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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1713

To award grants to public-private partnerships to encourage work force diversity in order to improve the working conditions of all Americans and

to help organizations compete more effectively both domestically and

internationally, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 19 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993

Mr. DODD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To award grants to public-private partnerships to encourage

work force diversity in order to improve the working

conditions of all Americans and to help organizations

compete more effectively both domestically and internationally, 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 ‘‘Work Force Diversity

5 Partnership Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the United States is becoming the most di2 verse work-place in the world at a time of growing

3 economic dissatisfaction and intense global competi4 tion;

5 (2) people of color, caucasian women, and im6 migrants will account for 85 percent of the net

7 growth in our Nation’s labor force during the

8 1990’s;

9 (3) the expectations, characteristics, demands,

10 beliefs, work values, motivating factors and edu11 cational backgrounds of individuals in the work force

12 are becoming increasingly diverse;

13 (4) employees, managers, administrators and

14 government officials are inadequately prepared to

15 deal effectively with increased diversity in the work

16 force;

17 (5) increased domestic and international com18 petition require that business, industry and govern19 ment leaders effectively motivate and manage this

20 diverse work force;

21 (6) as more parents join the work force, it has

22 become increasingly difficult for employees to bal23 ance the demands of the workplace with the needs

24 of families; and
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1 (7) by understanding and valuing diversity

2 which respects differences, employers emphasize cre3 ativity, self initiative, leadership, innovation, and

4 team-work, and thereby improve the working condi5 tions of all Americans and the chances for economic

6 success.

7 SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

8 It is the purpose of this Act to establish a grant pro9 gram within the Department of Labor to—

10 (1) study and address issues relating to work

11 force and cultural diversity and their impact on eco12 nomic competitiveness, employment opportunities,

13 advancement and retention; and

14 (2) develop collaborative public and private sec15 tor education and training materials that address

16 the issues of work force and cultural diversity.

17 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

18 As used in this Act—

19 (1) FEDERAL SHARE.—

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

21 subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘Federal share’’

22 means 50 percent of the cost of each grant

23 awarded under this Act.

24 (B) EXCEPTION.—If the Secretary, after

25 consultation with the peer review panel, deter-
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1 mines that to do so will further the purposes of

2 this Act, the Secretary may increase the

3 amount of the Federal share.

4 (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The

5 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the same

6 meaning given that term by section 1201(a) of the

7 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)).

8 (3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘non-Federal

10 share’’ means the amount required to be ex11 pended by the recipient of a grant under this

12 Act.

13 (B) IN-KIND SERVICES.—Amounts avail14 able to pay the non-Federal share under this

15 paragraph may include in-kind services or other

16 resources.

17 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

18 the Secretary of Labor.

19 SEC. 5. WORK FORCE DIVERSITY GRANT PROGRAM.

20 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au21 thorized to award grants to eligible entities to pay the

22 Federal share of the cost of programs established by such

23 entities that are designed to—

24 (1) target and develop issues relating to work

25 force and cultural diversity;
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1 (2) develop public and private sector education

2 and training materials that focus on the issues of

3 work force and cultural diversity;

4 (3) foster research, scholarship, innovative cur5 riculum development, development of teaching mate6 rials, and other practicable supportive academic ac7 tivities relating to such issues;

8 (4) assist in the dissemination and transfer of

9 such materials for use in private sector training ef10 forts as they relate to issues of work force and cul11 tural diversity; and

12 (5) develop and establish cooperative higher

13 education-business training programs to assist public

14 and private industry leaders and workers in address15 ing the issue of work force diversity.

16 (b) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall ensure that

17 the recipient of a grant under this Act agrees to establish,

18 operate, and provide the non-Federal share of the cost of

19 the work force diversity programs for which the grant is

20 made.

21 (c) DURATION OF GRANT.—No grant awarded under

22 this Act may be for a period longer than 3 years.

23 SEC. 6. GRANT RECIPIENT SELECTION.

24 (a) SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS.—To be eligible for

25 a grant under this Act an entity shall prepare and submit
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1 to the Secretary a proposal, at such time, in such manner

2 and containing such information as the Secretary may rea3 sonably require.

4 (b) PARTICIPANTS.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—An institution of higher edu6 cation in partnership with one or more organizations

7 described in paragraph (2), shall be eligible to re8 ceive a grant under this Act.

9 (2) ORGANIZATIONS.—An organization referred

10 to in paragraph (1) shall be—

11 (A) a corporation, business, or partnership,

12 whether for profit or nonprofit;

13 (B) a labor organization; or

14 (C) an organization that has a dem15 onstrated interest or expertise in work force di16 versity issues.

17 (e) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—In determining whether to

19 approve a proposal submitted under subsection (a),

20 the Secretary shall take into account—

21 (A) the extent to which the grant applicant

22 demonstrates a potential to achieve one or more

23 of the purposes of this Act;

24 (B) the level of participation and financial

25 commitment of the participants;
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1 (C) the likelihood that a proposed program

2 will foster the creation of increased diversity

3 awareness programs in other institutional envi4 ronments;

5 (D) the likelihood that the proposed pro6 gram will result in the development and dis7 semination of national or regional best prac8 tices;

9 (E) the extent to which the project will im10 pact the international competitiveness of the

11 United States economy; and

12 (F) such other criteria as the Secretary

13 may prescribe.

14 (2) FACULTY PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary

15 shall encourage partnerships desiring to receive a

16 grant under this Act to submit proposals that are

17 written by teams of faculty from multiple disciplines,

18 student and academic affairs professional, or student

19 organizations concerned with multicultural edu20 cation, or any combination thereof.

21 (3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this

22 Act, the Secretary shall give priority to grant pro23 posals that demonstrate the availability of sufficient

24 amounts of non-Federal contributions or resources

25 from non-governmental entities.
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1 SEC. 7. AREAS OF ACTION.

2 A recipient of a grant under this Act shall use

3 amounts received under such grant to engage in activities

4 in accordance with one or more of the following guidelines:

5 (1) The development of instructional material

6 concerning efforts designed to address cultural and

7 work force diversity issues within the workplace set8 ting.

9 (2) The development of public and private sec10 tor education and training materials that will ad11 dress the issues of work force and cultural diversity.

12 (3) The development of new approaches to work

13 force diversity issues and scholarship efforts to be

14 integrated within the curriculum of business schools,

15 ethnic and women’s studies, engineering schools, so16 cial science disciplines, humanities and the arts and

17 sciences. In using grant funds under this paragraph,

18 a grantee may employ approaches to be carried out

19 in conjunction with corporate education and training

20 programs.

21 (4) The conduct of research concerning

22 multicultural workplace interactions and team man23 agement and business in multicultural and multi-lin24 gual marketplace settings.

25 (5) The implementation of faculty development

26 programs that focus on research, appropriate learn-
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1 ing environments, and pedagogical approaches to

2 teaching multicultural management and work diver3 sity issues.

4 (6) The development and dissemination of in5 formation concerning models for summer precollege

6 business internship programs that aid in integrating

7 the workplace and in giving students a better under8 standing of the private sector and of work force di9 versity issues.

10 (7) The conduct of forums, workshops, and con11 ferences in which representatives from academic,

12 corporate, government, or other institutions with a

13 demonstrated interest or expertise in work force di14 versity will focus on issues, attitudes and strategies

15 that sensitize managers, employees, faculty, cor16 porate, government and other leaders and workers to

17 workplace diversity issues.

18 (8) Any other activities that the Secretary de19 termines to be appropriate to meet the purposes of

20 this Act.

21 SEC. 8. PEER REVIEW.

22 To assist the Secretary in carrying out this Act, the

23 Secretary shall establish peer review panels to review the

24 merits of grant proposals proposed under this Act. In es25 tablishing such panels, the Secretary shall seek the widest
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1 participation of qualified individuals from participants, as

2 defined in section 6(b). Each peer review panel shall re3 port the findings and recommendations of the panel to the

4 Secretary.

5 SEC. 9. RECIPIENT REPORTS.

6 Each recipient of a grant under this Act shall prepare

7 and submit an annual report to the Secretary. Each such

8 report shall include a summary of the progress of the ac9 tivities implemented under the grant to achieve the pur10 poses of this Act, a summary of the expenditures involved,

11 a plan describing the recipient’s planned use of funds for

12 the forthcoming year, an explanation of the uses made of

13 the results of the grant program where appropriate, and

14 any other information that the Secretary determines to be

15 appropriate.

16 SEC. 10. REPORT.

17 The Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to

18 the appropriate committees of Congress, a report that

19 shall include an evaluation of the progress made in achiev20 ing the purposes of this Act.

21 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

22 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

23 this Act, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums

24 as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995

25 through 1998.
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