US HB3841 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-0)
Status: Introduced on October 27 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on October 27 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Violence Against Women Act to require the National Resource Center on Workplace Response provide information and assistance through domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions and survivor service organizations. These organizations and coalitions shall provide resource materials and assistance to employees, employers, and labor organizations to aid in efforts to develop adequate workplace responses to domestic and sexual violence. In addition, the bill requires employers to provide employees 30 days of leave per year, including 56 hours of earned paid leave, which can be used as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking of an employee or an employee's family member. States may provide nonrecurring short-term emergency benefits to employees using such leave. Survivors' Employment Sustainability Act The Survivors' Employment Sustainability Act prohibits employers, public benefit agencies, and insurers from discriminating against survivors of: domestic violence, dating or sexual violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Under the Internal Revenue Code, employers must give unemployment compensation to survivors who are separated from work due to conditions related to the individuals being survivors. The bill amends title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to require state agency personnel that administer TANF programs to be adequately trained to assist survivors seeking assistance. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must study the barriers survivors encounter to maintain economic security. HHS may arrange financial literacy support for survivors. The Department of Labor must establish a public outreach campaign.
Title
Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-23 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. |
| 2016-03-23 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. |
| 2015-11-23 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| 2015-10-27 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. |
| 2015-10-27 | House | Referred to House Judiciary |
| 2015-10-27 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2015-10-27 | House | Referred to House Financial Services |
| 2015-10-27 | House | Referred to House Education and the Workforce |
| 2015-10-27 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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. |
| 2015-10-27 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2208 (Related) 2015-10-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Crime and law enforcement
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Financial literacy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Insurance industry and regulation
Labor standards
Library of Congress
Life, casualty, property insurance
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sex offenses
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Worker safety and health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Crime and law enforcement
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Financial literacy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Insurance industry and regulation
Labor standards
Library of Congress
Life, casualty, property insurance
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sex offenses
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Worker safety and health
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3841/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3841/BILLS-114hr3841ih.pdf |
