[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1362 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1362
To amend the National Apprenticeship Act to require minimum funding for
certain outreach recruitment and training programs, to restore a
national information collection system, to require increases in force
within the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the Department of
Labor and to limit decreases in such force, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 16, 1993
Mr. Oberstar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the National Apprenticeship Act to require minimum funding for
certain outreach recruitment and training programs, to restore a
national information collection system, to require increases in force
within the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the Department of
Labor and to limit decreases in such force, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Apprenticeship Improvement Act of
1991''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM.
Section 2 of the Act of August 16, 1937 (50 Stat. 664; 29 U.S.C.
50), popularly known as the ``National Apprenticeship Act'',
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``Act'') is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``Sec. 2.'', and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new
subsection:
``(b) The Secretary shall establish and maintain a national
information collection system for apprenticeships and apprenticeship
programs.''.
SEC. 3. OUTREACH PROGRAM.
The Act is further amended--
(1) by redesignating section 4 as section 5, and
(2) by inserting after section 3 the following new section:
``Sec. 4. The Secretary shall assure that from the amounts
appropriated to carry out this Act in each fiscal year, not less than 1
percent of such amounts shall be available to establish outreach
recruitment activities to increase the participation of women,
minorities, handicapped individuals, displaced workers, and
disadvantaged individuals in the apprenticeship programs authorized by
this Act.''.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING;
APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES.
(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of
Labor, the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (hereinafter in this
Act referred to as the ``Bureau'') which shall carry out the policies
and functions of this Act in behalf of the Secretary of Labor
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary''). The Bureau
shall be under the direction of an administrator to be known as the
Administrator of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. The
Administrator shall report directly to the Secretary.
(b) Transfer of Functions.--Functions of the Assistant Secretary
for Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor
with respect to the promotion of labor standards of apprenticeship,
including research, information, and publications are transferred to
the Bureau. Functions related to apprenticeship, including appropriate
administrative and program support services, together with personnel
necessary to the administration of such functions, and unexpended
balances of appropriations and other funds related thereto, are
transferred to the Bureau.
(c) Appointment of Employees.--The Secretary is authorized to
appoint such employees as may be necessary for the administration of
this Act in accordance with laws applicable to the appointment and
compensation of employees and advisors of the United States.
SEC. 5. INCREASE IN FORCE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall increase the force within the
Bureau to 377 full-time employees no later than January 1, 1992.
(b) Consideration of Employees Working Less Than Full Time.--In the
administration of subsection (a)--
(1) a part-time employee shall be counted as a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number corresponding to the
average number of hours in such employee's regularly scheduled
workweek and the denominator of which is 40; and
(2) an individual employed on a temporary or intermittent
basis shall not be counted.
SEC. 6. LIMITATIONS ON REDUCTION IN FORCE.
(a) In General.--A reduction in force may not be conducted within
the Bureau if--
(1) the reduction in force would reduce the total number of
civilian employees within such Bureau; and
(2) such total number, after the reduction in force, would
be less than the equivalent of 377 full-time employees.
(b) Consideration of Employees Working Less Than Full Time.--In the
administration of subsection (a)--
(1) a part-time employee shall be counted as a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number corresponding to the
average number of hours in such employee's regularly scheduled
workweek and the denominator of which is 40; and
(2) an individual employed on a temporary or intermittent
basis shall not be counted.
SEC. 7. REPORT.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the
Congress, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this
Act, a detailed report concerning whether the apprenticeship program
conducted by the Department of Labor under the Act of August 16, 1937
(50 Stat. 664; 29 U.S.C. 50), complies with regulations governing equal
opportunity.
(b) Contents of Report.--The report required by this section shall
include--
(1) a detailed description of activities carried out by the
Department of Labor to ensure compliance;
(2) a list of compliance reviews undertaken by the
Department; and
(3) a description of any sanctions imposed as a result of
the compliance reviews.
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