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 PUBLIC LAW 97-367—OCT. 25, 1982

96 STAT. 1761

Public Law 97-367 97th Congress An Act To establish a White House Conference on Productivity.

Oct. 25, 1982 [H.R. 7292]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.

White House

SHORT TITLE

Conference on Productivity Act.

SEC. 101. This Act may be cited as the "White House Conference is use 240i on Productivity Act". "°*« FINDINGS

SEC. 102. The Congress finds that— is use 240i (1) the United States traditional annual productivity improve- "°*®ment rate of approximately 3 per centum has fallen drastically in recent years to a negative one-half of 1 per centum; (2) if our traditional productivity improvement rate has been maintained, the average household would have received nearly $5,500 in additional real income each year; (3) the decline in productivity has inflated the cost of goods and services produced in the United States relative to the goods and services of nations with higher productivity rates; (4) improved productivity will enhance our international competitiveness, which will expand foreign market opportunities and jobs; (5) productivity improvement can be restored in the United States through the application of policies and management techniques which have brought substantial productivity gains on a broad scale in other countries and in some businesses within the United States; (6) when adequate protections are provided, productivity improvement techniques can bring great benefits to labor as well as management; and (7) the United States must act immediately to reverse our productivity decline and to restore our annual productivity improvement. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 103. For purooses of this Act— is use 240i (1) the term Conference" means the White House Conference "°*^ on Productivity; (2) the term "Director" means a Director of the White House Conference on Productivity who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce and who shall be paid at the rate of basic pay provided for level V of the Executive Schedule pursuant to section 5316 of title 5, United States Code; (3) the term "productivity" means output per paid employee hour of all employees in the private sector; and

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