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H.R.3234 / 106th Congress

To exempt certain reports from automatic elimination and sunset pursuant to the Federal Reports and Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

Official summary

Version 36 · Passed House amended · Nov 10, 1999

Exempts certain reports within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Education and the Workforce from automatic elimination and sunset provisions under the Federal Reports and Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995.Includes among such reports those submitted under specified provisions of: (1) the General Education Provisions Act, on effectiveness of applicable programs; (2) the Department of Education Organization Act, on promulgation of rules and regulations, and Departmental activities; (3) the Higher Education Act of 1965, on the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Evaluation and Integrity, waivers, budget submissions, audits, notices of failures to comply with master calendar deadlines, the student loan data system, and the Javits Fellows Program Fellowship Board; (4) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, on the state of the arts and of the humanities in the Nation, and activities of the National Endowments of the Arts and of the Humanities; (5) the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act, on certification of validity of claims, and to claims and contracts; (6) the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act, on activities of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (7) the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, on certain indirect costs; (8) the United States Institute of Peace Act, on audits and progress; (9) the Education Amendments of 1978, on review of or proposed closure or consolidation of schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), plans to bring Indian educational facilities into compliance with health and safety standards, the status of educational, programs administered by the BIA and educational problems encountered; (10) the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988, on applications received and actions taken on grants for tribally controlled schools; (11) the Helen Keller National Center Act, on evaluation of such Center's operation; (12) the Older Americans Act of 1965, on results of evaluative research and program evaluation, activities, and State long-term care ombudsman programs; (13) both the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, related to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (14) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, on activities, program performance analysis, the status of disability policy, the Access Board, and the Interagency Disability Coordinating Council; (15) the National Labor Relations Act, on case activities and operations of the National Labor Relations Board; (16) specified Federal law, on the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (17) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, on implementation and the curtailment of employment opportunities; (18) the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, on implementation; (19) specified Federal law, on implementation relating to compensation for work injuries; (20) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA), on implementation; (21) the Wagner-Peyser Act, on evaluation of the United States Employment Service; (22) the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, on coal mine health and safety; (23) the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (24) OSHA, by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health; (25) specified Federal law, by the Secretary of Labor respecting compliance with certain requirements; (26) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), on variances granted for vesting or funding, status of enforcement cases, and recommendations received from the Advisory Council or for further legislation; (27) ERISA, on Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) financial statements, activities, and actuarial evaluations; (28) the Head Start Act, operation of Head Start programs; and (29) the Inspector General Act, on audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General, and on reasons for removal or transfer of the Inspector General, for the PBGC, the Department of Labor, or the EEOC.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] · R–PA

Committees

  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
  • Education and Workforce Committee
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    1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

    2. Received in the Senate.

    3. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    4. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

    5. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

    6. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3234.

    7. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11902-11904)

    8. Mr. Goodling moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    9. Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

    10. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2275)

    11. Introduced in House

    12. Introduced in House

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