116 S1274 RS: Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act U.S. Senate 2024-03-06 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.

IICalendar No. 339118th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 1274IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESApril 25, 2023Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Brown, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Braun, Mr. Casey, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Marshall, Mr. King, and Mr. Hawley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the BudgetMarch 6, 2024Reported by Mr. Whitehouse, without amendmentA BILLTo permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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Short titles

This Act may be cited as the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act or the REEF Act.

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Treatment of payments from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account

(a)

Amendments

Section 235 of the Continued Assistance to Rail Workers Act of 2020 (subchapter III of title II of division N of Public Law 116–260; 2 U.S.C. 906 note) is amended—(1)in subsection (b)—(A)by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); and(B)by striking subsection (a)— and inserting subsection (a) shall take effect 7 days after the date of enactment of the Continued Assistance to Rail Workers Act of 2020.; and(2)by striking subsection (c). (b)

Applicability

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply as if enacted on the day before the date on which the national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on March 13, 2020, under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) terminates.

March 6, 2024Reported without amendment