EXCERPT FROM SMALL BUSINESS PROTECTION ACT OF 1967 [Public Law 90-104, 81 Stat. 268, 272] TITLE III SEC. 301. This title may be cited as the "Small Business Protection Act of 1967". SEC. 302. The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall conduct a special study of the impact on small business concerns of robbery, burglary, shoplifting, vandalism, and other criminal activities, with a view to determining ways in which such concerns may best protect themselves against such activities. SEC. 303. The Administrator shall report to the President and to the Congress the results of the study conducted pursuant to this title, including such recommendations as he may deem appropriate for administrative and legislative action, within one year after the date of enactment of this title. Approved October 11, 1967. § 401 SEASONAL UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY [The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, 42 U.S.C. 2571, et seq.] TITLE IV SEASONAL UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SEC. 401. (a) The Congress finds that seasonal unemployment represents a substantial portion of the unemployment in the construction industry, and a significant portion of all unemployment, that seasonal unemployment results in economic hardship for construction employees, employers, and for the consumers of construction services; that such unemployment constitutes unnecessary and wasteful misuse of the Nation's manpower resources; that stabilization of construction operations may be expected to have a correspondingly stabilizing effect on construction employment and costs; and that it is highly desirable from the standpoint of the economy as a whole, and manpower policy in particular that positive and expeditious action be taken by public authorities and private groups to regularize construction employment. (b) It is therefore the purpose of this title to provide for the conduct of a study of seasonality in the construction industry, with special attention to its implications for national manpower policy. SEC. 402. The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce, jointly, shall study, investigate, conduct research, and prepare a report containing their findings and recommendations concerning means to achieve stabilization of employment in the construction industry and the diminishment of seasonality of employment in such industry, with special attention to its implications for national manpower policy, and shall transmit such report to the President and to the Congress no later than December 31, 1969. SEC. 403. Matters which the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce, after consultation with other appropriate officials of Federal agencies, including, but not necessarily limited to, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, and with engineers, with other appropriate officials of Federal agencies, including, but not necessarily limited to, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, and with engineers, architects, and representatives of labor and management in the construction industry, shall 1 Title IV was added by Public Law 90–686, approved Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1852, 1354. consider, shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the extent to which seasonal unemployment in the construction industry can be reduced without substantial increases in construction costs by means such as (a) the application of modern techniques to reduce the influence of weather on construction activity; (b) the resolution of technical problems which have not been solved by existing research and development activities; (c) possible changes in contract procedures in allocation cycles; and (d) improved planning and scheduling of construction projects. § 101 and § 201 FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL EXCERPTS FROM FIRE RESEARCH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1968 [Public Law 90-259, 82 Stat. 34; 15 U.S.C. 278f] AN ACT To amend the Organic Act of the National Bureau of Standards to authorize a fire research and safety program, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968". TITLE I-FIRE RESEARCH AND SAFETY PROGRAM DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 101. The Congress finds that a comprehensive fire research and safety program is needed in this country to provide more effective measures of protection against the hazards of death, injury, and damage to property. The Congress finds that it is desirable and necessary for the Federal Government, in carrying out the provisions of this title, to cooperate with and assist public and private agencies. The Congress declares that the purpose of this title is to amend the Act of March 3, 1901, as amended, to provide a national fire research and safety program including the gathering of comprehensive fire data; a comprehensive fire research program; fire safety education and training programs; and demonstrations of new approaches and improvements in fire prevention and control, and reduction of death, personal injury, and property damage. Additionally, it is the sense of Congress that the Secretary 1 should establish a fire research and safety center for administering this title and carrying out its purposes, including appropriate fire safety liaison and coordination. 1 TITLE II-NATIONAL COMMISSION ON FIRE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE SEC. 201. The Congress finds and declares that the growing problem of the loss of life and property from fire is a matter of grave national concern; that this problem is particularly acute in the Nation's urban and suburban areas where an increasing proportion of the population resides but it is also of national concern in smaller communities and rural areas; that as population concentrates, the means for controlling and preventing destructive fires has become progressively more com 1 Secretary of Commerce. plex and frequently beyond purely local capabilities; and that there is a clear and present need to explore and develop more effective fire control and fire prevention measures throughout the country in the light of existing and foreseeable conditions. It is the purpose of this title to establish a commission to undertake a thorough study and investigation of this problem with a view to the formulation of recommendations whereby the Nation can reduce the destruction of life and property caused by fire in its cities, suburbs, communities, and elsewhere. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION SEC. 202. (a) There is hereby established the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") which shall be composed of twenty members as follows: the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and eighteen members appointed by the President. The individuals so appointed as members (1) shall be eminently well qualified by training or experience to carry out the functions of the Commission, and (2) shall be selected so as to provide representation of the views of individuals and organizations of all areas of the United States concerned with fire research, safety, control, or prevention, including representatives drawn from Federal, State, and local governments, industry, labor, universities, laboratories, trade associations, and other interested institutions or organizations. Not more than six members of the Commission shall be appointed from the Federal Government. The President shall designate the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Commission. (b) The Commission shall have four advisory members composed of (1) two Members of the House of Representatives who shall not be members of the same political party and who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and (2) two Members of the Senate who shall not be members of the same political party and who shall be appointed by the President of the Senate. The advisory members of the Commission shall not participate, except in an advisory capacity, in the formulation of the findings and recommendations of the Commission. (c) Any vacancy in the Commission or in its advisory membership shall not affect the powers of the Commission, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 203. (a) The Commission shall undertake a comprehensive study and investigation to determine practicable and effective measures for reducing the destructive effects of fire throughout the country in addition to the steps taken under sections 16 and 17 of the Act of March 3, 1901 (as added by title I of this Act). Such study and investigation shall include, without being limited to ! |