S. 545, Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act
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Senate bill S. 545 of the 117th Congress, 1st Session, was introduced March 2 (legislative day, March 1), 2021, to permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Portman introduced it with the cosponsors named in the heading, and it was referred to the Committee on the Budget. The short titles are the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act and the REEF Act. It 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 novel coronavirus disease (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on March 13, 2020 terminates.
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 545
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 2 (legislative day, MARCH 1), 2021
Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BROWN, and Mrs. FISCH-
ER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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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