-Restore minimum wage to pre Reagan-Bush level, and enforce Davis-Bacon prevailing wage protections; -Unemployment insurance extension, as needed; and -Labor-Management cooperation (worker councils) and economic democracy (ESOPS).

B. Health Care

(1) Enact comprehensive health care reform

-Control health care cost escalation;

-Provide access to health care to all Americans;

-Expand managed competition through Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperatives;

-Expand prevention and primary care; and

-Expand health care delivery network, include health care facilities and human resources infrastructure to provide health care for all.

(2) Long term care

-Provide long-term care and personal assistance services for those elderly and disabled who require such assistance; and -Establish standards to regulate long-term care insurance. (3) Coping with public health crises: AIDS, TB and other emerging infectious diseases

-Expand prevention initiatives;

-Fully fund Ryan White Act to provide care to AIDS patients; -Control spread of tuberculosis and other emerging infectious diseases; and

-Expand vaccine program to control spread of infectious dis

eases.

(4) Health needs of target populations

-Women's health initiative;

-Expand research in breast, ovarian and other gynecological cancers, osteoporosis, reproductive health and other women's health issues;

-Assure participation of women in medical research trials;

-Expand research on other diseases in women, including cardiovascular disease (third leading cause of death for women), and diabetes;

-Study effectiveness of prevention efforts for women in areas such as hypertension, obesity, and domestic violence; -Children's health initiatives (see "School readiness" initiatives above);

Comprehensive maternal and child health services; -Universal childhood immunization initiative; -Coordinate health services for families and children; -Adolescent health initiatives;

-Family Planning Reauthorization (Title X);

-Repeal of gag rule;

-Comprehensive school-linked social service centers;
-Violence prevention;

-Disadvantaged and minority health initiatives; and -Reauthorize and strengthen disadvantaged and minority health program.

(5) Biomedical and scientific research

-NIH Reauthorization; and

-Lift ban on fetal tissue transplantation research.

(6) Drug abuse, addiction and chemical dependency, and mental health

-Increase availability of drug treatment;

-Improve balance between Federal spending on prevention and treatment and law enforcement and interdiction; -Revision to drug free schools prevention program;

-Apply proceeds from asset forfeiture from drug criminals to drug treatment; and

-Smoking reduction initiatives.

(7) Food safety and prescription drugs
-Food safety and pesticide regulation;
-Seafood safety;

-Prescription drug pricing and advertising and promotion;
Strengthen FDA.

(1) School readiness

C. Education

-Full funding of Head Start, and expanding health, developmental, and nutritional services for 0-3 age group;

-Comprehensive health care and nutritional services for pregnant women, infants, and children;

-Universal immunization initiative; and

-Consolidation of services to families and children in one-stop location.

(2) Elementary and secondary school reform

-Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act, including:

-Federal grants to encourage school reform managed by teachers and principals at individual public schools;

-Develop voluntary national standards and model assessments;

-Measure progress toward achievement of national education goals;

-Reauthorize Elementary and Secondary Education Act, including: Strengthen Chapter One programs to open opportunity to disadvantaged children, support teacher training and transforming practice of teachers; increase flexibility in Federal programs; reform OERI and bilingual programs;

-Establish comprehensive one-stop shopping social service and youth opportunity centers at or near schools for studnets and out of school youth;

-Take steps toward achieveing equity in school financing; and -Expand star schools, and support creation of national schools information and technology network.

(3) School to work transition and youth apprenticeship programs (see "High Skills Competitive Workforce Act" above)

(4) Higher Education

Student loans and National Service Trust Fund

-Provide access without regard to income to student loans to all students to attend post-secondary institutions; -Expand options to students to repay loans on income contigent basis or by performing 2 years of national service; and

-Expand direct lending programs.

(5) Reauthorization of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities and the Institute of Museum Services (NEA, NEH, INS)

D. Civil and Human Rights

(1) Freedom of Choice Act

-To codify Roe v. Wade.

(2) Human Rights Amendment

-Prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the areas of employment, federally assisted programs and public accommodation and fair housing.

(3) Equal Remedies Act

-Remove cap on damages that can be awarded to victims of sex discrimination on the job.

(4) legal Services Corporation

-Promptly confirm Clinton nominations to LSC board; and
-Enact reauthorization bill.

(5) Age Discrimination Act Amendments

COMMITTEE PRINTING

The committee printed a total of 25,568 copies of hearings and committee prints during the 102d Congress. These encompassed 138 volumes, and consisted of 19,685 pages. The committee also bound 60 volumes of legislative hearings, bills, public laws, and executive meetings of the 102d Congress in hardback books for its permanent records.

APPENDIX

I. REPORTS OF SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

LABOR

Subcommittee on Labor:

Howard M. Metzenbaum, Chairman

The Subcommittee on Labor, chaired by Senator Metzenbaum, considered the following legislation during the 102d Congress:

S. 367, the Nontraditional Employment for Women Act (NEW) was introduced by Senator Metzenbaum on February 6, 1991. The bill amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to encourage a broader range of training and job placement opportunities for women in nontraditional areas of employment. It also establishes a 4-year demonstration program to aid in development of additional training and placement opportunities. No hearings were held on S. 367. On February 20, 1991, the Committee ordered the bill to be reported favorably, without amendment. A report was filed (S. Rept. 102-65) on May 24, 1991. The Senate passed S. 367 by voice vote on November 26, 1991. The bill passed the House on November 27, 1991. The President signed the bill on December 12, 1991, and it became Public Law 102-235.

S. 1532, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act Amendments of 1991, was introduced by Senator Metzenbaum on July 23, 1991. The bill revises and extends programs under the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988. S. 1532 provides services to "boarder babies," infants who have been HIV-exposed, or exposed to drugs or alcohol. The bill reauthorizes funding for 32 programs nationwide, financially supports the National Abandoned Infants Resource Center, and promotes comprehensive one-site service centers. No hearings were held on S. 1532. The Labor and Human Resources Committee ordered the bill to be reported favorably with an amendment in the nature of a substitute on July 31, 1991. A report (S. Rept. 102-161) was filed on September 25, 1991. The Senate passed S. 1532 by voice vote on October 29, 1991. The House passed S. 1532 with amendments on November 19, 1991. The Senate passed S. 1532 with the House amendments and one additional amendment on November 26, 1991. The House passed the final Senate version of the bill on November 27, 1991. The President signed the bill on December 12, 1991, Public Law 102236.

S. 1577, the Alzheimer's Disease, Research, Training and Education Amendments of 1991, was introduced by Senator Metzenbaum on July 29, 1991. The legislation reauthorizes the Federal Council on Alzheimer's Disease, the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease, and a research, education and training program to address the disease. The bill includes additional training and education programs not included in the original 1986 Act. On October 30, 1991, the Committee favorably ordered the bill to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. A report was filed (S.

Rept. 102-242) on November 25, 1991. The Senate passed S. 1577 by voice vote on November 26, 1991. The bill passed the House on October 6, 1992, and was signed by the President on October 24, 1992 as Public Law 102-507.

S. 353, the Workers Family Protection Act, was introduced by Senator Jeffords on February 5, 1991. The bill requires the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct a study and develop an investigative strategy regarding the contamination of workers' homes and families by toxic substances inadvertently brought home from the workplace. The subcommittee held a hearing on S. 353 on July 26, 1991. The bill was favorably reported by the Labor and Human Resources Committee on November 13, 1991, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. A report (S. Rept. 102-253) was filed on November 26, 1991. The bill passed the Senate by voice vote on February 19, 1992. Subsequently, the Senate added by voice vote the legislation as an amendment to H.R. 5620, the Supplemental Appropriations Transfers and Recissions Act of 1992, on September 15, 1992. That legislation was passed by the Senate on the same day. H.R. 5620 was signed by the President on September 23, 1992, and became Public Law 102-368.

S. 55, the Workplace Fairness Act, was introduced by Senator Metzenbaum on January 14, 1991. The bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to outlaw the use of permanent replacement workers during economic strikes, and to prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes. Under the Supreme Court's 1938 Mackay Radio decision, employers may not fire, but may permanently replace, striking workers. This loophole, which undermines the basic right to strike, has been increasingly exploited by employers in the 1980's and 1990's. A hearing was held on the bill on March 12, 1991. S. 55 was favorably reported by the Labor and Human Resources Committee on June 19, 1991 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. A report S. Rept. 102111 was filed on July 18, 1991. A companion bill (H.R. 5) passed the House on July 17, 1991 by a vote of 247-182. Senate cloture votes failed on June 11 (55-41) and 16 (57–42), 1992.

S. 351, the Pension Restoration Act of 1991, or "Pension Losers Bill", was introduced by Senator Metzenbaum on February 5, 1991. The bill would provide pension plan participants whose plans were terminated before September 1, 1974 (the enactment date of ERISA) with the nonforfeitable pension benefits which were lost. The bill establishes a modest Federal annuity grant program administered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), to compensate those participants. S. 351 was reported as an amendment to the Older Americans Reauthorization Act (OAA) on September 13, 1991 (S. Rept. 102-151). A motion to strike the bill from the OAA prevailed on the Senate floor by a vote of 51-46.

S. 600, the Child Labor Amendments of 1991, was introduced by Senator Metzenbaum on March 7, 1991. The bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to increase civil and criminal penalties for certain violations of child labor law. S. 600 further provides for issuance of certificates of employment to minors, building on existing state certification requirements. The legislation also protects minors working in agriculture as migrant or seasonal em