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Union Calendar No. 18 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1759 
[Report No. 116–38] 
To amend title III of the Social Security Act to extend reemployment services 
and eligibility assessments to all claimants for unemployment compensa-
tion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2019 
Mrs. MURPHY (for herself, Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mex-
ico, and Mr. LAHOOD) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
APRIL 9, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. TAYLOR, and Mr. EVANS 
APRIL 9, 2019 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 14, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To amend title III of the Social Security Act to extend 
reemployment services and eligibility assessments to all 
claimants for unemployment compensation, and for other 
purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Building on Reemploy-
ment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment for Work-
ers Act’’ or the ‘‘BRIDGE for Workers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115-123) improved program accountability for 
effectively serving unemployed workers and made a 
significant new investment in reemployment services. 
(2) Research shows the longer workers are out of 
work, the harder it can be to maintain their skills, 
professional network, and stable home life. 
(3) Reemployment services give workers who 
might otherwise struggle to find new jobs the tools 
that they need to get back to work—such as individ-
ualized career counseling and job search help as well 
as local labor market information—and they can 
serve as an entry point to the workforce development 
system. 
(4) Reemployment services have been dem-
onstrated to reduce the number of weeks that program 
participants receive unemployment benefits by im-
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proving their employment outcomes, including earn-
ings. 
(5) Unemployment benefits replace less than half 
of working income, on average, so workers who find 
new jobs quickly suffer less financial hardship. 
(6) Combining targeted reemployment services 
with unemployment benefits helps keep people at-
tached to the labor force who might otherwise become 
discouraged and drop out. 
(7) The Congressional Budget Office estimates 
that, over time, investments in reemployment services 
create savings for taxpayers and unemployment trust 
funds by reducing spending on unemployment bene-
fits. 
(8) Many different types of workers can benefit 
from reemployment services. Reemployment services 
should be used to shorten the duration of unemploy-
ment for workers even if they are not projected to 
fully exhaust their unemployment benefits. 
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES. 
Section 306(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
506(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘individuals referred to reem-
ployment services as described in section 303(j)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘claimants for unemployment compensa-
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tion, including claimants referred to reemployment 
services as described in section 303(j),’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘such individuals’’ and inserting 
‘‘such claimants’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title 
III of the Social Security Act to extend reemployment 
services and eligibility assessments to all claimants for 
unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 18 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1759 
[Report No. 116–38] 
A BILL 
To amend title III of the Social Security Act to ex-
tend reemployment services and eligibility assess-
ments to all claimants for unemployment com-
pensation, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 9, 2019 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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