Home Education Watch - September 1, 1996 **************************************** These are opinions. They are true to ourselves, but that doesn't mean they are the Truth. In making an opinion, we must judge. But that judgement goes no farther than the individual decision to read or not to read. And there will be no censorship - not on my watch. Gil Trevizo ********************************************************************* Part Two of the Watch's coverage of H.R. 1617, the Career's Act. This is the legislative history of the bill. ********************************************************************* CAREERS ACT H.R.1617: A bill to consolidate and reform workforce development and literacy programs, and for other purposes. *************** FLOOR ACTION HAS OCCURRED. *************** Sponsor: Rep. Howard McKeon (introduced 05/11/95) 25th Congressional District - California (R) Rm. 307 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-1956 e-mail: TELLBUCK@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/CA25.html *************** Cosponsors: Rep. William Goodling - 05/11/95 19th Congressional District - Pennsylvania (R) Rm. 2263 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-5836 Web Page; http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/PA19.html Rep. Randy Cunningham - 05/11/95 51st Congressional District - California (R) Rm. 227 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-5452 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/CA51.html Rep. Steve Gunderson - 05/11/95 3rd Congressional District - Wisconsin (R) Rm. 2185 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-5506 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/WI03.html Rep. Frank Riggs - 05/11/95 1st Congressional District - California (R) Rm. 1714 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-3311 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/CA01.html Rep. Tom DeLay - 05/11/95 22nd Congressional District - Texas (R) Rm. 203 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-5951 Web Page; http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/TX22.html Rep. John Boehner (R) - 05/11/95 Eighth Congessional District - Ohio Rm. 1011 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-6205 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/OH08.html Rep. John Kasich - 1/95 12th Congressional District - Ohio (R) Rm. 1131 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-5355 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/OH12.html Rep. David McIntosh - 05/11/95 2nd Congressional District - Indiana (R) Rm. 1208 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-3021 e-mail: MCINTOSH@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/IN02.html Rep. Thomas Petri - 05/11/95 6th Congressional District - Wisconsin (R) Rm. 2262 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-2476 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/WI06.html Rep. Marge Roukema - 05/11/95 5th Congressional District - New Jersey (R) Rm. 2469 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-4465 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/NJ05.html Rep. David Funderburk - 05/11/95 2nd Congressional District - North Carolina (R) Rm. 427 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-4531 e-mail: FUNNC02@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/NC02.html Rep. Mark Souder - 05/11/95 4th Congressional District - Indiana (R) Rm. 508 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone; (202) 225-4436 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/IN04.html Rep. Harris Fawell - 05/11/95 13th Congressional District - Illinois (R) Rm. 2159 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-3515 e-mail; HFAWELL@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page; http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/IL13.html Rep. Cass Ballenger - 05/11/95 10th Congressional District - North Carolina (R) Rm. 2238 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-2576 e-mail: CASSMAIL@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/NC10.html Rep. Bill Barrett - 05/11/95 Third Congessional District - Nebraska (R) Rm. 1213 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-6435 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/NE03.html Rep. Peter Hoekstra - 05/11/95 2nd Congressional District - Michigan (R) Rm. 1122 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-4401 e-mail: TELLHOEK@HR.HOUSE.GOV or USAVOICE@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/MI02.html Rep. Michael Castle - 05/11/95 Congressional District - Delaware (R) Rm. 1207 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-4165 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/DE00.html Rep. Jan Meyers - 05/11/95 3rd Congressional District - Kansas (R) Rm. 2303 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone; (202) 225-2865 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/KS03.html Rep. Sam Johnson - 05/11/95 3rd Congressional District - Texas Rm. 1030 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Telephone; (202) 225-4201 e-mail: SAMTX03@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/TX03.html Rep. James Talent - 05/11/95 2nd Congressional District - Missouri (R) Rm. 1022 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-2561 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/MO02.html Rep. James Greenwood - 05/11/95 8th Congressional District - Pennsylvania (R) Rm. 430 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-4276 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/PA08.html Rep. Tim Hutchinson - 05/11/95 3rd Congressional District - Arkansas Rm. 1005 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-4301 e-mail: TIMHUTCH@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/AR03.html Rep. Joe Knollenberg - 05/11/95 11th Congressional District - Michigan (R) Rm. 1221 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-5802 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/MI11.html Rep. Lindsey Graham - 05/11/95 3rd Congressional District - South Carolina (R) Rm. 1429 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-5301 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/SC03.html Rep D. Weldon - 05/11/95 15th Congressional district - Florida (R) Rm. 216 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-3671 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/FL15.html Rep. Charlie Norwood - 05/11/95 10th Congressional District - Georgia (R) Rm. 1707 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-4101 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/GA10.html Rep. Thomas Davis - 05/11/95 11th Congressional District - Virginia (R) Rm. 415 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-1492 e-mail: TOMDAVIS@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/VA11.html Rep. Weller - 05/18/95 11th Congressional District - Illinois (R) Rm. 1710 Longworth House Office Building Washingto DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-3635 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/IL11.html Rep. Wally Herger - 05/18/95 2nd Congressional District - California (R) Rm. 2433 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-3076 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/CA02.html Rep. Andrea Seastrand - 05/18/95 22nd Congressional District - California (R) Rm. 320 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-3601 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/CA22.html Rep. John Linder - 05/18/95 4th Congressional District - Georgia (R) Rm.1318 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-4272 e-mail: JLINDER@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/GA04.html Rep. Nancy Johnson - 05/23/95 6th Congressional district - Connecticut (R) Rm. 343 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone; (202) 225-4476 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/CT06.html Rep. Harold Rogers - 05/23/95 5th Congressional District - Kentucky (R) Rm. 2468 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-4601 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/KY05.html Rep. Bob Goodlatte - 06/13/95 6th Congressional District - Virginia (R) Rm. 123 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-5431 e-mail: TALK2BOB@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/VA06.html Rep. Mel Hancock - 06/15/95 7th Congressional District - Missouri (R) Rm. 438 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-6536 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/MO07.html Rep. Sensenbrenner - 06/20/95 9th Congressional district - Wisconsin (R) Washington DC 20515 Rm. 2332 Rayburn House Office Building Telephone: (202) 225-5101 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/WI09.html *************** Major Legislation Title(s): Short Title(S) As Reported To House: Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment, and Rehabilitation Systems Act Careers Act Short Title(s) As Passed House: Careers Act Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment, and Rehabilitation Systems Act Short Title(s) As Passed Senate: Workforce Development Act of 1995 Museum and Library Services Act Library Services and Technology Act *************** Official Title As Introduced: A bill to consolidate and reform workforce development and literacy programs, and for other purposes. *************** Committee(s) Of Referral: House Economic and Educational Opportunities Senate Labor and Human Resources House Economic and Educational Opportunities *************** Subcommittee(s): Hsc Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning Hsc Early Childhood, Youth and Families *************** Detailed Legislative History - House Action(s) May 11, 95: Referred to the House Committee on Economic and Educational. Referred to the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. May 12, 95: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. May 12, 95: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. May 16, 95: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. May 16, 95: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. May 17, 95: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. May 17, 95: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. May 24, 95: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. May 24, 95: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 5. June 22, 95: Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Economic and Educational. H. Rept. 104-152. June 22, 95: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 70. Sept. 18, 95: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 222 Reported to House. (Amendment 14 Sponsor: Rep Klink (introduced 09/19/95) An amendment preprinted in the Congressional Record of September 18 as amendment No. 14, to express the sense of Congress that if Federal job training programs are to be streamlined and turned over to the States as block grants, the Federal Government should transfer all functions of such programs to the States and local communities.) Sept. 19, 95: HA 793 - Amendment Offered by Representative Goodling. An amendment, consisting of several amendments offered en bloc and made in order pursuant to the rule to change the provisions in the bill relating to the privatization of "Connie Lee". The amendments would reduce the time for the Department of Education to sell its stock in "Connie Lee" from 1 year to 6 months, and prohibit "Sally Mae" from purchasing any new "Connie Lee" stock until the privatization of both organizations is complete. HA 793 - On agreeing to the Goodling amendments (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. HA 794 - Amendment Offered by Representative Goodling. An amendment to make technical corrections and conforming amendments throughout the bill. HA 794 - On agreeing to the Goodling amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote. HA 795 - Amendment Offered by Representative Kildee. An amendment, printed as amendment No. 11 in the Congressional record to strike the provisions of the bill that allow governors to transfer appropriated funds between the Youth Development Grant and the Adult Education Grant programs. HA 795 - On agreeing to the Kildee amendment (A003) Failed by voice vote. HA 796 - Amendment Offered by Representative Williams. An amendment, printed as amendment No. 25 in the Congressional Record to provide that, in the development of state plans, the agency responsible under the state constitutions for education policy would assume the lead role in developing that portion of the plan. HA 796 - By unanimous consent, the Williams amendment was withdrawn. HA 797 - Amendment Offered by Representative Owens. An amendment to impose penalties for the misuse or misexpenditure of federal job training funds due to willful disregard of statutory requirements, gross negligence, or failure to observe accepted standards of administration. The amendment would prohibit federal grant funds from being used to pay any financial penalty imposed. HA 797 - By unanimous consent, the Owens amendment was withdrawn. HA 798 - Amendment Offered by Representative Kildee. An amendment, printed in the Congressional Record as amendment No. 12, to require states to maintain the existing level of funding for training programs covered in the bill. HA 798 - On agreeing to the Kildee amendment (A006) Failed by voice vote. HA 799 - Amendment Offered by Representative Mink. An amendment, printed as amendment No. 15 in the Congressional Record, to require States to include in their workforce development and literacy plans a description of how the State will maintain programs for single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women, as well as programs designed to promote the elimination of sex bias. HA 800 - Amendment Offered by Representative Goodling. An amendment to the Mink amendment, to specify that nothing in the amendment should be construed as mandating specific services. HA 800 - On agreeing to the Goodling amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote. HA 801 - Amendment Offered by Representative Sawyer. An amendment to change the procedures established in the bill for resolving disputes over the content of local plans for youth development and career preparation programs. The amendment specifies that whoever is authorized to control the funds for a particular program shall be the entity responsible for developing dispute resolution procedures. HA 801 - On agreeing to the Sawyer amendment (A009) Agreed to by voice vote. HA 802 - Amendment Offered by Representative Woolsey. An amendment to increase funds available in the bill for education and job training, and adult education and literacy programs. HA 802 - On agreeing to the Woolsey amendment (A010) Failed by voice vote. HA 803 - Amendment Offered by Representative Traficant. An amendment to express that it is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available under the bill should be made in America. HA 804 - Amendment Offered by Representative Green. An amendment to delete the provisions of the bill relating to vocational rehabilitation. The intent of the amendment is to address vocational rehabilitation issues in separate legislation. HA 804 - On agreeing to the Green amendment (A012) Agreed to by recorded vote: 231 - 192 (Roll no. 670). Rule H. Res. 222 passed House. Called up by House under the provisions of rule H. Res. 222. The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Passed House (Amended) by recorded vote: 345 - 79 (Roll no. 671). *************** Detailed Legislative History - Senate Action(s) Sept. 21, 95: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Oct. 11, 95: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. Measure laid before Senate. Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 143 amended. Passed Senate in lieu of S. 143 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 95-2. Record Vote No: 487. Oct. 20, 95: Message on Senate action sent to the House. July 24, 96: Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk in Senate. ******************** Conference Action Oct. 11, 95: Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference. Oct. 19, 95: Senate appointed conferees Kassebaum; Jeffords; Coats; Gregg; Frist; Dewine; Ashcroft; Abraham; Gorton; Kennedy; Pell; Dodd; Simon; Harkin; Mikulski; Wellstone. Oct. 24, 95: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference. Agreed to without objection. The Speaker appointed conferees: Rep. Goodling (Address above) Rep. Gunderson (Address above) Rep. Cunningham (Address above) Rep. McKeon (Address above) Rep. Riggs (Address above) Rep. Graham (Address above) Rep. Souder (Address above) Rep. William Clay 1st Congressional District - Missouri (D) Rm. 2306 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-2406 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/MO01.html Rep. Pat Williams Congressional District - Montana (D) Rm. 2329 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-3211 Web Page; http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/MT00.html Rep. Dale Kildee 9th Congressional district - Michigan (D) Rm. 2187 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-3611 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/MI09.html Rep. Thomas Sawyer 14th Congressional District - Ohio (D) Rm. 1414 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Telephone: (202) 225-5231 Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/OH14.html Rep. Gene Green 29th Congressional District - Texas (D) Rm. 1024 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 e-mail: GGREEN@HR.HOUSE.GOV Web Page: http://www.house.gov/mbr_dir/TX29.html Telephone: (202) 225-1688 May 21, 96: Conference held. July 24, 96: Conferees agreed to file conference report. July 25, 96: Conference report H. Rept. 104-707 filed in House. ******************************************************************** Home Education Watch is available in both an electronic version and a printed version. To subscribe to the electronic version, please send email to RichardW@Tezcat.com with the words Subscribe HEW in the subject line. For information on the printed version, please contact HEW at the same email address. Reprinting Home Education Watch: Home Education Watch may be reprinted in its entirety only and will all copyrights intact.