UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
[H. R. 8655, Seventy-first Congress, second session]
A BILL To provide for the establishment of a national employment system

Be it enacted by the Senate and Houes of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That in order to promote the establishment and
maintenance of a national system of public employment offices the United States
employment service is hereby created a bureau of the Department of Labor.
There shall be a director general of such bureau, who shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall
receive a salary of $10,000 per annum. The Secretary of Labor is authorized,
in accordance with the civil service laws, to appoint, and, in accordance with the
classification act of 1923, as amended, to fix the compensation of a woman
assistant director general who, subject to the director general, shall have general
supervision of all matters relating to the securing of employment for women,
and there shall also be appointed such other assistants and employees in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere as shall be necessary to carry out the purposes
of this act, said employees to be appointed in accordance with the civil service
laws and their compensation fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of
1923, as amended.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the province and duty of the said bureau, under the
direction of the Secretary of Labor, to establish and maintain a national system
of employment offices for men, women, and juniors who are legally qualified
to engage in gainful occupations; and to assist in establishing and maintaining
systems of employment offices in the several States and political subdivisions
thereof, and to coordinate the public employment offices throughout the country
by furnishing and publishing information as to opportunities for employment,
by maintaining a system for clearing labor between the several States, by establishing
 and maintaining uniform standards, policies, and procedure, and by
assisting in the transportation of workers to such places as may be deemed
necessary for the purposes of securing employment.
Sec. 3 (a). That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act there
is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $2,000,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1930, and $4,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter up to and
including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934; that not less than 75 per centum
of the money appropriated under this act shall be allotted by the Secretary of
Labor among the several States on the basis of their respective populations to be
available for the purpose of establishing and maintaining svstems of publicemployment
 offices in the several States in accordance with the provisions of
this act.
(b). In carrying out the provisions of this act the director general is authorized
and directed to provide for the giving of notice of strikes or lockouts to applicants
for employment. }
(e). In States where there is no State system of public-emplovment offices,
the director general is authorized to maintain and establish a system of publicemployment
 offices under the control of the director general and to expend, in
such States, so much of the sums apportioned to such State according to population
 as he may deem necessary.
Sec. 4. That the director general, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor,
is kid authorized to make rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions
of this act.
Sec. 5. That this act shall take effect immediately.

[H. R. 9560, Seventy-first Congress, second session}

BILL To provide for the advance planning and regulated construction of certain public works for
the stabilization of industry, and for the prevention of unemployment during periods of business
depression

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 “ Employment
stabilization act of 1930.”
DEFINITIONS

Sec. 2. When used in this act—
(a) The term “board” means the Federal Employment Stabilization Board
established by section 3 of this act;
(b) The term ‘United States,” when used in a geographical sense, includes
the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia: