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 PUBLIC LAW 94-136—NOV. 28, 1975

89 STAT. 733

Public Law 94-136 94th Congress An Act To establish a National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life; to provide for a review of the activities of all Federal agencies including implementation of all Federal laws, regulations, and policies which impede the productive performance and efficiency of the American economy; to encourage joint labor, industry, and Government efforts to improve national productivity and the character of working conditions; to establish a Federal policy with respect to continued productivity growth and improved utilization of human resources in the United States; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Productivity and Quality of Working Life Act of 1975". TITLE I—FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND POLICY; DEFINITIONS SEC. 101. 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; (I) 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; (II) 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;

Nov. 28, 1975 [S. 2195]

National Productivity and Quality of Working Life Act of 1975. 15 USC 2401 note. 15 USC 2401.

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