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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2421 

To provide for the treatment and temporary financing of short-time 

compensation programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 6, 2011 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GUTIERREZ, and Mr. CICILLINE) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 

Means 

A BILL 

To provide for the treatment and temporary financing of 

short-time compensation programs. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Layoff Prevention Act of 2011’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Treatment of short-time compensation programs. 

Sec. 3. Temporary financing of short-time compensation payments in States 

with programs in law. 

Sec. 4. Temporary financing of short-time compensation agreements. 


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Sec. 5. Grants for short-time compensation programs. 

Sec. 6. Assistance and guidance in implementing programs. 

Sec. 7. Reports. 

1 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PRO2 GRAMS. 

3 (a) DEFINITION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3306 of the Internal 

5 Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3306) is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(v) SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM.—For 

8 purposes of this chapter, the term ‘short-time compensa9 tion program’ means a program under which— 

10 ‘‘(1) the participation of an employer is vol11 untary; 

12 ‘‘(2) an employer reduces the number of hours 

13 worked by employees in lieu of layoffs; 

14 ‘‘(3) such employees whose workweeks have 

15 been reduced by at least 10 percent, and by not 

16 more than the percentage, if any, that is determined 

17 by the State to be appropriate (but in no case more 

18 than 60 percent), are eligible for unemployment 

19 compensation; 

20 ‘‘(4) the amount of unemployment compensa21 tion payable to any such employee is a pro rata por22 tion of the unemployment compensation which would 

23 otherwise be payable to the employee if such em24 ployee were totally unemployed; 


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1 ‘‘(5) such employees are not expected to meet 

2 the availability for work or work search test require3 ments while collecting short-time compensation bene4 fits, but are required to be available for their normal 

5 workweek; 

6 ‘‘(6) eligible employees may participate, as ap7 propriate, in training (including employer-sponsored 

8 training or worker training funded under the Work9 force Investment Act of 1998) to enhance job skills 

10 if such program has been approved by the State 

11 agency; 

12 ‘‘(7) the State agency shall require employers to 

13 certify that the employer will continue to provide 

14 health benefits and retirement benefits under a de15 fined benefit plan (as defined in section 414(j)) and 

16 contributions under a defined contribution plan (as 

17 defined in section 414(i)) to any employee whose 

18 workweek is reduced under the program under the 

19 same terms and conditions as though the workweek 

20 of such employee had not been reduced; 

21 ‘‘(8) the State agency shall require an employer 

22 to submit a written plan describing the manner in 

23 which the requirements of this subsection will be im24 plemented (including a plan for giving advance no25 tice, where feasible, to an employee whose workweek 


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1 is to be reduced) together with an estimate of the 

2 number of layoffs that would have occurred absent 

3 the ability to participate in short-time compensation 

4 and such other information as the Secretary of 

5 Labor determines is appropriate; 

6 ‘‘(9) in the case of employees represented by a 

7 union, the appropriate official of the union has 

8 agreed to the terms of the employer’s written plan 

9 and implementation is consistent with employer obli10 gations under the applicable Federal laws; and 

11 ‘‘(10) upon request by the State and approval 

12 by the Secretary of Labor, only such other provi13 sions are included in the State law that are deter14 mined to be appropriate for purposes of a short-time 

15 compensation program.’’. 

16 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subject to paragraph 

17 (3), the amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 

18 take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

19 (3) TRANSITION PERIOD FOR EXISTING PRO20 GRAMS.—In the case of a State that is administering 

21 a short-time compensation program as of the date of 

22 the enactment of this Act and the State law cannot 

23 be administered consistent with the amendment 

24 made by paragraph (1), such amendment shall take 

25 effect on the earlier of— 


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1 (A) the date the State changes its State 

2 law in order to be consistent with such amend3 ment; or 

4 (B) the date that is 2 years and 6 months 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

7 (1) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.— 

8 (A) Subparagraph (E) of section 

9 3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

10 1986 is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(E) amounts may be withdrawn for the 

12 payment of short-time compensation under a 

13 short-time compensation program (as defined 

14 under section 3306(v));’’. 

15 (B) Subsection (f) of section 3306 of the 

16 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

17 (i) by striking paragraph (5) (relating 

18 to short-time compensation) and inserting 

19 the following new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(5) amounts may be withdrawn for the pay21 ment of short-time compensation under a short-time 

22 compensation program (as defined in subsection (v)); 

23 and’’; and 


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1 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (5) 

2 (relating to self-employment assistance 

3 program) as paragraph (6). 

4 (2) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 303(a)(5) 

5 of the Social Security Act is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘the payment of short-time compensation under a 

7 plan approved by the Secretary of Labor’’ and in8 serting ‘‘the payment of short-time compensation 

9 under a short-time compensation program (as de10 fined in section 3306(v) of the Internal Revenue 

11 Code of 1986)’’. 

12 (3) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AMEND13 MENTS OF 1992.—Subsections (b) through (d) of sec14 tion 401 of the Unemployment Compensation 

15 Amendments of 1992 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) are re16 pealed. 

17 SEC. 3. TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME COM18 PENSATION PAYMENTS IN STATES WITH PRO19 GRAMS IN LAW. 

20 (a) PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 

22 there shall be paid to a State an amount equal to 

23 100 percent of the amount of short-time compensa24 tion paid under a short-time compensation program 

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1 enue Code of 1986, as added by section 2(a)) under 

2 the provisions of the State law. 

3 (2) TERMS OF PAYMENTS.—Payments made to 

4 a State under paragraph (1) shall be payable by way 

5 of reimbursement in such amounts as the Secretary 

6 estimates the State will be entitled to receive under 

7 this section for each calendar month, reduced or in8 creased, as the case may be, by any amount by 

9 which the Secretary finds that the Secretary’s esti10 mates for any prior calendar month were greater or 

11 less than the amounts which should have been paid 

12 to the State. Such estimates may be made on the 

13 basis of such statistical, sampling, or other method 

14 as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the 

15 State agency of the State involved. 

16 (3) LIMITATIONS ON PAYMENTS.— 

17 (A) GENERAL PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.— 

18 No payments shall be made to a State under 

19 this section for short-time compensation paid to 

20 an individual by the State during a benefit year 

21 in excess of 26 times the amount of regular 

22 compensation (including dependents’ allow23 ances) under the State law payable to such in24 dividual for a week of total unemployment. 


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1 (B) EMPLOYER LIMITATIONS.—No pay2 ments shall be made to a State under this sec3 tion for benefits paid to an individual by the 

4 State under a short-time compensation program 

5 if such individual is employed by an employer 

6 on a seasonal, temporary, or intermittent basis. 

7 (b) APPLICABILITY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Payments to a State under 

9 subsection (a) shall be available for weeks of unem10 ployment— 

11 (A) beginning on or after the date of the 

12 enactment of this Act; and 

13 (B) ending on or before the date that is 3 

14 years and 6 months after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act. 

16 (2) THREE-YEAR FUNDING LIMITATION FOR

17 COMBINED PAYMENTS UNDER THIS SECTION AND

18 SECTION 4.—States may receive payments under 

19 this section and section 4 with respect to a total of 

20 not more than 156 weeks. 

21 (c) TWO-YEAR TRANSITION PERIOD FOR EXISTING

22 PROGRAMS.—During any period that the transition provi23 sion under section 2(a)(3) is applicable to a State with 

24 respect to a short-time compensation program, such State 

25 shall be eligible for payments under this section. Subject 


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1 to paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of subsection (b), if at any 

2 point after the date of the enactment of this Act the State 

3 enacts a State law providing for the payment of short4 time compensation under a short-time compensation pro5 gram that meets the definition of such a program under 

6 section 3306(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 

7 added by section 2(a), the State shall be eligible for pay8 ments under this section after the effective date of such 

9 enactment. 

10 (d) FUNDING AND CERTIFICATIONS.— 

11 (1) FUNDING.—There are appropriated, out of 

12 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

13 such sums as may be necessary for purposes of car14 rying out this section. 

15 (2) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 

16 from time to time certify to the Secretary of the 

17 Treasury for payment to each State the sums pay18 able to such State under this section. 

19 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of Labor. 

22 (2) STATE; STATE AGENCY; STATE LAW.—The 

23 terms ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State agency’’, and ‘‘State law’’ 

24 have the meanings given those terms in section 205 


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1 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com2 pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note). 

3 SEC. 4. TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME COM4 PENSATION AGREEMENTS. 

5 (a) FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any State which desires to 

7 do so may enter into, and participate in, an agree8 ment under this section with the Secretary provided 

9 that such State’s law does not provide for the pay10 ment of short-time compensation under a short-time 

11 compensation program (as defined in section 

12 3306(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 

13 added by section 2(a)). 

14 (2) ABILITY TO TERMINATE.—Any State which 

15 is a party to an agreement under this section may, 

16 upon providing 30 days’ written notice to the Sec17 retary, terminate such agreement. 

18 (b) PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any agreement under this 

20 section shall provide that the State agency of the 

21 State will make payments of short-time compensa22 tion under a plan approved by the State. Such plan 

23 shall provide that payments are made in accordance 

24 with the requirements under section 3306(v) of the 


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1 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 

2 2(a). 

3 (2) LIMITATIONS ON PLANS.— 

4 (A) GENERAL PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—A 

5 short-time compensation plan approved by a 

6 State shall not permit the payment of short7 time compensation to an individual by the State 

8 during a benefit year in excess of 26 times the 

9 amount of regular compensation (including de10 pendents’ allowances) under the State law pay11 able to such individual for a week of total un12 employment. 

13 (B) EMPLOYER LIMITATIONS.—A short14 time compensation plan approved by a State 

15 shall not provide payments to an individual if 

16 such individual is employed by an employer on 

17 a seasonal, temporary, or intermittent basis. 

18 (3) EMPLOYER PAYMENT OF COSTS.—Any 

19 short-time compensation plan entered into by an em20 ployer must provide that the employer will pay the 

21 State an amount equal to one-half of the amount of 

22 short-time compensation paid under such plan. Such 

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1 tion 3303(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

2 1986. 

3 (c) PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be paid to each 

5 State with an agreement under this section an 

6 amount equal to— 

7 (A) one-half of the amount of short-time 

8 compensation paid to individuals by the State 

9 pursuant to such agreement; and 

10 (B) any additional administrative expenses 

11 incurred by the State by reason of such agree12 ment (as determined by the Secretary). 

13 (2) TERMS OF PAYMENTS.—Payments made to 

14 a State under paragraph (1) shall be payable by way 

15 of reimbursement in such amounts as the Secretary 

16 estimates the State will be entitled to receive under 

17 this section for each calendar month, reduced or in18 creased, as the case may be, by any amount by 

19 which the Secretary finds that the Secretary’s esti20 mates for any prior calendar month were greater or 

21 less than the amounts which should have been paid 

22 to the State. Such estimates may be made on the 

23 basis of such statistical, sampling, or other method 

24 as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the 

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1 (3) FUNDING.—There are appropriated, out of 

2 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

3 such sums as may be necessary for purposes of car4 rying out this section. 

5 (4) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 

6 from time to time certify to the Secretary of the 

7 Treasury for payment to each State the sums pay8 able to such State under this section. 

9 (d) APPLICABILITY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—An agreement entered into 

11 under this section shall apply to weeks of unemploy12 ment— 

13 (A) beginning on or after the date on 

14 which such agreement is entered into; and 

15 (B) ending on or before the date that is 2 

16 years and 13 weeks after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act. 

18 (2) TWO-YEAR FUNDING LIMITATION.—States 

19 may receive payments under this section with re20 spect to a total of not more than 104 weeks. 

21 (e) SPECIAL RULE.—If a State has entered into an 

22 agreement under this section and subsequently enacts a 

23 State law providing for the payment of short-time com24 pensation under a short-time compensation program that 

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1 3306(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added 

2 by section 2(a), the State— 

3 (1) shall not be eligible for payments under this 

4 section for weeks of unemployment beginning after 

5 the effective date of such State law; and 

6 (2) subject to paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of sec7 tion 3(b), shall be eligible to receive payments under 

8 section 3 after the effective date of such State law. 

9 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of Labor. 

12 (2) STATE; STATE AGENCY; STATE LAW.—The 

13 terms ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State agency’’, and ‘‘State law’’ 

14 have the meanings given those terms in section 205 

15 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com16 pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note). 

17 SEC. 5. GRANTS FOR SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PRO18 GRAMS. 

19 (a) GRANTS.— 

20 (1) FOR IMPLEMENTATION OR IMPROVED AD21 MINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall award grants 

22 to States that enact short-time compensation pro23 grams (as defined in subsection (i)(2)) for the pur24 pose of implementation or improved administration 

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1 (2) FOR PROMOTION AND ENROLLMENT.—The 

2 Secretary shall award grants to States that are eligi3 ble and submit plans for a grant under paragraph 

4 (1) for such States to promote and enroll employers 

5 in short-time compensation programs (as so de6 fined). 

7 (3) ELIGIBILITY.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall de9 termine eligibility criteria for the grants under 

10 paragraph (1) and (2). 

11 (B) CLARIFICATION.—A State admin12 istering a short-time compensation program, in13 cluding a program being administered by a 

14 State that is participating in the transition 

15 under the provisions of sections 2(a)(3) and 

16 3(c), that does not meet the definition of a 

17 short-time compensation program under section 

18 3306(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

19 (as added by 2(a)), and a State with an agree20 ment under section 4, shall not be eligible to re21 ceive a grant under this section until such time 

22 as the State law of the State provides for pay23 ments under a short-time compensation pro24 gram that meets such definition and such law. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The maximum amount avail2 able for making grants to a State under paragraphs 

3 (1) and (2) shall be equal to the amount obtained 

4 by multiplying $700,000,000 (less the amount used 

5 by the Secretary under subsection (e)) by the same 

6 ratio as would apply under subsection (a)(2)(B) of 

7 section 903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 1103) for purposes of determining such State’s 

9 share of any excess amount (as described in sub10 section (a)(1) of such section) that would have been 

11 subject to transfer to State accounts, as of October 

12 1, 2010, under the provisions of subsection (a) of 

13 such section. 

14 (2) AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR DIFFERENT

15 GRANTS.—Of the maximum incentive payment deter16 mined under paragraph (1) with respect to a 

17 State— 

18 (A) one-third shall be available for a grant 

19 under subsection (a)(1); and 

20 (B) two-thirds shall be available for a 

21 grant under subsection (a)(2). 

22 (c) GRANT APPLICATION AND DISBURSAL.— 

23 (1) APPLICATION.—Any State seeking a grant 

24 under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall 

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1 in such manner, and complete with such information 

2 as the Secretary may require. In no case may the 

3 Secretary award a grant under this section with re4 spect to an application that is submitted after De5 cember 31, 2014. 

6 (2) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall, within 30 

7 days after receiving a complete application, notify 

8 the State agency of the State of the Secretary’s find9 ings with respect to the requirements for a grant 

10 under paragraph (1) or (2) (or both) of subsection 

11 (a). 

12 (3) CERTIFICATION.—If the Secretary finds 

13 that the State law provisions meet the requirements 

14 for a grant under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

15 thereupon make a certification to that effect to the 

16 Secretary of the Treasury, together with a certifi17 cation as to the amount of the grant payment to be 

18 transferred to the State account in the Unemploy19 ment Trust Fund (as established in section 904(a) 

20 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a))) pur21 suant to that finding. The Secretary of the Treasury 

22 shall make the appropriate transfer to the State ac23 count within 7 days after receiving such certifi24 cation. 


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1 (4) REQUIREMENT.—No certification of compli2 ance with the requirements for a grant under para3 graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) may be made with 

4 respect to any State whose— 

5 (A) State law is not otherwise eligible for 

6 certification under section 303 of the Social Se7 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 503) or approvable under 

8 section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

9 1986; or 

10 (B) short-time compensation program is 

11 subject to discontinuation or is not scheduled to 

12 take effect within 12 months of the certifi13 cation. 

14 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—The amount of any grant 

15 awarded under this section shall be used for the implemen16 tation of short-time compensation programs and the over17 all administration of such programs and the promotion 

18 and enrollment efforts associated with such programs, 

19 such as through— 

20 (1) the creation or support of rapid response 

21 teams to advise employers about alternatives to lay22 offs; 

23 (2) the provision of education or assistance to 

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1 participating in short-time compensation programs; 

2 and 

3 (3) the development or enhancement of systems 

4 to automate— 

5 (A) the submission and approval of plans; 

6 and 

7 (B) the filing and approval of new and on8 going short-time compensation claims. 

9 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary is authorized 

10 to use 0.25 percent of the funds available under subsection 

11 (g) to provide for outreach and to share best practices with 

12 respect to this section and short-time compensation pro13 grams. 

14 (f) RECOUPMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a 

15 process under which the Secretary shall recoup the 

16 amount of any grant awarded under paragraph (1) or (2) 

17 of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that, during 

18 the 5-year period beginning on the first date that any such 

19 grant is awarded to the State, the State— 

20 (1) terminated the State’s short-time compensa21 tion program; or 

22 (2) failed to meet appropriate requirements 

23 with respect to such program (as established by the 

24 Secretary). 


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1 (g) FUNDING.—There are appropriated, out of mon2 eys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the 

3 Secretary, $700,000,000 to carry out this section, to re4 main available without fiscal year limitation. 

5 (h) REPORTING.—The Secretary may establish re6 porting requirements for States receiving a grant under 

7 this section in order to provide oversight of grant funds. 

8 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

10 the Secretary of Labor. 

11 (2) SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM.— 

12 The term ‘‘short-time compensation program’’ has 

13 the meaning given such term in section 3306(v) of 

14 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by sec15 tion 2(a). 

16 (3) STATE; STATE AGENCY; STATE LAW.—The 

17 terms ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State agency’’, and ‘‘State law’’ 

18 have the meanings given those terms in section 205 

19 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com20 pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note). 

21 SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE IN IMPLEMENTING 

22 PROGRAMS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to assist States in estab24 lishing, qualifying, and implementing short-time com25 pensation programs (as defined in section 3306(v) of the 


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1 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 2(a)), 

2 the Secretary of Labor (in this section referred to as the 

3 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall— 

4 (1) develop model legislative language which 

5 may be used by States in developing and enacting 

6 such programs and periodically review and revise 

7 such model legislative language; 

8 (2) provide technical assistance and guidance in 

9 developing, enacting, and implementing such pro10 grams; 

11 (3) establish reporting requirements for States, 

12 including reporting on— 

13 (A) the number of estimated averted lay14 offs; 

15 (B) the number of participating employers 

16 and workers; and 

17 (C) such other items as the Secretary of 

18 Labor determines are appropriate. 

19 (b) MODEL LANGUAGE AND GUIDANCE.—The model 

20 language and guidance developed under subsection (a) 

21 shall allow sufficient flexibility by States and participating 

22 employers while ensuring accountability and program in23 tegrity. 

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1 order to meet the requirements of subsection (b), the Sec2 retary shall consult with employers, labor organizations, 

3 State workforce agencies, and other program experts.’’ 

4 SEC. 7. REPORTS. 

5 (a) INITIAL REPORT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

8 of Labor shall submit to Congress and to the Presi9 dent a report or reports on the implementation of 

10 the provisions of this Act. 

11 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Any report under para12 graph (1) shall include the following: 

13 (A) A description of best practices by 

14 States and employers in the administration, 

15 promotion, and use of short-time compensation 

16 programs (as defined in section 3306(v) of the 

17 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by 

18 section 2(a)). 

19 (B) An analysis of the significant chal20 lenges to State enactment and implementation 

21 of short-time compensation programs. 

22 (C) A survey of employers in States that 

23 have not enacted a short-time compensation 

24 program or entered into an agreement with the 

25 Secretary on a short-time compensation plan to 


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1 determine the level of interest among such em2 ployers in participating in short-time compensa3 tion programs. 

4 (D) Other matters related to the imple5 mentation of the provisions of this Act as the 

6 Secretary of Labor determines appropriate. 

7 (b) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—After the submission of 

8 the report under subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor 

9 may submit such additional reports on the implementation 

10 of short-time compensation programs as the Secretary 

11 deems appropriate. 

12 (c) FUNDING.—There are appropriated, out of any 

13 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the 

14 Secretary of Labor, $1,500,000 to carry out this section, 

15 to remain available without fiscal year limitation. 

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