3.0.0 1646 2023-01-11T13:18:08Z 2023-01-11T13:18:08Z Senate S S 2009-08-07 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-08-07T15:56:24Z Helping Unemployed Workers Act 111 2831 S 2009-12-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12325-12327) Related bill CRS Keep Americans Working Act 111 4135 HR 2009-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2009-08-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9080-9081) IntroReferral 2009-08-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9080) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-08-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2009-11-04 False K000374 Sen. Kirk, Paul Grattan, Jr. [D-MA] Paul Kirk D MA Grattan 2009-11-09 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2009-11-16 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-11-17 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-12-03 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-12-18 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2010-02-22 False Labor and Employment Employee benefits and pensions Employment and training programs Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance State and local finance State and local government operations Temporary and part-time employment Unemployment Wages and earnings Labor and Employment 00 2009-08-07 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-23T21:23:23Z Keep Americans Working Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) provide guidance to states in enacting short-term compensation programs; and (2) award start-up grants to state agencies in states that have enacted programs and meet certain requirements.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define "short-time compensation program" as one in which: (1) participation of an employer is voluntary; (2) an employer reduces the number of hours worked by employees through certifying that such reductions are in lieu of temporary layoffs; (3) an employee whose workweek that has been reduced by at least 10% is eligible for unemployment compensation; (4) an eligible employee may participate in an employer-sponsored job skills training program; and (5) an employer is required to certify that continuation of employee health and retirement benefits will not be affected by participation in the program.

Directs the Secretary to make payments to a state's unemployment compensation trust fund for the payment of unemployment compensation if the Secretary approves a state's application for certification to operate a short-time compensation program that requires the maintenance of health and retirement employee benefits.

]]> Keep Americans Working Act Display Title Keep Americans Working Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Keep Americans Working Act Introduced in Senate 2009-08-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1646is/xml/BILLS-111s1646is.xml 2009-08-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9080-9081) 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.