[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5945 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5945

 To amend title III of the Social Security Act to allow States to drug 
test applicants for unemployment compensation to ensure they are ready 
                                to work.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2016

    Mr. Brady of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
 Boustany, Mr. Tom Price of Georgia, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Reed, 
Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Rice 
of South Carolina, and Mr. Roskam) introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title III of the Social Security Act to allow States to drug 
test applicants for unemployment compensation to ensure they are ready 
                                to work.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ready to Work Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT ALLOWING STATES TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS REGARDING 
              OCCUPATIONS THAT REGULARLY CONDUCT DRUG TESTING.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 303(l)(1)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 503(l)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``as determined 
under regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor'' and inserting ``as 
determined by the State''.
    (b) Termination of Authority of Existing Regulations.--The final 
rule issued by the Department of Labor on August 1, 2016, entitled 
``Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Middle Class Tax 
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Provision on Establishing 
Appropriate Occupations for Drug Testing of Unemployment Compensation 
Applicants'' (81 Fed. Reg. 50298), shall have no force or effect.
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