Pandemic Darlings The pandemic economy, in original documents
Home Source documents S. 242, Layoff Prevention Act of 2021

S. 242, Layoff Prevention Act of 2021

Summary

S. 242, the Layoff Prevention Act of 2021, is a Senate bill introduced February 4, 2021 by Reed to provide for an extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation programs. It was referred to the Committee on Finance. Section 2 amends section 2108(b)(2) of the CARES Act by striking March 14, 2021 and inserting the date that is 5 years and 6 months after the date of enactment. Section 3 amends section 2109(d)(2) with the date that is 2 years and 13 weeks after enactment, and Section 4 amends section 2110 to replace $100,000,000 with $200,000,000 and, in subsection (c)(1), to insert December 31, 2026.

Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used

Issuer
Congressional materials
Document type
Bills Bills 117S242Is Bills 117S242Is
Case
Bills Bills 117S242Is Bills 117S242Is

Cite this document

“S. 242, Layoff Prevention Act of 2021.” Original at www.govinfo.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/bills-bills-117s242is-bills-117s242is/, SHA-256 d08d69e643742a339e0d1844c8db84e15768f6bf6eff6cca40d0e06f07c6fff4.

Full text

                                                                                                                                                                        II




                                                                       117TH CONGRESS
                                                                          1ST SESSION
                                                                                                                 S. 242
                                                                       To provide for an extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation
                                                                                                         programs.




                                                                                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
                                                                                                   FEBRUARY 4, 2021
                                                                        Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to
                                                                                               the Committee on Finance




                                                                                                                 A BILL
                                                                        To provide for an extension of temporary financing of short-
                                                                                       time compensation programs.

                                                                         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 TITLE.

                                                                         4              This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Layoff Prevention Act
                                                                         5 of 2021’’.
                                                                         6     SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-

                                                                         7                             TIME COMPENSATION PAYMENTS IN STATES

                                                                         8                             WITH PROGRAMS IN LAW.




pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
                                                                         9              Section 2108(b)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C.
                                                                       10 9026(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘March 14, 2021’’



                                        VerDate Sep 11 2014   22:32 Feb 21, 2021   Jkt 019200   PO 00000   Frm 00001   Fmt 6652   Sfmt 6201   E:\BILLS\S242.IS   S242
                                                                                                                                  2
                                                                         1 and inserting ‘‘the date that is 5 years and 6 months after
                                                                         2 the date of enactment of the Layoff Prevention Act of
                                                                         3 2021’’.
                                                                         4     SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-

                                                                         5                              TIME COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS.

                                                                         6              Section 2109(d)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C.
                                                                         7 9027(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘March 14, 2021’’
                                                                         8 and inserting ‘‘the date that is 2 years and 13 weeks after
                                                                         9 the date of enactment of the Layoff Prevention Act of
                                                                       10 2021’’.
                                                                       11      SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF GRANTS FOR SHORT-TIME COM-

                                                                       12                               PENSATION PROGRAMS.

                                                                       13               (a) EXTENSION; ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—Section
                                                                       14 2110 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9028) is amended—
                                                                       15                         (1)        in        subsection               (b)(1),           by    striking
                                                                       16               ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’;
                                                                       17                         (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘December
                                                                       18               31, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’; and
                                                                       19                         (3)         in        subsection                 (g),          by     striking
                                                                       20               ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’.
                                                                       21               (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
                                                                       22 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
                                                                       23 ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).




pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
                                                                                                                                  Æ



                                                                                   •S 242 IS

                                        VerDate Sep 11 2014   22:32 Feb 21, 2021   Jkt 019200   PO 00000   Frm 00002   Fmt 6652   Sfmt 6301   E:\BILLS\S242.IS   S242


File and source

File
BILLS_bills-117s242is_bills-117s242is.pdf
Size
230,937 bytes
SHA-256
d08d69e643742a339e0d1844c8db84e15768f6bf6eff6cca40d0e06f07c6fff4
Our copy
BILLS_bills-117s242is_bills-117s242is.pdf
Original
www.govinfo.gov
Back to top