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Copyright © 2000, Congressional Information
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00 CIS H 18138
TITLE: Departments
of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations for 2001. Part 1: Department of Labor
CIS-NO:
2000-H181-38
SOURCE: Committee on Appropriations. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Mar. 22, 23, 2000
LENGTH: ii+1590+ix p. il. Index.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1011; 1011-A
SUDOC: Y4.AP6/1:L11/2001/PT.1
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2000-15794
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477
(Full Text Reproductions)
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.
106-554
SUMMARY:
Hearings before the Subcom on
Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations to consider DOL budget requests for
FY2001.
Includes a subject index (p. iii-ix).
CONTENT-NOTATION: DOL programs, FY2001 approp
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON
LABOR, HHS, AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS. HOUSE; DEPARTMENT OF LABOR;
PLANNING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
00-H181-38 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Mar. 22, 2000 p. 1-142, 1090-1092
WITNESSES
(and witness notations):
HERMAN, ALEXIS M. (Secretary,
DOL)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: Overview of DOL FY2001 budget request.
INSERTION:
-- University of Michigan (et
al.), "American Customer Satisfaction Index: A Report on the Occupational Safety
& Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor" OSHA consumer survey,
Sept. 1999 (p. 87-121).
CONTENT NOTATION:
DOL programs, FY2001 approp
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; CONSUMERS
00-H181-38
TESTIMONY NO: 2 Mar. 22, 2000 p. 143-175, 402-526
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
KRAMERICH, LESLIE
B. (Acting Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
(PWBA); accompanied by a staff official)
STRAUSS, DAVID M.
(Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC); accompanied by a
staff official)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: PWBA FY2001 request
(submitted justifications, performance plan, p. 402-474) for administration of
programs to protect employee pension and welfare benefits under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
PBGC FY2001
request (submitted justifications, performance plan, p. 475-526) for insurance
of retirement benefits under private defined benefit pension plans.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Pension and Welfare Benefits Admin
and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp programs, FY2001 approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS
ADMINISTRATION; EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT; PENSIONS; FINANCIAL
REGULATION; PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORP.; INSURANCE
00-H181-38 TESTIMONY NO: 3 Mar. 22, 2000 p. 177-208,
941-1089
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
ABRAHAM, KATHARINE G. (Commissioner, BLS; accompanied by
staff officials)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: BLS FY2001 request
(submitted justifications, performance plan, p. 941-1089) for collection and
measurement of data on the labor force, prices and cost-of-living, compensation
and working conditions, productivity and technology, employment projections, and
CPI revision.
CONTENT NOTATION:
BLS
programs, FY2001 approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS; LABOR; ECONOMIC INDICATORS;
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES; COST OF LIVING; LABOR
PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECTIONS
00-H181-38 TESTIMONY NO: 4
Mar. 23, 2000 p. 209-272, 1092A-1590
WITNESSES
(and witness notations):
BRAMUCCI, RAYMOND L. (Assistant
Secretary, Employment and Training Administration (ETA); accompanied by a staff
official)
BORREGO, ESPIRIDION A. (Assistant Secretary,
Veterans' Employment and Training; accompanied by a staff official)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: ETA FY2000 request (submitted justifications,
performance plan, p. 1092A-1511) for employment and training programs for
adults, youth, dislocated workers, noncustodial parents, and juvenile
delinquents; opportunity grants for youth in high-poverty communities; Job Corps
services for disadvantaged workers; assistance to Native Americans and migrant
and seasonal farmworkers; community service employment for older Americans;
unemployment compensation programs; and trade adjustment assistance.
Veterans' Employment and Training Service FY2000 request
(performance plan, submitted justifications, p. 1512-1590) for veterans
employment and training programs, including grants to States for Disabled
Veterans Outreach Program and local veterans employment services, Transition
Assistance Program for servicemembers entering the civilian workforce, veterans
reemployment rights enforcement, the National Veterans' Training Institute, and
homeless veterans assistance programs.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Employment and Training Admin and Veterans Employment and
Training Service programs, FY2001 approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION; EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES; MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAMS; FAMILIES; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; POVERTY;
YOUTH; JOB CORPS; OCCUPATIONAL RETRAINING; NATIVE AMERICANS; MIGRANT AND
SEASONAL WORKERS; AGED AND AGING; PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION; VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE; VETERANS EMPLOYMENT;
FEDERAL AID TO STATES; VETERANS REHABILITATION; OUTREACH PROGRAMS; FEDERAL AID
TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT; NATIONAL VETERANS' TRAINING
INSTITUTE; HOMELESSNESS; TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
00-H181-38 TESTIMONY NO: 5 Mar. 23, 2000 p. 273-313,
527-726
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
ANDERSON, BERNARD E. (Assistant Secretary, Employment
Standards Administration (ESA); accompanied by staff officials)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: ESA FY2001 request (submitted justifications,
performance plan, p. 527-726) for enforcement of wage and hour standards,
elimination of employment discrimination by Federal contractors, administration
of workers' compensation programs for Federal employees and certain private
sector workers, and enforcement of standards for labor unions.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Employment Standards Admin programs,
FY2001 approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION; WAGES AND SALARIES;
HOURS OF LABOR; DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND
PROCUREMENT; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; LABOR UNIONS
00-H181-38 TESTIMONY NO: 6 Mar. 23, 2000 p.
315-373, 727-857
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
JEFFRESS, CHARLES N. (Assistant Secretary, OSHA;
accompanied by a staff official)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: OSHA FY2001
request (submitted justifications, performance plan, p. 727-857) for
occupational health and safety regulation, provision of technical services and
compliance assistance, and collection and dissemination of occupational safety
and health statistics.
DISCUSSION:
Issues
related to OSHA proposal to promulgate a national ergonomics
standard regarding the relationship between repetitive workplace tasks and
musculoskeletal disorders.
CONTENT NOTATION:
OSHA programs, FY2001 approp
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES;
ERGONOMICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND
SAFETY REGULATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION; STATISTICS
00-H181-38 TESTIMONY NO: 7 Mar. 23,
2000 p. 375-401, 858-940
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MCATEER, J. DAVITT (Assistant Secretary, Mine Safety and
Health Administration (MSHA); accompanied by a staff official)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: MSHA FY2001 request (submitted justifications,
performance plan, p. 858-940) for development and enforcement of mine health and
safety standards, mine health and safety education and training, and mining
industry technical support assistance.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Mine Safety and Health Admin programs, FY2001 approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
MINE SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; MINE ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY; TECHNICAL EDUCATION; HEALTH
EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING 
