3.0.0 4970 2023-01-11T13:26:12Z 2023-01-11T13:26:12Z House H HR 2014-06-25 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LoBIONDO:H.R. 4970.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution[Page H5769]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2014-11-17T22:09:55Z hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2014-11-17T21:53:19Z Referred to 2014-06-25T14:03:35Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2014-06-26T21:02:50Z Referred to 2014-06-25T14:03:30Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-06-25T14:03:25Z Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 113 3546 HR 2013-11-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Related bill CRS Unemployed Jobhunters Protection and Assistance Act of 2013 113 3773 HR 2013-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act 113 3824 HR 2014-02-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2068-2069) Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 113 4415 HR 2014-06-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 113 4550 HR 2014-06-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 113 1747 S 2013-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 113 1797 S 2013-12-11 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 259. Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act 113 1845 S 2014-02-06 Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which second cloture was not invoked on the bill (Record Vote No. 24) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S794) Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 113 2077 S 2014-03-05 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 315. Related bill CRS Responsible Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 113 2097 S 2014-03-10 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 318. Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 113 2148 S 2014-03-24 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331. Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 113 2149 S 2014-03-25 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 335. Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 113 2532 S 2014-06-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2014-11-17 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Committee 2014-11-17 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2014-06-26 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2014-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2014-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2014-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2014-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000554 Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] FRANK LOBIONDO R NJ A. 2 N K000380 Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5] Daniel Kildee D MI T. 5 2014-06-25 True C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2014-06-25 True R000594 Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3] Jon Runyan R NJ 3 2014-06-25 True H001066 Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] Steven Horsford D NV 4 2014-06-25 True K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] PETER KING R NY T. 2 2014-06-25 True T000468 Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] Dina Titus D NV 1 2014-06-25 True S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2014-06-25 True J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2014-07-03 False G000564 Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] Christopher Gibson R NY P. 19 2014-07-08 False L000263 Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9] SANDER LEVIN D MI M. 9 2014-07-16 False S001193 Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] Eric Swalwell D CA 15 2014-07-28 False D000620 Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] John Delaney D MD K. 6 2014-07-30 False Labor and Employment Accounting and auditing Appropriations Congressional oversight Customs enforcement Department of Labor Employee hiring Employment and training programs Employment taxes Executive agency funding and structure Intergovernmental relations Railroads State and local finance Transportation employees Unemployment User charges and fees Labor and Employment 00 2014-06-25 Introduced in House 2014-08-06T20:57:11Z Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before five months after enactment of this Act.

Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until five months after enactment of this Act requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.

Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of such Act and 11 months after enactment of this Act from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)

Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to five months after enactment of this Act, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula.

Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities.

Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods.

Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to:

  • better link the unemployed with the overall workforce system by bringing individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits in for personalized assessments and referrals to reemployment services; and
  • provide them with early access to specific strategies that can help get them back into the workforce faster, including through: (1) the development of a reemployment plan, (2) provision of access to relevant labor market information, (3) provision of access to information about industry-recognized credentials that are regionally relevant or nationally portable, (4) provision of referrals to reemployment services and training, and (5) an assessment of the individual's on-going eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits.

Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits.

Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under state or federal law and meet specified other criteria.

(Under the nonreduction rule such an agreement does not apply with respect to a state whose method for computing regular unemployment compensation under state law has been modified to make the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010, less than what would have been paid before June 2, 2010.)

Declares that the nonreduction rule shall not apply to a state which has enacted a law before June 30, 2014, that, upon taking effect, would violate the nonreduction rule. Allows a state whose agreement was terminated, however, to enter into a subsequent federal-state EUC agreement on or after enactment of this Act if, taking into account this inapplicability of the nonreduction rule, it would otherwise meet the requirements for an EUC agreement. (Thus allows such a subsequent EUC agreement to permit payment of less than the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010.)

Prohibits the use of federal funds to: (1) make payments of unemployment compensation to any individual whose adjusted gross income in the preceding year was at least $1 million; or (2) determine whether or not this prohibition applies to them.

Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to:

  • study the use of work suitability requirements to strengthen them to ensure that unemployment insurance benefits are being provided to individuals who are actively looking for work and truly want to return to the labor force; and
  • brief Congress on the ongoing study, including preliminary recommendations for appropriate legislation and administrative action.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to revise the applicable percentages for determining minimum funding standards for single-employer defined benefit pension plans (funding stabilization). Exempts plans providing accelerated benefit distributions from the application of such standards.

Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend through FY2024 the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to collect customs user fees for the processing of certain merchandise.

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