Full Employment Act for Fiscal Year 1994

Summary: TABLE OF CONTENTS: 
     Title I:  Supplemental Appropriations for Full Employment 
          Economy 
     Title II:  Work Hours 
     Title III:  Wages 
     Title IV:  Tax Incentives for Full Employment 
     Title V:  Entitlement Programs 
Full Employment Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - 
Title I:  Supplemental Appropriations for Full Employment Economy
 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1994 to:  (1) the Department of Agriculture for watershed and flood prevention operations, rural water and waste disposal grants, the special supplemental food program, and the National Forest System; (2) the Small Business Administration for the business loans program account; (3) the Department of the Interior for the National Park System; (4) the Department of Energy for energy conservation activities; (5) the Department of Labor for training and employment services and community service employment for older Americans; (6) the Department of Health and Human Services for health resources and services, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, and children and families services programs; (7) the Department of Education for compensatory education for the disadvantaged and student financial assistance; (8) the Department of Transportation for grants-in-aid for airports, Federal-aid highways, grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and formula grants; (9) the Department of the Treasury for Internal Revenue Service information systems; (10) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for homeless assistance and community development grants; and (11) the Environmental Protection Agency for construction grants. 
Title II:  Work Hours
 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require overtime to be paid at two times the regular hourly rate (currently, one- and one-half times).  Reduces the regular 40-hour workweek to a 30-hour workweek. 
Title III:  Wages
 - Establishes the minimum wage at $7 an hour. 
Title IV:  Tax Incentives for Full Employment
 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that appropriate tax incentives should be provided to businesses that hire new employees, create new jobs, provide ongoing education and training for their employees, provide child care arrangements for their employees, establish health care plans for their employees, and undertake research and development. 
Title V:  Entitlement Programs
 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that individuals who receive assistance under any Federal entitlement program should seek to obtain employment providing livable wages and, where appropriate, affordable child care arrangements.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Full Employment Act for Fiscal Year 
1994''.

    TITLE I--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT ECONOMY

    The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide supplemental 
appropriations for fiscal year 1994:

CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                       Soil Conservation Service

               watershed and flood prevention operations

    For an additional amount for ``Watershed and flood prevention 
operations'', $43,600,000 for the costs of emergency watershed 
protection operations and for small watershed operations.

                    Rural Development Administration

                 rural water and waste disposal grants

    For an additional amount for ``Rural water and waste disposal 
grants'', $246,800,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

  special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

    For an additional amount for the special supplemental food program, 
$75,000,000.

CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, 
                          AND RELATED AGENCIES

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                     Small Business Administration

                     business loans program account

    For an additional amount for ``Business loans program account'' for 
the cost of guaranteed loans authorized by section 7(a) of the Small 
Business Act, $140,900,000.

      CHAPTER III--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         National Park Service

                 operation of the national park system

    For an additional amount for ``Operation of the national park 
system'', $146,500,000.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $83,600,000.

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                         national forest system

    For an additional amount for ``National forest system'', to be used 
for maintenance, repairs, rehabilitation, and natural resource 
conservation activities, $150,000,000.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', to be used for 
recreation facility and trail construction, $37,800,000.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                          energy conservation

    For enhanced ``Energy conservation'' activities, $100,800,000.

CHAPTER IV--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, 
                          AND RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    training and employment services

    For an additional amount for ``Training and Employment Services'', 
$1,000,000,000, to carry out the Job Training Partnership Act.

            community service employment for older americans

    For an additional amount for ``Community service employment for 
older Americans'', $19,100,000.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                     health resources and services

    For an additional amount to carry out title XXVI of the Public 
Health Service Act, $170,000,000.

                     Assistant Secretary for Health

              office of the assistant secretary for health

    For an additional amount for the ``Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Health'' for carrying out childhood immunization 
activities under title III and subtitle 1 of title XXI of the Public 
Health Service Act, $300,000,000.

                Administration for Children and Families

                children and families services programs

    For an additional amount for carrying out the Head Start Act, 
$500,000,000.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

              compensatory education for the disadvantaged

    For an additional amount for concentration grants under section 
1006 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
$500,000,000.

                      student financial assistance

    For an additional amount for ``Student financial assistance'' for 
payment of awards made under subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, $1,521,700,000.

      CHAPTER V--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                    FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for 
airport planning and development under section 14 of Public Law 91-258, 
as amended, and under other law authorizing such obligations, and 
obligations for noise compatibility planning and programs, 
$500,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                          Federal-Aid Highways

                          (highway trust fund)

    For Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, 
$2,976,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund.

                    FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

         Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

    For an additional amount for ``Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation'', for capital improvements grants, $187,800,000.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                             Formula Grants

    For an additional amount for ``Formula grants'' for capital grants, 
$466,500,000.

      CHAPTER VI--TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                        Internal Revenue Service

                          information systems

    For an additional amount for ``Information systems'', $148,400,000, 
to fund procurement of computer and telecommunications equipment and 
services.

  CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN 
                 DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                          Homeless Assistance

       transitional and supportive housing demonstration program

    For an additional amount for ``Transitional and supportive housing 
demonstration program'', $423,000,000.

                   Community Planning and Development

                      community development grants

    For an additional amount for ``Community development grants'', 
$2,536,000,000.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Environmental Protection Agency

               state revolving funds/construction grants

    For an additional amount for ``State revolving funds/construction 
grants'', to make grants under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended, $845,300,000.

                          TITLE II--WORK HOURS

SEC. 201. OVERTIME COMPENSATION LIMIT.

    (a) Act.--The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) is amended by striking out ``one and one-half times'' each place 
it occurs and inserting ``two times'' and by striking out ``forty 
hours'' each place it occurs and inserting ``thirty hours''.
    (b) Sections.--
            (1) Section 7.--Section 7 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 207) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``one 
                thousand and forty'' and inserting ``seven hundred and 
                eighty'',
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``two 
                thousand and forty'' and inserting ``one thousand five 
                hundred and sixty'', by striking ``one thousand eight 
                hundred and forty hours'' and inserting ``one thousand 
                three hundred and eighty'', and by striking ``two 
                thousand and eighty'' and inserting ``one thousand five 
                hundred and sixty'',
                    (C) in subsection (b), by striking ``twelve'' and 
                inserting ``six'' and by striking ``fifty-six'' and 
                inserting ``forty-five'', and
                    (D) in subsection (e)(5), by striking ``eight'' and 
                inserting ``six''.
            (2) Section 13.--Section 13(b)(29) (29 U.S.C. 213(b)(29)) 
        is amended by striking out ``fifty-six hours'' and inserting 
        ``forty-five hours''.

SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 201 shall take effect upon the 
expiration of 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

                            TITLE III--WAGES

SEC. 301. MINIMUM WAGE.

    Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not 
        less than $7.00 an hour;''.

SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 301 shall take effect upon the 
expiration of 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

              TITLE IV--TAX INCENTIVES FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT

SEC. 401. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that appropriate tax incentives 
should be provided to businesses that hire new employees, create new 
jobs, provide ongoing education and training for their employees, 
provide child care arrangements for their employees, establish health 
care plans for their employees, and undertake research and development.

                     TITLE V--ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS

SEC. 501. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that individuals who receive 
assistance under any Federal entitlement program should seek to obtain 
employment providing livable wages and, where appropriate, affordable 
child care arrangements.