63d Congress, second session (December 1, 1913-October 24, 1914):

To promote welfare of merchant seamen..

Subjects transportation of convict-made goods to State law.

Maximum hours for females in District of Columbia.

To create Bureau of Safety in Department of Labor.

To prevent commerce in products of child labor..

Recognition of unions under antitrust acts..

63d Congress, third session (December 7, 1914-March 4, 1915):

To prevent commerce in products of child labor.

To establish national employment service.

64th Congress, first session (December 6, 1915-September 8, 1916):

To prevent commerce in products of child labor..

Promotion of vocational education___

Maximum hours on railroads..

To create Bureau of Safety in Department of Labor

To establish national employment service....

Subjects transportation of convict-made goods to State law.

64th Congress, second session (December 4, 1916-March 4, 1917):

Promotion of vocational education__.

65th Congress, second session (December 3, 1917-November 21, 1918):

Sets minimum wages for women and children in District of Columbia.

Regulates child labor in District of Columbia..

65th Congress, third session (December 2, 1918-March 4, 1919):

Regulates child labor in District of Columbia..

66th Congress, first session (May 19, 1919-November 19, 1919):

Provides for settlement of disputes on railroads.

To promote welfare of merchant seamen..

66th Congress, second session (December 1, 1919-June 5, 1920):

To prohibit strikes in interstate and foreign commerce.

Provides for settlement of disputes on railroads..

To promote welfare of merchant seamen....

67th Congress, first session (March 4, 1921-November 23, 1921):

Regulation of wages in coal industry.

67th Congress, second session (December 5, 1921-September 22, 1922):

Regulation of wages in coal industry.

68th Congress, first session (December 3, 1923-June 7, 1924):

Provides for settlement of disputes on railroads..

69th Congress, first session (December 7, 1925-July 3, 1926):

To create Bureau of Safety in Department of Labor.

Workmen's compensation in maritime employment..

Provides for settlement of disputes on railroads...

69th Congress, second session (December 6, 1926-March 4, 1927):

To create Bureau of Safety in Department of Labor..

Workmen's compensation in maritime employment..

70th Congress, first session (December 6, 1927-May 29, 1928):

Regulates child labor in District of Columbia_

Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act..

To create a Division of Safety in Department of Labor..

Promotion of vocational education....

To promote welfare of merchant seamen

70th Congress, second session (December 3, 1928-March, 4, 1929):

Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act...

Promotion of vocational education..

71st Congress, second session (December 2, 1929-July 3, 1930):
Creates Safety Division in Department of Labor..
Minimum wages on public works..

Establishes national employment service..

71st Congress, third session (December 1, 1930-March 4, 1931):

Minimum wages on public works.

Prohibits importation of products of convict and forced labor.

72d Congress, first session (December 7, 1931-July 16, 1932):

Extends Railway Labor Act to airlines. -

Limits use of restraining orders and injunctions..

To establish national employment service-

Authorizes protection of union label in District of Columbia_

Sets minimum wages on public works...

To create a Public Works Administration__

Vocational rehabilitation..

72d Congress, second session (December 5, 1932-March 4, 1933):

30-hour week in interstate commerce..

Assumption of risk by employees of common carriers.

73d Congress, first session (March 9, 1933-June 16, 1933):

30-hour week in interstate commerce..

Establishes United States Employment Service..

Regulation of minimum wages and maximum hours (NRA).

73d Congress, second session (January 3, 1934-June 18, 1934):

To create a National Labor Board...

To prevent evasion of compensation rate laws..

6-hour day for employees of carriers..

74th Congress first session (January 3, 1935-August 26, 1935):

Minimum wages and maximum hours on Government contracts.-

Antistrikebreaker law. -

Regulation of wages in coal industry.

Workmen's compensation in maritime employment_

Workmen's compensation to non-Federal employees..

Consent to minimum wage compacts among States-

National Labor Relations Act..

Amendment to Railway Labor Act..

Extends Railway Labor Act to airlines.

30-hour week in interstate commerce..

Requires contractors to furnish bonds..

To promote welfare of merchant seamen..

Licensing of blind to operate vending stands.

Minimum wages on public buildings.

74th Congress, second session (January 3, 1936–June 20, 1936):

Minimum wages and maximum hours on Government contracts..

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75th Congress, first session (January 5, 1937-August 21, 1937):

75th Congress, second session (November 15, 1937-December 21, 1937):

Antistrikebreaker law..

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Fair Labor Standards Act..

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75th Congress, third session (January 3, 1938–June 16, 1938):

Fair Labor Standards Act___

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Workmen's compensation on railroads.

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Amend Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.

Workmen's compensation on public works.

76th Congress, first session (January 3, 1939-August 5, 1939):

76th Congress, third session (January 3, 1940-January 2, 1941):

Protection of employees in railroad mergers..

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77th Congress, first session (January 3, 1941-January 2, 1942):

Bars interstate transport of convict made goods_

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Safety in coal mines....

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77th Congress, second session (January 5, 1942-December 16, 1942):

To amend National Labor Relations Act.

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Workmen's compensation, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii_

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78th Congress, first session (January 6, 1943-December 21, 1943):

Anti-Racketeering Act.

To prohibit discrimination in employment

To amend Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act__

To amend the Railway Labor Act...

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To amend Vocational Rehabilitation Act..

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78th Congress, second session (January 10, 1944-December 19, 1944):

Safety and health in working conditions.

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To prohibit discrimination in employment....

To amend the Railway Labor Act.

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79th Congress, first session (January 3, 1945-December 21, 1945):

Unlawful practices in broadcasting-

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Employment Act of 1946..

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79th Congress, second session (January 14, 1946-August 2, 1946):

80th Congress, first session (January 3, 1947-December 19, 1947):

Safety in coal mines___

Labor-Management Relations Act

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81st Congress, first session (January 3, 1949-October 19, 1949):

81st Congress, second session (January 3, 1950–January 2, 1951):

To legalize maritime hiring halls_

82d Congress, first session (January 3, 1951-October 20, 1951):

Minimum wages in defense housing-

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Workmen's compensation...

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82d Congress, second session (January 8, 1952-July 7, 1952):

To amend Labor-Management Relations Act..

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Safety in coal mines__

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83d Congress, first session (January 3, 1953-August 3, 1953):

Importation of Mexican agricultural labor..

83d Congress, second session (January 6, 1954-August 20, 1954):

To promote welfare of merchant seamen

To expand program of vocational education....

84th Congress, first session (January 5, 1955-August 2, 1955):

Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act..

Increase in minimum wage (FLSA).

Importation of Mexican agricultural labor.

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84th Congress, second session (January 3, 1956-July 27, 1956):

Fair labor standards (overseas).

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Transportation of migrant farmworkers.

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Prevailing wages on highway construction

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85th Congress, first session (January 3, 1957-August 30, 1957):

Safety in coal mines__

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Fair labor standards (overseas).

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85th Congress, second session (January 7, 1958-August 24, 1958):

86th Congress, first session (January 7, 1959-September 14, 1959):

Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act..

86th Congress, second session (January 6, 1960-September 1, 1960):

Fair Labor Standards Act: extended coverage_

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87th Congress, first session (January 3, 1961-September 27, 1961):

Fair labor standards (minimum wage, extended coverage)

87th Congress, second session (January 10, 1962-October 13, 1962):

88th Congress, first session (January 9, 1963-December 30, 1963):

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Educational opportunities for migratory farm workers and their

children...

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88th Congress, second session (January 7, 1964-October 3, 1964):

Registration of contractors of migrant workers_

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Housing grants for farm laborers.

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Minimum wages of laborers on public works (Davis-Bacon Act)

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Job training and employment (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964)..

Joint industry promotion..

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National Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic

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Bonding of union officials.

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Minimum wages in Government services contracts..

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89th Congress, first session (January 4, 1965-October 23, 1965):

89th Congress, second session (January 10, 1966-October 22, 1966):

Establish a special adjustment board to settle carrier disputes....

Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1966 (job training program)__

Manpower Development and Training Act (training program; two

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