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 PUBLIC LAW 101-395—SEPT. 25, 1990 104 STAT. 847 Public Law 101-395 101st Congress Joint Resolution To designate the week of September 30, 1990, throxigh October 6, 1990, as "National Sept. 25, 1990 Job Skills Week". [S.J. Res. 333] Whereas the ability to maintain an internationaly competitive and productive economy and a high standard of living depends on the development and utilization of new technologies; Whereas new technologies require skills that are currently unavailable in the national workforce; Whereas experts in both the public and private sectors predict that a shortage of skilled entryJevel workers will exist through the remainder of the twentieth century; Whereas young people in the United States are experiencing higher than normal unemployment rates due to the lack of skills necessary to perform entry-level jobs that are currently available; Whereas young people in the United States will continue to experience higher than normal unemployment rates unless such young people develop the skills necessary to perform the entry-level jobs that become available; Whereas workers in the United States, threatened by dislocation due to plant closures and industrial relocation, need special training and education to prepare for new jobs and new opportunities; and Whereas a National Job Skills Week would serve to focus attention on present and future workforce needs, to encourage public and private cooperation in job training and educational efforts, and to highlight the technological changes underway in the workplace: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the week of September 30, 1990, through October 6, 1990, is designated as "National Job Skills Week", and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Approved September 25, 1990. LEGISLATIVE fflSTORY—S.J. Res. 333: CONGRESSIONAL RECXDRD, Vol. 136 (1990): June 18, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 17, considered and passed House. 39-139 O - 90 (395)

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