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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3267
To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1994 to provide for
a full employment economy, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 13, 1993
Mr. BLACKWELL introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to
the Committees on Appropriations and Education and Labor
A BILL
To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1994
to provide for a full employment economy, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Full Employment Act
for Fiscal Year 1994’’.
TITLE 
I—SUPPLEMENTAL 
AP-
PROPRIATIONS 
FOR 
FULL
EMPLOYMENT ECONOMY
The following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pro-
vide supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1994:
CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGEN-
CIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and flood
prevention operations’’, $43,600,000 for the costs of emer-
gency watershed protection operations and for small
watershed operations.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural water and waste
disposal grants’’, $246,800,000.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,
INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
For an additional amount for the special supple-
mental food program, $75,000,000.
CHAPTER II—DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE,
JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND
RELATED AGENCIES
RELATED AGENCIES
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Business loans pro-
gram account’’ for the cost of guaranteed loans authorized
by section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, $140,900,000.
CHAPTER III—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
AND RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of the na-
tional park system’’, $146,500,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$83,600,000.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For an additional amount for ‘‘National forest sys-
tem’’, to be used for maintenance, repairs, rehabilitation,
and 
natural 
resource 
conservation 
activities,
$150,000,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, to be
used for recreation facility and trail construction,
$37,800,000.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For enhanced ‘‘Energy conservation’’ activities,
$100,800,000.
CHAPTER 
IV—DEPARTMENTS 
OF 
LABOR,
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDU-
CATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
ment Services’’, $1,000,000,000, to carry out the Job
Training Partnership Act.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER
AMERICANS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community service
employment for older Americans’’, $19,100,000.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For an additional amount to carry out title XXVI of
the Public Health Service Act, $170,000,000.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the As-
sistant Secretary for Health’’ for carrying out childhood
immunization activities under title III and subtitle 1 of
title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, $300,000,000.
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for carrying out the Head
Start Act, $500,000,000.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
For an additional amount for concentration grants
under section 1006 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, $500,000,000.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Student financial as-
sistance’’ for payment of awards made under subpart 1
of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
$1,521,700,000.
CHAPTER V—DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-
aid for airport planning and development under section
14 of Public Law 91–258, as amended, and under other
law authorizing such obligations, and obligations for noise
compatibility planning and programs, $500,000,000, to be
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For Federal-aid highways and highway safety con-
struction programs, $2,976,000,000, to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’, for capital im-
provements grants, $187,800,000.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
FORMULA GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Formula grants’’ for
capital grants, $466,500,000.
CHAPTER VI—TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE,
AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Information systems’’,
$148,400,000, to fund procurement of computer and tele-
communications equipment and services.
CHAPTER VII—DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DE-
VELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGEN-
CIES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Transitional and sup-
portive housing demonstration program’’, $423,000,000.
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community develop-
ment grants’’, $2,536,000,000.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
STATE REVOLVING FUNDS/CONSTRUCTION GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘State revolving funds/
construction grants’’, to make grants under title VI of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,
$845,300,000.
TITLE II—WORK HOURS
SEC. 201. OVERTIME COMPENSATION LIMIT.
(a) ACT.—The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by striking out ‘‘one
and one-half times’’ each place it occurs and inserting
‘‘two times’’ and by striking out ‘‘forty hours’’ each place
it occurs and inserting ‘‘thirty hours’’.
(b) SECTIONS.—
(1) SECTION
7.—Section 7 of such Act (29
U.S.C. 207) is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘one
thousand and forty’’ and inserting ‘‘seven hun-
dred and eighty’’,
(B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘two
thousand and forty’’ and inserting ‘‘one thou-
sand five hundred and sixty’’, by striking ‘‘one
thousand eight hundred and forty hours’’ and
inserting ‘‘one thousand three hundred and
eighty’’, and by striking ‘‘two thousand and
eighty’’ and inserting ‘‘one thousand five hun-
dred and sixty’’,
(C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘twelve’’
and inserting ‘‘six’’ and by striking ‘‘fifty-six’’
and inserting ‘‘forty-five’’, and
(D) in subsection (e)(5), by striking
‘‘eight’’ and inserting ‘‘six’’.
(2) SECTION 13.—Section 13(b)(29) (29 U.S.C.
213(b)(29)) is amended by striking out ‘‘fifty-six
hours’’ and inserting ‘‘forty-five hours’’.
SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 201 shall take ef-
fect upon the expiration of 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
TITLE III—WAGES
SEC. 301. MINIMUM WAGE.
Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, not less than $7.00 an hour;’’.
SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendment made by section 301 shall take effect
upon the expiration of 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
TITLE IV—TAX INCENTIVES FOR
FULL EMPLOYMENT
SEC. 401. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that appropriate tax
incentives should be provided to businesses that hire new
employees, create new jobs, provide ongoing education and
training for their employees, provide child care arrange-
ments for their employees, establish health care plans for
their employees, and undertake research and development.
TITLE V—ENTITLEMENT
PROGRAMS
SEC. 501. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that individuals who
receive assistance under any Federal entitlement program
should seek to obtain employment providing livable wages
and, where appropriate, affordable child care arrange-
ments.
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