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| 113-hr-5849 | 113 | hr | 5849 | Paid Sick Leave Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] | FL | D | G000556 | 0 | Paid Sick Leave Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Allows employees to use such time to: (1) meet their own medical needs; (2) care for the medical needs of certain family members ; or (3) seek medical attention, assist a related person, take legal action, or engage in other specified activities relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. | 2023-01-11T13:25:10Z | |
| 113-hr-5877 | 113 | hr | 5877 | American Pension Investments Modernization Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] | NY | D | M001137 | 1 | American Pension Investments Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the fiduciary of an employee benefit plan to establish policies for appointment of an investment manager or managers to manage any plan assets or business enterprise or enterprises for brokerage and investment banking services. Requires the fiduciary, under these policies, to consider: the concentration level of the plan's exposure to firm-specific risks, including operational, compliance, and fraud risks; the inclusion, to the greatest extent feasible, of minority business enterprises for brokerage and investment banking services (including enterprises owned or controlled by specified percentages of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Subcontinent Asian Americans, Native Americans, women, or veterans); and the utilization of diverse asset managers, taking into consideration the investment opportunities they offer in sectors, strategies, geographies, and demographics not meaningfully available to the plans. Defines "diverse asset manager" as a minority business enterprise that manages an investment portfolio of between $100 million and $25 billion. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue related guidance and requires the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to take this guidance into account. Directs the FRTIB to give current and former federal employees and Members of Congress in FERS the option to participate in actively managed funds within the employee's or Member's Thrift Savings Fund account (but no more than 20% of a current or former employee's or Member's funds). Prohibits the FRTIB from subjecting more than 20% of the total assets under management of the Thrift Savings Fund to active management. | 2023-01-11T13:25:09Z | |
| 113-hr-5880 | 113 | hr | 5880 | Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2013 | Labor and Employment | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30] | CA | D | S000344 | 28 | Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2013 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to repeal the disclaimer that nothing in the law shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any state or territory in which such execution or application is prohibited by state or territorial law. (Preempts contrary state or territorial law to allow the execution or application of agreements requiring union membership.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:09Z | |
| 113-hr-5828 | 113 | hr | 5828 | USA Retirement Funds Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-12-10 | 2014-12-10 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 1 | USA Retirement Funds Act - Requires each employer (except certain small employers, governments, and churches) that does not maintain a qualifying plan or arrangement meeting specified criteria for any part of a calendar year to make available to each qualifying employee for the calendar year an automatic USA Retirement Fund arrangement. Defines an "automatic USA Retirement Fund arrangement" as one that covers each qualifying employee of the covered employer for the calendar year and under which a qualifying employee: (1) may elect to contribute to an automatic USA Retirement Fund through payroll deductions or other periodic direct deposits (including electronic payments), or to have such payments made to the employee directly in cash; (2) is treated as having made such an election in a certain amount unless the individual specifically elects not to have such contributions made or to have them made at a different percentage or in a different amount; and (3) may elect annually to modify the selection of the USA Retirement Fund to which contributions are made for such year. Requires an employer to make all contributions on behalf of employees to the USA Retirement Fund the employee has specified, or to the one designated by the employer if the employee has not selected one. Specifies requirements for the establishment of each USA Retirement Fund and its board of trustees. Limits an employer's contribution to a Fund on behalf of each employee to $5,000. Prohibits an employee from contributing more than $15,000 per year to a Fund. Requires a Fund to pay benefits in the form of an annuity meeting certain criteria. Exempts a Fund from income taxation. Imposes, however, a tax on Fund income as unrelated business income of a charitable organization. Allows a qualifying employee to take a deduction for the taxable year equal to the amount of contributions made to a Fund. Directs the Secretary of Labor (Secretary, unless otherwise provided) to recognize an independent, private Commission for USA Retirement Funds F… | 2023-01-11T13:25:12Z | |
| 113-hr-5842 | 113 | hr | 5842 | REVAMP with Community Colleges Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-12-10 | 2014-12-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 0 | Revamping the Education of our Veterans to Align Manufacturing through Partnerships with Community Colleges Act of 2014 or the REVAMP with Community Colleges Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants to community colleges to: (1) analyze the demand for trained employees in their locality and the skills possessed by veterans who receive federal educational assistance and seek local employment, (2) provide those veterans with training that addresses local demand for trained employees, and (3) facilitate the establishment of an advisory board to provide guidance to the training program and assist trained veterans in their pursuit of local employment. Requires the advisory board to be composed of local business representatives and an employee from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). | 2023-01-11T13:25:10Z | |
| 113-hr-5792 | 113 | hr | 5792 | To establish a special rule for determining normal retirement age for certain existing defined benefit plans. | Labor and Employment | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-04 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] | WI | D | K000188 | 3 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to formulate a special rule for determining normal retirement age for certain existing defined benefit plans. | 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z | |
| 113-hr-5802 | 113 | hr | 5802 | To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to permit multiemployer plans in critical status to modify plan rules relating to withdrawal liability, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-04 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] | TX | R | S000250 | 0 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to revise requirements permitting multiemployer plans to adopt alternative rules for computing the payment of an employer's withdrawal liability to include a plan in critical status whose plan sponsor determines it cannot be expected to emerge from that status by the end of the rehabilitation period. Requires any such rule to become effective 90 days after adoption unless the corporation disapproves it before the end of the 90-day period (subject to tolling while a request by the corporation for additional information is pending). Authorizes a corporation to disapprove a rule only if it creates an unreasonable risk of loss to plan participants and beneficiaries or to the corporation. | 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z | |
| 113-hr-5751 | 113 | hr | 5751 | Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 5 | Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to revise requirements with regard to miners' claims for pneumoconiosis (black lung) benefits. Requires a mine operator to deliver within 21 days a complete copy of the examining physician's report to any miner required to submit to a medical examination regarding his or her respiratory or pulmonary condition. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an attorneys' fee payment program to pay attorneys' fees of up to $4,500 to the attorneys of prevailing parties on a qualifying black lung benefit claim. Establishes an irrebuttable presumption that a miner is totally disabled due to black lung disease, that the miner's death was due to black lung, or that at the time of death the miner was totally disabled by black lung disease if a chest radiograph, biopsy, autopsy, or other medically accepted test or procedure has diagnosed such miner with complicated black lung or progressive massive fibrosis. Allows a party to rebut this presumption only in cases where: the miner was employed for 15 years or more in one or more coal mines (including surface mines), there is a negative chest radiograph, other evidence demonstrates the existence of a totally disabling respiratory or pulmonary impairment, but no part of the miner's respiratory or pulmonary impairment was caused by black lung disease. Revises requirements for the payment of benefits to miners (including their dependents) totally disabled by black lung disease. Authorizes black lung clinics to use a portion of their federal funding to assist miners, surviving spouses, dependents, and other family members in the filing of black lung benefit claims. Prohibits any claimant, physician, operator, duly authorized agent of such operator, or employee of an insurance carrier, subject to certain civil and criminal penalties, from: knowingly and willfully making a false statement or misrepresentation in obtaining or denying benefits, or threatening or knowingly misleading anyone particip… | 2023-01-11T13:25:20Z | |
| 113-s-2959 | 113 | s | 2959 | Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 6 | Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to revise requirements with regard to miners' claims for pneumoconiosis (black lung) benefits. Requires a mine operator to deliver within 21 days a complete copy of the examining physician's report to any miner required to submit to a medical examination regarding his or her respiratory or pulmonary condition. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an attorneys' fee payment program to pay attorneys' fees of up to $4,500 to the attorneys of prevailing parties on a qualifying black lung benefit claim. Establishes an irrebuttable presumption that a miner is totally disabled due to black lung disease, that the miner's death was due to black lung, or that at the time of death the miner was totally disabled by black lung disease if a chest radiograph, biopsy, autopsy, or other medically accepted test or procedure has diagnosed such miner with complicated black lung or progressive massive fibrosis. Allows a party to rebut this presumption only in cases where: the miner was employed for 15 years or more in one or more coal mines (including surface mines), there is a negative chest radiograph, other evidence demonstrates the existence of a totally disabling respiratory or pulmonary impairment, but no part of the miner's respiratory or pulmonary impairment was caused by black lung disease. Revises requirements for the payment of benefits to miners (including their dependents) totally disabled by black lung disease. Authorizes black lung clinics to use a portion of their federal funding to assist miners, surviving spouses, dependents, and other family members in the filing of black lung benefit claims. Prohibits any claimant, physician, operator, duly authorized agent of such operator, or employee of an insurance carrier, subject to certain civil and criminal penalties, from: knowingly and willfully making a false statement or misrepresentation in obtaining or denying benefits, or threatening or knowingly misleading anyone particip… | 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z | |
| 113-hr-5721 | 113 | hr | 5721 | Overseas Security Personnel Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-11-17 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] | MA | D | L000562 | 1 | Overseas Security Personnel Fairness Act - Amends the Defense Base Act with respect to payment of death benefits otherwise due a widow, widower, or surviving child of an individual employed at a military, air, or naval base outside of the United States who dies as a result of a war-risk hazard or act of terrorism occurring on or after September 11, 2001, when there is no person eligible for a death benefit under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Requires payment in such a case to: a beneficiary designated by the deceased, or the next of kin or the estate of the deceased under applicable state law if there is no designated beneficiary. Requires benefits to be paid from the Employees' Compensation Fund. | 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z | |
| 113-hr-5529 | 113 | hr | 5529 | HELP Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] | WV | R | M001180 | 1 | Healthy Employee Loss Prevention Act of 2014 or the HELP Act - Authorizes the following groups to petition for eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance to the Critical Employment Advisory Commission (established by this Act) and the governor of a state: a group of adversely affected workers; the certified or recognized union or other duly authorized representative of such workers; or employers of such workers, one-stop operators or one-stop partners, including state employment security agencies, or the state dislocated worker unit, on their behalf. Defines "adversely affected worker" to mean an individual who, because of lack of work in adversely affected employment, has been been totally or partially separated from such employment, or has been totally separated from employment with the company in a subdivision of which adversely affected employment exists. Directs the Commission to certify a group of adversely affected workers as eligible for adjustment assistance if: they were coal miners, coal utility workers, or other workers in the coal industry or a coal-dependent industry; a significant number of the company's workers have become, or are threatened to become, totally or partially separated or have experienced, or are threatened to experience, a significant reduction in wages; and the company's sales or production, or both, have caused a shift contributing to the worker's separation or threat of separation. Requires any complete or partial separation or reduction in wages to be directly attributable to: actions by the federal government, the low-cost of other forms of energy, the existence of state-to-state electricity market competition, or other reasons the Commission determines. Requires the payment of a readjustment allowance to an adversely affected worker covered by an eligibility certification who files an application for any week of unemployment, provided certain conditions have been met. Requires the Commission to: make available employment and case management services, di… | 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z | |
| 113-hr-5533 | 113 | hr | 5533 | PACE Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] | WI | D | P000607 | 12 | Promoting Apprenticeships for Credentials and Employment Act or the PACE Act - Establishes the Office of Apprenticeship in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, to be headed by the Administrator of the Office of Apprenticeship. Includes among the duties of the Administrator the management of the national apprenticeship system, promoting awareness about registered apprenticeship programs (i.e., programs registered under the National Apprenticeship Act), and supporting the development of pre-apprenticeship programs (programs or strategies designed to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in a registered apprenticeship program). Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships to advise the Administrator, and make recommendations, on the administration of registered apprenticeship programs. Directs the Administrator, working jointly with the Assistant Secretary of Education for Vocational and Adult Education (Secretaries), to establish and maintain a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Consortium to promote: (1) stronger connections between registered apprenticeship programs and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and (2) the translation of experience in an apprenticeship program to academic credit. Requires the Secretaries to: (1) establish criteria for the participation of a postsecondary educational institution or sponsor in the Consortium; (2) maintain a publicly accessible website to provide information about the Consortium in each state; and (3) establish an advisory committee for the Consortium to seek input from organizations and experts representing industry, labor, and postsecondary education. Requires the Administrator to provide payments of assistance for eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or for sponsors of existing joint labor-management registered apprenticeship programs that add employers as new partners. | 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z | |
| 113-hr-5564 | 113 | hr | 5564 | Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] | CA | D | C001097 | 4 | Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, Education, and Defense (DOD) and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to jointly establish a Manufacturing Skills Partnership to administer and carry out a program to award compeititve, three-year grants to enable up to five states and five metropolitan areas to carry out proposals to promote reforms in workforce education and skill training for manufacturing. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): (1) acting through the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, to conduct an audit of all federal education and skills training programs related to manufacturing to ensure that states and metropolitan areas are able to align federal resources with the labor demands of their primary manufacturing industries; and (2) to work with states and metropolitan areas to determine how federal funds can be more tailored to meet their different needs. | 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z | |
| 113-hr-5583 | 113 | hr | 5583 | Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 1 | Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 with respect to state short-time compensation programs that allow employers to reduce the workweek of their employees in lieu of layoffs. Extends federal financing of the programs for an additional year. Extends through December 31, 2015, the deadline for a state to submit to the Secretary of Labor its application for a short-time compensation program grant. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5663 | 113 | hr | 5663 | Bridge to Manufacturing Jobs Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] | TX | D | V000131 | 5 | Bridge to Manufacturing Jobs Act - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to: (1) provide that themes for the competitive grant program to add capabilities to the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program may be related to projects designed to facilitate the development and implementation of apprenticeship programs, internship programs, or student work-based learning programs to help serve the workforce needs of consortia of manufacturing companies; and (2) include among the selection criteria for grants under such program that a proposal will recruit a diverse manufacturing workforce, including through outreach to women and minorities. | 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z | |
| 113-s-2855 | 113 | s | 2855 | Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 1 | Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to nondiscrimination requirements for tax-exempt employee pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans, to include protections for older, longer service participants in such plans, including the grandfathering of such participants under defined benefit plans. | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-s-2859 | 113 | s | 2859 | PACE Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 0 | Promoting Apprenticeships for Credentials and Employment Act or the PACE Act - Establishes the Office of Apprenticeship in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, to be headed by the Administrator of the Office of Apprenticeship. Includes among the duties of the Administrator the management of the national apprenticeship system, promoting awareness about registered apprenticeship programs (i.e., programs registered under the National Apprenticeship Act), and supporting the development of pre-apprenticeship programs (programs or strategies designed to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in a registered apprenticeship program). Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships to advise the Administrator, and make recommendations, on the administration of registered apprenticeship programs. Directs the Administrator, working jointly with the Assistant Secretary of Education for Vocational and Adult Education (Secretaries), to establish and maintain a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Consortium to promote: (1) stronger connections between registered apprenticeship programs and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and (2) the translation of experience in an apprenticeship program to academic credit. Requires the Secretaries to: (1) establish criteria for the participation of a postsecondary educational institution or sponsor in the Consortium; (2) maintain a publicly accessible website to provide information about the Consortium in each state; and (3) establish an advisory committee for the Consortium to seek input from organizations and experts representing industry, labor, and postsecondary education. Requires the Administrator to provide payments of assistance for eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or for sponsors of existing joint labor-management registered apprenticeship programs that add employers as new partners. | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-s-2870 | 113 | s | 2870 | On the Job Training Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] | OH | R | P000449 | 1 | On the Job Training Act - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act, with respect to grants to states by the Secretary of Labor for reemployment demonstration projects, to allow grants to up to 10 states per year instead of a maximum of 10 states altogether. Allows a designee of a state governor, instead of only the governor, to apply for such a grant. Requires any project to be commenced by December 31, 2017. Allows direct disbursements under a project to employers who hire individuals receiving unemployment compensation to include disbursements promoting retention. Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) approve completed grant applications in the order of receipt; (2) determine, before approving an application, whether its assurances are credible that the project would not result in increased costs to the state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund; and (3) disapprove any application making assurances determined not credible. Revises requirements for termination of a project to require the Secretary to: (1) notify a state in writing with sufficient detail describing any violation of the substantive terms or conditions of a project justifying its termination, and (2) determine that the state has not taken action to correct the violation within 90 days after notification. Authorizes appropriations for FY2015-FY2020 for additional payments to states for the administrative costs of demonstration projects. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the impact of each demonstration project, using existing data sources and methodology appropriate to determine project effects, including the effect on individual skill levels, earnings, and employment retention. | 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z | |
| 113-s-2885 | 113 | s | 2885 | Protecting American Jobs Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 0 | Protecting American Jobs Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to repeal the authority of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to issue, and prosecute before the Board, complaints with respect to unfair labor practices. Repeals the prohibition against: (1) review of an administrative law judge's report by any person other than a Board member or legal assistant; and (2) advice to or consultation with the Board by an administrative law judge with respect to exceptions taken to his or her findings, rulings, or recommendations. Limits the Board's rulemaking authority to rules concerning the internal functions of the Board. Prohibits the Board from promulgating rules or regulations that affect the substantive or procedural rights of a person, employer, employee, or labor organization, including those concerning unfair labor practices and representation elections. Revises Board powers to grant it the authority to investigate unfair labor practices, but repeals its power to prevent any person from engaging in them. Repeals the Board's power to issue a complaint against a person charging an unfair labor practice. Allows an aggrieved person to bring a civil action for relief (including an injunction) in U.S. district court or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in cases where it appears that a person has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in an unfair labor practice. | 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z | |
| 113-s-2897 | 113 | s | 2897 | Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 1 | Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, Education, and Defense (DOD) and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to jointly establish a Manufacturing Skills Partnership to administer and carry out a program to award compeititve, three-year grants to enable up to five states and five metropolitan areas to carry out proposals to promote reforms in workforce education and skill training for manufacturing. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): (1) acting through the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, to conduct an audit of all federal education and skills training programs related to manufacturing to ensure that states and metropolitan areas are able to align federal resources with the labor demands of their primary manufacturing industries; and (2) to work with states and metropolitan areas to determine how federal funds can be more tailored to meet their different needs. | 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z | |
| 113-s-2906 | 113 | s | 2906 | Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 2 | Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 with respect to state short-time compensation programs that allow employers to reduce the workweek of their employees in lieu of layoffs. Extends federal financing of the programs for an additional year. Extends through December 31, 2015, the deadline for a state to submit to the Secretary of Labor its application for a short-time compensation program grant. | 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z | |
| 113-s-2907 | 113 | s | 2907 | 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 1 | 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a comprehensive program to improve the education and training of workers for energy-related jobs, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled minorities and women trained to work in such jobs. | 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z | |
| 113-hr-5523 | 113 | hr | 5523 | Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-17 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] | NY | D | S000480 | 1 | Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the mandatory summary description of a group health plan to declare: (1) whether the plan permits either the plan sponsor or any participating employer to unilaterally modify or terminate plan benefits affecting employees, retirees, and beneficiaries; and (2) when and to what extent plan benefits are fully vested with respect to these individuals. Presumes that retiree health benefits cannot be modified or terminated as of the date an employee retires or completes 20 years of service with the employer. Allows this presumption to be overcome only upon a showing, by clear and convincing evidence, that the employee, before becoming a plan participant, was made aware, in clear and unambiguous terms, that the plan allowed for such a modification or termination of benefits. Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for a labor organization and employer to enter into a contract or agreement to modify a previous agreement in a manner that results in a reduction or termination of retiree health insurance benefits, if the modification occurs after the retiree's retirement date. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on strategies used by corporations to avoid obligations to pay promised employee and retiree benefits. | 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z | |
| 113-hr-5489 | 113 | hr | 5489 | Employ Young Americans Now Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-16 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | C000714 | 7 | Employ Young Americans Now Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Employ Young Americans Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5.5 billion for FY2015. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved workforce investment system plan modification, other specified requests for funds, and Native American program grantees to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth. Requires the Secretary to award allocations and competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income young adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment. Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-s-2814 | 113 | s | 2814 | National Labor Relations Board Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 5 | National Labor Relations Board Reform Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise requirements with respect to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), and the process for appellate review. Increases NLRB membership from five to six. Requires three members to represent each of the two major political parties and, beginning January 1, 2020, each of the two members whose terms expire on the same date to represent a different major political party. Requires: (1) four NLRB members to constitute a quorum at all times, and (2) any NLRB determination to be approved by a majority of the members present. Specifies tenure, including staggered terms, of NLRB members. Sets forth judicial review procedures for any person subject to a complaint issued or authorized by the OGC. Sets the compensation rate for each NLRB member, in addition to the OGC, at level IV of the Executive Schedule and the Chairman of the NLRB, as under current law, at level III. Requires the NLRB to issue a final order reviewing an appeal of a report of an administrative law judge or decision of a regional director within one year after the report or decision; but if the NLRB does not issue a final order within that time, allows any party to the case to move to discharge it. Deems, upon such a motion, the report or the decision to be a final agency action. Prohibits the NLRB from taking further action on the matter. Reduces authorized appropriations to carry out the Act for each of the succeeding two fiscal years to 80% of the average amount authorized for the prior two fiscal years if, two years after enactment of this Act, the NLRB has failed to issue a final order on more than 90% of the cases pending on (or filed on or after) the date of enactment. Extends such reduced authorization of appropriations if after four years the NLRB has failed to issue a final order on more than 90% of the cases pending on (or filed on or after) the date that is two years after the date of enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z | |
| 113-s-2832 | 113 | s | 2832 | Employ Young Americans Now Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 1 | Employ Young Americans Now Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Employ Young Americans Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5.5 billion for FY2015. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved workforce investment system plan modification, other specified requests for funds, and Native American program grantees to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth. Requires the Secretary to award allocations and competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income young adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment. Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections. | 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z | |
| 113-hr-5327 | 113 | hr | 5327 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor. | Labor and Employment | 2014-07-31 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | C001084 | 9 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require any employment in which children under the age of 18 come into direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves to be considered particularly hazardous oppressive child labor, which is prohibited under such Act. | 2023-01-11T13:25:52Z | |
| 113-hr-5381 | 113 | hr | 5381 | To amend the nondiscrimination provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect older, longer service participants. | Labor and Employment | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | T000462 | 3 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to nondiscrimination requirements for tax-exempt employee pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans, to include protections for older, longer service participants in such plans, including the grandfathering of such participants under defined benefit plans. | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-hr-5256 | 113 | hr | 5256 | Stop Discrimination in the Workplace Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-07-30 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] | WA | R | M001159 | 11 | Stop Discrimination in the Workplace Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discharging or retaliating against any employee because such employee has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed comparative compensation information for the purpose of determining whether the employer is compensating an employee in a manner that provides equal pay for equal work. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to instances in which an employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of such employee's job functions discloses the wages of such other employees other than in response to a charge or complaint or in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action under provisions prohibiting sex discrimination, including an investigation conducted by the employer. | 2023-01-11T13:25:55Z | |
| 113-hr-5280 | 113 | hr | 5280 | Employee Empowerment Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-07-30 | 2014-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] | MN | D | E000288 | 18 | Employee Empowerment Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to authorize a person alleging an unfair labor practice by an employer by discrimination regarding hiring or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization, in addition to filing a charge alleging an unfair labor practice with the National Labor Relations Board, to bring a civil action against such employer in U.S. district court. Authorizes the court to grant relief (including injunctive and equitable relief, back pay, and compensatory and punitive damages) and allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fee (including expert witness fees) as part of the costs. | 2023-01-11T13:25:54Z | |
| 113-s-2688 | 113 | s | 2688 | Union Transparency and Accountability Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 3 | Union Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to revise specified current reporting requirements to require every labor organization to file annually with the Secretary of Labor (currently, the Office of Labor Management Standards of the Department of Labor) its: form LM-2, as published in the appendix to the final rule issued by the Secretary entitled "Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports" dated January 21, 2009, or a successor form including the same information; and form T-1, as published in the appendix to the final rule issued by the Secretary entitled "Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports for Trusts in Which a Labor Organization is Interested, Form T-1" dated October 2, 2008, or a successor form including the same information. Requires similarly certain labor organization officers or employees (as under current law) to file annually with the Secretary form LM-30, as published in the appendix to the final rule issued by the Secretary entitled "Labor Organization Officer and Employee Report, Form LM-30" dated July 2, 2007, or a successor form including the same information. Prescribes civil penalties for any labor organization that fails to disclose to its members specified information contained in a report, including a financial report, required to be filed with the Secretary. Revises the authority of the Secretary to bring a civil action in a U.S. district Court or in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for the actual or imminent failure of any person to file required reports. Requires the Secretary to establish certain standards and procedures for the imposition by the appropriate district court of civil fines for persons, labor organizations, or employers who violate specified reporting requirements. Prescribes a civil fine of up to $250 a day from the date of a violation, with an aggregate maximum of $45,000, both amounts adjusted for inflation. Prescribes certain whistleblowe… | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-hr-5159 | 113 | hr | 5159 | Schedules That Work Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-07-22 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11] | CA | D | M000725 | 47 | Schedules That Work Act - Grants an employee the right to request that his or her employer change the terms and conditions of employment relating to: the number of hours or times the employee is required to work or be on call; the location; the amount of notification he or she receives of work schedule assignments; and minimizing fluctuations in the number of hours the employee is scheduled to work on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Requires the employer, if the request is made, to engage in a timely, good faith interactive process with the employee that includes a discussion of potential schedule changes that would meet his or her needs. Outlines the process for either granting or denying a change. Requires the employer to grant a request, unless there is a bona fide business reason for denying it, if the request is made because of the employee's serious health condition, his or her responsibilities as a caregiver, or enrollment in a career-related educational or training program, or if a part-time employee requests such a change for a reason related to a second job. Authorizes an employer, if an employee requests a change for any other reason, to deny it for any reason that is not unlawful. Requires the employer to give the employee the reason for the denial, including whether it was a bona fide business reason. Outlines employer requirements for paying reporting time and split shift pay and for giving advance notice of work schedules to retail, food service, or cleaning employees, except for those in bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacities. Makes it unlawful for any employer or other person to: (1) interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or the attempt to exercise any right of an employee specified in this Act; (2) retaliate against an individual for exercising his or her rights, or (3) interfere with proceedings or inquiries with respect to violation of an individual's rights. Sets forth administrative enforcement procedures and civil remedies for violation of these pro… | 2023-01-11T13:25:58Z | |
| 113-s-2642 | 113 | s | 2642 | Schedules That Work Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-07-22 | 2014-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4709-4713) | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 5 | Schedules That Work Act - Grants an employee the right to request that his or her employer change the terms and conditions of employment relating to: the number of hours or times the employee is required to work or be on call; the location; the amount of notification he or she receives of work schedule assignments; and minimizing fluctuations in the number of hours the employee is scheduled to work on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Requires the employer, if the request is made, to engage in a timely, good faith interactive process with the employee that includes a discussion of potential schedule changes that would meet his or her needs. Outlines the process for either granting or denying a change. Requires the employer to grant a request, unless there is a bona fide business reason for denying it, if the request is made because of the employee's serious health condition, his or her responsibilities as a caregiver, or enrollment in a career-related educational or training program, or if a part-time employee requests such a change for a reason related to a second job. Authorizes an employer, if an employee requests a change for any other reason, to deny it for any reason that is not unlawful. Requires the employer to give the employee the reason for the denial, including whether it was a bona fide business reason. Outlines employer requirements for paying reporting time and split shift pay and for giving advance notice of work schedules to retail, food service, or cleaning employees, except for those in bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacities. Makes it unlawful for any employer or other person to: (1) interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or the attempt to exercise any right of an employee specified in this Act; (2) retaliate against an individual for exercising his or her rights, or (3) interfere with proceedings or inquiries with respect to violation of an individual's rights. Sets forth administrative enforcement procedures and civil remedies for violation of these pro… | 2023-01-11T13:25:46Z | |
| 113-sres-511 | 113 | sres | 511 | A resolution establishing best business practices to fully utilize the potential of the United States. | Labor and Employment | 2014-07-22 | 2014-07-22 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4714) | Senate | Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] | SC | R | S001184 | 7 | Encourages corporate, academic, and social entities to: (1) develop an internal rule modeled after a successful business practice, such as the Rooney Rule (requires every National Football League team with a coach or general manager opening to interview at least one minority candidate) or the RLJ Rule (encourages companies to voluntarily establish a best practices policy to identify minority candidates and vendors by implementing a plan to interview at least two qualified minority candidates for managerial openings at the director level and above and to interview two qualified minority businesses before approving a vendor contract) and, in accordance with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, adapt that rule to specifications that will best fit the procedures of the individual entity; and (2) institute the individualized Rooney Rule or RLJ Rule to ensure that the entity will always consider candidates from underrepresented populations before making a final decision when searching for a business vendor or filling a leadership position. | 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z | |
| 113-s-2617 | 113 | s | 2617 | Davis-Bacon Repeal Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-07-16 | 2014-07-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 9 | Davis-Bacon Repeal Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works). States that references in any law to a wage requirement of the Davis-Bacon Act after enactment of this Act shall be null and void. | 2023-01-11T13:25:47Z | |
| 113-s-2546 | 113 | s | 2546 | Auto Enroll Repeal Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] | GA | R | I000055 | 2 | Auto Enroll Repeal Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal the requirement that employers with more than 200 full-time employees that offer enrollment in one or more health benefits plans enroll automatically all new full-time employees in one of those plans. | 2023-01-11T13:26:05Z | |
| 113-hr-4959 | 113 | hr | 4959 | EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-25 | 2014-09-17 | Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Prior to Referral. | House | Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] | NC | R | H001067 | 4 | EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act - Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to provide information on its public website regarding each case brought in court by the EEOC after a judgment is made with respect to any cause of action. Requires such information to include: (1) instances in which the EEOC was ordered to pay fees and costs; (2) cases in which a sanction was imposed on the EEOC; (3) the total number of charges of an alleged unlawful employment practice filed under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (4) cases of systemic discrimination, including pattern or practice discrimination. Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit the EEOC from bringing a suit unless it exhausts its obligation to engage in an informal conciliation and certifies that conciliation is at impasse. Makes the determination as to whether the EEOC has engaged in a bona fide conciliation subject to judicial review. Directs the EEOC Inspector General to notify Congress of any sanctions, fees, or costs imposed on the EEOC by a court. Requires the Inspector General to investigate such cases and the EEOC to report to Congress regarding the steps being taken to reduce such instances. | 2023-01-11T13:26:13Z | |
| 113-hr-4970 | 113 | hr | 4970 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-25 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] | NJ | R | L000554 | 12 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before five months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until five months after enactment of this Act requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of such Act and 11 months after enactment of this Act from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to five months after enactment of this Act, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods. Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to: better link the u… | 2023-01-11T13:26:12Z | |
| 113-s-2532 | 113 | s | 2532 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-25 | 2014-06-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 3 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before five months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until five months after enactment of this Act requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of such Act and 11 months after enactment of this Act from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to five months after enactment of this Act, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods. Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to: better link the u… | 2023-01-11T13:26:06Z | |
| 113-hr-4932 | 113 | hr | 4932 | Increasing Technology Skills Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-20 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000604 | 4 | Increasing Technology Skills Act of 2014 - Establishes in the Department of Labor the Information Technology Certification Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a work opportunity tax credit for any employer who hires a certified information technology certification program graduate. Directs the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to states through state boards for the payment of costs of qualified individuals to participate in the program. Directs the Secretary to create an introductory program for use in one-stop centers to provide background information via the Internet to participants on information technology certification programs. | 2023-01-11T13:26:14Z | |
| 113-s-2511 | 113 | s | 2511 | A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the definition of substantial cessation of operations. | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-19 | 2014-09-17 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 1 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) with respect to the treatment as a substantial employer subject to specified liability of any employer that ceases operations at a facility in any location with the result that more than 20% percent of the total number of the employees participating under the employer's single-employer pension plan are separated from employment. (The substantial employer liability referred to as specified under current law is the liability of a substantial employer for withdrawal from, or termination of, single-employer plans under multiple controlled groups.) (Sec. 1) Revises the meaning of a substantial cessation of operations. Eliminates the requirement that more than 20% of the total number of the employer's employees who participate under its single-employer plan be separated from employment. Exempts from the general rule any single employer plan if, for the plan year preceding the plan year in which the substantial cessation of operations occurred: (1) there were fewer than 100 participants with accrued benefits under the plan as of its valuation date, or (2) the ratio of the market value of the assets of the plan to the plan's funding target for the plan year was 90% or greater. Redefines "substantial cessation of operations" as a permanent cessation of operations at a facility which results in a workforce reduction of a number of eligible employees at the facility equivalent to more than 15% of the number of all the employer's eligible employees, determined immediately before the earlier of: (1) the date of the employer's decision to implement the cessation; or (2) the earliest date on which any such eligible employee was separated from employment in the case of a workforce reduction including one or more eligible employees whose separation, during the three years before the cessation, is nonetheless related to permanent cessation of operations at the facility. Precludes from taking into account in computing a workforce reduction any separated em… | 2023-01-11T13:25:29Z | |
| 113-s-2486 | 113 | s | 2486 | Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-18 | 2014-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3812-3813) | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 8 | Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish salary thresholds for the exemption of executive, administrative, and professional employees from federal minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (allowing these individuals to receive overtime pay.) Establishes salary thresholds also for exemption of highly compensated employees from these FLSA requirements, if the Secretary of Labor determines such employees may be exempted. Prescribes a fine for any employer who repeatedly or willfully violates the FLSA requirement to make, keep, and preserve records of employees and their wages, hours, and other conditions and practices of employment. | 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z | |
| 113-hr-4839 | 113 | hr | 4839 | Original Living Wage Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-11 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] | TX | D | G000553 | 35 | Original Living Wage Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal minimum wage should, as a minimum, be adjusted every four years so that a person working for it may earn an annual income at least 15% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a family of four; (2) it should be set at a level high enough to allow two full-time minimum wage workers to earn an income above the national housing wage; and (3) Congress, any of the several states, the District of Columbia, any U.S. territories or possessions, any Indian tribe, or local or state government may establish a higher minimum wage requirement than that established in this Act. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to at least the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor according to the formula prescribed by this Act beginning September 1, 2014. Requires the Secretary to determine such minimum wage rate by June 1, 2014, and once every four years thereafter. Prohibits any adjustment if the determination would result in a minimum wage lower than the current one. Requires the minimum wage so determined to be the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for it 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income 15% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a four-person household, with two children under age 18, and living in the 48 contiguous states, as published for each such year by the Census Bureau. | 2023-01-11T13:26:16Z | |
| 113-hr-4823 | 113 | hr | 4823 | WIRED Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-10 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] | CA | D | S001193 | 1 | Widening Internet Readiness for Employment Development Act or WIRED Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise one-stop delivery system requirements. Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish certain standards and best practices for the provision of employment and training services for adults and dislocated workers on Internet websites maintained by one-stop delivery systems. Requires the one-stop delivery system, at a minimum, to make those services accessible through an Internet website that: (1) is unique to the particular one-stop system, and (2) meets and incorporates those standards and best practices. | 2023-01-11T13:26:17Z | |
| 113-hr-4824 | 113 | hr | 4824 | WORC Grant Program Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-10 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Enyart, William L. [D-IL-12] | IL | D | E000292 | 3 | Workers Opportunity and Retraining Competitive Grant Program Act of 2014 or the WORC Grant Program Act of 2014 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a manufacturing worker scholarship program to award competitive grants to states to provide scholarships of up to $2,000 per year (not to exceed two years) to dislocated workers or unemployed individuals through state and local boards to support their transition into manufacturing positions. | 2023-01-11T13:26:17Z | |
| 113-hr-4827 | 113 | hr | 4827 | Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-10 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] | NV | D | H001066 | 4 | Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to 10 eligible entities (partnerships among a local educational agency (LEA), a community college, and a state apprentice program or a joint-labor management training program) to carry out a program for students to: (1) take science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses and other courses during grades 11 and 12 at a secondary school served by the LEA that prepare them for community college; (2) enroll in a course of study related to the manufacturing field at the community college upon graduating from the secondary school; and (3) enroll, for a two-year period, in the state apprenticeship program or the joint-labor management training program upon receiving an associate's degree from the community college. | 2023-01-11T13:26:17Z | |
| 113-s-2418 | 113 | s | 2418 | Bankruptcy Fairness and Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-03 | 2014-06-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 1 | Bankruptcy Fairness and Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2014 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to require the debtor in possession, prior to filing an application seeking rejection of a collective bargaining agreement, to propose only those minimum modifications to employee and retiree benefits and protections (including health insurance) that are necessary to prevent liquidation of the debtor. Requires a proposal which modifies employee or retired employee health insurance benefits to modify also the health insurance benefits of the debtor's officers and directors so that their benefits are not more generous than those of debtor's employees. Requires a proposal which modifies other employee benefits, including wages and pension benefits, also to modify such benefits of the debtor's officers and directors by an amount that, at a minimum, is equal to the percentage by which the employees' benefits are modified. Conditions court approval of an application for rejection of a collective bargaining agreement upon a finding that the debtor has established by clear and convincing evidence that modification of employee benefits and protections is the minimum modification necessary to prevent the debtor's liquidation. Declares that rejection of a collective bargaining agreement constitutes a breach of the agreement that entitles debtor's employees to a claim for damages. Grants any retirees whose benefits are modified by a court according to certain procedures a claim equal to the value of benefits lost as a result of the modification. Requires a debtor to pay cash to a retired employee making a claim in an amount equal to the two-year cost of premiums for: (1) continuation coverage; or (2) a comparable health insurance plan offered through a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Authorizes the court to require the debtor to pay such retiree claim in an amount equal to the cost of premiums for continuation of coverage, or for such a health insurance plan, for more th… | 2023-01-11T13:26:09Z | |
| 113-s-2411 | 113 | s | 2411 | United States Employee Ownership Bank Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-02 | 2014-06-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 2 | United States Employee Ownership Bank Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the United States Employee Ownership Bank to foster increased employee ownership and greater employee participation in company decisionmaking throughout the United States. Authorizes the Bank to make loans to employees, on a direct or guaranteed basis (which may be subordinated to the interests of all other creditors), to purchase a company through an employee stock ownership plan or eligible worker-owned cooperative which is at least 51% employee owned, or will become so as a result of Bank assistance. Authorizes the Bank also to allow: (1) a company that is less than 51% employee owned to become at least 51% employee owned; and (2) allow a company that is already at least 51% employee owned to increase the level of employee ownership, expand operations, and increase or preserve employment. Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to require the employer, if it orders a plant or facility closing in connection with the termination of its operations there, to offer its employees an opportunity to purchase that plant or facility through an employee stock ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative that is at least 51% employee owned. Exempts from such requirement an employer that orders a plant closing if the employer: (1) will retain the plant assets to continue or begin a business within the United States; or (2) intends to continue the business conducted at such plant at another plant within the United States. Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to authorize the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency, in assessing and taking into account the record of a financial institution during an examination, to consider capital investments, loans, loan participation, technical assistance, financial advice, grants, and other ventures undertaken by the institution to support or enable employees to establish employee stock ownership plans or eligible worker-owned cooperatives that… | 2023-01-11T13:26:09Z | |
| 113-s-2412 | 113 | s | 2412 | WORK Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-06-02 | 2014-06-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 2 | Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act or the WORK Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, to establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking. Requires the Secretary to establish a program, which may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training, to encourage new and existing state programs designed to foster employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on progress related to employee ownership and participation in U.S. businesses. | 2023-01-11T13:26:09Z | |
| 113-hr-4758 | 113 | hr | 4758 | Skills Connection Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-29 | 2014-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] | DE | D | C001083 | 0 | Skills Connection Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to create a searchable and publicly available database containing a registry of industry-recognized credentials, a skills database, and a jobs bank to enable programs that lead to such credentials to receive priority under: youth workforce investment programs, statewide employment and training programs, career and technical programs, and training programs for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) workers. Makes funds available from amounts appropriated for each fiscal year for the Workforce Innovation Fund for the costs of carrying out this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:26:25Z | |
| 113-s-2402 | 113 | s | 2402 | Work and Learn Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] | VA | D | W000805 | 2 | Work and Learn Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require a local workforce investment board to include a representative with expertise implementing work-based programs of employment and training activities that combine technical training with related instruction, including programs that begin by providing mentoring and job shadowing opportunities, which evolve into intensive internships and registered apprenticeships. Revises requirements for a comprehensive performance accountability system assessing the effectiveness of states and local areas in achieving continuous improvement of workforce investment activities. Adds completion of a registered apprenticeship to the core indicators of performance for authorized employment and training activities (except for self-service and informational activities) and youth activities for eligible individuals age 19 through 21. | 2023-01-11T13:26:19Z | |
| 113-s-2403 | 113 | s | 2403 | Leverage Prior Skills Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] | VA | D | W000805 | 2 | Leverage Prior Skills Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require a governor, in establishing a procedure for local workforce investment boards in the state in determining the initial eligibility of a provider to receive funds for a program of training services, to require the applicant proposing a program that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential to include in the application information on the quality of the services that lead to that credential. Requires a state to use federal funds reserved to carry out statewide employment and training activities (other than certain statewide rapid response activities) to identify and implement a process by which local boards will contract with providers of training services, or identify eligible providers of training services, only if the providers involved agree to: use direct assessments to assess the prior learning of the participants in noncredit employment and training programs; and take that prior learning into account when determining whether a participant has earned credit hours or made progress toward earning a degree from an institution of higher education, or has earned or made progress towards earning a recognized postsecondary credential. | 2023-01-11T13:26:19Z | |
| 113-s-2335 | 113 | s | 2335 | Future Logging Careers Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-14 | 2014-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] | ID | R | R000584 | 3 | Future Logging Careers Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by that parent or person. | 2023-01-11T13:26:21Z | |
| 113-hr-4648 | 113 | hr | 4648 | Renewable Energy Jobs Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-09 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] | CA | D | R000599 | 29 | Renewable Energy Jobs Act - Requires the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program to train individuals for careers in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries and award grants under the program to the five states with the highest installed alternative energy power capacity. Defines "renewable energy and energy efficiency industries" as the following industries: the energy-efficient building, construction, or retrofits industry; the renewable electric power industry, including the wind, solar, and geothermal energy industries; and the energy efficiency assessment industry that serves the residential, commercial, or industrial sectors. | 2023-08-19T01:00:26Z | |
| 113-hr-4606 | 113 | hr | 4606 | To provide an additional authorization of appropriations for the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants to be used specifically to fund programs that provide hands-on mine safety skills training and certification in mine rescue and mine emergency response. | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-08 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] | WV | R | M001180 | 2 | Amends the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 to authorize appropriations for FY2015 specifically for Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants for programs to provide hands-on mine safety skills training and certification in mine rescue and mine emergency response. | 2023-01-11T13:26:30Z | |
| 113-hr-4611 | 113 | hr | 4611 | Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-08 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] | CT | D | C001069 | 8 | Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2014 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to require every person (including every employer and enterprise) that employs an employee or non-employee who performs labor or services, including through an entity such as a trust, estate, partnership, association, company, or corporation, to: (1) classify such individuals accurately as employees or non-employees; and (2) notify each new employee and new non-employee of his or her classification as an employee or non-employee, together with information concerning their legal rights. Makes it unlawful for any person to: (1) discharge or otherwise discriminate against an individual (including an employee) who has opposed any practice, or filed a complaint or instituted any proceeding related to this Act, including with respect to an individual's status as an employee or non-employee; and (2) wrongly classify an employee as a non-employee. Doubles the amount of liquidated damages for maximum hours, minimum wage, and notice of classification violations by an employer. Subjects a person who: (1) violates such requirements (including recordkeeping requirements) to a civil penalty of up to $1,100; or (2) repeatedly or willfully violates such requirements to a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a single webpage on the Department of Labor website that summarizes the rights of employees and non-employees under the FLSA and this Act. Amends the Social Security Act to require, as a condition for a federal grant for the administration of state unemployment compensation, for the state's unemployment compensation law to include a provision for: (1) auditing programs that identify employers that have not registered under the state law or that are paying unreported compensation where the effect is to exclude employees from unemployment compensation coverage, and (2) establishing administrative penalties for misclassifying employees or paying unreported unemployment compensation to… | 2023-01-11T13:26:30Z | |
| 113-hr-4590 | 113 | hr | 4590 | Future Logging Careers Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-07 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] | ID | R | L000573 | 15 | Future Logging Careers Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by that parent or person. | 2023-01-11T13:26:30Z | |
| 113-hr-4591 | 113 | hr | 4591 | Workforce Investment and Job Creation Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-07 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] | GA | D | B001252 | 0 | Workforce Investment and Job Creation Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop a strategy report to address the skills gap by providing analysis and recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities, identify industry-recognized postsecondary credentials that are nationally portable and aligned with in-demand occupations in industries such as construction, manufacturing, and others that are emerging, and increase employer participation in education and workforce training. Defines the term "skills gap" as the difference, or gap, between the current supply of labor and skills of the workforce and that which is desired by employers. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to states to provide funds to local boards for provision of technical school training subsidies in local areas through one-stop delivery systems to pay tuition costs for the career and technical education of unemployed individuals enrolled or accepted at a technical school. Limits the aggregate amount of subsidies to an individual to $2,000. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a refundable tax credit for: (1) 60% of the excess of the aggregate wages paid to their employees in 2014 over the aggregate wages paid them in 2013, and (2) 40% of the excess of such wages paid during 2015 over the aggregate inflation-adjusted wages paid during 2014. Limits the maximum amount of such credit to $500,000 in any calendar year. | 2023-01-11T13:26:30Z | |
| 113-hr-4541 | 113 | hr | 4541 | Skills Gap Strategy Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-01 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 6 | Skills Gap Strategy Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop a strategy report to address the skills gap by providing analysis and recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities, identify industry-recognized postsecondary credentials that are nationally portable and aligned with in-demand occupations in industries such as construction, manufacturing, and others that are emerging, and increase employer participation in education and workforce training. Defines the term "skills gap" as the difference, or gap, between the current supply of labor and skills of the workforce and that which is desired by employers. | 2023-01-11T13:26:32Z | |
| 113-hr-4548 | 113 | hr | 4548 | Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders Through Technology Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-01 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] | TN | D | C001068 | 2 | Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders Through Technology Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to include programs that teach technology literacy in any job training programs for ex-offenders offered under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. | 2023-01-11T13:26:31Z | |
| 113-hr-4550 | 113 | hr | 4550 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-05-01 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | F000451 | 0 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to May 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first five months of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods. Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to: better link the unemployed with the overall workforce system by bringing individuals receiv… | 2023-01-11T13:26:31Z | |
| 113-hr-4526 | 113 | hr | 4526 | 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-04-30 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 13 | 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish a comprehensive program to improve the education and training of workers for energy-related jobs, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled minorities and women trained to work in such jobs. | 2023-01-11T13:26:37Z | |
| 113-s-2269 | 113 | s | 2269 | Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-04-29 | 2014-04-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 0 | Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, eligible institutions, preferably in partnership with a nonprofit organization, to provide support services, job training, and education to individuals with multiple barriers to employment, including underrepresented minorities, to help prepare them to enter the workforce. Defines "eligible institution" to mean a historically Black college or university, a Hispanic-serving Institution, a Tribal College or University, or a Predominantly Black Institution. Requires an eligible institution to submit a program plan to the Secretary in order to receive a grant or enter into such a contract or cooperative agreement. | 2023-01-11T13:26:33Z | |
| 113-hr-4431 | 113 | hr | 4431 | To provide that, if emergency unemployment compensation is extended, prospective benefits shall be subject to gradual reduction. | Labor and Employment | 2014-04-09 | 2014-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | B001280 | 0 | Subjects an individual's emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) benefit payment to a gradual reduction, if a law extending EUC is enacted on or after enactment of this Act. Requires, effective for EUC payable for each week beginning on or after the enactment or, if later, the effective date of the extension, the amount of EUC payable to any individual: for the first week of unemployment following the initial post-extension week to be the amount that would otherwise be payable, reduced by 5%; and for each subsequent week of unemployment to be the amount that would otherwise be payable: (1) reduced (but not below zero) by the percentage reduction applicable to the individual's preceding week of unemployment; and (2) increased by 5 percentage points. | 2023-01-11T13:26:40Z | |
| 113-s-2223 | 113 | s | 2223 | Minimum Wage Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-04-08 | 2014-04-30 | Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 117) entered in Senate. (consideration: CR S2527-2528, S2535-2543, S2543-2546, S2546-2547, S2548-2549) | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 40 | Minimum Wage Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.20 an hour beginning on the first day of the sixth month after the enactment of this Act, (2) $9.15 an hour beginning one year after the date of such initial increase, (3) $10.10 an hour beginning two years after such date, and (4) the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) beginning three years after such date and annually thereafter. Increases the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.00 an hour for one year beginning on the first day of the sixth month after the enactment of this Act. Provides a formula for subsequent annual adjustments of the minimum wage for tipped employees until it equals 70% of the wage in effect under FLSA for other employees. Directs the Secretary of Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish it in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through taxable years beginning before 2017: (1) the increase to $500,000 of the expensing allowance for business assets, including computer software; and (2) the treatment of qualified real property (i.e., leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property) as depreciable business property. | 2022-03-03T21:28:44Z | |
| 113-hr-4415 | 113 | hr | 4415 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-04-07 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | K000380 | 155 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to May 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first five months of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods. Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to: better link the unemployed with the overall workforce system by bringing individuals receiv… | 2023-01-11T13:26:40Z | |
| 113-hr-4379 | 113 | hr | 4379 | To prohibit any appropriation of funds for the National Labor Relations Board. | Labor and Employment | 2014-04-02 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | S000018 | 0 | Denies the authorization of any appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). | 2023-01-11T13:26:41Z | |
| 113-s-2199 | 113 | s | 2199 | Paycheck Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-04-01 | 2014-09-15 | Cloture on the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 40. Record Vote Number: 262. (consideration: CR S5579-5580; text: CR H5579) | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 70 | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises the exception to the prohibition for a wage rate differential based on any other factor other than sex. Limits such factors to bona fide factors, such as education, training, or experience. States that the bona fide factor defense shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor: (1) is not based upon or derived from a sex-based differential in compensation, (2) is job-related with respect to the position in question, and (3) is consistent with business necessity. Makes such defense inapplicable where the employee demonstrates that: (1) an alternative employment practice exists that would serve the same business purpose without producing such differential, and (2) the employer has refused to adopt such alternative practice. Revises the prohibition against employer retaliation for employee complaints. Prohibits retaliation for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of the employee or another employee in response to a complaint or charge, or in furtherance of a sex discrimination investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, or an investigation conducted by the employer. Makes employers who violate sex discrimination prohibitions liable in a civil action for either compensatory or (except for the federal government) punitive damages. States that any action brought to enforce the prohibition against sex discrimination may be maintained as a class action in which individuals may be joined as party plaintiffs without their written consent. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages in a sex discrimination action. Requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to train EEOC employees and affected individuals and entities on m… | 2021-07-06T14:52:33Z | |
| 113-hr-4320 | 113 | hr | 4320 | Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-27 | 2014-12-09 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 491. | House | Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] | MN | R | K000363 | 37 | Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to require that no investigative hearing take place until at least 14 days after the filing of an election petition regarding collective bargaining representation when the NLRB has reasonable cause to believe that the petition raises a question of representation affecting commerce. Requires such hearings to be non-adversarial, and the hearing officer, in collaboration with the parties, to identify any relevant and material pre-election issues. Requires the NLRB, in cases where it finds that a question of representation exists, to: (1) direct an election by secret ballot as soon as practicable but not before 35 calendar days after the filing of the election petition, and (2) certify election results only after it has ruled on each pre-election issue not resolved before the election and any additional issue pertaining to the conduct or results of that election. (Sec. 3) Revises requirements for determination by the NLRB of an appropriate bargaining unit before an election of collective bargaining representation. (In effect reverses the NLRB's August 26, 2011, decision in Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Mobile and its June 22, 2011, rulemaking regarding proposed changes to procedures involving the election of collective bargaining representation.) Replaces the current restriction in the meaning of collective bargaining unit to employer unit, craft unit, plant unit, or subdivision. Requires the NLRB, instead, to determine a unit as appropriate for collective bargaining if it consists of employees that share a sufficient community of interest. Specifies factors the NLRB must consider when making such determinations. Prohibits exclusion of employees from the unit unless the group's interest are sufficiently distinct from those of other employees to warrant the establishment of a separate unit. | 2023-01-11T13:25:17Z | |
| 113-hr-4321 | 113 | hr | 4321 | Employee Privacy Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-27 | 2014-09-09 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 432. | House | Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] | TN | R | R000582 | 36 | Employee Privacy Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), not earlier than seven days after it makes a final determination of the appropriate bargaining unit in a proposed election regarding collective bargaining representation, to acquire from the employer a list of all employees eligible to vote in the election, which shall: (1) be made available to all parties, and (2) include the employees' names as well as no more than one additional form of personal contact information (such as telephone number, email address, or mailing address) chosen by the employee in writing. | 2023-01-11T13:25:40Z | |
| 113-s-2172 | 113 | s | 2172 | End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-27 | 2014-03-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | NV | R | H001041 | 2 | End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit an employer from discriminating against an employee who inquires about, discusses, or discloses the wages of the employee or another employee. This protection does not apply to an employee who has access to wage information as part of the employee's essential job functions, unless the disclosure is in response to a sex discrimination complaint or charge, or in furtherance of a sex discrimination investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer. | 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z | |
| 113-s-2178 | 113 | s | 2178 | Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-27 | 2014-03-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 12 | Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to require that no investigative hearing take place until at least 14 days after the filing of an election petition regarding collective bargaining representation when the NLRB has reasonable cause to believe that the petition raises a question of representation affecting commerce. Requires such hearings to be non-adversarial, and the hearing officer, in collaboration with the parties, to identify any relevant and material pre-election issues. Requires the NLRB, in cases where it finds that a question of representation exists, to: (1) direct an election by secret ballot as soon as practicable but not before 35 calendar days after the filing of the election petition, and (2) certify election results only after it has ruled on each pre-election issue not resolved before the election and any additional issue pertaining to the conduct or results of that election. Requires the Board also, not earlier than seven days after a final determination of the appropriate bargaining unit, to acquire from the employer a list of all employees eligible to vote in the election, which shall: (1) be made available to all parties, and (2) include the employees' names as well as one additional form of personal contact information (such as telephone number, email address, or mailing address) chosen by the employee in writing. | 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z | |
| 113-hr-4310 | 113 | hr | 4310 | Ready to Work Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-26 | 2014-03-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] | TX | R | B000755 | 5 | Ready to Work Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, not later than one year after enactment of this Act, to issue a final rule pursuant to the Social Security Act that allows a state to enact legislation to test an applicant for unemployment compensation for use of controlled substances as a condition for receiving such compensation, if that applicant is an individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. Prescribes a special rule providing that, if the Secretary has not issued an interim final rule within 180 days after enactment of this Act, the final rule shall require the state unemployment compensation agency to determine whether an occupation regularly conducts drug testing. | 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z | |
| 113-hr-4311 | 113 | hr | 4311 | To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include American Samoa in the employment services provided under that Act, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-26 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large] | AS | D | F000010 | 0 | Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to include American Samoa in the Department of Labor's program of providing public employment services through a one-stop services delivery system. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot to American Samoa an amount equal to the allotment percentage Guam received for employment services under the Act in FY1983. | 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z | |
| 113-s-2149 | 113 | s | 2149 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-24 | 2014-03-25 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 335. | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 37 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to May 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first five months of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods. Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to: better link the unemployed with the overall workforce system by bringing individuals receiv… | 2022-03-03T21:28:44Z | |
| 113-hr-4275 | 113 | hr | 4275 | Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-18 | 2014-04-07 | Became Public Law No: 113-97. | House | Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] | IN | R | B001284 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act - (Sec. 2) Declares that: (1) defined benefit pension plans are a cost-effective way for cooperative associations and charities to provide their employees with economic security in retirement, (2) many cooperative associations and charitable organizations are only able to provide their employees with defined benefit pension plans because those organizations are able to pool their resources using the multiple employer plan structure, and (3) the pension funding rules should encourage cooperative associations and charities to continue to provide their employees with pension benefits. (Sec. 3) Makes this Act generally applicable to years beginning after December 31, 2013. Title I: Amendments to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and Other Provisions - (Sec. 101) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to define a "cooperative and small employer charity pension plan" (CSEC pension plan), for purposes of this Act, as an employee pension benefit plan that is a defined benefit pension plan: (1) to which certain provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 apply; or (2) that, as of June 25, 2010, was maintained by more than one employer all of whom were tax-exempt charitable organizations. (Sec. 102) Establishes minimum funding standards for CSEC pension plans. Allows a CSEC plan that uses a funding method that requires contributions in all years to maintain an alternative minimum funding standard account for any plan year. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to extend an amortization of any unfunded liability of a CSEC pension plan for up to 10 years if the Secretary determines that: (1) such extension would carry out the purposes of this Act and would provide adequate protection for plan participants and their beneficiaries, and (2) failure to permit such extension would result in a… | 2023-03-22T18:49:19Z | |
| 113-hr-4227 | 113 | hr | 4227 | Fair Employment Protection Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-13 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11] | CA | D | M000725 | 62 | Fair Employment Protection Act of 2014 - Sets forth employer liability standards to be applied in employee harassment claims under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Revised Statutes, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, employment discrimination laws relating to certain executive branch employees, and the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. Declares employers under such Acts liable for the acts of any individual whose harassment of an employee has created or continued an unlawful hostile work environment if, at the time of the harassment: (1) such individual was authorized by that employer to undertake or recommend tangible employment actions affecting the employee or to direct the employee's daily work activities, or (2) the negligence of the employer led to the creation or continuation of that hostile work environment (thus modifies the liability standards provided by the Supreme Court in Vance v. Ball State University, which limited the category of supervisors for whom an employer may be held vicariously liable to those individuals who have authority to take tangible employment actions). | 2023-01-11T13:26:50Z | |
| 113-s-2133 | 113 | s | 2133 | Fair Employment Protection Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-13 | 2014-03-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 17 | Fair Employment Protection Act of 2014 - Sets forth employer liability standards to be applied in employee harassment claims under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Revised Statutes, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, employment discrimination laws relating to certain executive branch employees, and the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. Declares employers under such Acts liable for the acts of any individual whose harassment of an employee has created or continued an unlawful hostile work environment if, at the time of the harassment: (1) such individual was authorized by that employer to undertake or recommend tangible employment actions affecting the employee or to direct the employee's daily work activities, or (2) the negligence of the employer led to the creation or continuation of that hostile work environment (thus modifies the liability standards provided by the Supreme Court in Vance v. Ball State University, which limited the category of supervisors for whom an employer may be held vicariously liable to those individuals who have authority to take tangible employment actions). | 2023-01-11T13:26:45Z | |
| 113-s-2148 | 113 | s | 2148 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-13 | 2014-03-24 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331. | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 9 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to May 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first five months of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods. Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to: better link the unemployed with the overall workforce system by bringing individuals receiv… | 2019-02-20T12:34:10Z | |
| 113-hr-4171 | 113 | hr | 4171 | Labor Statistics Improvement Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-06 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | F000451 | 5 | Labor Statistics Improvement Act - Establishes an independent Commission to Improve Labor Statistics. Directs the Commission to: (1) examine and make an assessment of the process by which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates statistical data relating to unemployment rates, including the methods used for determining that an individual is considered to be looking for work; (2) formulate recommendations for any improvement to such process and methods, including proposals for any alternative measures of labor force participation, taking into account evidence that the official unemployment rate doesn't always accurately reflect labor market strength; and (3) develop a new method for determining and reporting underemployment that takes into consideration workers who are not in jobs that match their skill set or education and who are earning less than other workers in similar occupations or with similar skill sets and education. Directs the Commission to transmit a report to the President and Congress within 180 days after all of its original members have been appointed. Terminates the Commission 60 days after it submits such report. | 2023-01-11T13:26:52Z | |
| 113-hres-507 | 113 | hres | 507 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of a women's economic bill of rights. | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-06 | 2014-03-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | B001279 | 39 | Women's Economic Bill of Rights Resolution of 2014 - Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should support efforts that guarantee: (1) equal pay for equal work; and (2) fair treatment in the workplace, including reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers. Declares that Congress should support efforts that guarantee, for women and men: (1) access to paid family and medical leave; (2) economic and retirement security; and (3) fair access to business capital, federal contracts, and a marketplace conducive to small business growth. | 2023-01-11T13:26:47Z | |
| 113-s-2097 | 113 | s | 2097 | Responsible Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-06 | 2014-03-10 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 318. | Senate | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | NV | R | H001041 | 6 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to May 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first five months of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through May 31, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits. Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under… | 2022-03-03T21:31:38Z | |
| 113-s-2077 | 113 | s | 2077 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-03-04 | 2014-03-05 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 315. | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 1 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, (SSA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before July 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until June 30, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and December 31, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to June 30, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the SSA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first half of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through June 30, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits. Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation … | 2019-02-20T12:34:00Z | |
| 113-sres-362 | 113 | sres | 362 | A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "Career and Technical Education Month". | Labor and Employment | 2014-02-26 | 2014-02-26 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1176-1177) | Senate | Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] | VA | D | K000384 | 2 | Designates the month of February as Career and Technical Education Month. | 2023-01-11T13:26:53Z | |
| 113-hr-4087 | 113 | hr | 4087 | Empowering Youth Through Summer Employment Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-02-25 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | K000380 | 0 | Empowering Youth Through Summer Employment Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to states to help local areas with high concentrations of eligible youth to carry out summer employment programs to provide those youth with summer employment opportunities directly linked to academic and occupational learning. | 2023-01-11T13:26:58Z | |
| 113-s-2038 | 113 | s | 2038 | Solutions to Long-Term Unemployment Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-02-25 | 2014-02-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 0 | Solutions to Long-Term Unemployment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of full-time employee, for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage, any individual who is a long-term unemployed individual. Defines "long-term unemployed individual" as an individual who: (1) begins employment after enactment of this Act, and (2) has been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer. Exempts from the payment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI), hospital insurance, and railroad retirement taxes any employers who employ long-term unemployed individuals for specified period. Makes appropriations to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund in amounts equal to the reduction in revenues by reason of this exemption. Authorizes the Secretary to issue employment relocation loans of up to $10,000 to long-term unemployed individuals to enable them to relocate to a residence: (1) more than 50 miles away from their initial residence in order to allow them to begin a new job; or (2) in a state or metropolitan area that is not the location of their initial residence, and that has an unemployment rate two or more percentage points less than the unemployment rate of the state or metropolitan area of their initial residence. Authorizes the Secretary to forgive any remaining amount of interest and principal due on a loan in any case where the individual's new job is eliminated within the first year of employment through no fault of the individual. Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act or SKILLS Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs. Revises requirements to: (1) eliminate representatives of labor organizations from state workforce investmen… | 2023-01-11T13:26:54Z | |
| 113-hr-4063 | 113 | hr | 4063 | Growing Small Businesses Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-02-14 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000604 | 1 | Growing Small Businesses Act of 2014 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise performance accountability system requirements for statewide and local workforce investment programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop separate performance measures for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training under such programs. Requires providers of training services who offer entrepreneurial training services under a local workforce investment program for adults and dislocated workers to: (1) use intake tools that assess an individual's suitability for referral to entrepreneurial training services; (2) report to the local workforce investment board that includes the number of individuals who express interest in self-employment or starting a business and enroll entrepreneurial training services; and (3) develop partnerships with microbusiness development organizations that can provide education, training, counseling, and coaching focused on helping new and low and moderate income entrepreneurs succeed. | 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z | |
| 113-sres-356 | 113 | sres | 356 | A resolution designating February 13, 2014, as "$2.13 Day". | Labor and Employment | 2014-02-12 | 2014-02-12 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S957-958) | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 17 | Designates Thursday, February 13, 2014, as $2.13 Day. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the cash wage that an employer is required to pay a tipped employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) should be increased to 70% of the federal minimum wage for a FLSA covered nonexempt employee. | 2023-01-11T13:26:53Z | |
| 113-hr-4033 | 113 | hr | 4033 | American Worker Mobility Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-02-11 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] | CA | D | C001097 | 4 | American Worker Mobility Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to grant a relocation subsidy of up to $10,000 to an individual who: (1) has been totally unemployed for at least 26 consecutive weeks; (2) has exhausted all rights to state or federal unemployment compensation; (3) has not received a relocation subsidy for the two-year period preceding the subsidy application; and (4) is able to work, available to work, and actively seeking work. Prescribes subsidy program requirements. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to prevent program fraud or abuse. | 2023-01-11T13:27:00Z | |
| 113-hr-3999 | 113 | hr | 3999 | Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-02-05 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | M000087 | 1 | Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to cover employees at worksites that employ fewer than 50 employees, but not fewer than 25 employees. Continues to exempt from FMLA coverage employees at worksites that employ fewer than 25 employees (currently 50), if the total number of employees employed by that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is fewer than 25 (currently 50). Allows an employee covered by FMLA to take up to 4 hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to: (1) participate in or attend activities that are sponsored by a school or community organization, and (2) relate to a program of the school or organization that is attended by the employee's child or grandchild. Permits the use of such parental involvement leave to meet routine family medical care needs, including: (1) such employee's medical and dental appointments, or their spouse, child, or grandchild; and (2) the care needs of their related elderly individuals, including visits to nursing homes and group homes. Allows an employee to elect, or an employer to require, substitution of any of the paid or family leave or paid medical or sick leave of the employee for any leave provided under this Act. Declares that nothing in this Act shall require an employer to provide paid sick leave or paid medical leave in situations where such employer would not normally provide any such paid leave. Imposes on the employee requesting leave certain notification requirements. Allows an employer to require certification supporting such requests. Applies the parental involvement and family wellness leave allowance to federal employees. | 2023-01-11T13:27:01Z | |
| 113-s-1979 | 113 | s | 1979 | USA Retirement Funds Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-01-30 | 2014-01-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 3 | USA Retirement Funds Act - Requires each employer (except certain small employers, governments, and churches) that does not maintain a qualifying plan or arrangement meeting specified criteria for any part of a calendar year to make available to each qualifying employee for the calendar year an automatic USA Retirement Fund arrangement. Defines an "automatic USA Retirement Fund arrangement" as one that covers each qualifying employee of the covered employer for the calendar year and under which a qualifying employee: (1) may elect to contribute to an automatic USA Retirement Fund through payroll deductions or other periodic direct deposits (including electronic payments), or to have such payments made to the employee directly in cash; (2) is treated as having made such an election in a certain amount unless the individual specifically elects not to have such contributions made or to have them made at a different percentage or in a different amount; and (3) may elect annually to modify the selection of the USA Retirement Fund to which contributions are made for such year. Requires an employer to make all contributions on behalf of employees to the USA Retirement Fund the employee has specified, or to the one designated by the employer if the employee has not selected one. Specifies requirements for the establishment of each USA Retirement Fund and its board of trustees. Limits an employer's contribution to a Fund on behalf of each employee to $5,000. Requires a Fund to pay benefits in the form of an annuity meeting certain criteria. Directs the Secretary of Labor (Secretary, unless otherwise provided) to recognize an independent, private Commission for USA Retirement Funds Funding to make recommendations on the funding of Funds. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to declare that an employer shall not be a fiduciary with respect to the selection, management, or administration of a USA Retirement Fund solely because it makes the Fund available through an automatic USA Retire… | 2023-01-11T13:27:02Z | |
| 113-hr-3971 | 113 | hr | 3971 | On-the-Job Training Act of 2013 | Labor and Employment | 2014-01-29 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14] | NY | D | C001038 | 7 | On-the-Job Training Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to: (1) make discretionary grants to states, local governments and boards, Indian tribes, institutions of higher education, business trade associations, and local educational agencies for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training programs; and (2) use up to 10% of funds authorized under this Act to make grants to such entities for developing on-the-job training programs, including providing capacity building activities for local staff. | 2023-01-11T13:27:06Z | |
| 113-hr-3972 | 113 | hr | 3972 | Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-01-29 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 22 | Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014 - Declares it an unlawful practice for certain employers with at least 15 employees for each working day in each of at least 20 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year to: (1) refuse to consider or offer employment to an individual based on present or past unemployment regardless of the length of time such individual was unemployed, (2) publish an advertisement or announcement for any job with provisions indicating that such an unemployed status disqualifies an individual and that an employer will not consider an applicant based on such status, and (3) direct or request that an employment agency account for such status when screening or referring applicants. Prohibits an employment agency (including agents and persons maintaining a website publishing job advertisements or announcements), based on such an individual's status as unemployed, from: (1) refusing to consider or refer an individual for employment; (2) limiting, segregating, or classifying individuals in any manner limiting access to job information; or (3) publishing an advertisement or announcement for any job vacancy that includes provisions indicating that such an individual is disqualified and that an employer will not consider such individuals. Allows consideration of an individual's status as unemployed where an individual's employment in a similar or related job for a period of time reasonably proximate to the hiring of such individual is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to successful performance of the job being filled. Authorizes, subject to termination upon the filing of certain complaints by the Secretary of Labor, one or more persons for and in behalf of the affected individual, or the affected individual and other individuals similarly situated, to bring actions in federal or state court for specified actual damages and equitable relief including employment and compensatory and punitive damages. Directs the Secretary to: (1) receive, investigate, and attempt… | 2023-01-11T13:27:05Z | |
| 113-s-1972 | 113 | s | 1972 | Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-01-29 | 2014-01-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 8 | Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2014 - Declares it an unlawful practice for certain employers with at least 15 employees for each working day in each of at least 20 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year to: (1) fail or refuse to consider for employment or to hire an individual as an employee based on present or past unemployment regardless of the length of time such individual was unemployed; (2) publish an advertisement or announcement for any job with provisions indicating that such an unemployed status disqualifies an individual and that an employer will not consider or hire an individual based on such status; and (3) direct or request that an employment agency account for such status when considering, screening, or referring applicants. Prohibits an employment agency (including agents and persons maintaining a website publishing job advertisements or announcements), based on such an individual's status as unemployed, from: (1) failing or refusing to consider, screen, or refer an individual for employment; (2) limiting, segregating, or classifying individuals in any manner limiting access to job information; or (3) publishing an advertisement or announcement for any job vacancy that includes provisions indicating that such an individual is disqualified and that an employer will not consider or hire such individuals. Prohibits similar employment practices by defined federal employing agencies covered under specified family and medical leave provisions for certain government employees. Allows consideration of an individual's status as unemployed if an individual's employment in a similar or related job for a period of time reasonably proximate to the hiring of such individual is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to successful performance of the job being filled. Authorizes, subject to possible termination upon the filing of certain complaints by the Secretary of Labor, one or more persons for and on behalf of the affected individual, or the affected individual and … | 2023-01-11T13:27:02Z | |
| 113-hr-3936 | 113 | hr | 3936 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-01-28 | 2014-01-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] | MD | D | V000128 | 1 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, (SSA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before July 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until June 30, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and December 31, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to June 30, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the SSA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the second quarter of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through June 30, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits. Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensat… | 2023-01-11T13:27:07Z | |
| 113-hr-3955 | 113 | hr | 3955 | To direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program through the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide older individuals with training in computer literacy, advanced computer operations, and resume writing. | Labor and Employment | 2014-01-28 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | K000385 | 3 | Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide grants to state and local entities and certain other entities to provide individuals age 55 or older with job skills training in computer literacy, advanced computer operations, and resume writing. | 2023-01-11T13:27:06Z | |
| 113-hr-3896 | 113 | hr | 3896 | Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-01-16 | 2014-07-30 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] | FL | D | W000797 | 8 | Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to define "recreational vessel" as a vessel: being manufactured or operated primarily for pleasure; or leased, rented, or chartered to another for the latter's pleasure. Prescribes the following rules in applying the definition: a vessel being manufactured or built, or being repaired under warranty by its manufacturer or builder, is a recreational vessel if the vessel appears intended, based on its design and construction, to be for ultimate recreational uses. Requires the manufacturer or builder to bear the burden of establishing that a vessel is recreational under this standard; a vessel being repaired, dismantled for repair, or dismantled at the end of its life will be treated as recreational at the time of repair, dismantling for repair, or dismantling, provided that such vessel shares elements of design and construction of traditional recreational vessels and is not normally engaged in a military, commercial or traditionally commercial undertaking; and a vessel will be treated as a recreational vessel if it is a public vessel, such as a vessel owned or chartered and operated by the United States, or by a state or local government, at the time of repair, dismantling for repair, or dismantling, provided that such vessel shares elements of design and construction with traditional recreational vessels and is not normally engaged in a military, commercial, or traditionally commercial undertaking. Requires the Secretary of Labor to amend a certain federal regulation to replace its definition of "recreational vessel" with the definition specified in this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:26:03Z | |
| 113-hr-3885 | 113 | hr | 3885 | GROWTH Act | Labor and Employment | 2014-01-15 | 2014-01-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. | House | Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] | PA | R | D000604 | 6 | Generating Real Opportunities for Workers and Transitional Help Act or GROWTH Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to declare that nothing in the Act shall prevent the commencement or continued payment of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) to the extent that it: represents amounts established in an applicant's EUC account (EUCA); and is payable for a week ending on or before January 1, 2015. (Thus provides for a 12-month extension of EUC.) Revises the formula for crediting Tier-1 amounts to an applicant's EUCA to include a week ending after January 1, 2014. Decreases the percentages in the formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited): (1) from 80% to 54% of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the benefit year, and (2) from 20 to 14 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer necessary amounts from the Treasury general fund to the EUC account to make payments to states for this extension of EUC. Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under state or federal law and meet specified other criteria. (Under the nonreduction rule such an agreement does not apply with respect to a state whose method for computing regular unemployment compensation under state law has been modified to make the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010, less than what would have been paid before June 2, 2010.) Declares that the nonreduction rule shall not apply to a state which has enacted a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking effect, would violate the nonreduction rule. Allows a state whose agreement… | 2023-01-11T13:27:09Z | |
| 113-hr-3888 | 113 | hr | 3888 | New Chance for a New Start in Life Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-01-15 | 2014-01-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 16 | New Chance for a New Start in Life Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make grants to state and local governments and Indian tribes to carry out employment training programs to assist long-term unemployed persons obtain the skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in sectors of the economy projected to have the highest rates of demand during the period 2012 through 2022. Prescribes certain grant condition and use requirements. Declares that an individual receiving services or compensation funded by a grant under this Act shall not be cause for any reduction in the amount of unemployment compensation that individual is otherwise due. | 2023-01-11T13:27:09Z | |
| 113-s-1931 | 113 | s | 1931 | Responsible Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 | Labor and Employment | 2014-01-15 | 2014-01-16 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 296. | Senate | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | NV | R | H001041 | 7 | Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SSA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before April 1, 2014. Reauthorizes Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3, and Tier-4 of the EUC program for weeks ending after December 29, 2013, but reduces the duration of the first two Tiers, to up to six weeks each. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and September 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to March 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the SSA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first quarter of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through March 31, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits. Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has: (1) entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reim… | 2019-02-20T12:33:42Z |
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