H.R. 2900, Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act
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House bill 2900, the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act, or the REEF Act, introduced in the House of Representatives on April 28, 2021, by Schakowsky with others named, and referred to the Committee on the Budget. Its printed purpose is to permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Section 2 amends section 235 of the Continued Assistance to Rail Workers Act of 2020, and the amendments apply as if enacted on the date before the date on which the national emergency concerning the COVID–19 outbreak declared by the President on March 13, 2020, terminates.
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2900
To permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment
Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 28, 2021
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. GARCÍA of Illinois, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr.
PAYNE, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. BACON) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Budget
A BILL
To permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Railroad Employee Eq-
5 uity and Fairness Act’’ or the ‘‘REEF Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS FROM THE RAILROAD
2 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT.
3 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 235 of the Continued
4 Assistance to Rail Workers Act of 2020 (subchapter III
5 of title II of division N of Public Law 116–260) is amend-
6 ed—
7 (1) in subsection (b)—
8 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);
9 and
10 (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)—’’ and in-
11 serting ‘‘subsection (a) shall take effect 7 days
12 after the date of enactment of the Continued
13 Assistance to Rail Workers Act of 2020.’’; and
14 (2) by striking subsection (c).
15 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
16 section (a) shall apply as if enacted on the date before
17 the date on which the national emergency concerning the
18 novel coronavirus disease (COVID–19) outbreak declared
19 by the President on March 13, 2020, under the National
20 Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) terminates.
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