Ready to Work Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5945
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2016-09-07
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Department of Labor

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

State and local government operations

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ready to Work Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends title III (Unemployment Insurance) of the Social Security Act to allow states, rather than the Department of Labor, to determine whether an individual claiming unemployment compensation is an individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing.</p> <p>The final rule issued by Labor on August 1, 2016, entitled &quot;Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Provision on Establishing Appropriate Occupations for Drug Testing of Unemployment Compensation Applicants&quot; (81 Fed. Reg. 50298), shall have no force or effect.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5945 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 7, 2016 Mr. Brady of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas , Mr. Boustany , Mr. Tom Price of Georgia , Mr. Smith of Nebraska , Mr. Reed , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Holding , Mr. Smith of Missouri , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , and Mr. Roskam ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title III of the Social Security Act to allow States to drug test applicants for unemployment compensation to ensure they are ready to work.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ready to Work Act of 2016 . 2. Amendment allowing States to make determinations regarding occupations that regularly conduct drug testing (a) Amendment Section 303(l)(1)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 503(l)(1)(A)(ii) ) is amended by striking as determined under regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor and inserting as determined by the State . (b) Termination of authority of existing regulations The final rule issued by the Department of Labor on August 1, 2016, entitled Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Provision on Establishing Appropriate Occupations for Drug Testing of Unemployment Compensation Applicants (81 Fed. Reg. 50298), shall have no force or effect.