3.0.0 2202 2023-01-11T15:47:57Z 2023-01-11T15:47:57Z House H HR 2007-05-08 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-05-08T14:30:23Z Worker Empowerment Act 110 1330 S 2007-05-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2007-05-08 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-05-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 N Labor and Employment Economics and Public Finance Employment subsidies Excise tax Government trust funds Taxation Unemployment Unemployment insurance Wages Labor and Employment 00 2007-05-08 Introduced in House 2007-06-04T19:28:53Z Worker Empowerment Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require each state to implement a reemployment adjustment assistance program that provides payment of 50% of the amount by which the wages received by an individual at the time of his or her separation from employment exceeds (if at all) the wages received by such individual from reemployment.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code (relating to employment taxes) to impose a wage insurance contribution excise tax on every employer.

Establishes a Wage Insurance Trust Fund in the Treasury, to which the equivalent of any such taxes received shall be appropriated to carry out this Act.

]]> Worker Empowerment Act Display Title Worker Empowerment Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Social Security Act to provide for wage insurance for dislocated workers. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Worker Empowerment Act Introduced in House 2007-05-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2202ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2202ih.xml 2007-05-08 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.