3.0.0 1925 2023-01-13T04:49:47Z 2023-01-13T04:49:47Z Senate S S 2005-10-26 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-26T23:30:24Z Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims Act 109 3763 HR 2005-10-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Related bill CRS To repeal the authority of the President to suspend the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act during times of national emergency and to reinstate the application of such requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. 109 3834 HR 2005-11-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Related bill CRS Fair Wages for Hurricane Katrina Recovery Workers Act 109 1749 S 2005-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Hurricane Katrina Reconstruction and Displaced Worker Assistance Act of 2005 109 1763 S 2005-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2005-10-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2005-10-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE N R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2005-10-26 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2005-10-26 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2005-10-26 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2005-10-26 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2005-10-26 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-10-26 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2005-10-26 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2005-10-26 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2005-10-26 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-10-26 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2005-10-26 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2005-10-27 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2005-11-02 False Labor and Employment Administrative procedure Affirmative action programs Alabama Chemical industries Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Competitive bidding Congress Congressional reporting requirements Construction industries Construction workers Disaster relief Dislocated workers Displaced persons Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee training Environmental Protection Environmental health Epidemiology Federal preemption Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fire fighters Floods Florida Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government publicity Grants-in-aid Hazardous wastes Health Health education Health information systems Health planning Health surveys Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Law Law enforcement officers Local laws Louisiana Medical personnel Medical research Medical statistics Mental health Mental health services Minimum wages Mississippi Occupational health and safety Office of Management and Budget Oil pollution Petroleum refineries Physical examinations Police Preventive medicine Rescue work Respiratory diseases Science, Technology, Communications Small business Social Welfare State laws Subcontractors Unemployment Unemployment insurance Vaccination Volunteer workers Wages Labor and Employment 00 2005-10-26 Introduced in Senate 2005-12-06T19:55:52Z Rebuild with Respect Act - Sets forth employment requirements for workers and businesses during the response to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita (Gulf hurricanes).

Reinstates the application of the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to all federal contracts in connection with Gulf hurricanes reconstruction efforts in the localities involved, notwithstanding the President's proclamation dated September 8, 2005, or any other provision of law.

Reinstates the application of affirmative action requirements to all federal contracts to provide Gulf hurricanes relief, notwithstanding a specified Department of Labor memorandum.

Prohibits the heads of federal executive agencies from awarding contracts or grants to procure disaster relief property or services in connection with Gulf hurricanes reconstruction efforts unless the contractors, subcontractors, and grant recipients employ workers affected by Gulf hurricanes as at least 50 percent of the workforce to provide such property or perform such services. Provides for a preference in the award of such contract for organizations, firms, or individuals residing or doing business primarily in an area affected by Gulf hurricanes.

Extends the duration of disaster unemployment assistance benefits to up to 52 weeks for eligible workers based on the Gulf hurricanes disasters. Provides for eligible workers in qualified states an increased benefit amount of regular unemployment compensation and emergency extended unemployment compensation.

Establishes programs of medical monitoring for individuals working or living in areas affected by Gulf hurricanes. Directs the Secretary of Labor to carry out specified occupational safety and health activities for workers in such areas.

]]> Rebuild With Respect Act Display Title Rebuild With Respect Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for workers and businesses during the response to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rebuild With Respect Act Introduced in Senate 2005-10-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1925is/xml/BILLS-109s1925is.xml 2005-10-26 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.