REEF Act

Bill: 116-s-4860
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2020-10-26
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act or the</b> <b>REEF Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides that payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account shall not be subject to reduction with respect to unemployment compensation programs for qualified railroad employees.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4860 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 26 (legislative day, October 19), 2020 Mr. Portman (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

1. Short titles This Act may be cited as the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act or the REEF Act . 2. Treatment of payments from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account (a) In general Section 256(i)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 906(i)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting and at the end; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: (D) any payment made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account (established by section 10 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act) for the purpose of carrying out the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and funds appropriated or transferred to or otherwise deposited in such Account, . (b) Effective date The treatment of payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply only to obligations incurred on or after such effective date for such payments.