US Congress Senate Bill 1651 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on July 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4426-4427)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Layoff Prevention Act of 2017 This bill requires each state that has already enacted a short-time compensation program to be paid 100% of the amount of short-time compensation paid under such program. Under a short-time compensation program, an employer may avoid a layoff of one or more employees by reducing the hours of all workers in the employer's workforce. Employees affected by a reduction in hours may receive a partial short-time compensation payment to compensate for lost wages. This is a voluntary and temporary program, beginning upon the enactment of this bill and ending five and one-half years later. The bill imposes certain limitations on payments to states and requires employers to pay their states one-half of the short-time compensation paid under the employer plan. The Department of Labor must: (1) award grants to states that enact short-time compensation programs to implement or improve the administration of such plans, (2) develop model legislative language for states in developing and enacting short-time compensation plans, and (3) provide technical assistance to states and establish reporting requirements for such programs.

Layoff Prevention Act of 2017

Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-27	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4426-4427)

HB3468 (Same As) 2017-07-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB4074 (Related) 2017-10-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1651/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1651/BILLS-115s1651is.pdf