§ 2401. — Congressional findings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2401]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 51--NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE
SUBCHAPTER I--FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND POLICY; DEFINITIONS
Sec. 2401. Congressional findings
The Congress finds that--
(1) the rate of productivity growth in the United States has
declined during four of the past six years;
(2) the decline in the rate of productivity growth has
contributed to inflation, to economic stagnation, and to increasing
unemployment;
(3) since 1965, the rate of productivity growth of the United
States has been consistently lower than that of many industrial
nations in the world, adversely affecting the competitive position
of the United States in world markets;
(4) growth in productivity of the economy of the United States
is essential to the social and economic welfare of the American
people, and to the health of the world economy;
(5) growth in the productivity of the Nation's economy is
essential to maintain and increase employment, to stabilize the cost
of living and to provide job security;
(6) mounting worldwide material shortages and their consequent
inflationary results make increased efficiency in the utilization of
these resources of urgent importance;
(7) sharing the fruits of productivity gains among labor,
management, and owners may considerably influence productivity;
(8) the continued development of joint labor-management efforts
to provide a healthy environment for collective bargaining can make
a significant contribution to improve productivity and foster
industrial peace;
(9) factors affecting the growth of productivity in the economy
include not only the status of technology and the techniques of
management but also the role of the worker in the production process
and the conditions of his working life;
(10) there is a national need to identify and encourage
appropriate application of capital in sectors of American economic
activity in order to improve productivity;
(11) there is a national need to identify and encourage
appropriate application of technology in all sectors of American
economic activity in order to improve productivity;
(12) there is a national need to identify and encourage the
development of social, economic, scientific, business, labor, and
governmental contributions to improve productivity growth, and
increased economic effectiveness in the public and private sectors
of the United States; which objectives can best be accomplished
through maximizing private sector and State and local development of
such contributions;
(13) there is a national need to identify, study, and revise or
eliminate the laws, regulations, policies, and procedures which
adversely affect productivity growth and the efficient functioning
of the economy;
(14) there is a national need to increase employment security
through such activities as manpower planning, skill-training and
retraining of workers, internal work force adjustments to avoid
worker displacement, assistance to workers facing or experiencing
displacement, and all other public and private programs which seek
to minimize the human costs of productivity improvement, thereby
diminishing resistance to workplace change and improving
productivity growth;
(15) there is a national need to develop new technologies for
the more effective production of goods and services;
(16) there is a national need to encourage and support efforts
by qualified institutions of higher learning to identify and
inaugurate programs which will improve productivity;
(17) there is a national need to develop precise, standardized
measurements of productivity; and
(18) there is a national need to gather and disseminate
information about methods and techniques to improve productivity.
(Pub. L. 94-136, title I, Sec. 101, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 733.)
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 94-136 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this
chapter, repealing section 1026 of this title, and enacting provisions
set out as notes under this section] may be cited as the `National
Productivity And Quality of Working Life Act of 1975'.''
White House Conference on Productivity
Pub. L. 97-367, Oct. 25, 1982, 96 Stat. 1761, required the President
to conduct a White House Conference on Productivity not later than Oct.
25, 1983, prescribed the duties of the Conference, required the
Conference to submit to the President a final report not later than 120
days after the date the Conference is called, and required the President
(within 120 days after submission of the final report) to transmit to
Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and
legislation necessary to implement recommendations contained in the
final report with which he concurs.
Executive Order No. 12089
Ex. Ord. No. 12089, Oct. 23, 1978, 43 F.R. 49773, as amended by Ex.
Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, which established the
National Productivity Council and provided for its membership,
functions, etc. was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12379, Sec. 16, Aug. 17,
1982, 47 F.R. 36099, set out as a note under section 14 of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
Executive Order No. 12332
Ex. Ord. No. 12332, Nov. 10, 1981, 46 F.R. 55913, which established
the National Productivity Advisory Committee, and provided for its
membership, functions, etc. and was extended until Sept. 30, 1984, by
Ex. Ord. No. 12399, Dec. 31, 1982, 48 F.R. 379, was revoked by Ex. Ord.
No. 12534, Sept. 30, 1985, 50 F.R. 40319, formerly set out as a note
under section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act in the Appendix
to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
