National Employment Priorities Act of 1979

National Employment Priorities Act of 1979 - Title I: General Provisions - Declares the policy and purpose of this Act. Sets forth certain definitions.

Title II: Establishment of the National Employment Relocation Administration - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish in the Department of Labor a National Employment Relocation Administration, to be headed by an Administrator and Deputy Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Establishes a National Employment Relocation Advisory Council. Directs the members of such Council to perform specified functions, including advising the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator regarding the activities of the National Employment Relocation Administration and evaluating the effectiveness of programs carried out under this Act.

Title III: Notice, Investigations, Hearings, and Reports, in Closing an Establishment or Transferring Operations - Requires written notice to be given to the Secretary whenever: (1) a business concern intends to close or transfer all or part of its operations; and (2) at least 15 percent of the employees who are members of a labor organization or 15 percent of all employees in that establishment will suffer an eligible employment loss as a result of any such closing or transfer.

Authorizes the Secretary to investigate a proposed closing or transfer of operations under specified circumstances.

Title IV: Assistance to Employees who Suffer an Eligible Employment Loss - Directs the Secretary to establish a program of adjustment assistance for employees who become unemployed or receive a weekly wage of less than 85 percent of their former wage as a result of a closing or transfer. Provides that such adjustment assistance shall include: (1) income maintenance payments; (2) maintenance of pension and health benefits; (3) job placement and retraining benefits; (4) relocation allowances; (5) early retirement benefits; (6) emergency mortgage and rent payments; and (7) food stamps and surplus commodities. Directs the Secretary to make every effort to place employees for substantially equivalent full employment in accordance with their capacity and prospective employment opportunities.

Title V: Assistance to Affected Communities and to Businesses Located in Such Communities - Makes a unit of local government eligible for assistance under this Act if the Secretary determines that the closing or transfer of business establishments has contributed substantially to an unemployment rate within such jurisdiction exceeding eight percent on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Title VI: Assistance to Businesses Threatened With Dislocation - Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance to businesses within such areas.

Authorizes the Secretary to develop a retraining program for employees who will be required to acquire new or additional skills as a result of the economic adjustment assistance proposal.

Title VII: Withdrawal of Certain Benefits On Account of Unjustified Relocations, and Miscellaneous Provisions - Makes business concerns ineligible for specified benefits under the Internal Revenue Code if the Secretary makes certain determinations.

Authorizes appropriations.

Makes certain technical and conforming amendments.