Defense Economic Adjustment Act of 1990

Defense Economic Adjustment Act of 1990 - Establishes the Office of Defense Adjustment (ODA) within the Executive Office of the President. Directs the ODA to: (1) disseminate information to Federal, State, and local agencies with respect to the cancellation of major defense contracts; (2) implement a program for job retraining and extension of health and unemployment benefits to workers displaced from defense-related employment as the result of such cancellations; (3) coordinate job information services in the Department of Labor and in State and local government agencies; (4) disseminate information on Federal programs pertaining to economic adjustment for distressed communities, businesses, and workers; and (5) provide and coordinate technical assistance to private industry and State and local governments to assist them in developing adjustment plans for communities affected by such cancellations.

Requires the Secretary of Defense, acting through the ODA, to notify Federal, State, and local agencies of the cancellation or termination of a major defense contract at least six months before such action or such shorter period if required for national security reasons or a military emergency.

 
HR 5420 IH
101st CONGRESS
2d Session
 H. R. 5420
To establish the Office of Defense Adjustment to provide Federal assistance
for economic adjustment in areas affected by the termination of a major
defense contract, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 31, 1990
Mr. OWENS of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly
to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Ways and Means
A BILL
To establish the Office of Defense Adjustment to provide Federal assistance
for economic adjustment in areas affected by the termination of a major
defense contract, and for other purposes.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  This Act may be cited as the `Defense Economic Adjustment Act of 1990'.
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF DEFENSE ADJUSTMENT.
  (a) ESTABLISHMENT- There is established in the Executive Office of the
  President the Office of Defense Adjustment (hereafter in this Act referred
  to as the `ODA').
  (b) DIRECTOR- The ODA shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed
  by the President and who shall be compensated at the rate provided for
  grade GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United
  States Code.
  (c) STAFF- The Director may appoint and fix the compensation of such
  personnel as the Director deems necessary to carry out the duties of the ODA.
  (d) DUTIES- The ODA shall--
  (1) disseminate information as described in section 3 to the appropriate
  Federal, State, and local agencies as soon as the pending cancellation or
  termination described in such notice is known;
  (2) develop and implement a program providing for job retraining and
  extension of health and unemployment benefits to workers displaced from
  defenserelated employment as a result of the cancellation or termination
  of a major defense contract;
  (3) coordinate job information services in the Department of Labor and in
  State and local government agencies;
  (4) coordinate and disseminate information on Federal programs pertaining to
  economic adjustment for distressed communities, businesses, and workers; and
  (5) provide and coordinate technical assistance to private industry and
  State and local governments to assist them in developing adjustment plans
  for communities affected by the cancellation or termination of a major
  defense contract.
SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION.
  The Secretary of Defense, acting through the ODA, shall notify Federal,
  State, and local agencies of the cancellation or termination of a major
  defense contract not less than six months before the anticipated date of
  such cancellation or termination, or such shorter period (but not less than
  90 days before such date) if required for reasons of national security or
  a military emergency.
SEC. 4. DEFINITION.
  For the purposes of this Act, the term `major defense contract' means--
  (1) any contract entered into between a person and an agency of the United
  States to provide material or services to such agency for military or
  defense-related operations, involving not less than $10,000,000, and made
  before, on, or after the effective date of this Act; and
  (2) any subcontract, involving not less than $10,000,000, made before, on,
  or after the effective date of this Act in connection with a contract or
  other arrangement described in paragraph (1).