This bill was heard on April 27, reported to the full committee with technical amendments on April 29, and reported to the House on May 6. It was passed by the House under suspension on May 17; by the Senate on May 26; and signed (Public Law 89-36) by the President on June 8.

The other bill considered, expands and enriches the program of providing captioned films for the deaf. Hearings on H.R. 10158 and H.R. 10768 and related bills were conducted on September 14, and H.R. 10768 was immediately reported to the full committee. On September 20, the committee reported an identical Senate bill, S. 2232, which the House passed and sent to the President on October 5, under suspension. Signed into law October 19 (Public Law 89-258).

Select Subcommittee on Labor

The Select Subcommittee on Labor held 22 days of hearings during the 1st session of the 89th Congress. It considered four subjects and reported two bills, one of which passed the House and one which became law. In addition, the subcommittee held four joint hearings with the Subcommittee on Employment and Manpower of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The subject of this set of hearings was the 1965 Manpower Report of the President.

Manpower Development and Training Act

Mr. Holland introduced H.R. 4257, to amend the Manpower Development and Training Act, on February 3. An identical bill was introduced by Chairman Powell. H.R. 4270 by Mr. Perkins, to provide 100-percent Federal financing, was also considered. After 8 days of hearings and one executive session, H.R. 4257 was reported with amendments to the committee on February 24. On March 15, H.R. 4257 was reported with amendments to the House (H. Rept. 170).

The bill extends full Federal financing for 1 year and requires after that a 10-percent, non-Federal contribution, in cash or in kind, to the costs of training programs, other than the costs of training allowances which are still federally financed. Training was extended to 104 weeks. Area Redevelopment Act training programs were brought under MDTA.

Employment problems of the older worker

The subcommittee began a series of hearings on the employment problems of the older American worker. This was in part a response to the report of the Secretary of Labor entitled "The Older American Worker: Age Discrimination in Employment" and to several measures, referred to the subcommittee, to prohibit unjustifiable discrimination in employment on grounds of age, to establish a Bureau of Older Workers in the Department of Labor, and to provide grants to private nonprofit organizations engaged in assisting older workers to find employment. Mr. Holland introduced H.R. 10634, to establish a National Commission on Older Workers, and a companion bill was introduced by Mr. O'Hara (H.R. 10635).

Five days of hearings were held, and hearings were adjourned on September 29 subject to the call of the Chair.

Federal Employees' Compensation Act

The subcommittee held 4 days of hearings (September 8, 14, 15, and 16) on H.R. 10721, by Mr. Hathaway, a bill to amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act by increasing payments, raising ceilings on payments, and providing for continued benefits to and on account of dependent children still receiving an education. In addition to H.R. 10721, which embodied Labor Department proposals, the subcommittee considered H.R. 10865 by Mr. O'Hara, and a number of other bills to amend the Compensation Act. Executive sessions were held on September 28 (an informal meeting) and October 13. A final executive session was called for October 14, but was canceled because of the absence of a quorum. The subcommittee expects to be able to report a bill to the committee early in the next session.

A rule was granted on March 25. The bill passed the House, amended, on April 1 by a vote of 392 to 0. S. 974, a companion bill passed by the Senate on March 16, was substituted for it and passed the House. Members of the committee participated in a conference on S. 974, and the agreed-upon compromise bill (which extends the act to June 30, 1969) was accepted in both Houses in April. On April 26 it became Public Law 89-15.

Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act

H.R. 6961, to promote health and safety in metal and nonmetallic mineral industries, was introduced by Mr. O'Hara on March 31. A companion bill was introduced by Mr. Clevenger. Five days of hearings were held in May, and the bill was reported to the committee on May 13. The bill provides for Federal inspection by the Interior Department of metallic and nonmetallic mines, expansion of health and safety education of mineworkers, establishment of advisory boards to develop codes of health and safety standards, and establishes mandatory standards dealing with major hazards and the reporting of health and safety information. The bill also provides for assumption of jurisdiction by the States if the State agency submits a plan meeting standards set forth in the bill.

A clean bill was ordered reported to the House on June 24. The bill was reconsidered by the committee on July 8 and reported to the House with amendments (H.R. 8989) on July 8 (H. Rept. 606). The bill was considered by the Rules Committee on July 29 and August 12, a rule being granted on the 12th. H.R. 8989 passed the House, amended, by a voice vote on September 2.

Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the War on Poverty Program

On April 1, 1965, Chairman Powell introduced H.R. 7048, the 1965 amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. On May 4, 1965, Representative Gibbons introduced H.R. 7861, an identical bill. Hearings to consider expansion of the war on poverty and to enhance its effectiveness were held on April 12, 13, 14, 15, 29, and 30 of 1965. At the hearings, Chairman Powell, as chairman of the subcommittee, brought to the attention of the committee several weaknesses in the administration of the act, including: the failure of the poor to gain a sufficient role in policymaking, the excessive salaries of persons administering the act on the local level, and the difficulties experienced

by independent groups in obtaining funding where there existed communitywide action programs which tended to become monopolies through control of distribution of funds under the Economic Opportunity Act.

On May 13 and 20, 1965, the ad hoc subcommittee of the war on poverty program met in executive sessions. On May 20, both the subcommittee and the full committee approved a clean bill (H.R. 8283) which was introduced by Representative Gibbons. On May 27, H. R. 8283 was reported (H. Rept. 428), and a rule was granted on June 22, 1965. In addition, the report strongly urged maximum feasible representation of the poor in the policymaking function of CAP operations, more flexible use of independent funding by the Office of Economic Opportunity, and more realistic salary levels for administrative personnel. The bill, amended, passed the House by a vote of 245 to 158 on July 22, 1965. The House adopted the conference report (H. Rept. 1061), by voice vote on September 23, 1965. The act was signed by the President on October 9, 1965, and became Public Law 89-253.

The major changes effected by the 1965 amendments were the increase in the authorizations from $947.5 million for fiscal year 1965, to $1.8 billion for fiscal year 1966, as well as an expansion of youth programs under title I, and special programs in basic adult education directed at the chronically unemployed poor adults under title II.

Because of the complex nature of the problems of poverty, as well as programs designed to cope with them, it became clearly necessary for the House to establish a mechanism for forming its independent judgment on the effectiveness of the many and varied projects under this act. Therefore, House Resolution 537, passed August 25, 1965, and House Resolution 609, passed October 19, authorized funds for a professional task force to assist the subcommittee in the investigation and evaluation of antipoverty programs funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity, under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and subsequent amendments.

89th Congress, 2d Session

History of education legislation reported by full committee

2 Also listed in the history of labor legislation.

3 S. 3467, amended on House floor by incorporating the substance of H.R. 13361 (reported out of House Committee on Agriculture). Conferees appointed from House Committee

on Agriculture and Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. S. 3467 was signed into law Oct. 11, 1966, Public Law 89-642.