Title I: Findings, Purpose, and Policy - Sets forth the findings of the Congress and states that the purpose of this Act is to foster and aid public and nonprofit institutions, to develop programs and provide services for assisting small business and State and local governments improve productivity and the quality of working life.
Title II: Provision of Assistance - Directs the National Center for Productivity and the Quality of Working Life to enter into contracts or other funding arrangements with local, county, State and regional public and nonprofit agencies, educational institutions, centers, institutes or labor-management committees for the following purposes: (1) to organize conferences on new methods of improving productivity and quality of working life, (2) to provide training and educational development programs on such methods, (3) to collect, prepare, and disseminate information on such methods; and (4) to assist small businesses, State and local governments, and labor organizations in the application of improved practices.
Title III: Federal Agency Coordination - Directs the Center to consult each department, agency, and independent establishment regarding obligations or expenditure of funds for activities that support the purposes of this Act.
Title IV: Evaluation by the Comptroller General - Directs the Comptroller General to include an audit and evaluation of the implementation of this Act by the Center in the Comptroller General's report to Congress.
Title V: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
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