3.0.0 2090 2023-01-15T10:03:17Z 2023-01-15T10:03:17Z Senate S S 2004-02-12 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-02-13T00:33:38Z 2004-02-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2004-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2004-02-12 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2004-02-12 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2004-02-12 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2004-02-12 True E000286 Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] JOHN EDWARDS D NC 2004-02-12 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2004-02-12 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2004-02-12 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2004-02-12 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2004-02-12 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2004-02-12 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2004-02-12 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2004-02-12 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2004-02-12 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2004-02-12 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2004-02-12 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2004-02-23 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2004-02-23 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2004-02-23 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2004-02-23 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2004-02-24 False S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2004-02-24 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2004-02-25 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2004-02-26 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2004-03-02 False Labor and Employment Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Employee rights Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Labor statistics Location of industries Offshore manufacturing Signs and signboards Labor and Employment 00 2004-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-28T16:42:49Z Jobs for America Act of 2004 - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to provide protections for employees relating to the offshoring of jobs.

Revises the definition of mass layoff to mean a reduction in force which is not the result of a plant closing and results in an employment loss at the single site of employment for a 30-day period for at least 50 employees.

Defines offshoring of jobs as any action taken by an employer the effect of which is to create, shift, or transfer work or facilities outside the United States and which results in an employment loss during any 30 day period for 15 or more employees.

Revises notice requirements. Sets forth requirements for notices for offshoring of jobs.

Establishes requirements for posting of notice of rights by employers and for contents of annual reports by the Secretary of Labor.

]]> Jobs for America Act of 2004 Display Title Jobs for America Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to provide protections for employees relating to the offshoring of jobs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Jobs for America Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-02-12T05:00:00Z 2004-02-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.