[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6063 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6063

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act 
 to provide that an individual engaged in a labor dispute may receive 
                         unemployment benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2023

 Mr. Schiff (for himself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Adams, 
 Ms. Barragan, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Casar, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. 
DeLauro, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Robert Garcia of 
California, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, 
 Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Ms. Jayapal, 
    Mr. Khanna, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Magaziner, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pocan, Ms. 
   Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Soto, Mr. 
Thanedar, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, and 
Ms. Velazquez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act 
 to provide that an individual engaged in a labor dispute may receive 
                         unemployment benefits.

    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 ``Empowering Striking Workers Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FOR STRIKING WORKERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (18), by 
striking the period at the end of paragraph (19) and inserting ``; 
and'', and by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) in the case of an individual who is employed but 
        unable to work due to a labor dispute (as defined in section 
        2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(5)), 
        including an individual unable to work as an indirect result of 
        such a labor dispute, compensation is payable to such 
        individual as though such individual were unemployed beginning 
        on the date that is the earlier of--
                    ``(A) the date that is 14 days after the date on 
                which a strike began;
                    ``(B) the date on which a lock-out began;
                    ``(C) the date on which the employer hired 
                permanent replacement workers; or
                    ``(D) the date on which the strike or lock-out 
                ended and the individual became unemployed.''.
    (b) Exemption From Work Availability Requirement.--Section 
303(a)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)(12)) is amended 
by inserting ``(other than a claimant who is an individual unable to 
work due to a labor dispute as described in section 3304(a)(20) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986)'' after ``claimant''.
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