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Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7]

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Bill· HRH.R. 5980 (102nd)referred

Veterans' Job Training Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1992

Veterans' Job Training Act of 1992 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a veterans' job training program to assist eligible veterans in obtaining employment through employer job training programs. Makes eligible for such program qualified veterans who: (1) are unemployed at the time of application to the program; and (2) have been unemployed for at least ten of the 15 weeks preceding the date of application for participation in the program. Defines a "qualified veteran" as: (1) a veteran who has served in the active military, naval, or air service for a period of more than 180 days, any part of which was after June 27, 1950; or (2) a disabled veteran who served after such date. Sets forth application requirements. Directs the Secretary to issue eligible veterans certificates of eligibility for presentation to employers offering job training programs. Authorizes employers to establish job training programs to provide training and retraining to veterans with approved applications. Requires such programs to be for periods of at least six months for occupations in growth industries, requiring new technological skills, or for which demand for labor exceeds supply. Sets forth application requirements for employers, including certifications concerning: (1) maximum periods of job training to be provided; (2) equivalent wages and benefits; (3) prohibitions on displacement of workers in order to employ a veteran; (4) prohibitions on training veterans who are already qualified for the job for which the training is to be provided; (5) full-time employment for veterans; (6) appropriate length of training programs; (7) records on participating veterans; and (8) permanent employment for veterans after completion of training. Bars approval of employer applications if they contain a program: (1) for employment of seasonal or temporary jobs; (2) for employment under which commissions are a primary source of income; (3) for employment which involves political or religious activities; (4) for employment with any Federal agency; or (5) in which the training will not be carried out in a State. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold approval of a veteran's entry into a program if there are insufficient funds to make payments to the employer offering the program. Requires payments to employers for the costs of training programs to equal 50 percent of a veteran's wages and benefits up to a limit of $15,000 per year. Permits employers to enter into agreements with educational institutions approved for enrollment of veterans to provide training programs. Provides for counseling and information and outreach programs for veterans with respect to job training programs. Considers veterans to be members of a targeted group for purposes of the targeted jobs tax credit. Authorizes appropriations.

Law· HRH.R. 5925 (102nd)enacted

EEOC Education, Technical Assistance, and Training Revolving Fund Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1992

EEOC Education, Technical Assistance, and Training Revolving Fund Act of 1992 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish the EEOC Education, Technical Assistance, and Training Revolving Fund and to pay the cost of providing such services relating to laws administered by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Requires the EEOC to charge fees to offset the costs. Transfers a specified amount to the Fund from the Salaries and Expenses appropriation of the EEOC.

Bill· HRH.R. 5842 (102nd)referred

To award a congressional gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie.

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie in recognition of his accomplishments as a musician. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.

Bill· HRH.R. 5723 (102nd)open

School-to-Work Transition and Skill Standards Development Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1992

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 occupations or fields; (3) development of curricula and training materials that are usable by a wide variety of providers, including structured work experiences and related study programs leading to certificates or associate degrees, and provide for training of instructors; (4) assessment and certification that are based on existing world-class standards, use a variety of testing methods, establish multiple levels of mastery or certification, and provide for continuing education; (5) development of evaluation component; and (6) dissemination. Sets forth selection requirements, including priorities and limitations. Sets forth allocation requirements. Requires the Commission to report to the Congress in each fiscal year in which it makes such grant payments. Directs the Commission to: (1) hold public hearings to solicit public review and comment on the voluntary national industry and occupation skills standards contained in grantee reports; and (2) certify skill standards appropriate for the industry or occupation. Defines eligible entity as a consortium consisting of representatives from a business or industry association, a labor organization or worker representative group, and an educational institution or training organization. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Grants to States to Improve School-to-Work Transition Services - Directs the Commission to make grants to leadership States (which have existing school-to-work transition infrastructures) to improve and expand their existing school-to-work transition services. Limits the period of such a grant to at most three years, subject to annual Commission approval and availability of appropriations. Sets forth application, fund use, program, and allocation requirements. Requires a Commission report to the Congress, in each fiscal year when such grant payments are made. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Directs the Commission to make initial planning grants to developmental States (which lack existing school-to-work infrastructures) to establish State plans to develop school-to-work transition services. Sets forth application, fund use, program, and allocation requirements. Requires establishment of workforce quality councils to provide or assist in provision of services. Sets forth additional requirements for: (1) integration of existing apprenticeship programs; (2) flexibility in allowing participant transfers among transition programs in different fields and from and to transition programs and conventional academic programs and traditional apprenticeship programs; and (3) implementation of certified standards. Requires coordination with existing programs. Requires designation of a liaison between the provider and the clearinghouse under title VI of this Act. Sets forth grantee selection requirements, including priority for development States that: (1) have a large number or percentage of individuals who have not completed secondary or postsecondary education; (2) target urban and rural areas with high poverty and unemployment rates for transition program assistance; and (3) have policies promoting entry of women into nontraditional occupations and of minorities into the workplace. Authorizes appropriations for initial planning grants. Directs the Commission to make implementation grants to developmental States that have successfully complied with certain requirements (under the planning grant program) to carry out the school-to-work transition program they have established. Limits the period of such an implementation grant to at most three fiscal years, subject to annual Commission approval and availability of appropriations. Sets forth application, fund use, program, and allocation requirements. Sets forth grantee selection requirements, including priority for States that: (1) have developed or will develop programs which encourage secondary students to enroll in traditional apprenticeships (with the operators' consent); (2) provide staff or teacher training in work-based learning techniques; (3) have developed alternative learning, flexible school hours and attendance policies, postsecondary options and flexibility in graduation requirements while maintaining high academic standards; and (4) have assessed the future workforce needs for the State over a three-to-five-year period based on available labor data, and have provided projections on how the State will meet such needs. Requires the Commission to report to the Congress, in each fiscal year in which such a grant is made. Authorizes appropriations for implementation grants. Title V: Grants to Local Consortia to Improve School-to-Work Transitional Services - Directs the Commission to make grants to eligible entities to develop school-to-work transition programs which provide students with increased options for career and educational opportunities at the local level. Limits the period of such a grant to at most three fiscal years, subject to annual Commission approval and availability of appropriations. Sets forth application requirements. Sets forth mandatory and discretionary uses of funds. Sets forth grantee selection requirements, including geographic diversity and priority for entities that: (1) have labor, business, and educational organizations represented; and (2) are located in areas with high rates of poverty or unemployment. Sets forth allocation requirements. Requires grantees to submit reports to the Commission in each fiscal year in which they receive grant funds. Defines an eligible entity as a consortium that: (1) must include representatives of a business or industry association, a labor organization or worker representative group, and an educational institution or training organization; and (2) may include representatives from a community-based organization, a private industry council or other similar organization, and institution of higher education, a public vocational or technical school (or technical college), and a unit of general local government. Authorize appropriations for such grants. Title VI: National Information Clearinghouse on a High Skills Workforce - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish within the Department of Labor a National Information Clearinghouse on a High Skills Workforce (the Clearinghouse). Requires the Clearinghouse to: (1) gather and compile information on different school-to-work transition programs in the United States; (2) establish and operate a national database to provide general public access to such information; (3) serve as an information source on new developments and different transition programs; (4) provide technical and policy assistance to States and eligible local consortia to improve or establish transition programs and access to them; (5) provide training and technical assistance to transition instructors, and promote diffusion of state-of-the-art teaching and training methods and technologies for such programs; (6) encourage innovation and experimentation in transition programs at State and local levels, by providing current information on national activities; (7) create an Industry Worker Training Databank within the Clearinghouse; (8) categorize Databank information in specified ways; and (9) gather and compile information on laws relating to school-to-work transition. Directs the Secretary of Labor to report annually to the Congress, including a compilation of information received by the Clearinghouse and an evaluation of Clearinghouse effectiveness. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Nonduplication, Nondisplacement, Nondiscrimination, and Other Requirements - Sets forth prohibitions against use of assistance under this Act for programs that: (1) duplicate other programs; (2) displace employees or positions; (3) discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, handicap, political affiliation, or socioeconomic status; (4) are used by States to attract or induce existing businesses or their subsidiary units to relocate from one State to another, or engage in bidding for proposed businesses or their subsidiary units; or (5) impair existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements (without written concurrence of the labor organization and employer).

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 529 (102nd)enacted

Supporting the planting of 500 redwood trees from California in Spain in commemoration of the quincentenary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus and designating the trees as a gift to the people of Spain.

United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1992

Supports the planting of 500 redwood trees from California on the northwest coast of Spain in commemoration of the quincentenary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World. Designates such trees as a gift to the people of Spain made in the name of the people of the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 5329 (102nd)referred

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992

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 grantees fail to apply, to make such grants to the appropriate States to provide such services. Includes among grant application requirements: (1) conversion plans; (2) verification of provision of certain services by the State dislocated worker unit; (3) conditions for provision of skills enhancement training. Authorizes technical assistance in meeting application requirements. Requires assurances that the applicant will use amounts from the grant to provide certain needs-related payments. Directs the Secretary to select for substate grants only applications: (1) from areas most severely impacted (particularly those with existing high poverty or unemployment levels); (2) from areas with the greatest number of eligible employees (taking into account the ratio of eligible employees to community population); and (3) which include input and participation of the labor-management committee in the development of the conversion plan. Gives priority to applications from labor-management committees. Directs the Secretary to retain specified portions of the grant amount: (1) until determining that conversion plan requirements have been met; and (2) to reimburse the State dislocated worker unit for providing certain services. Allows such grants to be used for: (1) any authorized purpose under title III dislocated worker provisions in general or under part B Federal programs; and (2) skills enhancement training at defense facilities being converted to commercial facilities in order to supplement existing skills enhancement efforts for non-professional and non-managerial positions at such facilities. Makes specified requirements applicable to such grants for adjustment assistance. Directs the Secretary to follow specified requirements in prescribing regulations for use of such grant funds for needs-related payments in order to enable eligible employees to complete training or education programs to eligible employees participating in certificate vocational training or education programs for one year or more. Requires that student financial assistance authorized under programs for Department of Defense employees and veterans be provided prior to adjustment assistance or needs-related payments under such grants or any other student financial assistance provided under Federal law. Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out the Program, to make grants for demonstration projects for innovative responses to the dislocation resulting from reductions in U.S. defense expenditures or closure of U.S. military installations. Directs the Secretary to reserve specified amounts for grants to community planning and adjustment committees for planning and conversion activities in substantially and seriously affected defense communities. Directs the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects to train eligible employees in: (1) environmental cleanup at military installations, including hazardous waste; and (2) destruction or disposal of weapons at such installations. Defines eligible employee, for Program purposes, as an eligible dislocated worker who has been terminated or laid off, has received notice of termination or layoff, or will be terminated or laid off within 180 days, as a consequence of reduced U.S. defense spending or closing of U.S. military facilities. Defines substantially and seriously affected community to include not only such a community as defined under the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990, but also areas of high poverty and high unemployment, as determined by the Secretary. Amends the Defense Economic Adjustment Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Defense, which are to be transferred to the Secretary of Labor, to carry out the Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (the Program) under title III of JTPA. Requires that transfer of Federal property and equipment to a job training program under JTPA be provided to such program at no cost. Amends Federal law relating to the Armed Forces to require expansion of Interstate Job Bank program transitional services for Armed Forces members who are separated from active duty. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Defense, which are to be transferred to the Secretary of Labor, to carry out such transitional services in general. Directs the Secretary of Labor to set aside a specified portion of such funds for the expansion of Interstate Job bank services to such members. Amends the Fedeal law relating to the Armed Forces to require defense contractors: (1) to give priority to hiring individuals who have received job training assistance under the Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (the Program) under JTPA; and (2) list suitable employment openings with the local employment service office. Requires the Secretary of Defense, not later than six months before the cancellation or substantial reduction in a defense contract, to give notice to a defense facility, where appropriate. Requires such facility, within two weeks after it receives such notice, to notify each employee representative (or each employee, if there is no representative).

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 501 (102nd)referred

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for representation of the District of Columbia in the Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1992

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the District which constitutes the seat of government of the United States shall be treated as though it were a State for purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and article V of the Constitution. Repeals the 23d Amendment.

Bill· HRH.R. 5294 (102nd)referred

Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1992

Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish an Office of Community Environmental Infrastructure Assistance within the Directorate of Civil Works of the Office of the Chief of Engineers. Requires the Office to: (1) manage projects pursuant to this Act; and (2) provide information and guidance to communities in economically distressed areas with respect to eligible projects, economic and organizational issues, and construction, operation, and rehabilitation of environmental infrastructure facilities. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish an environmental infrastructure assistance program to be administered through the Office; and (2) use funds under this Act for the construction of wastewater treatment works, public water systems, and solid waste management facilities. Provides that funds shall be available only for publicly-owned environmental infrastructure projects serving fewer than 25,000 persons that are located in economically distressed areas. Authorizes State Governors to submit State priority project plans to the Secretary. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to submit priority project plans for eligible projects on Indian reservations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit annual economically distressed areas environmental infrastructure assistance plans to the Congress; (2) enter into local cooperation agreements to provide for the planning, design, and construction of environmental infrastructure projects; and (3) assure that such agreements are executed for a project from each State submitting a priority project plan. Requires the Administrator to publish guidelines for the design of wastewater treatment, public water supply, and solid waste disposal facilities pursuant to this Act. Provides for the review and revision of such guidelines at least every five years. Authorizes appropriations. Reserves at least 15 and five percent of such funds, respectively, for colonias and Indian reservations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5297 (102nd)referred

Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1992

Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow, on order of a veterinarian: (1) a new animal drug approved for one use to be used for a different purpose, provided the use does not result in residues in food in violation of established safe levels for the drug; and (2) a new drug approved for human use to be used in non-food producing animals.

Bill· HRH.R. 5231 (102nd)open

National Competitiveness Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992

Title I: General Provisions - National Competitiveness Act of 1992 - Sets forth the purposes and goals of this Act. Title II: Manufacturing - Manufacturing Technology and Extension Act of 1992 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to designate the Department of Commerce as the lead civilian Federal agency to work with U.S. industry, State and local governments, and private entities to enhance U.S. manufacturing capabilities. Establishes the Nationwide Network of Manufacturing Outreach Centers to assist U.S. manufacturers, especially small and medium-sized firms, to expand the use of technology and modern manufacturing processes. Provides for a related communications infrastructure and information clearinghouse. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes the Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Networking Projects program to create technology development programs to create advanced computer-integrated, electronically-networked manufacturing technologies and associated applications. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish local manufacturing offices. Eliminates the requirement that a Manufacturing Technology Center be financially self-supporting after six years of operation. Authorizes appropriations for existing and new centers. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand the Engineering Research Centers program with emphasis on advanced manufacturing. Authorizes the establishment of up to five new Centers for such purpose. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Critical Technologies - Subtitle A: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees regarding any executive branch international trade negotiations which might affect Federal research and development programs. Subtitle B: Council on Technology and Competitiveness - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President a Council on Technology and Competitiveness. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Advanced Technology Program - Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress an expansion plan for the Advanced Technology program. Requires the establishment of at least two new critical technologies consortia. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Technology Commercialization Loans - Authorizes the Secretary to make technology commercialization loans. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Critical Technologies Development-Part I: General Provisions - Critical Technologies Development Act of 1992 - Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology (Under Secretary) to establish a critical technologies development advisory committee. Part II: Program Structure and Operation - Establishes a program of financing qualified business concerns through federally assisted licensees. Part III: Enforcement - Provides for license enforcement. Part IV: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Under Secretary to issue and guarantee trust certificates for licensee preferred securities. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: International Standardization - Amends the American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991 to expand the standards pilot program to promote the dissemination of U.S. technical standards abroad. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress with regard to the appropriate Federal role in developing and promulgating domestic and global product and quality standards. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary; (2) technology policy; (3) Japanese technical literature; (4) National Technical Information Service modernization, including a facilities study; and (5) specified activities within the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Prohibits the fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels. Provides for compliance with the Buy American Act. Prohibits the making of a Malcolm Baldrige Award within a category or subcategory if there are no qualifying enterprises in that category or subcategory. Title VI: Competitiveness Research, Data Collection, and Evaluation - Directs the Secretary to conduct a competitiveness research program. Authorizes appropriations.

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