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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4240

To ensure that defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance

programs of the Department of Defense are directed primarily toward

those States (and areas within those States) that have experienced the

greatest number of job losses as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of military installations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 18, 1994

Mr. MACHTLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on Education and Labor and Armed Services

A BILL

To ensure that defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs of the Department of Defense

are directed primarily toward those States (and areas

within those States) that have experienced the greatest

number of job losses as a result of reductions in defense

spending or the closure or realignment of military installations.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. PREFERENCE FOR STATES MOST ADVERSELY

2 AFFECTED BY DEFENSE CUTS.

3 (a) DETERMINATION OF DEFENSE-RELATED JOB

4 LOSSES.—The Secretary of Labor, acting through the Bu5 reau of Labor Statistics, shall determine annually the ag6 gregate number of employment positions lost in each State

7 since January 1, 1985, as a result of reductions in expend8 itures by the United States for defense, the termination

9 or cancellation of defense contracts, the failure to proceed

10 with an approved major weapon system, or the closure or

11 realignment of military installations. The Secretary of

12 Labor shall adjust the number determined for each State

13 by the number of employment positions created in that

14 State since that date as a result of new defense contracts

15 carried out in that State, the realignment of military func16 tions to military installations located in that State, or de17 fense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance

18 programs conducted in that State. The Secretary of Labor

19 shall complete the determination required by this sub20 section not later than November 1 of each year.

21 (b) RANKING OF STATES ON BASIS OF JOB

22 LOSSES.—Upon completing the determinations required

23 by subsection (a) for a year, the Secretary of Labor shall

24 also determine for each State a percentage represented by

25 the ratio of—
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1 (1) the aggregate number of job losses deter2 mined for that State under subsection (a) for that

3 year; to

4 (2) the aggregate number of job losses deter5 mined for all States under subsection (a) for that

6 year.

7 (c) PROVISION OF RESULTS TO CONGRESS AND SEC8 RETARY OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary of Labor shall sub9 mit to Congress and the Secretary of Defense an annual

10 report containing the job loss number and percentage de11 termined under subsections (a) and (b) for each State.

12 (d) PREFERENCE FOR STATES MOST ADVERSELY

13 AFFECTED BY DEFENSE CUTS.—In making assistance

14 available under defense conversion, reinvestment, and

15 transition assistance programs for a fiscal year, the Sec16 retary of Defense shall target such assistance—

17 (1) primarily to those States with the highest

18 percentages determined under subsection (b), as

19 identified in the most recent report received from

20 the Secretary of Labor; and

21 (2) within such a State, to those areas in which

22 the greatest number of job losses occurred, as deter23 mined for that State under subsection (a).

24 (e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
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1 (1) The term ‘‘State’’ means the several States,

2 the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Fed3 erated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of

4 the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the

5 Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of

6 Puerto Rico, Palau, and the United States Virgin Is7 lands.

8 (2) The term ‘‘defense conversion, reinvestment,

9 and transition assistance programs’’ means the fol10 lowing programs and activities of the Department of

11 Defense:

12 (A) Programs and activities conducted

13 under chapter 148 of title 10, United States

14 Code.

15 (B) The programs and activities authorized

16 by the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and

17 Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division D

18 of Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2658) and

19 the amendments made by that Act.

20 (C) The programs and activities authorized

21 by title XIII of the National Defense Authoriza22 tion Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law

23 103–160; 107 Stat. 1783) and the amendments

24 made by that title.

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