Productivity Improvement Act of 1980 - Establishes the National Productivity Council which shall: (1) develop and annually revise a comprehensive national productivity plan which examines the effects of Government policies and activities on the productivity of the private sector and recommends Federal policies and activities for improving productivity; (2) obtain the cooperation of the private sector in implementing the plan; (3) perform economic analyses of the impact on productivity of selected Federal statutes and regulations; (4) make legislative and regulatory recommendations to the President, Congress, and Federal agencies concerning ways to improve productivity in the private sector; (5) act as the primary source of information in the Government concerning efforts to improve productivity in the private sector; (6) report annually to Congress and the President on the implementation and revisions of the plan; and (7) delineate the productivity improvement functions of Federal agencies.
Establishes a National Productivity Advisory Board to advise the Council concerning activities for the improvement of productivity in the private sector.
Requires the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, and the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to perform specified functions designed to improve private sector productivity.
Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
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