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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES
ON ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO WOMEN
February 10, 1983
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.
ORGANIZING FOR EQUITY
A. White House Coordinating Council on Women
O Announcement
1
B. Task Force on Legal Equity
O Announcement
2
O Status Report
3
C. Fifty States Project
O Announcement
5
O Description
6
O Status Report
8
D. Women Appointments
10
II. BUDGETING FOR EQUITY
A. Budget items of concern to women in work force
11
III. ISSUE DEVELOPMENT
A. Tax Reform
14
B. Other Economic Issues
16
D. Social Security
17
E. Sexual Equality In Pension Benefits
19
F. Child Care
21
G. Child Support Enforcement
22
1
Week Ending Friday, September 3, 1982
White House Coordinating Council on
Montoya, Assistant Director for Strategic
Women
Planning, Office of Policy Development;
Martha Hesse, Special Assistant to the
Announcement of the Formation and
Deputy Director, Office of Management
Membership of the Council.
and Budget; Susan Alvarado, Assistant to
August 27, 1982
the Vice President for Congressional Rela-
tions; Emily H. Rock, Special Assistant to
The President today announced the for-
the Director, Office of Policy Development;
mation of a White House Coordinating
and J. Bonnie Newman, Associate Director,
Council on Women. Composed of senior
Office of Presidential Personnel.
White House staff from several key offices,
the Council will serve as a focal point for
the coordination of policies and issues that
are of particular concern to women. The
Council will also work on the appointment
of women and the development of policy
and programs by regularly bringing
women's concerns to the attention of the
President and appropriate offices within the
executive branch.
The President has designated Elizabeth
H. Dole, Assistant to the President for
Public Liaison, as Chair of the Coordinating
Council.
Other standing members of the Coordi-
nating Council on Women are: David R.
Gergen, Assistant to the President for Com-
munications; Edwin L. Harper, Assistant to
the President for Policy Development;
Helene von Damm, Assistant to the Presi-
dent for Presidential Personnel; Joseph R.
Wright, Deputy Director, Office of Manage-
ment and Budget; and Peter E. Teeley, As-
sistant to the Vice President and Press Sec-
retary.
Margaret D. Tutwiler, Special Assistant to
the President and Executive Assistant to the
Chief of Staff, will serve as Staff Director
for the Council.
The President also announced that the
following individuals will serve as members
of a working group of the Coordinating
Council on Women: Dee Jepsen, Special As-
sistant to the President for Public Liaison;
Thelma Duggin, Special Assistant to the
President and Director of the 50 States
Project; Joanna Bistany, Special Assistant to
the President for Communications; Velma
2
Task Force on Legal Equity for
(c) The President shall designate one of
Women
the members to chair the Task Force.
Other agencies may be invited to partici-
Executive Order 12336.
pate in the functions of the Task Force.
December 21, 1981
Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The members of the
Task Force shall be responsible for coordi-
By the authority vested in me as Presi-
nating and facilitating in their respective
dent by the Constitution of the United
agencies, under the direction of the head of
States of America, and in order to provide
their agency, the implementation of
for the systematic elimination of regulatory
changes ordered by the President in sex-
and procedural barriers which have unfairly
discriminatory Federal regulations, policies,
precluded women from receiving equal
and practices.
treatment from Federal activities, it is
(b) The Task Force shall periodically
hereby ordered as follows:
report to the President on the progress
Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is es-
made throughout the Government in im-
tablished the Task Force on Legal Equity
plementing the President's directives.
for Women.
(c) The Attorney General shall complete
(b) The Task Force members shall be ap-
the review of Federal laws, regulations,
pointed by the President from among nomi-
policies, and practices which contain lan-
nees by the heads of the following Execu-
guage that unjustifiably differentiates, or
tive agencies, each of which shall have one
which effectively discriminates, on the basis
representative on the Task Force.
of sex. The Attorney General or his desig-
(1) Department of State.
nee shall, on a quarterly basis, report his
(2) Department of the Treasury.
findings to the President through the Cabi-
(3) Department of Defense.
net Council on Human Resources.
(4) Department of Justice.
Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The head of
(5) Department of the Interior.
each Executive agency shall, to the-extent
(6) Department of Agriculture.
permitted by law, provide the Task Force
(7) Department of Commerce.
with such information and advice as the
(8) Department of Labor.
(9) Department of Health and Human
Task Force may identify as being useful to
fulfill its functions.
Services.
(10) Department of Housing and Urban
(b) The agency with its representative
Development.
chairing the Task Force shall, to the extent
(11) Department of Transportation.
permitted by law, provide the Task Force
(12) Department of Energy.
with such administrative support as may be
(13) Department of Education.
necessary for the effective performance of
(14) Agency for International Develop-
its functions.
ment.
(c) The head of each agency represented
(15) Veterans Administration.
on the Task Force shall, to the extent per-
(16) Office of Management and Budget.
mitted by law, furnish its representative
(17) International Communication Agency.
such administrative support as is necessary
(18) Office of Personnel Management.
and appropriate.
(19) Environmental Protection Agency.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Section 1-
(20) ACTION.
101(h) of Executive Order No. 12258, as
(21) Small Business Administration.
amended, is revoked.
(b) Executive Order No. 12135 is re-
voked.
(c) Section 6 of Executive Order No.
12050, as amended, is revoked.
Ronald Reagan
The White House,
December 21, 1981.
3
STATUS REPORT:
THE FEDERAL EQUITY PROJECT
As a candidate, Ronald Reagan pledged to fulfill important
campaign commitments to women on the subject of equal rights:
"I will seek the elimination of numerous federal regulations
that discriminate against women." (Press Release 10/21/80).
"I will ask the existing National Commission on the Status
of Women to submit annually a list of Federal laws which
subvert women's rights. I will then work with Congress to
revise or repeal those statutes, or to enact new equal
rights legislation as required." (Reagan-Bush Fact Sheet,
"Equal Rights for Women", 1/31/80).
To fulfill these campaign pledges, President Reagan issued
Executive Order 12336 in December of 1981. The Executive Order
requires the Attorney General to "complete the review of Federal
laws, regulations, policies and practices which contain language
that unjustifiably differentiates, or which effectively dis-
criminates, on the basis of sex." The Executive Order also
establishes a Task Force on Legal Equity for Women to be responsible
for coordinating and facilitating the completion of this project
in their respective departments and agencies.
The implementation of Executive Order 12336 has come to be known
as the Federal Equity Project.
PROGRESS TO DATE
*The Task Force on Legal Equity for Women was first convened by
President Reagan on December 21, 1981.
*The Department of Justice commenced work on the review of Federal
statutes and regulations in early 1982.
*Thirty-five agencies have designated a contact individual to
coordinate an in-house review of statutes, regulations, policies,
and practices for any remaining gender discrimination. Agencies
have been asked to identify any statute, regulation, policy, or
practice containing gender bias.
*Fifteen staff members of the DOJ Office of Coordination and
Review have been assigned to assist in agency reviews. Each
staff member is currently reviewing all material submitted to
the Department of Justice. Meetings with agency contacts are
ongoing.
4
*The first DOJ progress report was transmitted to the Cabinet Council
on Legal Policy in June 1982. The report listed progress to date
on the correction of legal inequities affecting women. The appendix
listed over 100 Federal statutes containing gender-biased language.
*On September 27, 1982, President Reagan sent a letter to Senator
Dole (R-Kansas) in support of legislation to correct statutes
identified in the first Department of Justice report containing
gender bias.
*On October 1, 1982, Senator Robert Dole (R-Kansas) introduced
legislation (S.3008) which would cleanse the Federal code of
approximately 100 gender-discriminatory provisions identified in
the Department of Justice report.
*In the fall of 1982, the Justice Department authorized an updated
computer-assisted search of Federal statutes and regulations to
identify remaining gender discrimination. This search updates the
previous 1977 data based referenced in the first DOJ report.
*The Task Force on Legal Equity for Women was convened for the
second time on November 22, 1982. The first DOJ report was
discussed and distributed with the proposed corrective legislation
S.3008. The Task Force members were notified of the updated
computer search and of the designation of liaison persons in their
department.
*On December 3, 1982, the Justice Department transmitted a second
status report to the Cabinet Council on Legal Policy. The second
report describing an updated computer-assisted search of the U.S.
Code and of Federal regulations. Summary reports from the agency
reviews and updated computer searches will constitute the substance
of future Department of Justice reports.
5
y States Project for Women
There are numerous methods of rectify-
ing the problem of sex discrimination. In
talked about this initiative and, I must
arks at a Luncheon for the Governors'
California, we achieved a measure of suc-
got my biggest applause. I thought at
resentatives to the Project. October 7,
cess, perhaps more than some people give
time I should have quit speaking ri
us credit for. As Governor of California, I
there-I couldn't top that. [Laughter]
signed fourteen pieces of legislation elimi-
we've received encouraging expressions
ancy and I are delighted to have this
nating regulations and statutes that dis-
support since then, but the progress
criminated against women. We passed legis-
going to depend on your efforts. When
ortunity to meet with you today and to
lation prohibiting sexual discrimination in
go back to your States, I hope that you
able to tell you that the project that
employment and business matters, estab-
think of yourselves not only as y
re working on is of great importance to
lished the right of a married woman to
Governor's representative, but also as r
administration.
obtain credit in her own name, and revised
resenting the women in your States.
ou know, there's a great deal of misun-
the property and probate laws to give the
You'll be the key to making this proj
tanding, I think, that exists over some
wife equal rights concerning community
work. And the Fifty States Project is onl
e problems today, and it was ever thus,
property.
beginning. There's much to be done, but
use back long before there was a ques-
And any number of these bread-and-
inviting you here today, I want to reaffi
about discrimination, there should have
butter issues, ones that were important to
my commitment to the equality of all of
is some forewarnings. And the late Will
many individuals, and particularly women,
citizens and my commitment to this pi
ers many years ago commented on this.
when you read the list today-I won't read
ect. And I know it can be successful
pe you wouldn't disapprove of what he
all of them, but if you did in 1981, it's hard
cause it's already very apparent that
He said that women were going to try
to believe that those laws could have been
Governors made very good choices in th
become more and more like men till
on the books in the first place. And it's
representatives.
tty soon they wouldn't know any more
possible that similar discriminatory statutes
Thank you all for being here again. I
1 the men did. [Laughter]
and regulations may exist today in other
preciate it.
ut some critics have expressed concern
States.
we're not addressing women's issues.
So, in my acceptance speech at the Re-
let's set the record straight right now:
publican National Convention in 1980 I
it charge is a bum rap. With respect to
pledged that, as President, I would establish
economic program, the well-being of
a liaison with the 50 Governors to encour-
nen, like all Americans, depends on a
age them to eliminate discrimination
Ithy economy. And certainly, women
against women wherever it exists. And
it benefit from continued inflation and
that's why you are here today. You are the
imployment.
result of that. The Governors responded as
is for appointments, as you've learned
I knew they would. And Judy Peachee, who
rady in the meetings that you've been
serves as my Special Assistant for Intergov-
ing so far, we've appointed women to
ernmental Affairs, will be my personal liai-
son with you and your Governors on this
h-level positions throughout the adminis-
important undertaking.
ion, and I've directed that we continue
It's my hope that through the Fifty States
effort to place qualified women in posi-
Project we can alter or eliminate those
is of responsibility. The quality of leader-
State laws that continue to deny equality to
P and the contributions made by these
women. And we will be working on the
men are an irreplaceable part of our
same thing here at the Federal level where
ort to chart a new course for our Nation.
that is needed, as we have done on our tax
ny of them are here today, as you well
program, eliminating the marriage tax pen-
DW by this time. And I'm particularly
alty. And we yet have to get at the discrimi-
ud of one who is not-Sandra O'Connor,
nation against working wives in social secu-
o now sits on the United States Supreme
rity and some other things. We plan to help
art.
you focus public attention on the project
Then there's the question of the ERA
and assist in developing support for the ini-
di, while it's true that I do not believe
tiatives taken by your Governors and your
ut it is the best way to end discrimination
legislatures.
aimst women, I do believe with all my
At the National Conference of State Leg-
art that such discrimination must be
islatures meeting in Atlanta on July 1st, I
minated.
50 STATES PROJECT
6
The 50 States Project implements President Reagan's campaign
commitment with the 50 governors to help assist in identifying
and correcting state laws which discriminate against women.
Judy Peachee was appointed Director of the Project in May of 1981,
at which time the groundwork for the program was laid with a
Presidential letter to the governors requesting that they
appoint a representative from their office to coordinate efforts
with the White House. By September 1981, all the governors
had appointed such a representative.
In October 1981, the governor's representatives met at the
White House to discuss the 50 States Project, exchange infor-
mation, and promote cooperation between the states. During
this conference, the representatives attended workshops to
discuss such issues as "Research and Review of State Statutes",
"Legislative Support for Corrective Legislation", and "Creating
Positive Perceptions and Community Support". The highlight
of the conference was a luncheon hosted by the President and
Mrs. Reagan, at which the President reconfirmed his commitment
to the 50 States Project.
Due to the resignation of Judy Peachee, responsibility for
the Project was transferred in July 1982 to Ms. Thelma Duggin
who was appointed Special Assistant to the President and
Director of the 50 States Project. The Honorable Catherine
Bedell was named as, a Consultant and Mary Elizabeth Quint as
Deputy Special Assistant to the President.
This transfer of responsibility did not alter the goals and
objectives of the program which are to:
--
Collect and make available various information
on the nature and status of specific corrective
legislation in the 50 states.
--
Assist the states in the development of strategies
designed to meet their individual needs.
--
Maintain an information clearinghouse.
--
Provide regular information releases on activities
in the states.
--
Initiate briefings and meetings designed to keep
an open line of communication between the parties
involved in efforts to remove sex discrimination
in states laws.
In an effort to realize the goals of the 50 States Project,
surveys were sent to each state in August 1982, requesting
7
that the governors' representatives provide the White House
with information on their state's activities in the area of
identifying discriminatory laws on the basis of sex and
efforts made to correct them. The U.S. Department of Labor
and the staff of the 50 States Project made follow-up calls
to the states, and by October 1982, background information
had been received from each state. After verifying this
information through the 50 States Representatives, profiles
on the status of the states were compiled in December 1982
for dissemination back to the governors in January 1983.
Once these reports are circulated, the immediate tasks at
hand will be to:
--
Establish contact and brief all new governors on
the Project.
--
Establish working relationships with organizations
representing state and local officials, as well as
women's groups.
--
Focus on the following issue areas: child support
enforcement, child day care, and sex discrimination
in insurance.
Dr. Lenora Alexander, Director of the Women's Bureau at the
U.S. Department of Labor, has expressed her full support
in the implementation of the 50 States Project. Specifically,
the Women's Bureau has included research for the Project as
a part of their agenda. Additionally, the 10 Regional Directors
of the Women's Bureau will act as regional contacts for the
50 States Project and will take a leadership role in developing
regional and state briefings on the Project.
The 50 States Representatives have expressed a great deal of
interest in receiving the final report. Endorsements of the
Project have been received from the Pennsylvania Commission
For Women and the Federation of Republican Women.
APPROACHES TO REMOVING SEX BIAS
8
Various approaches have been utilized by the states in removing
sex bias in state laws. Most have begun the process by conducting
statute searches which encompassed the review of the state's code
for gender-based terminology, effect of laws, and/or specific
issue areas, i.e. marriage, employment, etc.
According to the survey, 42 states have undertaken statute
searches. Of these, 20 statesl, searched their entire code for
both gender-specific terminology and discriminatory effect of laws,
while 18 states2 identified only gender-based terminology. Four
states'.searched specific issue areas. Eight states have done no
official statute searches. Of these eight, Alaska and Colorado
have both passed a state ERA, although neither state has taken
an official search. However, according to the Alabama 50 States
Representative, a professor of law at the University of Alabama
did do a study on the impact of ERA on Alabama's laws in 1978.
Just as various kinds of statute searches have been undertaken, the
groups conducting the searches and the legislative methods used to
effect corrective changes have been diversified.
Groups have ranged from law students to professors at various
universities, to official commissions appointed by the Governor
or state legislature. Although the majority of the searches
were conducted by either legislative offices or the state's
Commission on Women, it was pointed out on several occasions
that resources and support was also made available by local
universities, schools of law, and women's organizations. As
an example, the State of Utah has a committee to implement the
50 States Project, but will be receiving staff support from
Brigham Young University.
Legislative methods used to effect change have encompassed
comprehensive legislative packages dealing with all identified
cases of sex discrimination; including effect of laws and
gender-based terminology; omnibus bills eliminating gender-
1. Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington.
2. Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada,
New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode
Island, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
Wyoming.
3. Arkansas, Maine, South Carolina, Vermont.
4. Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi,
South Dakota.
based terminology; legislation addressed at specific laws on
9
a priority basis or an omnibus bill along with specific bills
aimed at problem areas. According to the survey, eight states
have passed comprehensive legislative packages. Twelve states
passed omnibus bills, as well as specific bills addressing
impact of specific laws. Four states have utilized only omnibus
bills and 20 states are addressing the problems of sex
discrimination in the statutes by focusing on specific laws.
To insure that new legislation is not sex discriminatory, 36
states have established ongoing monitoring systems.
Twenty six states have already revised their rules and regulations
or are in the process of doing so.
A total program should encompass all of the above mentioned
areas: statute searches, corrective legislation, revision of
rules and regulations, and a monitoring system of new legislation.
The 50 States Project staff will work with the Governors in each
of these areas in an effort to change state laws that discriminate
against women.
10
WOMEN APPOINTMENTS
O In his first two years in office, President Reagan has
selected more women to serve in top full-time policy
positions than any other President in history during a
comparable time period.
-- President Reagan has selected 94 women for Presidential
appointments, compared to the previous Administration's
76.
-- He has selected 138 women for Senior Executive Service
positions.
-- He has selected 136 women for Schedule C jobs, at levels
GS-15 and above.
-- In addition, he has selected nearly 300 women for
part-time Presidential advisory boards.
Examples.
-- Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court (first woman in history on the U.S.
Supreme Court).
-- Jeane Kirkpatrick, Ambassador to the U.N. (first woman
with ambassadorial rank to represent the U.S. in the
U.N.).
-- Elizabeth Dole, Secretary-designate of Transportation.
-- Margaret Heckler, Secretary-designate of Health and
Human Services (together with Kirkpatrick and Dole,
Heckler's confirmation will make a total of three women
in the Cabinet -- an all-time historical record).
-- In addition, women serve as directors of four major
federal agencies:
*
Environmental Protection Agency.
* Peace Corps.
*
Consumer Products Safety Commission.
*
U.S. Postal Rate Commission.
#
11
BUDGET ITEMS OF CONCERN TO WOMEN IN THE WORK FORCE
Office of Managemnt and Budget
January 21, 1983
($ in millions)
1983
1984
Programs
BA
0
BA
0
rk Incentives Program (WIN)
$ 281
$ 293
$
0
$
0
The 1984 budget replaces WIN with a Community Work
Experience Program (CWEP) requirement for States. Currently,
CWEP for AFDC recipients is optional for States. While these
programs help reduce welfare dependency most States have not
implemented them. Under the 1984 budget proposal, States
would be required to develop one comprehensive plan which
would ensure that all able-bodied AFDC recipients register to
participate and actually do participate in work. CWEP will
provide increased availability of child day care because jobs
funded by. this program will include day care thus increasing
opportunities for other AFDC mothers to gain employment.
(Note that the 1984 Budget proposes to mandate workfare for
Food Stamp recipients also.)
rk Study
540
568
850
545
This program provides part-time employment to
financially needy students to finance a portion of their
postsecondary education. Many of the part-time jobs financed
under this program are for child care services.
tle XX (Social Services Block Grant)
2,450
2,571
2,500
2,500
Day care is an authorized activity under the Social
Services Block Grant. No information is currently avail.able
as to the amount of funds allocated to day care or any other
authorized activity. However, this spring the Association of
Public Welfare Administrators will implement a voluntary
reporting system on the allocation of funds among the
authorized activities. In the future we may be able to
provide information on the Title XX funding levels of day
care.
in Training Partnership Act (JTPA)
$3,700
$3,600
$3,600
$3,600
JTPA legislation includes language which requires that
AF DC recipients be served on an equitable basis. AF DC
recipients who are required to complete a job search can be
trained with JTPA funds. JTPA requires that 90 percent of the
Adult and Youth Program participants in each service delivery
area must be economically disadvantaged. However, up to 10
percent of participants may be individuals who are not
economically disadvantaged. This latter group includes
displaced homemakers who may receive various types of job
training. The funding level requested in 1984 for the Adult
and Youth Program section of JTPA is $1,886 million
omerr, Infants and Children (WIC)
1,093
1,118
1,093
1,093
ild Nutrition Assistance Grant
The 1984 budget proposes to consolidate the Child Care
Child Care Feeding Program
286
286
180
Feeding, Summer Feeding and School Breakfast Programs. The
Summer Feeding Program
100
100
102
1984 funding base would be the sum of the current services
School Breakfast Program
327
327
346
level of Child Care Feeding less $115 million for family day
care homes and $76 million for Headstart, and the Summer
713
713
628
Feeding and School Breakfast Programs. The 1984 funding level
X .85
would be 85 percent of this base. The funding for family day
care homes was excluded from the Child Care Feeding base
534
505
because some evidence suggests it was not serving a needy
population. However, the consolidation will permit States to
use funds for family day care homes if they so choose. The
$76 milk on excluded from the Child Care Feeding base reflects
the 1984 proposal to transfer these funds to Headstart. The
1983 numbers for Child Care Feeding reflect $72 million
transferred to Headstart for comparability. The transfer to
Headstart is accounted for below.
12
($ in millions)
1983
1984
Programs
BA
0
BA
0
1001 Lunch
$2,703
$2,690
$2,712
$2,698
The only major change in the school lunch program,
other than the freeze proposal, will be to have eligibility
determined by State Food Stamp offices rather than by
schools. These numbers include commodities purchased with the
Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) Section 32 funds.
munity Services Block Grant
360
360
3
3
The 1984 budget proposes not to fund this block grant
in 1984 and outyears. States would have the flexibility to
fund community services activities under the Social Services
Block Grant for which a $50 million increase is requested.
The $3 million requested in 1984 is for closeout of the
Community Services Block Grant. The 1983 numbers include $6
million for the closeout of the Community Services
Administration.
dstart
984
991
1,051
974
The 1984 budget includes $76 million transferred to
Headstart from the Child Care Feeding Program. The 1983
numbers for Headstart include $72 million transferred from the
Child Care Feeding Program for comparability.
ild Welfare Services and Training
160
160
156
159
ster Care
395
395
440
440
ption Assistance
5
4
5
5
inistration on Aging Programs (AOA)
1,054
1,041
998
897
The 1984 budget proposes to include funds for the USDA
Elderly Feeding Program and the DOL Senior Community Services
Employment Programs in AOA. For comparison, the 1983 numbers
are adequate to include $100/100 million for the Elderly
Feeding Program and $282/278 million for the Senior Community
Services Employment Program.
Id Support Enforcement (CSE)
$
471
$
456
$
415
$
436
This program is designed to enforce support obligations
owed by absent parents to their children. The 1984 budget
includes a restructuring of the Federal financing arrangements
to a business type arrangement with States to encourage them
to obtain support payments in order to reduce dependence on
the AFDC program. The Federal share of CSE collections from
absent AF DC parents is estimated to be $344 million in FY 1983
and $425 in FY 1984. In addition, collections are made for
delinquent child support from absent parents in AFDC cases
through IRS intercepts of tax refunds. In tax year 1981, $166
million was collected from 250,000 cases. The 1984 budget
also requires States to seek medical care support as well as
financial support through court orders for children of absent
parents.
mission on Civil Rights
12
12
12
12
The Commission on Civil Rights plans to conduct
hearings on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
prohibiting discrimination based on sex under any education
program or activity receving Federal financial assistance.
This project spans FY 1983 and FY 1984.
ual Employment Opportunity Commission
$
147
$
141
$
155
$
153
The EEOC is responsible for the enforcement of Federal
EOC)
laws which prohibit employment discrimination based on race,
sex, religion, national origin, age or handicapped status.
men's Bureau
4
3
4
3
The goal of the Women's Bureau is to increase national
productivity by increasing family income through the
contribution of working women to the economy. Specifically,
it develops program initiatives to address the employment and
training needs of women, provides technical assistance to
employers and others at the local level, and responds to the
ever-increasing demand for information related to women's
employment.
13
($ in millions)
Tax Expenditures (Revenue Losses)*
1983
1984
.
eductions for a Married Worker When
This provision, enacted in the Economic Recovery and
oth Work
$3,500
$6,200
Tax Act of 1981, allows a married couple in which both spouses
work to claim a special deduction of five percent of net
earnings up to $30,000 of the spouse with the lower earnings
in tax year 1982. The deduction is increased to 10 percent in
tax year 1983.
ependent Care Tax Credit
1,500
1,800
The Economic Recovery and Tax Act of 1981 (ERTA)
(200)
(200)
increased the tax credit for dependent care from a flat 20
percent of $2,000 for one dependent or $4,000 for two or more
dependents to 20-30 of up to $2,400 or $4,800 depending upon
the actual amount of dependent care expenditures incurred and
amount of adjusted gross income. If adjusted gross income is
less than $10,000 then the credit percentage is 30 percent,
decreasing one percentage point for every $2,000 of income to
20 percent for an adjusted gross income of $28,001 or more.
ERTA also provides that the value of employer-provided child
care services under a written nondiscriminatory plan are not
taxable to employees. The value of services excluded from an
employee's gross income may not exceed his or her earned
income or, in the case of a married couple, the earnings of
the spouse with the lower earnings. (Numbers shown in
parentheses represent the revenue losses resulting from
changes in ERTA.)
The revenue losses are Treasury estimates prepared for the fall review. The numbers appearing in the 1984 budget for the Dependent Care Tax
redit are different than those shown above because the budget numbers are outlay equivalents. Revenue losses are used above because-tax
xpenditures for two-earner couples cannot be converted to outlay equivalents.
TAX REFORM AND OTHER ECONOMIC
INITIATIVES
Reducing the "marriage tax penalty.'
The problem
Prior to 1981, married couples filing jointly were
taxed at substantially higher marginal rates than
were two single individuals earning the same income.
Thus, the marriage tax penalty actually served to
discourage couples from marrying.
*
Because women generally entered the labor force after
their husbands had, their income was, for tax
purposes, added on top of their husbands' income.
Women thus faced much higher marginal tax rates
beginning with their first dollar earned -- a
significant disincentive to working outside the home.
-- The solution.
The tax changes approved in the President's 1981
H
Economic Recovery Tax Act greatly reduce this penalty
by allowing a partial deduction from married couple's
combined salaries, thereby permitting a two-earner
couple to keep more of what they earn.
A typical two-earner family, for instance, will save
up to $300 per year in taxes when the plan is fully
in effect in 1984.
Expanding IRA participation.
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The 1981 tax act:
*
Removed the 15% income limitation on IRAS.
*
Increased the limits for contributions to IRAs from
$1,500 to $2,000 per year.
*
For the first time, permitted any working American to
have an IRA account, even if the employer also
provided its employees with a private pension or
retirement plan.
These steps will:
*
Be of great help to women working outside the home
and saving for their retirement.
*
Permit employed spouses to contribute $500 or more
each year to spousal accounts, which will aid
non-paid spouses who work as homemakers.
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O Reducing the estate tax.
The virtual elimination of the estate tax, enacted last
year, is also of particular benefit to women, since
they outlive men by an average of eight years.
In the past, many women who had worked alongside their
husbands building a family farm or business were forced
to sell it when their husband died in order to pay the
estate taxes.
:
The new law will prevent this from occuring by:
Providing for unlimited property transfers between
spouses.
Raising the tax exemption on inherited property from
$175,625 in 1981 to $600,000 by 1987, thus preserving
intact some 99.7% of all estates.
0 Increasing the tax credit for child care expenses.
-- For parents who earn less than $10,000 per year, the
credit will rise from $400 to $720 per child.
-- The credit is then scaled back by one percentage point
for each additional $2,000 of income above $10,000.
For parents with incomes of $28,000 or more, the
allowable credit remains fixed at $480 per child.
0 Facilitating day care.
-- The 1981 Economic Recovery Tax Act provides incentives
for employers to include prepaid day care in their
employee benefit packages.
-- It also raises the dependent care tax credit from
$4,000 to $4,800.
O Protecting incomes from inflation.
-- The indexing of the income tax to inflation, approved
in 1981 and taking effect in 1985, will be of
significant help to women whose income increases over
time.
-- No longer will inflation be allowed to force taxpayers
into higher tax brackets, thus hindering women's
advance up the economic ladder.
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OTHER ECONOMIC ISSUES
Making poverty calculations equitable.
-- Previously, the poverty level had been higher for men
than for women, thereby understating the proportion of
women experiencing financial hardship.
-- To correct this inequity, the Reagan Administration
instituted a sex-neutral definition of poverty to
ensure that women are evaluated by the same assistance
criteria as are men.
Protecting the financial security of military wives.
-- The President, in 1982, signed into law the Uniformed
Services Spouses' Protection Act.
Because military wives must move frequently to
satisfy the career requirements of their husbands,
they find it difficult or impossible to establish an
independent career that would qualify them for a
pension.
The new law will correct the previous practice by
allowing state courts to divide military retirement
benefits in divorce settlements,
By thus recognizing the economic contributions that
both homemakers and wage-earning wives have made to
marriages, the law will strengthen the long-term
financial security of military wives.
Making work schedules more flexible.
-- The President, on July 23, 1982, signed the Flexible
and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1982, which will
permanently allow federal agencies to adopt "flexitime"
schedules for their employees.
Under flexitime, federal agencies may permit
employees to arrange their work hours on a more
flexible basis in order to meet their personal needs
-- As the President stated when signing the bill,
institutionalizing flexitime will be "particularly
important to working mothers who used the flexibility
in scheduling work hours to help them meet their
responsibilities both at home and at the office."
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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
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RECOMMENDATIONS THAT PRIMARILY AFFECT WOMEN
Background
Because of time constraints and the urgent priority of
restoring solvency to the Social Security program,
fundamental changes to the system, such as earnings-sharing,
were not addressed by the National Commission on Social
Security Reform (NCSSR). Rather, marginal benefit changes
were made that, while not affecting very large numbers of
women (except for liberalization of disabled widow (er)
benefits) do correct certain unintended inequities in the
system.
The following analysis outlines the current law with
respect to these areas and the NCSSR recommendations.
Analysis
O Current law permits the continuation of benefits for
surviving spouses who remarry after age 60.
-- The NCSSR recommends that such benefit eligibility be
liberalized to include:
* Disabled surviving spouses aged 50-59;
* Disabled divorced spouses aged 50-59;
* Divorced surviving spouses aged 60 or over.
*
Note: This recommendation will help alleviate the
problem of many older persons having to "live in sin"
to avoid losing spousal benefits.
-- Costs.
* Short-range (1983-89) cost: $.1 billion
* Long-range (75-year) cost: --
Current law provides that spouse benefits are not payable
to divorced spouses aged 62 or over unless the former
spouse has claimed benefits.
-- The NCSSR recommends that as long as the divorced
spouse has satisfied the 10-year marriage requirement,
she/he will be eligible for benefits as soon as her/his
former spouse (primary beneficiary) becomes eligible
for benefits.
-- Costs.
* Short-range (1983-89) cost: $.1 billion
* Long-range (75-year) cost: .01% of taxable payroll
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O Current law states that if a worker dies before reaching
age 62, deferred survivor benefits for the widow (er) are
based on the worker's earnings, indexed to average wage
levels up to the second year preceding death. Subsequent
benefit adjustments reflect changes in the CPI.
-- Example: Worker dies at age 60 leaving 55-year-old
widow (er). Surviving spouse would not be eligible for
benefits until age 60. Worker's benefit would be
indexed up to age 58 (2 years before death) and
subsequently adjusted to reflect price (CPI) changes
until the surviving spouse became eligible (5 years).
-- The NCSSR recommends that instead of indexing the
worker's benefit to CPI changes until the widow (er)
becomes eligible to claim, that average wage growth be
used.
* The rationale is simply that if the worker had not
died, his (and his spouse's) benefits would have
reflected average wage growth until he reached age
62.
*
As the benefit is supposed to reflect a certain
proportion of wage replacement, it makes no sense to
treat this particular situation differently than
others.
-- Costs.
* Short-range (1983-89) cost: $.2 billion
* Long-range (75-year) cost: .05% of taxable payroll
Under current law disabled widow (er) are eligible for
reduced benefits at ages 50-59, in the sum of 50% of the
worker's benefit. Non-disabled widow (er)s, without
dependent children, are eligible for reduced benefits at
age 60, in the sum of 71-1/2% of the worker's benefit.
-- The NCSSR recommends that the reduced benefit for
disabled widows, available at age 50, be raised to the
71-1/2% level.
-- Costs.
* Short-range (1983-89) cost: $1.0 billion
* Long-range (75-year) cost: .01% of taxable payroll
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SEXUAL EQUALITY IN PENSION BENEFITS
O Background.
-- The Supreme Court ruled in the Manhart case in 1978 that
female employees could not be required to make larger
pension contributions than similarly situated males.
-- Since the Supreme Court ruling, virtually all lower
federal courts have held that equal benefits are
required along with equal contributions.
Impact of the rulings.
-- Because women as a group live longer than men, insurance
companies have traditionally made their calculations
based on sex-segregated actuarial tables.
-- The costs of moving away from sex-segregated tables can
be substantial, depending on the type of pension plan in
question, and depending on the extent to which the
courts order retroactive application of sex-neutral
benefits.
-- There is some fear that the courts' handling of this
issue could jeopardize the financial solvency of certain
pension plans, principally state and local plans.
O The Supreme Court has an opportunity to address these
issues during the current term.
-- It has already agreed to hear one case (Norris) in which
some of the more important concerns are raised.
-- It now has before it an appeal from another lower court
ruling in a similar case (Spirt v. TIAA/CREF and Long
Island University).
-- After consultation with federal agencies having an
interest in this area, the Department of Justice has
decided to file a brief urging the Court to hear this
second case. The Department's brief will argue:
* Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (which prohibits
discrimination on account of sex) requires equal
benefits as well as equal contributions.
* It is not necessary at this time to decide whether the
insurer as well as the employer should be liable under
Title VII.
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*
In ordering remedies, the Court should pay heed to the
varying costs of different remedies, possible
conflicts with other federal statutes (such as ERISA),
and the impact on the financial solvency of pension
plans.
0 The President will be offering pension legislation in the
near future.
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CHILD CARE
O Background of the issue.
While there are no federal child care regulations,
unnecessary state and local regulations and restrictions
on day care make it difficult for neighborhood groups
and private organizations to provide child care.
In the 1981 Budget Reconciliation Act, the major federal
day care program was folded into the Social Services
Block Grant.
States now may decide whether to run or fund a day
care program, and on the appropriate funding level.
*
Rather than reduce or eliminate child care programs,
states may staff them with individuals in workfare and
work-study programs.
-- Federal laws provide tax breaks for child care. The
1981 Economic Recovery Tax Act increased tax credits to
working parents, and provides that employer
contributions for child care are not taxable to
employees.
-- In conjunction with the Ford Foundation and the
Rockefeller Foundation, the Women's Bureau in Department
of Labor is currently funding four demonstration
projects to induce employers to provide day care
services for working women.
o The President announced in his State of the Union address
that he will take steps to encourage the expansion of
private community child care.
-- The Administration will identify and disseminate
information on models of effective private child care
that eliminate unnecessary state and local restrictions
on its provision by neighborhood groups and private
individuals.
-- The Administration will encourage private employers to
provide child care by a variety of means including
day-care vouchers, referral services, educating the
employer about tax incentives, and on-site day care.
-- The Administration will encourage states and localities
to provide child care through workfare and work-study
programs employing welfare recipients and college
students, respectively.
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AMERICA OF THE UNITED
White House Office of Policy Information
THE
OF
STATE
ISSUE ALERT
Washington, D.C.
Number 8
November 15, 1982
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
Background
In 1975, Congress established the Child Support
Enforcement Program (CSEP). This program, modeled after the
highly successful initiative launched in California by
Governor Reagan, is designed to enforce support obligations
owed by absent parents to their children. The CSEP has three
major functions: (1) locating absent parents; (2) establishing
paternity; and (3) obtaining support payments in order to
reduce dependence on the Aid to Families with Dependent
Children (AFDC) program and thereby constrain welfare costs.
This Issue Alert examines the extent of the absent-parent
problem, the operation of the Child Support Enforcement
Program, and CSEP's performance record.
Analysis
0 The absent-parent problem.
-- The dimensions of the problem.
*
The number of single-parent families increased by 97%
during the past decade.
*
Single-parent families now constitute 25% of all
families with children.
*
90% of these families are maintained by women.
-- The causes of the problem.
*
Approximately half of the marriages that took place in
the 1970s have ended, or will end, it, divorce.
* The number of out-of-wedlock births has increased
significantly.
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- Between 1970 and 1979, the number of out-of-wedlock
births rose by 50%, from 400,000 to 600,000 per year.
- During this time, out-of-wedlock births as a
proportion of total U.S. births climbed from 10.7% to
17.1%.
-- The plight of women-headed, single-parent families.
* According to a 1978 Census Bureau study, only 59% of
women potentially eligible to receive child support
awards have been granted them.
* of those awarded child support by the courts:
- Only 49% received from the absent father the full
amount due them.
- 23% received less than the full amount owed them.
- 28% received nothing.
-- The effect: a higher welfare burden.
* Almost 87% of all AFDC recipients are eligible for
welfare assistance because of the absence from the home
of a living parent.
* In fact, the single-parent family is the most
significant new factor in the nation's high poverty
level and growing social spending.
-- The problem threatens to grow worse over the next decade.
* By the 1990s only 56% of the children in the U.S. will
spend their entire childhood living with both natural
parents.
How the Child Support Enforcement Program works.
-- General characteristics.
*
CSEP is designed to assist single-parent families in
collecting the child support money owed them, and
thereby reduce the financial burden on the welfare
system.
* The responsibility for administering CSEP is divided
between the federal government and the states.
-- The federal responsibilities for CSEP are carried out by
the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), which
audits and controls the funding and distribution of
collections generated under the program. OCSE also
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* Federal matching funds at the rate of 90% for the costs
of developing, implementing and enhancing automated
child support management information systems.
Federal reimbursement to states at the rate of 70% of
the costs incurred in providing support enforcement
services under a state plan.
Incentive payments equal to 15% of amounts which are
collected on behalf of individuals receiving AFDC.
- For example, states which have a 50-50 AFDC
participation rate receive 65% of the amount of child
support collected as a result of state enforcement
efforts.
- Note: Incentive payments were reduced to 12% of
amounts collected after October 1, 1983.
*
A Parent Locator Service to assist states in securing
support payments, establishing paternity, enforcing
child custody, and dealing with parental kidnapping.
* Technical assistance to states and localities.
-- State responsibilities under CSEP include:
* Administering the program through a designated
organizational unit.
* Establishing paternity and securing support for
individuals who apply for child support enforcement
services.
* Establishing a state parent locator service.
*
Cooperating with other states in locating absent
parents, establishing paternity and securing support
payments.
-- Other aspects of CSEP.
* The IRS can disclose, to appropriate agencies, income
tax information to assist in collecting support
obligations and locating individuals owing such
obligations. The confidentiality of the information is
maintained at all times.
0
*
The Department of Treasury can collect past-due child
support through a federal tax refund offset.
*
U.S. District Courts can enforce court orders for child
support when one state has failed to enforce the court
order of another and the federal courts are the only
reasonable enforcement method remaining
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* Federal salaries, pensions and income from other
sources are subject to garnishment for support.
o The success of CSEP to date.
-- Prior to the establishment of the Child Support
Enforcement Program, there was no concerted or
coordinated effort to obtain child support from absent
parents.
-- CSEP, in just six full fiscal years, has produced
significant results:
* Collections.
- Total child support collected has exceeded $7
billion.
- More than $3 billion has been collected in AFDC
recoveries.
- Annual collections increased from $500 million in FY
1976 to $1.6 billion in FY 1981.
*
More than 600,000 children have been legitimized.
*
More than 1.6 million enforceable orders have been
promulgated.
0 Despite the CSEP's success thus far, however, much room
remains for improvement.
-- Program performance varies widely from state to state
(see Table 1).
* In the ten states with the best record for child
support enforcement, the percent of AFDC payments
recovered for child support averaged 10.2% in FY 1981
compared to 2.5% for the ten states with the worst
record.
*
The ten states with the best record for collecting
child support from absent parents on behalf of AFDC
recipients have been able to collect payments from 27%
of the absent parents, as opposed to only 3.5% in the
ten states with the worst record.
*
In the ten states with the best record for child
support enforcement, the ratio of AFDC collections to
total administrative costs is 2.50 compared to 0.51 in
the ten states with the worst record.
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*
The 12 states with the best child support enforcement
record were responsible for only 16% of all child
support expenditures while realizing 87% of the AFDC
savings.
-- There is great potential for significantly increasing
child support collections.
*
According to a 1982 Stanford University study, most men
who are not meeting their child support obligations are
capable of doing so, and, indeed, are capable of paying
significantly more than the amounts awarded.
*
In California, for example, men with incomes between
$30,000 and $50,000 per year were just as likely to not
comply with child support enforcement orders as were
those with incomes under $10,000.
* Thus, the primary reason for the lack of compliance is
the absence of -- and the failure to use -- effective
enforcement procedures.
Accomplishments of the Reagan Administration.
-- The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 authorized
collection of past due child support in AFDC cases from
any federal income tax refund otherwise destined for the
the obligated parent.
* For FY 1982, the initial year of operation, this tax
refund offset program produced $170 million in child
support collections.
* The prospects are even more favorable for collections
this year.
-- OCSE's Parent Locator Service is being improved to
handle requests for absent parent location information
more quickly and more responsively.
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Table 1
COMPARISON OF CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE
FY 1981
10 Best
National
10 Worst
Performance indicator
States
Average
States
AFDC payments recovered
10.2%
5.3%
2.5%
AFDC parents absent from the
home paying child support*
27.0%
10.8%
3.5%
Cost effectiveness**
2.50
1.31
0.51
*
The percentage of the total caseload for which some amount
of child support was collected during the fiscal year.
** Ratio of AFDC collections to total administrative costs.
Source: Office of Child Support Enforcement.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 2, 1983
NOTE TO: MIKE UHLMANN
FROM:
NANCY RISQUE
Thought the attached would assist your efforts in regards
to Monday's meeting. We discussed most of this today.
Attachment
CC Emily Rock
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 28, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR:
M. B. OGLESBY, JR.
FROM:
JOHN F. SCRUGGS
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SUBJECT:
Women's Issues - Concerns and Required
Action
The following is a list of concerns expressed by Republican
women in their February 3rd letter to the President. Also
delineated are possible actions to take in response to those
concerns.
(1) Review of Justice Department proposals to seriously address
the issue of child support enforcement.
In 1975, Congress established the Child Support Enforcement
Program (CSEP). The CSEP has three major functions: (1) locating
absent parents; (2) establishing paternity; and (3) obtaining
support payments in order to reduce dependence on AFDC and thereby
constrain welfare costs.
The IRS can disclose, to appropriate agencies, income tax infor-
mation to assist in collecting support obligations. The Department
of Treasury can collect past-due child support through a federal
tax refund offset. U.S. District Courts can enforce court orders
for child support when one state has failed to enforce the court
order of another. However, the primary reason for the lack of
compliance is the absence of, and the failure to use, effective
enforcement procedures.
ACTION: During the meeting on March 7th the Attorney General
should be prepared to present a status report on Justice Depart
ment activities in this area. He should also be prepared to
discuss proposals being developed to enhance enforcement through
the use of U.S. District Courts and the strengthening of CSEP.
(2) Remedy economic disadvantages which are a result of pension
inequities and child care burdens.
A. Pension Inequities
The Supreme Court ruled in 1978 that female employees could not
be required to make larger pension contributions than similarly
situated males. Since the Supreme Court ruling, virtually all
lower federal courts have held that equal benefits are required
along with equal contributions.
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February 28, 1983
Because women as a group live longer than men, insurance companies
have traditionally made their calculations based on sex-segregated
actuarial tables. The costs of moving away from sex-segregated
tables could be substantial and could jeopardize the financial
solvency of certain pension plans.
The Supreme Court will probably address these issues during the
current term and the Department of Justice has urged the Court
to do SO. The Department's brief will argue
(1) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act requires equal bene-
fits as well as equal contributions.
(2) It is not necessary at this time to decide whether the
insurer as well as the employer should be liable under
Title VII.
(3) In ordering remedies the Court should pay heed to vary-
ing costs of different remedies, possible conflicts
with other federal statutes (ERISA) and impact on the
financial solvency of pension plans.
ACTION: The Attorney General should be prepared to report on the
status of cases pending before the Supreme Court and the rational
underlying the arguments in the Department's brief. He should
also be prepared to discuss the status of the President's pension
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legislation and what the Administraton hopes to accomplish with
that legislation.
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kag.
B. Child Care
While there are no federal child care regulations, unnecessary
state and local regulations and restrictions on day care make it
difficult for organizations to provide child care. The 1981
Budget Reconciliation Act folded the major federal day care pro-
gram into the Social Services Block Grant. The 1981 Economic
Recovery Tax Act increased tax credits to working women.
The President announced in his State of the Union address that he
will take steps to encourage the expansion of private community
child care.
ACTION: During the March 7th meeting an appropriate Administra-
tion official should be designated to report on the status of the
following initiatives:
(1) The Administration's efforts to identify and disseminate
information on models of effective private child care
that eliminate unnecessary state and local restrictions.
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February 28, 1983
(2) Administration's efforts to encourage private employers
to provide child care by a variety of means including
day-care vouchers, referral services, educating the
employer about tax incentives, and on-site day care.
(3) The Administration's efforts to encourage states and
localities to provide child care through workfare and
work-study programs.
(3) Creation of a commission to study the problem of wage dis-
crimination and to develop specific legislative proposals
ACTION: Before March 7, the President should decide whether to
endorse the concept of such a commission. If he decides to do
Cab
so, the announcement could be made at this meeting.
take
(4)
Women should benefit equally from the math and science im-
provement initiative.
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ACTION: It is expected that the Math and Science bill will have
passed in the House prior to this meeting and therefore the issue
may be moot. A decision does need to be made on what action the
Administration will take in the Senate.
(5) Jobs proposal should have special provisions for women.
Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act allows "displaced
homemakers" to receive various types of job training. The fund-
ing request for Title III has been increased to $240 million for
FY 1984. The Women's Bureau in the Department of Labor develops
program initiatives to address the employment and training needs
of women and responds to the demand for information related to
women's employment.
ACTION: Designate an appropriate Administration official to dis-
cuss Administration initiatives in the employment and training
area and in the tax code, specifically designed to assist women
seeking employment. Also note any specific provisions in the
Employment Act of 1983 designed to assist women.
(6) Further cuts in child nutrition, food stamps and AFDC will
have their greatest impact on women.
Almost 87% of all AFDC recipients are eligible for welfare assis-
tance because of the absence from the home of a living parent.
In fact, the single-parent family is the most significant new
factor in the nation's high poverty level and growing social spend-
ing. Most of these single-parent families are headed by women.
ACTION: Designate an appropriate Administration official to
respond to these concerns.
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February 28, 1983
(7) Possible Administration endorsement of the Women's Economic
Equity Act.
ACTION: The President should be prepared to respond to questions
regarding his position on this legislation.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 14, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR MIKE UHLMANN
FROM:
EDWIN L. HARPER
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SUBJECT:
Women's Speech
Would you please prepare an outline of 3-4 pages minimum of a
speech which the President might give on women's issues. This
outline should be delivered to my office not later than Noon,
Thursday, March 17th. Please feel free to call on other members
of the staff if necessary to help you in completing this
assignment on time.
CC: Roger Porter