13 for a seven-percent period; (3) seven for a six-percent period; and (4) four for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the individual relating to the same benefit ye… 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3201
102-hr-3210 102 hr 3210 Retirement Annuity Protection Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-08-02 1991-10-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] NJ D H000930 20 Retirement Annuity Protection Act of 1991 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish standards for insurers from which irrevocable commitments may be purchased in order to terminate single-employer pension plans in standard terminations. Provides for review of such insurers by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Provides for: (1) notice to the PBGC regarding the insurer; (2) notice to participants and beneficiaries regarding the insurer; (3) disapproval of the insurer by the PBGC as a basis for a notice of noncompliance; and (4) prior certification of insurers. Directs the PBGC to exercise its continuing authority to cease the standard termination of a single-employer plan under specified ERISA provisions, or to restore a plan which is so terminated, in any case in which the final distribution of assets is being, or was, carried out in whole or in part by means of the purchase of irrevocable commitments from any insurer, if the PBGC determines that such distribution by such means is not, or was not, in the best interests of plan participants and beneficiaries. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3210
102-hr-3160 102 hr 3160 Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act Labor and Employment 1991-08-01 1992-07-09 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 102-663, Part I. House Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] MI D F000270 136 Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) with respect to occupational safety and health programs, committees, employee representatives, coverage, standards, enforcement, antidiscrimination, training and education, hazard and illness evaluation, State plans, and victims' rights. Title I: Safety and Health Programs - Amends OSHA to establish requirements for each employer to set up and carry out a written occupational safety and health program that includes methods and procedures for: (1) identifying, evaluating, and documenting hazards; (2) correcting them; (3) providing occupational safety and health services, including emergency response and first aid procedures; (4) employee participation in implementing such program, including, where applicable, a safety and health committee; (5) providing safety and health training and education to employees and committee members; (6) designating employer representatives qualified to and responsible for identifying hazards and initiating corrective action; and (7) at a worksite where employees of two or more employers work, protecting employees from hazards under the other employers' control. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to issue final regulations on the required employer occupational safety and health programs (covering employee training and education as well as including annual refresher courses) within one year of the effective date of this Act, with such regulations to take effect within 18 months after such effective date. Title II: Safety and Health Committees and Employee Safety and Health Representatives - Amends OSHA to require each employer of 11 or more employees (each for 20 or more hours per week) to provide for: (1) safety and health committees; and (2) employee safety and health representatives. Requires, in general, such employers to establish such a committee at each worksite, but authorizes the Secretary to modify application of this requirement to: (1) an emp… 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3160
102-hr-3175 102 hr 3175 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 Labor and Employment 1991-08-01 1991-08-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12] TX D G000134 0 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Authorizes a State Governor, in a period of a seven or eight percent total unemployment rate in that State (as defined under this Act), to elect to trigger off an extended compensation period to provide emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular compensation under State law. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) 20 for an eight-percent period, i.e. one triggered by a total unemployment rate (TUR) of eight percent or more in the State, seasonally adjusted, for the most recent three months with available data; (2) 13 for a seven-percent period; (3) seven for a six-percent period; and (4) four for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the individual relating to the same benefit ye… 2025-08-26T15:14:44Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3175
102-hr-3133 102 hr 3133 Occupational Safety and Health Hazards Victims' Rights Act Labor and Employment 1991-07-31 1991-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Safety. House Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1] IL D H000388 9 Occupational Safety and Health Hazards Victims' Rights Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to set forth rights of victims (injured employees and their family members), including: (1) meetings, reports, and participation in proceedings and settlements; (2) access to information and documents; and (3) specified additional remedies. Directs the Secretary of Labor to notify victims of their rights under this Act. 2025-08-26T15:15:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3133
102-hr-3144 102 hr 3144 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain individuals from the child labor provisions. Labor and Employment 1991-07-31 1991-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. House Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] WI R P000265 0 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make child labor provisions inapplicable to individuals employed for any secondary school football game as: (1) a sideline official, if they are at least 12 years old; or (2) a ball monitor, if they are at least 11 years old. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3144
102-hr-3093 102 hr 3093 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from the overtime requirements of that Act for individuals who perform multi-skill duties in connection with wildlife. Labor and Employment 1991-07-30 1991-10-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards. House Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] CO R H000444 3 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from its overtime requirements State agency employees in multi-skill positions with duties involving specified types of activities relating to wildlife. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/3093

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