3.0.0 5669 2023-01-11T13:33:27Z 2023-01-11T13:33:27Z House HR 2016-07-07 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 109 (Thursday, July 7, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia:H.R. 5669.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H4549]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2016-07-15T20:50:15Z Referred to 2016-07-07T14:01:50Z 2016-07-15 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Committee 2016-07-07 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2016-07-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-07-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000297 Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] Evan Jenkins R WV H. 3 N Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alabama Coal Employment and training programs Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Illinois Indiana Intergovernmental relations Kentucky Mining Ohio Pennsylvania State and local government operations Tennessee Unemployment Virginia Wyoming Labor and Employment 00 2016-07-07 Introduced in House 2016-09-07T21:25:46Z Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016

This bill allows certain states in which the coal mining and related industries have been adversely impacted by regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the Department of the Interior to enter into and participate in a specified agreement with the Department of Labor.

These states shall include:

  • Alabama;
  • Illinois;
  • Indiana;
  • Kentucky;
  • Ohio;
  • Pennsylvania;
  • Tennessee;
  • Virginia;
  • Wyoming; and
  • any other state that has traditionally relied on coal mining for a substantial portion of its economy, and has experienced a significant reduction in coal mining-related activity over five years.

The agreement shall require that the state's agency make payments of coal mining emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) to individuals, other than illegal aliens, who:

  • have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under the state or federal law for a benefit year (excluding any benefit year that ended before enactment of this bill);
  • have no rights to regular compensation for a week under such law or any other state unemployment compensation law or to compensation under any other federal law;
  • are not receiving compensation for such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; and
  • are able to work, available to work, and actively seeking work.

A state which enters such an agreement must deliver specified reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities to each coal mining EUC recipient while the individual continues to receive such EUC.

The bill requires that, subject to specified conditions, 100% of the coal mining EUC paid to individuals by the state be reimbursed to each such state that enters into the agreement.

Funds in the extended unemployment compensation account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be used for making payments to these states.

This bill prescribes penalties for an individual who commits fraud resulting in overpayment of coal mining EUC.

No compensation under this bill shall be payable following 24 months after its enactment.

]]> Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016 Display Title Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced To provide emergency unemployment compensation to coal mining workers who lost their jobs due to Federal environmental regulations, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016 Introduced in House 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr5669ih/xml/BILLS-114hr5669ih.xml 2016-07-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. 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.