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Das United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) ist ein Ausschuss des US-Senats, der für Gesundheit, Bildung, Arbeit und Renten zuständig ist. Er ist an der Gesetzgebung in den entsprechenden Themenbereichen beteiligt und überwacht die Arbeit der Regierungsbehörden. (de) Le Comité sur la santé, l'éducation, le travail et les retraites du Sénat des États-Unis (United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) est une commission permanente du Congrès qui se consacre aux questions de santé, d'éducation, de travail ou encore de retraites (pensions). (fr) The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to these issues. Its jurisdiction also extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules. While currently known as the HELP Committee, the committee was originally founded on January 28, 1869, as the Committee on Education. Its name was changed to the Committee on Education and Labor on February 14, 1870, when petitions relating to labor were transferred to its jurisdiction from the Committee on Naval Affairs. The committee’s jurisdiction at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries focused largely on issues relating to federal employees’ working conditions and federal education aid. Prominent action considered by the committee in the 1910s and 1920s included the creation of a national minimum wage, the establishments of a Department of Labor, a Department of Education, and a Children’s Bureau. During the 1930s, the committee took action on the National Labor Relations Act, the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936 and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. In 1944, the jurisdiction of the Public Health Service was transferred from the Commerce Committee to the Committee on Education and Labor, adding issues relating to public health matters to its jurisdiction. The committee's name was changed during the 80th Congress to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare as part of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 79-601). The act further expanded the committee's oversight to include the rehabilitation, health, and education of veterans. Mine safety was also added to the committee’s jurisdiction in 1949. During the Administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, the committee took the lead in shaping legislation as part of Johnson's War on Poverty, resulting in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-510), certain issues pertaining to veterans were transferred to the newly created Committee on Veterans Affairs. In the 95th Congress, the Senate passed S. Res. 4, which renamed the committee to be the Committee on Human Resources. However, the name was again changed in the 96th Congress by S. Res. 30 to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. On March 18, 1992, the committee’s jurisdiction was updated to include all of the areas listed below. The committee was given its current name, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, on January 19, 1999, by S. Res. 20. (en) |
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Das United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) ist ein Ausschuss des US-Senats, der für Gesundheit, Bildung, Arbeit und Renten zuständig ist. Er ist an der Gesetzgebung in den entsprechenden Themenbereichen beteiligt und überwacht die Arbeit der Regierungsbehörden. (de) Le Comité sur la santé, l'éducation, le travail et les retraites du Sénat des États-Unis (United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) est une commission permanente du Congrès qui se consacre aux questions de santé, d'éducation, de travail ou encore de retraites (pensions). (fr) The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to these issues. Its jurisdiction also extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules. While currently known as the HELP Committee, the committee was originally founded on January 28, 1869, as the Committee on Education. Its name was changed to the Committee on Education and Labor on February 14, 1870, when petitions relating to labor were transferred to its jurisdiction from the Committee on Naval Affairs. (en) |
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United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (de) Comité sur la santé, l'éducation, le travail et les retraites (fr) United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (en) |
