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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3621

To amend the Anglo-Irish Support Act of 1986 to require that disbursements

from the International Fund for Ireland are distributed in accordance

with the MacBride principles of economic justice, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 12, 1996

Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. MANTON, Mr. WALSH, Mr. NEAL of

Massachusetts, Mr. LAZIO of New York, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mrs. ROUKEMA, and Mrs. LOWEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on International Relations

A BILL

To amend the Anglo-Irish Support Act of 1986 to require

that disbursements from the International Fund for Ireland are distributed in accordance with the MacBride

principles of economic justice, 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 ‘‘MacBride Principles

5 of Economic Justice Act of 1996’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT DISBURSEMENTS FROM

2 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND ARE

3 MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MACBRIDE

4 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

5 (a) PURPOSES.—Section 2(b) of the Anglo-Irish

6 Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–415; 100

7 Stat. 947) is amended by adding at the end the following

8 new sentences: ‘‘United States contributions shall be used

9 in a manner that effectively increases employment oppor10 tunities in communities with rates of unemployment sig11 nificantly higher than the local or urban average of unem12 ployment in Northern Ireland. In addition, such contribu13 tions shall be used to benefit individuals residing in such

14 communities.’’.

15 (b) CONDITIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS.—Section

16 5(a) of such Act is amended—

17 (1) in the first sentence—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘The United States’’ and

19 inserting the following:

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States’’;

21 (B) by striking ‘‘in this Act may be used’’

22 and inserting the following: ‘‘in this Act—

23 ‘‘(A) may be used’’;

24 (C) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘;

25 and’’; and

26 (D) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(B) may be provided to an individual or

2 entity in Northern Ireland only if such individ3 ual or entity is in compliance with the prin4 ciples of economic justice.’’; and

5 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The re6 strictions’’ and inserting the following:

7 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The re8 strictions’’.

9 (c) PRIOR CERTIFICATIONS.—Section 5(c)(2) of such

10 Act is amended—

11 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘principle

12 of equality’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘prin13 ciples of economic justice; and’’; and

14 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before

15 the period at the end the following: ‘‘and will create

16 employment opportunities in regions and commu17 nities of Northern Ireland suffering the highest rates

18 of unemployment’’.

19 (d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 6 of such Act is

20 amended—

21 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

22 end;

23 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and

24 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new

2 paragraph:

3 ‘‘(4) each individual or entity receiving assist4 ance from United States contributions to the Inter5 national Fund has agreed in writing to comply with

6 the principles of economic justice.’’.

7 (e) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO FUNDS.—Section

8 7 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the follow9 ing:

10 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION.—Nothing included herein shall

11 require quotas or reverse discrimination or mandate their

12 use.’’.

13 (f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 8 of such Act is amend14 ed—

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

16 end;

17 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at

18 the end and inserting a semicolon; and

19 (3) by adding at the end the following new

20 paragraphs:

21 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Northern Ireland’ includes the

22 counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Tyrone,

23 and Fermanagh; and

24 ‘‘(4) the term ‘principles of economic justice’

25 means the following principles:
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1 ‘‘(A) Increasing the representation of indi2 viduals from underrepresented religious groups

3 in the workforce, including managerial, super4 visory, administrative, clerical, and technical

5 jobs.

6 ‘‘(B) Providing adequate security for the

7 protection of minority employees at the work8 place.

9 ‘‘(C) Banning provocative sectarian or po10 litical emblems from the workplace.

11 ‘‘(D) Providing that all job openings be ad12 vertised publicly and providing that special re13 cruitment efforts be made to attract applicants

14 from underrepresented religious groups.

15 ‘‘(E) Providing that layoff, recall, and ter16 mination procedures do not favor a particular

17 religious group.

18 ‘‘(F) Abolishing job reservations, appren19 ticeship restrictions, and differential employ20 ment criteria which discriminate on the basis of

21 religion.

22 ‘‘(G) Providing for the development of

23 training programs that will prepare substantial

24 numbers of minority employees for skilled jobs,

25 including the expansion of existing programs
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1 and the creation of new programs to train, up2 grade, and improve the skills of minority em3 ployees.

4 ‘‘(H) Establishing procedures to assess,

5 identify, and actively recruit minority employees

6 with the potential for further advancement.

7 ‘‘(I) Providing for the appointment of a

8 senior management staff member to be respon9 sible for the employment efforts of the entity

10 and, within a reasonable period of time, the im11 plementation of the principles described in sub12 paragraphs (A) through (H).’’.

13 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

14 this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of

15 enactment of this Act.

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