S.Amdt. 1640

SA 1640. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1183 submitted by Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Hatch) to
the bill S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. IMPROVED COLLECTION AND USE OF LABOR MARKET
INFORMATION.

(a) In General.--Section 1137 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1320b-7) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(including the
occupational information under subsection (g))'' after
``paragraph (3) of this subsection''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``employers (as defined''
and inserting ``subject to subsection (g), employers (as
defined''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g)(1) Beginning January 1, 2016, each quarterly wage
report required to be submitted by an employer under
subsection (a)(3) shall include such occupational information
with respect to each employee of the employer that permits
the classification of such employees into occupational
categories as found in the Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system.
``(2) The State agency receiving the occupational
information described in paragraph (1) shall make such
information available to the Secretary of Labor pursuant to
procedures established by the Secretary of Labor.
``(3)(A)(i) The Secretary of Labor shall make occupational
information submitted under paragraph (2) available to other
State and Federal agencies, including the United States
Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other
State and Federal research agencies.
``(ii) Disclosure of occupational information under clause
(i) shall be subject to the agency having safeguards in place
that meet the requirements under paragraph (4).
``(4) The Secretary of Labor shall establish and implement
safeguards for the dissemination and, subject to paragraph
(5), the use of occupational information received under this
subsection.
``(5) Occupational information received under this
subsection shall only be used to classify employees into
occupational categories as found in the Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system and to analyze and evaluate
occupations in order to improve the labor market for workers
and industries.
``(6) The Secretary of Labor shall establish procedures to
verify the accuracy of information received under paragraph
(2).''.
(b) Advisory Committee.--
(1) Establishment.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall
establish an advisory committee to advise the Secretary on
the implementation of subsection (g) of section 1137 of the
Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a).
(2) Membership.--The advisory committee shall include--
(A) State government officials, representatives of small,
medium, and large businesses, representatives of labor
organizations, labor market analysts, privacy and data
experts, and non-profit stakeholders; and
(B) such other individuals determined appropriate by the
Secretary of Labor.
(3) Meetings.--The advisory committee shall meet no less
than annually.
(4) Termination.--The advisory committee shall terminate on
the date that is 3 years after the date of the first meeting
of the committee.
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