IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 105 
Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the Department 
of Labor. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2013 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of 
the Department of Labor. 
Whereas, for the past 100 years, the Department of Labor 
has fostered, promoted, and developed the welfare of 
wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the Nation; 
Whereas the Department of Labor has continually sought to 
make the American workplace safer, healthier, and fairer 
for everyone; 
Whereas working families across the Nation and around the 
world have benefitted from the Department of Labor’s ef-
forts to assure work-related benefits and rights, including 
the right to be paid fairly for every hour labored; 
Whereas the Department of Labor has historically cham-
pioned many of the cherished characteristics of work life 
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in the United States, including the 40-hour work week, 
weekends, overtime pay, the right to collectively bargain, 
unemployment insurance, and the prohibition of child 
labor; 
Whereas the Department of Labor has evolved to meet the 
changing needs of the workforce by partnering with em-
ployers, community organizations and institutions of 
higher learning to improve job training, provide lifelong 
learning opportunities, and advance efforts for profitable 
employment; 
Whereas, since the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
in 1938, the Department’s Wage and Hour Division has 
protected workers from exploitation and discrimination by 
enforcing the law’s Federal minimum wage, overtime pay, 
recordkeeping, and child labor requirements; 
Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics has served the Na-
tion for nearly 130 years, predating the Department, by 
measuring and analyzing statistical data in order to pro-
vide policymakers, economists, investors, and the public 
with open, accurate information about the workforce and 
economy; 
Whereas, after decades of serious injury or loss of life as a 
result of unsafe working conditions, the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration and the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration have administered laws that 
have dramatically reduced injuries and illnesses and as-
sure workers the right to safe and healthful workplaces; 
Whereas, after hosting the first meeting of the International 
Labor Organization in Washington, DC, in 1919, the De-
partment of Labor has engaged with the international 
community to promote the values of fairness, justice, and 
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respect for human dignity around the world, continuing 
its role as a vital partner in the Nation’s efforts to com-
bat human trafficking and child labor through extensive 
research 
and 
reporting 
and 
technical 
cooperation 
projects; 
Whereas, since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act which, in part, created the Job 
Corps, the Department has administered the education 
and vocational training program with a mission to attract 
eligible young people, teach them the skills they need to 
become employable and independent, and place them in 
meaningful jobs or further their education; 
Whereas the Department’s Employee Benefit Security Ad-
ministration provides critical protection for the pension, 
health, and other employee benefits promised to workers 
and their families, through its administration and en-
forcement of laws including the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act (ERISA); the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA); The Health Insur-
ance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
(HIPAA); and the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (ACA); 
Whereas the Department of Labor continues to strive to 
achieve the aims of the Civil Rights era by protecting ac-
cess to economic opportunity for all Americans and eradi-
cating discrimination in the workplace; 
Whereas the Department of Labor has promoted and de-
fended gender equality in the workplace, and since 1919, 
the Department’s Women’s Bureau has developed stand-
ards and polices to ensure fair treatment of women in the 
workplace; 
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Whereas, in 1965, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs was established by President Johnson, with the 
aim of holding Federal contractors to a higher obligation 
for affirmative action by prohibiting such contractors and 
subcontractors from making employment decisions that 
discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, or na-
tional origin; 
Whereas, after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
in 1990, the Office of Disability Employment Policy has 
dramatically expanded the idea of inclusion in the Amer-
ican workforce by prohibiting discriminatory practices on 
the basis of a disability and promoting the concept of 
reasonable accommodation; 
Whereas, in 1916, the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act 
created the Office of Workers Compensation Programs, 
which today provides wage replacement benefits, medical 
treatment, vocational rehabilitation, and other benefits 
for disabled Federal Government workers, longshore 
workers, coal mine workers, energy workers, and overseas 
contractors, along with eligible dependents and survivors; 
Whereas, by administering laws like the Migrant and Sea-
sonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act of 1981, the 
Department stands up for some of the most vulnerable 
workers in the Nation, including farmworkers, low-wage 
workers, and migrant workers and ensures that legal pro-
tections are applied fairly and forcefully to all; 
Whereas, from World War II through the conflicts in Iraq 
and Afghanistan, the Department of Labor has played an 
evolving role in providing employment support services 
members of the Armed Forces and veterans, including 
training and certification programs administered today 
by the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service; and 
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Whereas the services provided by the Department of Labor 
will remain of critical importance to the well-being of all 
Americans and will continue to meet the needs of future 
workers: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 100th anniversary of the es-
tablishment of the Department of Labor; and 
(2) congratulates and commends all those who 
have served as employees of the Department of 
Labor to improve the lives of working people. 
Æ 
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