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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1362

To amend the National Apprenticeship Act to require minimum funding

for certain outreach recruitment and training programs, to restore a

national information collection system, to require increases in force within

the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the Department of Labor

and to limit decreases in such force, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 16, 1993

Mr. OBERSTAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the National Apprenticeship Act to require minimum funding for certain outreach recruitment and training programs, to restore a national information collection

system, to require increases in force within the Bureau

of Apprenticeship and Training of the Department of

Labor and to limit decreases in such force, 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 ‘‘Apprenticeship Im5 provement Act of 1991’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF INFORMATION COLLECTION

2 SYSTEM.

3 Section 2 of the Act of August 16, 1937 (50 Stat.

4 664; 29 U.S.C. 50), popularly known as the ‘‘National Ap5 prenticeship Act’’, (hereinafter in this Act referred to as

6 the ‘‘Act’’) is amended—

7 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘SEC. 2.’’, and

8 (2) by adding at the end thereof the following

9 new subsection:

10 ‘‘(b) The Secretary shall establish and maintain a na11 tional information collection system for apprenticeships

12 and apprenticeship programs.’’.

13 SEC. 3. OUTREACH PROGRAM.

14 The Act is further amended—

15 (1) by redesignating section 4 as section 5, and

16 (2) by inserting after section 3 the following

17 new section:

18 ‘‘SEC. 4. The Secretary shall assure that from the

19 amounts appropriated to carry out this Act in each fiscal

20 year, not less than 1 percent of such amounts shall be

21 available to establish outreach recruitment activities to in22 crease the participation of women, minorities, handicapped

23 individuals, displaced workers, and disadvantaged individ24 uals in the apprenticeship programs authorized by this

25 Act.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP

2 AND TRAINING; APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOY3 EES.

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the

5 Department of Labor, the Bureau of Apprenticeship and

6 Training (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Bu7 reau’’) which shall carry out the policies and functions of

8 this Act in behalf of the Secretary of Labor (hereinafter

9 in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’). The Bureau

10 shall be under the direction of an administrator to be

11 known as the Administrator of the Bureau of Apprentice12 ship and Training. The Administrator shall report directly

13 to the Secretary.

14 (b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Functions of the

15 Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Admin16 istration of the Department of Labor with respect to the

17 promotion of labor standards of apprenticeship, including

18 research, information, and publications are transferred to

19 the Bureau. Functions related to apprenticeship, including

20 appropriate administrative and program support services,

21 together with personnel necessary to the administration of

22 such functions, and unexpended balances of appropria23 tions and other funds related thereto, are transferred to

24 the Bureau.

25 (c) APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES.—The Secretary

26 is authorized to appoint such employees as may be nec-
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1 essary for the administration of this Act in accordance

2 with laws applicable to the appointment and compensation

3 of employees and advisors of the United States.

4 SEC. 5. INCREASE IN FORCE.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall increase the

6 force within the Bureau to 377 full-time employees no

7 later than January 1, 1992.

8 (b) CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYEES WORKING LESS

9 THAN FULL TIME.—In the administration of subsection

10 (a)—

11 (1) a part-time employee shall be counted as a

12 fraction, the numerator of which is the number cor13 responding to the average number of hours in such

14 employee’s regularly scheduled workweek and the de15 nominator of which is 40; and

16 (2) an individual employed on a temporary or

17 intermittent basis shall not be counted.

18 SEC. 6. LIMITATIONS ON REDUCTION IN FORCE.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—A reduction in force may not be

20 conducted within the Bureau if—

21 (1) the reduction in force would reduce the total

22 number of civilian employees within such Bureau;

23 and
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1 (2) such total number, after the reduction in

2 force, would be less than the equivalent of 377 full3 time employees.

4 (b) CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYEES WORKING LESS

5 THAN FULL TIME.—In the administration of subsection

6 (a)—

7 (1) a part-time employee shall be counted as a

8 fraction, the numerator of which is the number cor9 responding to the average number of hours in such

10 employee’s regularly scheduled workweek and the de11 nominator of which is 40; and

12 (2) an individual employed on a temporary or

13 intermittent basis shall not be counted.

14 SEC. 7. REPORT.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall prepare and

16 submit to the Congress, not later than 6 months after the

17 date of enactment of this Act, a detailed report concerning

18 whether the apprenticeship program conducted by the De19 partment of Labor under the Act of August 16, 1937 (50

20 Stat. 664; 29 U.S.C. 50), complies with regulations gov21 erning equal opportunity.

22 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by

23 this section shall include—
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1 (1) a detailed description of activities carried

2 out by the Department of Labor to ensure compli3 ance;

4 (2) a list of compliance reviews undertaken by

5 the Department; and

6 (3) a description of any sanctions imposed as a

7 result of the compliance reviews.

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