To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use.

Bill: 113-hr-1172
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-14
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny payment of unemployment compensation to employees who are discharged from employment for: (1) being under the influence of, or consuming or otherwise using, alcohol or any controlled substance while performing services for an employer; (2) possessing any controlled substance on the premises of an employer; (3) refusing a request to take a drug test; or (4) testing positive for illegal use of a controlled substance.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1172 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2013 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mr. Mulvaney , and Mr. Stivers ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use.

1. Denial of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use (a) In general Subsection (a) of section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by inserting except as provided in paragraph (15), before compensation shall not in paragraph (10), (2) by redesignating paragraphs (15) through (19) as paragraphs (16) through (20), respectively, and (3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following new paragraph: (15) compensation shall not be payable to any individual on the basis of any services performed in connection with employment from which the individual was discharged for an employment-related drug or alcohol offense (as defined in subsection (g)), . (b) Employment-Related drug or alcohol offense Section 3304 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g) Employment-Related drug or alcohol offense (1) In general For purposes of subsection (a)(15), the term employment-related drug or alcohol offense includes but is not limited to the following: (A) Being under the influence of, or consuming or otherwise using, alcohol or any controlled substance while performing services for the employer. (B) Possessing any controlled substance on the premises of the employer. (C) Failure to comply with a request by the employer to take a drug test. (D) Testing positive for illegal use of a controlled substance pursuant to a drug test requested by the employer. (2) Controlled substance For purposes of this subsection, the term controlled substance has the meaning given such term under applicable State law. (3) Drug test For purposes of this subsection, the term drug test means a test designed to detect the illegal use of a controlled substance. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to compensation paid for weeks beginning after the end of the first session of the State legislature which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.