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Union Calendar No. 602 1 Union Calendar No. 602 106th Congress "!REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 106±1040 REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE DURING THE 106TH CONGRESS JANUARY 2, 2001.ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 89±006 WASHINGTON : 2001 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE One Hundred Sixth Congress WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania, Chairman THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey GEORGE MILLER, California CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan BILL BARRETT, Nebraska MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California 2 JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio MAJOR R. OWENS, New York PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' MCKEON, California PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey SAM JOHNSON, Texas TIM ROEMER, Indiana JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia JAMES C. GREENWOOD, Pennsylvania LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELO, Puerto MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana Rico DAVID M. MCINTOSH, Indiana CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania CHARLIE NORWOOD, Georgia RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas RON PAUL, Texas CAROLYN MCCARTHY, New York BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts FRED UPTON, Michigan RON KIND, Wisconsin NATHAN DEAL, Georgia LORETTA SANCHEZ, California VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee HAROLD E. FORD, JR., Tennessee VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio MATT SALMON, Arizona DAVID WU, Oregon THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey ERNIE FLETCHER, Kentucky JIM DEMINT, South Carolina JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia 1 1 Appointed March 2, 1999. 2 Resigned September 13, 2000. (II) STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio, Chairman JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELO, Puerto WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania Rico HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' MCKEON, California CAROLYN MCCARTHY, New York PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts MATT SALMON, Arizona DAVID WU, Oregon ERNIE FLETCHER, Kentucky RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey JIM DEMINT, South Carolina SUBCOMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina, Chairman BILL BARRETT, Nebraska MAJOR R. OWENS, New York PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan GEORGE MILLER, California LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California 2 RON PAUL, Texas LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California SAM JOHNSON, Texas LORETTA SANCHEZ, California JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia 1 SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND FAMILIES MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware, Chairman SAM JOHNSON, Texas DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana GEORGE MILLER, California RON PAUL, Texas DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania PATSY J. MINK, Hawaii JAMES C. GREENWOOD, Pennsylvania ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia DAVID M. MCINTOSH, Indiana DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio FRED UPTON, Michigan LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELO, Puerto THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin Rico MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina CAROLYN MCCARTHY, New York BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado LORETTA SANCHEZ, California MATT SALMON, Arizona HAROLD E. FORD, JR., Tennessee THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado DAVID WU, Oregon JIM DEMINT, South Carolina (III) IV Page SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS PETE HOEKSTRA, Michigan, Chairman CHARLIE NORWOOD, Georgia TIM ROEMER, Indiana VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado RON KIND, Wisconsin THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado HAROLD E. FORD, JR., Tennessee ERNIE FLETCHER, Kentucky SUBCOMMITTEE ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' MCKEON, California, Chairman WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California 2 THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts BILL BARRETT, Nebraska RON KIND, Wisconsin JAMES C. GREENWOOD, Pennsylvania RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina MAJOR R. OWENS, New York DAVID M. MCINTOSH, Indiana PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana TIM ROEMER, Indiana NATHAN DEAL, Georgia CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia 1 1 Appointed March 2, 1999. 2 Resigned September 13, 2000. Letter of Transmittal HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE, Washington, DC, January 2, 2001. The Hon. JEFF TRANDAHL, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MR. TRANDAHL: Pursuant to Rule XI, clause 1, paragraph (d) of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I am hereby transmitting the Activities Report of the Committee on Education and the Workforce for the 106th Congress. This report summarizes the activities of the Committee and its subcommittees with respect to its legislative and oversight respon- sibilities. Sincerely, BILL GOODLING, Chairman. (V) C O N T E N T S Page Summary ................................................................................................................ 1 Full Committee ..................................................................................................... 1 I. Summary of Activities ......................................................................................... 2 A. Promoting Economic Growth and Strengthening Employee Rights . 2 The FAIR ActÐAttorney's Fee Legislation ...................................... 2 Worker Paycheck FairnessÐThe Beck Issue ................................... 2 Clinton Administration's Proposed ``Blacklisting'' Regulations ...... 3 B. Examining the Collective Bargaining Process and its Enforcement 4 Collective Bargaining Rights for Doctors ......................................... 4 C. Reforming Labor Standards to Meet the Challenges of Today's Workplace ........................................................................................... 6 Rewarding Performance in Compensation Act ................................ 6 The Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act ............................ 6 Birth and Adoption Unemployment Compensation ........................ 9 Clarifying the Overtime Exemption for Firefighters ....................... 9 The Minimum Wage .......................................................................... 10 D. Energy Employees Occupational Injury Compensation Act ............. 11 E. Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) ................................................................................................ 12 1. Family Literacy .............................................................................. 12 Hearings on Family Literacy ..................................................... 12 H.R. 3222, Literacy Involves Families Together Act (LIFT) ... 13 2. H.R. 1995, Teacher Empowerment Act ........................................ 13 3. H.R. 2, Student Results Act .......................................................... 13 Hearings on Title I, Part A Education of the Disadvantaged . 14 Hearings on Comprehensive School Reform ............................. 15 Hearings on Programs Assisting Migrant and Neglected and Delinquent Youth ................................................................. 15 Hearings on Native American Education Programs ................ 15 Hearings on Gifted and Talented and Homeless Education Programs .............................................................................. 15 Hearings on Bilingual Education .............................................. 15 Title I, Part A Education of the Disadvantaged ....................... 16 Migrant Education ...................................................................... 19 Neglected and Delinquent Youth ............................................... 19 Comprehensive School Reform ................................................... 19 Magnet Schools Assistance Program ......................................... 20 Women's Educational Equity ..................................................... 20 Teacher Liability ......................................................................... 20 Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education ........ 21 Gifted and Talented Children .................................................... 21 Rural Education Assistance ....................................................... 22 McKinney Homeless Education Improvements Act of 1999 .... 23 Bilingual Education .................................................................... 25 4. H.R. 4141, Education OPTIONS Act ............................................ 25 State and Local Transferability ................................................. 26 Supporting Drug and Violence Prevention and Education for Students and Communities ................................................. 28 Tech for Success .......................................................................... 30 Ready-to-Learn Television Program and the Telecommuni- cations Demonstration Project ............................................ 31 Innovative Education Programs ................................................ 32 Fund for the
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