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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 712

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

FEBRUARY 2, 1993

Mr. ENGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Foreign Affairs

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

9 from the International Fund for Ireland during a fiscal

10 year unless such entity is in compliance with the MacBride
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1 Principles with respect to those employees during such

2 year.

3 (b) MACBRIDE PRINCIPLES DEFINED.—For pur4 poses of this section, the term ‘‘MacBride Principles’’

5 means the following principles:

6 (1) Eliminating religious discrimination in man7 agerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and

8 technical jobs and significantly increasing the rep9 resentation in such jobs of individuals from

10 underrepresented religious groups.

11 (2) Providing adequate security for the protec12 tion of minority employees at the workplace.

13 (3) Banning provocative sectarian and political

14 emblems from the workplace.

15 (4) Advertising publicly all job openings and

16 undertaking special recruitment efforts to attract

17 applicants from underrepresented religious groups.

18 (5) Establishing layoff, recall, and termination

19 procedures which do not favor particular religious

20 groupings.

21 (6) Providing equal employment for all employ22 ees, including implementing equal and nondiscrim23 inatory terms and conditions of employment for all

24 employees, and abolishing job reservations, appren25 ticeship restrictions, and differential employment cri-
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1 teria, which discriminate on the basis of religion or

2 ethnic origin.

3 (7) Developing training programs that will pre4 pare substantial numbers of minority employees for

5 managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and

6 technical jobs, including—

7 (A) expanding existing programs and form8 ing new programs to train, upgrade, and im9 prove the skills of all categories of minority em10 ployees;

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

12 and facilities to assist minority employees to ad13 vance to higher paying jobs requiring greater

14 skills; and

15 (C) establishing and expanding programs

16 to enable minority employees to further their

17 education and skills at recognized education fa18 cilities.

19 (8) Establishing procedures to assess, identify,

20 and actively recruit minority individuals with poten21 tial for further advancement, and identifying those

22 minority individuals who have high management po23 tential and enrolling them in accelerated manage24 ment programs.
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1 (9) Appointing a senior management staff

2 member to oversee compliance with the principles

3 described in this subsection.

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

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

6 funds contributed by the United States to the Inter7 national Fund for Ireland; and

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

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

10 Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986.

11 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

12 Section 1(a) shall apply with respect to funds avail13 able from the International Fund for Ireland during fiscal

14 years beginning on or after October 1, 1993.

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