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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3267

To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1994 to provide for

a full employment economy, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 13, 1993

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

the Committees on Appropriations and Education and Labor

A BILL

To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1994

to provide for a full employment economy, and for other

purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Full Employment Act

5 for Fiscal Year 1994’’.
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1 TITLE I—SUPPLEMENTAL AP2 PROPRIATIONS FOR FULL

3 EMPLOYMENT ECONOMY

4 The following sums are appropriated, out of any

5 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pro6 vide supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1994:

7 CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

8 RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG

9 ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGEN10 CIES

11 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

12 SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

13 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and flood

15 prevention operations’’, $43,600,000 for the costs of emer16 gency watershed protection operations and for small

17 watershed operations.

18 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

19 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural water and waste

21 disposal grants’’, $246,800,000.
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1 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

2 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,

3 INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

4 For an additional amount for the special supple5 mental food program, $75,000,000.

6 CHAPTER II—DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE,

7 JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND

8 RELATED AGENCIES

9 RELATED AGENCIES

10 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

11 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Business loans pro13 gram account’’ for the cost of guaranteed loans authorized

14 by section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, $140,900,000.

15 CHAPTER III—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

16 AND RELATED AGENCIES

17 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

18 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

19 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of the na21 tional park system’’, $146,500,000.

22 CONSTRUCTION

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,

24 $83,600,000.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

2 FOREST SERVICE

3 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘National forest sys5 tem’’, to be used for maintenance, repairs, rehabilitation,

6 and natural resource conservation activities,

7 $150,000,000.

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, to be

10 used for recreation facility and trail construction,

11 $37,800,000.

12 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

13 ENERGY CONSERVATION

14 For enhanced ‘‘Energy conservation’’ activities,

15 $100,800,000.

16 CHAPTER IV—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR,

17 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDU18 CATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

19 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

20 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

21 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ23 ment Services’’, $1,000,000,000, to carry out the Job

24 Training Partnership Act.
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1 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER

2 AMERICANS

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community service

4 employment for older Americans’’, $19,100,000.

5 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

6 SERVICES

7 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

8 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

9 For an additional amount to carry out title XXVI of

10 the Public Health Service Act, $170,000,000.

11 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH

13 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the As14 sistant Secretary for Health’’ for carrying out childhood

15 immunization activities under title III and subtitle 1 of

16 title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, $300,000,000.

17 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

18 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

19 For an additional amount for carrying out the Head

20 Start Act, $500,000,000.

21 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

22 COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

23 For an additional amount for concentration grants

24 under section 1006 of the Elementary and Secondary

25 Education Act of 1965, $500,000,000.
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1 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Student financial as3 sistance’’ for payment of awards made under subpart 1

4 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965,

5 $1,521,700,000.

6 CHAPTER V—DEPARTMENT OF

7 TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

8 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

9 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

10 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

11 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

12 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in13 aid for airport planning and development under section

14 14 of Public Law 91–258, as amended, and under other

15 law authorizing such obligations, and obligations for noise

16 compatibility planning and programs, $500,000,000, to be

17 derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.

18 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

19 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For Federal-aid highways and highway safety con22 struction programs, $2,976,000,000, to be derived from

23 the Highway Trust Fund.
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1 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

2 GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

3 CORPORATION

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants to the Na5 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’, for capital im6 provements grants, $187,800,000.

7 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

8 FORMULA GRANTS

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Formula grants’’ for

10 capital grants, $466,500,000.

11 CHAPTER VI—TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE,

12 AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

13 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

14 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

15 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Information systems’’,

17 $148,400,000, to fund procurement of computer and tele18 communications equipment and services.
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1 CHAPTER VII—DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS

2 AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DE3 VELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGEN4 CIES

5 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

6 DEVELOPMENT

7 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

8 TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

9 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transitional and sup11 portive housing demonstration program’’, $423,000,000.

12 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community develop15 ment grants’’, $2,536,000,000.

16 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

17 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

18 STATE REVOLVING FUNDS/CONSTRUCTION GRANTS

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘State revolving funds/

20 construction grants’’, to make grants under title VI of the

21 Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,

22 $845,300,000.
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1 TITLE II—WORK HOURS

2 SEC. 201. OVERTIME COMPENSATION LIMIT.

3 (a) ACT.—The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

4 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by striking out ‘‘one

5 and one-half times’’ each place it occurs and inserting

6 ‘‘two times’’ and by striking out ‘‘forty hours’’ each place

7 it occurs and inserting ‘‘thirty hours’’.

8 (b) SECTIONS.—

9 (1) SECTION 7.—Section 7 of such Act (29

10 U.S.C. 207) is amended—

11 (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘one

12 thousand and forty’’ and inserting ‘‘seven hun13 dred and eighty’’,

14 (B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘two

15 thousand and forty’’ and inserting ‘‘one thou16 sand five hundred and sixty’’, by striking ‘‘one

17 thousand eight hundred and forty hours’’ and

18 inserting ‘‘one thousand three hundred and

19 eighty’’, and by striking ‘‘two thousand and

20 eighty’’ and inserting ‘‘one thousand five hun21 dred and sixty’’,

22 (C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘twelve’’

23 and inserting ‘‘six’’ and by striking ‘‘fifty-six’’

24 and inserting ‘‘forty-five’’, and
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1 (D) in subsection (e)(5), by striking

2 ‘‘eight’’ and inserting ‘‘six’’.

3 (2) SECTION 13.—Section 13(b)(29) (29 U.S.C.

4 213(b)(29)) is amended by striking out ‘‘fifty-six

5 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘forty-five hours’’.

6 SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE DATE.

7 The amendments made by section 201 shall take ef8 fect upon the expiration of 180 days after the date of the

9 enactment of this Act.

10 TITLE III—WAGES

11 SEC. 301. MINIMUM WAGE.

12 Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of

13 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec15 tion, not less than $7.00 an hour;’’.

16 SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATE.

17 The amendment made by section 301 shall take effect

18 upon the expiration of 180 days after the date of the en19 actment of this Act.

20 TITLE IV—TAX INCENTIVES FOR

21 FULL EMPLOYMENT

22 SEC. 401. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

23 It is the sense of the Congress that appropriate tax

24 incentives should be provided to businesses that hire new

25 employees, create new jobs, provide ongoing education and
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1 training for their employees, provide child care arrange2 ments for their employees, establish health care plans for

3 their employees, and undertake research and development.

4 TITLE V—ENTITLEMENT

5 PROGRAMS

6 SEC. 501. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

7 It is the sense of the Congress that individuals who

8 receive assistance under any Federal entitlement program

9 should seek to obtain employment providing livable wages

10 and, where appropriate, affordable child care arrange11 ments.

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