3.0.0 3689 2023-01-11T13:29:41Z 2023-01-11T13:29:41Z House HR 2015-10-06 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 146 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McKINLEY:H.R. 3689.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of theConstitution: The Congress shall have power to enact thislegislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, andamong the several states, and with the Indian tribes.[Page H6836]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2016-03-23T21:21:15Z hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2016-03-23T21:05:30Z Referred to 2015-10-06T16:01:35Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-10-06T16:01:40Z 2016-03-23 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2016-03-23 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2015-10-06 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2015-10-06 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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-A 9 Library of Congress 2015-10-06 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 2015-10-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-10-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001180 Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] David McKinley R WV B. 1 N W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2015-10-06 True Labor and Employment Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Coal Congressional oversight Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Government trust funds Higher education Intergovernmental relations Labor standards Mining Performance measurement Public utilities and utility rates State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Transportation costs Unemployment Vocational and technical education Wages and earnings Labor and Employment 00 2015-10-06 Introduced in House 2015-10-22T17:01:33Z Healthy Employee Loss Prevention Act of 2015 or the HELP Act

Authorizes the following groups to petition for eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance to the Critical Employment Advisory Commission (established by this Act) and the governor of a state:

  • a group of adversely affected workers;
  • the certified or recognized union or other duly authorized representative of such workers; or
  • employers of such workers, one-stop operators or one-stop partners, including state employment security agencies, or the state dislocated worker unit, on their behalf.

Defines "adversely affected worker" to mean an individual who, because of lack of work in adversely affected employment, has been been totally or partially separated from such employment, or has been totally separated from employment with the company in a subdivision of which adversely affected employment exists.

Directs the Commission to certify a group of adversely affected workers as eligible for adjustment assistance if:

  • they were coal miners, coal utility workers, or other workers in the coal industry or a coal-dependent industry;
  • a significant number of the company's workers have become, or are threatened to become, totally or partially separated or have experienced, or are threatened to experience, a significant reduction in wages; and
  • the company's sales or production, or both, have caused a shift contributing to the worker's separation or threat of separation.

Requires any complete or partial separation or reduction in wages to be directly attributable to:

  • actions by the federal government,
  • the low-cost of other forms of energy,
  • the existence of state-to-state electricity market competition, or
  • other reasons the Commission determines.

Requires the payment of a readjustment allowance to an adversely affected worker covered by an eligibility certification who files an application for any week of unemployment, provided certain conditions have been met.

Requires the Commission to:

  • make available employment and case management services, directly or through state agreements, to adversely affected workers as well as adversely affected incumbent workers; and
  • approve training for such workers in cases where suitable employment is not available.

Authorizes states to use certain funds for adversely affected workers for payment of job search and relocation allowances.

Establishes the Commission and the Transition Adjustment Assistance Fund to carry out this Act.

]]> HELP Act Display Title HELP Act Official Title as Introduced To establish a worker adjustment assistance program to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal dependent industries, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced HELP Act Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Employee Loss Prevention Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3689ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3689ih.xml 2016-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. 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.