To ensure that defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs of the Department of Defense are directed primarily toward those States (and areas within those States) that have experienced the greatest number of job losses as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of military installations.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 18, 1994

Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) determine annually the number of employment positions lost in each State since January 1, 1985, as a result of reductions in defense expenditures, the termination of defense contracts (including new weapon systems), or the closure or realignment of military installations; (2) rank each State based on the number of job losses due to such factors; (3) report annually to the Congress and the Secretary of Defense on such job loss determinations; and (4) target to States with the highest percentage of such total job losses any assistance available under defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs for a fiscal year.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Rep. Machtley, Ronald K. [R-RI-1] · R–RI

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Education and Workforce Committee
Armed Services Committee

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May 3, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Apr 20, 1994
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Apr 20, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Apr 18, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 18, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 18, 1994
Introduced in House
Apr 18, 1994
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.4240, 103rd Congress: To ensure that defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs of the Department of Defense are directed primarily toward those States (and areas within those States) that have experienced the greatest number of job losses as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of military installations.

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Analyze H.R.4240 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss H.R.4240, 103rd Congress: To ensure that defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs of the Department of Defense are directed primarily toward those States (and areas within those States) that have experienced the greatest number of job losses as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of military installations.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4240

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1994-04-18.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/hr4240/BILLS-103hr4240ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.4240, 103rd Congress: To ensure that defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs of the Department of Defense are directed primarily toward those States (and areas within those States) that have experienced the greatest number of job losses as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of military installations.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4240

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1994-04-18.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/hr4240/BILLS-103hr4240ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.4240, 103rd Congress: To ensure that defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs of the Department of Defense are directed primarily toward those States (and areas within those States) that have experienced the greatest number of job losses as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of military installations.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4240

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1994-04-18.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/hr4240/BILLS-103hr4240ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine H.R.4240 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.