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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 244

To require certain entities receiving United States funds from the

International Fund for Ireland to comply with the MacBride Principles.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 4, 1995

Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. MANTON, Mr. KING, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr.

MCNULTY, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. WALSH,

Mr. CLAY, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. SERRANO, Mrs.

MALONEY, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. TRAFICANT,

and Mr. OWENS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on International Relations

A BILL

To require certain entities receiving United States funds

from the International Fund for Ireland to comply with

the MacBride Principles.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. COMPLIANCE WITH MACBRIDE PRINCIPLES RE4 QUIRED FOR RECIPIENTS OF UNITED STATES

5 FUNDS FROM INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

6 IRELAND.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—No entity in Northern Ireland and

8 Ireland shall be eligible to receive any United States funds
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1 from the International Fund for Ireland during a fiscal

2 year unless such entity is in compliance with the MacBride

3 Principles with respect to those employees during such

4 year.

5 (b) MACBRIDE PRINCIPLES DEFINED.—For pur6 poses of this section, the term ‘‘MacBride Principles’’

7 means the following principles:

8 (1) Eliminating religious discrimination in man9 agerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and

10 technical jobs and significantly increasing the rep11 resentation in such jobs of individuals from

12 underrepresented religious groups.

13 (2) Providing adequate security for the protec14 tion of minority employees at the workplace.

15 (3) Banning provocation sectarian and political

16 emblems from the workplace.

17 (4) Advertising publicly all job openings and

18 undertaking special recruitment efforts to attract

19 applicants from underrepresented religious groups.

20 (5) Establishing layoff, recall, and termination

21 procedures which do not favor particular religious

22 groupings.

23 (6) Providing equal employment for all employ24 ees, including implementing equal and nondiscrim25 inatory terms and conditions of employment for all
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1 employees, and abolishing job reservations, appren2 ticeship restrictions, and differential employment cri3 teria, which discriminate on the basis of religion or

4 ethnic origin.

5 (7) Developing training programs that will pre6 pare substantial numbers of minority employees for

7 managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and

8 technical jobs, including—

9 (A) expanding existing programs and form10 ing new programs to train, upgrade, and im11 prove the skills of all categories of minority em12 ployees;

13 (B) creating on-the-job training programs

14 and facilities to assist minority employees to ad15 vance to higher paying jobs requiring greater

16 skills; and

17 (C) establishing and expanding programs

18 to enable minority employees to further their

19 education and skills to recognize education fa20 cilities.

21 (8) Establishing procedures to assess, identify,

22 and actively recruit minority individuals with poten23 tial for further advancement, and identifying those

24 minority individuals who have high management po-
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1 tential and enrolling them in accelerated manage2 ment programs.

3 (9) Appointing a senior management staff

4 member to oversee compliance with the principles

5 described in this subsection.

6 (c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

7 (1) the term ‘‘United States funds’’ means any

8 funds contributed by United States to the Inter9 national Fund for Ireland; and

10 (2) the term ‘‘International Fund for Ireland’’

11 means the fund described in section 8(2) of the

12 Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986.

13 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

14 Section 1(a) shall apply with respect to funds avail15 able from the International Fund for Ireland during fiscal

16 years beginning on or after October 1, 1995.

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