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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3882

To require the President to consider the job impact of comprehensive health

care reform legislation before such legislation takes effect.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 23, 1994

Mr. GALLO (for himself, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. SAXTON,

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. EMERSON,

Mr. EWING, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. RIDGE, Mr. BAKER

of Louisiana, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. CANADY, Mr. TALENT, Mr. PORTMAN,

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

the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To require the President to consider the job impact of comprehensive health care reform legislation before such legislation takes effect.

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 ‘‘Health Care Reform

5 Job Preservation Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PREPARATION OF JOB IMPACT STUDIES AND RE2 PORTS.

3 (a) PREPARATION OF JOB IMPACT STUDIES.—If any

4 comprehensive health care reform legislation (such as the

5 legislation presented by the President on October 27,

6 1993) is passed by the 103d Congress, the Director of

7 the Office of Management and Budget and the Director

8 of the Congressional Budget Office shall each conduct a

9 study to determine the effect of the legislation on the

10 following:

11 (1) JOB LOSS AND GAIN.—The number, type,

12 and location (by State) of the jobs that would be lost

13 and gained as a result of implementation of the leg14 islation.

15 (2) SHIFTS TO JOBS REQUIRING LESSER LEV16 ELS OF EDUCATION OR SKILL.—The size, character,

17 and location (by State) of any shifts that would re18 sult from implementation of the legislation—

19 (A) from jobs requiring a high level of edu20 cation to jobs requiring a lesser level of edu21 cation; and

22 (B) from jobs requiring a high degree of

23 skill to jobs requiring a lesser degree of skill.

24 (3) SHIFTS FROM FULL-TIME TO PART-TIME

25 EMPLOYMENT.—The number, type, and location (by

26 State) of any shifts from full-time jobs to jobs that
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1 are less than full-time that would result from imple2 mentation of the legislation.

3 (4) DECREASE IN WAGES OR SALARIES.—The

4 amount and location (by State) of any decreases in

5 wages or salaries that would result from implemen6 tation of the legislation.

7 (b) PREPARATION OF JOB IMPACT REPORTS.—The

8 Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the

9 Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall each

10 prepare a job impact report detailing the findings of the

11 study conducted by such Director pursuant to subsection

12 (a), and shall submit the report to the Congress and to

13 the President.

14 SEC. 3. REVIEW OF JOB IMPACT REPORTS BY PRESIDENT

15 BEFORE LEGISLATION TAKES EFFECT.

16 Any legislation for which job impact reports are re17 quired by section 2 shall not take effect until the reports

18 have been completed and the President submits to the

19 Congress a written notification—

20 (1) stating that the President has reviewed the

21 job impact reports; and

22 (2) attesting to the President’s knowledge of

23 any job losses and shifts in the types of available

24 jobs that may be predicted by the reports.

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