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§1371 Study and recommendations regarding General Accounting Office, Government Printing Office, and Library of Congress
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 24— - CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS › Part Part F— - Study › § 1371
Summary
The Board must study how a set of federal workplace laws apply to the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, and the Library of Congress. The study must also look at the rules and procedures those three places use to apply and enforce the laws for themselves and their employees. The laws covered include 12 major statutes and rules such as Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA, the Rehabilitation Act, Federal labor‑management rules, the GAO Personnel Act, the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, the WARN Act, and veterans’ employment rules. The study must decide whether the rights, protections, and processes (including administrative and court remedies) for those employees are complete and work well. It must include recommendations and proposed regulatory or legislative language. The Board must finish the study and its recommendations, with the Board’s comments, and send them to each agency head and to Congress (to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate) by December 31, 1996.
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Title 2, §1371
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(a)The Board shall undertake a study of—
(1)the application of the laws listed in subsection (b) to—
(A)the General Accounting Office;
(B)the Government Printing Office; and
(C)the Library of Congress; and
(2)the regulations and procedures used by the entities referred to in paragraph (1) to apply and enforce such laws to themselves and their employees.
(b)The study under this section shall consider the application of the following laws:
(1)Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), and related provisions of section 2302 of title 5.
(2)The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), and related provisions of section 2302 of title 5.
(3)The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), and related provisions of section 2302 of title 5.
(6)The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), and related provisions of section 7902 of title 5.
(7)The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.).
(8)Chapter 71 (relating to Federal service labor-management relations) of title 5.
(9)The General Accounting Office Personnel Act of 1980 (31 U.S.C. 731 et seq.).
(10)The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (29 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.).
(11)The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.).
(12)Chapter 43 (relating to veterans’ employment and reemployment) of title 38.
(c)The study under this section shall evaluate whether the rights, protections, and procedures, including administrative and judicial relief, applicable to the entities listed in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and their employees are comprehensive and effective and shall include recommendations for any improvements in regulations or legislation, including proposed regulatory or legislative language.
(d)Not later than December 31, 1996—
(1)the Board shall prepare and complete the study and recommendations required under this section; and
(2)the Board shall transmit such study and recommendations (with the Board’s comments) to the head of each entity considered in the study, and to the Congress by delivery to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate for referral to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 88–352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 252. Title VII of the Act is classified generally to subchapter VI (§ 2000e et seq.) of chapter 21 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2000a of Title 42 and Tables. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is Pub. L. 90–202, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 602, which is classified generally to chapter 14 (§ 621 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 621 of Title 29 and Tables. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is Pub. L. 101–336, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 327, which is classified principally to chapter 126 (§ 12101 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 12101 of Title 42 and Tables. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, referred to in subsec. (b)(4), is Pub. L. 103–3, Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 6, which enacted section 60m and 60n of this title, sections 6381 to 6387 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and chapter 28 (§ 2601 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor, amended section 2105 of Title 5, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 2601 of Title 29. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2601 of Title 29 and Tables. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, referred to in subsec. (b)(5), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, which is classified generally to chapter 8 (§ 201 et seq.) of Title 29. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 201 of Title 29 and Tables. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (b)(6), is Pub. L. 91–596, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1590, which is classified principally to chapter 15 (§ 651 et seq.) of Title 29. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 651 of Title 29 and Tables. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. (b)(7), is Pub. L. 93–112, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 355, which is classified generally to chapter 16 (§ 701 et seq.) of Title 29. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 701 of Title 29 and Tables. The General Accounting Office Personnel Act of 1980, referred to in subsec. (b)(9), is Pub. L. 96–191, Feb. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 27, which was classified principally to section 52–1 et seq. of former Title 31, Money and Finance, and which was substantially repealed by Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068, and reenacted by the first section thereof principally in subchapters III (§ 731 et seq.) and IV (§ 751 et seq.) of chapter 7 of Title 31, Money and Finance. The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988, referred to in subsec. (b)(10), is Pub. L. 100–347, June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 646, which is classified generally to chapter 22 (§ 2001 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2001 of Title 29 and Tables. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(11), is Pub. L. 100–379, Aug. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 890, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 2101 et seq.) of Title 29. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2101 of Title 29 and Tables.
Amendments
1995—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–53, § 309(a), substituted “Board” for “Administrative Conference of the United States” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 104–53, § 309(b), substituted “Board” for “Administrative Conference of the United States” and struck out “and shall submit the study and recommendations to the Board” before semicolon.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
General Accounting Office redesignated Government Accountability Office. See section 8 of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance. Government Printing Office redesignated Government Publishing Office. See section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note preceding section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
Effective Date
of 1995 Amendment Pub. L. 104–53, title III, § 309(c), Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 538, provided that: “The
Amendments
made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect only if the Administrative Conference of the United States ceases to exist prior to the completion and submission of the study to the Board as required by section 230 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371). [See provision of title IV of Pub. L. 104–52, set out as a note preceding section 591 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.]”
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2 U.S.C. § 1371
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