3.0.0 1826 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z Senate S S 2005-10-06 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-06T18:43:54Z 2005-10-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11215-11218) IntroReferral 2005-10-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/07/2005 S11214-11215) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-10-06 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-10-17 False Labor and Employment Administrative procedure Adult day care Agricultural labor Agriculture and Food Conferences Defined benefit pension plans Defined contribution plans Dislocated workers Displaced homemakers Economics and Public Finance Education Employee health benefits Employment of the disabled Employment of the disadvantaged English language Ex-offenders Families Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Health Health insurance Health insurance continuation Hours of labor Income tax Law Legislation Medically uninsured Migrant labor Minorities Minority employment Older workers Performance measurement Personnel records Seasonal labor Single-parent families Social Welfare Tax credits Tax-deferred compensation plans Taxation Vocational and technical education Wages Labor and Employment 00 2005-10-06 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-29T21:53:14Z Older Worker Opportunity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a tax credit equal to 40% of annual wages for older workers in flexible and phased work programs; and (2) extend the dependent care credit to eldercare expenses.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to extend COBRA continuation coverage for certain older workers.

Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise: (1) statewide employment and training activities, adding developing strategies for serving hard-to-serve populations and coordinating programs among one-stop partners; (2) local employment and training activities, with respect to intensive services and training services, and adding customer support for members of hard-to-serve populations, including individuals with disabilities; (3) performance measures, data, and reporting; (4) uses of funds for statewide activities, adding incentive grants for local areas; and (5) incentive grants for states.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Federal Task Force on Older Workers.

]]> Older Worker Opportunity Act Display Title Older Worker Opportunity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit to encourage employers to offer flexible and phased work opportunities to older workers, to expand the credit for dependent care expenses to cover eldercare expenses, to extend COBRA coverage for certain older workers who lose health insurance coverage due to a reduction in work, to improve older workers' access to job training services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Older Worker Opportunity Act Introduced in Senate 2005-10-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1826is/xml/BILLS-109s1826is.xml 2005-10-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11215-11218) 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.