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| 107-hr-5731 | 107 | hr | 5731 | To provide for additional benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002. | Labor and Employment | 2002-11-14 | 2002-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] | OR | D | W000793 | 0 | Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, PL107-147) to extend temporary extended unemployment compensation (TEUC) program agreements through weeks of unemployment ending before April 1, 2003 (currently January 1, 2003).Sets an alternative trigger, based on total unemployment rate, for TEUC second-tier extended benefit periods for high unemployment States. | 2025-01-02T16:53:59Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5731 |
| 107-hr-5734 | 107 | hr | 5734 | Retirement Security Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-11-14 | 2002-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 0 | Retirement Security Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to create a new Individual Retirement Security Program (Program) involving an Interim Investment Fund (IIF), established in the Treasury by this Act and governed by the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Authorizes a participating individual and spouse, upon the attainment of a minimum deposit balance of $2,500 in the IIF to designate one or more personal retirement savings accounts, to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall make deposits from the IIF with respect to the individual according to prescribed formulae. Mandates that the Board divide the IIF into three accounts for investment in common stock and corporate bonds. Requires the Secretary to deposit into the IIF, from amounts otherwise available in the general fund of the Treasury, a total amount equal, in the aggregate, to 100 percent of the redirected social security taxes for such calendar year of each covered individual for such calendar year.Requires a reduction in Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance appropriations, according to a certain formula.Provides for adjustments to primary OASDI insurance amounts of such covered individuals with designated accounts in the IIF.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction in the case of an electing personal retirement savings account participant in an amount equal to 50 percent (up to $2,000) of the amount the individual contributed during the taxable year to a personal retirement savings account maintained, regardless of whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions; (2) exclude from gross income any amount deposited in a personal retirement savings account; (3) include distributions in gross income as if they were social security benefits; and (4) provide for Program refundable credit.Amends SSA title II to provide for: (1) transfers of budget surpluses to the … | 2025-08-19T17:29:09Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5734 |
| 107-hr-5644 | 107 | hr | 5644 | To repeal certain provisions of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act) that permit the President to intervene in strikes and lock-outs. | Labor and Employment | 2002-10-16 | 2002-10-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 9 | Amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act) to repeal provisions that allow the President to intervene in strikes and lock-outs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5644 |
| 107-hr-5653 | 107 | hr | 5653 | To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reasonable correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules. | Labor and Employment | 2002-10-16 | 2002-10-16 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 3 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to allow a correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5653 |
| 107-hr-5678 | 107 | hr | 5678 | Airline Worker Relief Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-10-16 | 2002-10-17 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1914-1915) | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 28 | Airline Worker Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to certify a group of workers as eligible to apply for Federal employment adjustment assistance if the Secretary determines that a significant number or proportion of such workers have become totally or partially separated from employment with an air carrier or airport facility as a result of: (1) reductions in service by an air carrier, or closure of an airport, because of a terrorist action or security measure; or (2) a military conflict with Iraq. Includes among such adjustment assistance benefits continued health care coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) and other Federal employee health care programs.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program under which 75 percent of the premium for COBRA continuation coverage is provided for such individuals (with certain coverage limits and program requirements).Authorizes States to elect to provide temporary coverage under Medicaid programs for: (1) uninsured individuals who experience such separation from employment; or (2) the unsubsidized portion of COBRA continuation premiums for such individuals.Provides temporary extended unemployment compensation coverage for such individuals.Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to: (1) provide a preference for the hiring of such individuals as security screeners; and (2) carry out a program of performance incentive awards to Federal Security Managers to encourage the hiring of such employees. | 2025-08-19T17:30:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5678 |
| 107-hr-5641 | 107 | hr | 5641 | Protecting Employees Against Violence Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-10-10 | 2002-10-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] | SC | R | W000795 | 1 | Protecting Employees Against Violence Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise the authority of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with respect to employees and labor organizations engaged in or encouraging violent, coercive, or other potentially injurious actions.Prohibits the NLRB from ordering reinstatement of any employee who has engaged or is engaging in such actions.Directs the NLRB to revoke the exclusive bargaining status of any labor organization found to engage directly in or encourage the use of such actions.Provides for the seeking of injunctive relief if a labor organization is charged with directly engaging in or encouraging the use of violence.Requires that certain petitions for injunctive relief be sought within seven days after the filing of an unfair labor practice charge. | 2025-08-19T17:30:10Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5641 |
| 107-hr-5587 | 107 | hr | 5587 | To extend the program under which temporary extended unemployment compensation is provided, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2002-10-09 | 2002-10-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 19 | Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, PL107-147) to extend temporary extended unemployment compensation (TEUC) payments through weeks of unemployment ending before April 1, 2003, but only for certain qualified individuals in States that meet high unemployment criteria. | 2025-01-02T16:53:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5587 |
| 107-hr-5542 | 107 | hr | 5542 | Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibility Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-10-03 | 2002-11-02 | Became Public Law No: 107-275. | House | Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4] | PA | R | H001033 | 3 | Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibility Act - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to transfer part B black lung benefit responsibilities from the Commissioner of Social Security to the Secretary of Labor (thus consolidating all black lung benefit responsibility under the Secretary). (Current law makes the Commissioner responsible for part B benefits based on claims filed on or before December 31, 1973, and makes the Secretary responsible for part C benefits based on claims filed after such date.) | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5542 |
| 107-hr-5520 | 107 | hr | 5520 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements for certain seasonal fireworks employees. | Labor and Employment | 2002-10-02 | 2002-11-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 3 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make minimum wage and maximum hours requirements inapplicable to seasonal employees working at facilities or locations where the primary source of revenue comes from sale of fireworks directly to consumers. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5520 |
| 107-hr-5529 | 107 | hr | 5529 | To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans. | Labor and Employment | 2002-10-02 | 2002-11-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] | IN | D | V000108 | 5 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans, with equal representation of the interests of the employer or employers maintaining the plan and of the those of the participants and their beneficiaries. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5529 |
| 107-hr-5491 | 107 | hr | 5491 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-09-26 | 2002-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 54 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA, which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, PL107-147) to extend the TEUCA program through weeks of unemployment ending before July 1, 2003 (currently January 1, 2003).Entitles eligible individuals in all States to a total of 26 weeks of TEUCA compensation (13 weeks beyond the current 13 weeks).Provides an additional seven weeks of TEUCA benefits for workers in high unemployment States (entitling them to a total of 33, which is 20 weeks beyond the current 13).Applies a revised adjusted insured unemployment rate State trigger. Sets an additional TEUCA benefit period State trigger based on total unemployment rate. | 2025-08-19T17:31:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5491 |
| 107-hr-5493 | 107 | hr | 5493 | Reform of Energy Workers Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-09-26 | 2002-11-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6] | OH | D | S001004 | 17 | Reform of Energy Workers Compensation Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) to provide for worker compensation benefit payments to contractor employees of the Department of Energy (DOE) who were exposed to toxic substances at DOE facilities. (This new subtitle D replaces the current provisions for DOE assistance to such employees in State workers compensation proceedings.) Requires DOE to review claims and determine causation within specified time limits (with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) continuing to appoint members of physician review panels for diagnosing such occupational illnesses). Directs the Secretary of Labor to pay such benefits from the EEOICPA fund for claimants approved by DOE. Requires the Secretaries of Energy and Labor to ensure that such claims are resolved in a nonadversarial manner.Revises EEOIPA subtitle B program administration provisions to add as covered illnesses: (1) chronic renal disease, for uranium workers; and (2) lung cancer, among beryllium-related diseases. Revises provisions relating to: (1) a special exposure cohort expansion procedure; (2) the radioepidemiologic model for determining compensation; and (3) additional specified cancers.Provides administrative assistance for claimants under either subtitle B or D, including administrative relief and proof where medical records are not available, resource centers, and outreach programs. Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Labor the Office of the Ombudsman for Occupational Illness Compensation, which is to coordinate activities of the Secretaries of Labor, Energy, and HHS under EEOICPA. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5493 |
| 107-hr-5418 | 107 | hr | 5418 | Employment Security Reform Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-09-19 | 2002-11-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4] | LA | R | M000388 | 0 | Employment Security Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to revise Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) employer excise tax rate requirements. Reduces the current FUTA employer tax rate of 6.2 percent of total employee wages before the State credit and 0.8 after the State credit to: (1) 6.0 and 0.6 in 2003 and 2004; (2) 5.8 and 0.4 in 2005 and 2006; and (3) 5.6 and 0.2 in 2007 and each succeeding calendar year.Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to repeal certain State law extended benefit requirements.Revises requirements relating to funding and administration of unemployment compensation and public employment service systems under the Social Security Act (SSA), the Wagner-Peyser Act, and IRC FUTA.Amends SSA title IX provisions (also known as the Reed Act) to revise special Reed Act transfers in FY 2004 and 2005. Repeals: (1) special rules for State Reed Act appropriation laws; (2) special conditions on recent Reed Act distributions; and (3) restoration authority.Provides for transfer of Federal equity in State employment security agency real property to the States.Provides for: (1) IRC treatment of short-time compensation programs; (2) IRC treatment of pension rollovers for purposes of unemployment compensation determinations; and (2) Federal disclosure, under SSA, of certain information in the National Directory of New Hires to assist in State administration of unemployment compensation programs.Repeals provisions of Federal civil service law that limit the eligibility of certain Federal employees for unemployment compensation and employment services. | 2026-03-23T12:44:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5418 |
| 107-hr-5373 | 107 | hr | 5373 | Informed Union Member Enforcement Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-09-12 | 2002-09-18 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 6. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 3 | Informed Union Member Enforcement Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to direct the Secretary of Labor to: (1) investigate any written complaint of a member alleging that a labor organization has violated requirements to inform its members of their rights; and (2) without disclosing the identity of the complainant, bring a civil action for relief upon determining that such violation has occurred and has not been remedied. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5373 |
| 107-hr-5374 | 107 | hr | 5374 | Informed Union Member Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-09-12 | 2002-09-18 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 6. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 3 | Informed Union Member Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require a labor organization to provide information on the Act to: (1) each new member within 90 days after the member has joined the labor organization; and (2) all members periodically in a manner which the Secretary of Labor determines will promote a fuller understanding of the member's rights and judicial remedies under the Act. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5374 |
| 107-hr-5208 | 107 | hr | 5208 | Adult Job Corps Demonstration Program Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-07-24 | 2002-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] | TX | D | R000170 | 5 | Adult Job Corps Demonstration Program Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an Adult Job Corps demonstration program for the U.S.-Mexico border area for adults adversely affected by the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).Requires such program to be: (1) within the Department of Labor, under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and (2) in the United States, within 100 miles of the Mexican border, with two centers in Texas and one center each in Arizona, California, and New Mexico. | 2026-03-23T12:44:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5208 |
| 107-hr-5152 | 107 | hr | 5152 | To extend the period of availability of unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | Labor and Employment | 2002-07-17 | 2002-07-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-30] | NY | R | Q000016 | 17 | See summary of: H.R. 3593 | 2025-01-02T16:52:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5152 |
| 107-hr-5110 | 107 | hr | 5110 | Omnibus Corporate Reform and Restoration Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-07-12 | 2002-10-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 20 | Omnibus Corporate Reform and Restoration Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to revise standards for pension plan security for defined contribution plans (DCPs).Specifies a waivable limit to the amount of employer stock and real property which may be acquired and held with respect to the individual account each participant or beneficiary, in the case of DCPs that are individual account plans (IAPs) (401(k) and similar plans).Allows employees to diversify assets in employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) after five years (currently ten) and at age 35 (currently 55).Reduces the tax deduction for employer matching contributions to DCPs (other than ESOPs) when such contributions are made in employer securities.Exempts from certain prohibited transaction rules the provision of fiduciary investment advice to participants or beneficiaries who direct their investments.Requires IAPs to provide for plan investment committees, whose members shall be elected by plan participants.Directs the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to study the feasibility of, and options for developing, an insurance system for IAPs.Requires IAP trades in employer securities to be reported to participants and beneficiaries.Amends the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit issuers of equity securities from making loans or other extensions of credit to beneficial owners, officers, or directors.Amends Federal bankruptcy law to increase, from $4,000 to $15,000, the individual maximum limit on priority claims for wages and for contributions to employee benefit plans.Provides criminal penalties for: (1) destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy; and (2) destruction of corporate audit records. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5110 |
| 107-hr-5089 | 107 | hr | 5089 | Unemployment Extension Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-07-10 | 2002-07-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 42 | Unemployment Extension Act of 2002 - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, PL107-147) to extend temporary extended unemployment compensation (TEUC) program agreements through weeks of unemployment ending before June 30, 2003 (currently January 1, 2003).Revises the formula for determining the amount in an eligible individual's TEUC account. Sets such amount at the lesser of: (1) the total (currently half of the total) amount of regular compensation, including dependents' allowances, payable to the individual during the individual's benefit year; or (2) 26 (currently 13) times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year. Augments an individual's account by half (currently all) of the amount originally established in that account if it is exhausted at the time a State is in an extended benefit period. | 2025-08-19T17:29:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5089 |
| 107-hr-5065 | 107 | hr | 5065 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit Indian tribal courts, pursuant to tribal domestic relations laws, to alienate or assign benefits under retirement plans. | Labor and Employment | 2002-07-08 | 2002-07-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6] | AZ | R | H000413 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define a "domestic relations order" as any judgment, decree, or order which relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent of a (retirement plan) participant, and is made pursuant to the domestic relation law of a State or Indian tribe (currently, is made pursuant to a State domestic relations law), thus allowing Indian tribal courts to alienate or assign benefits under retirement plans. | 2025-01-02T16:52:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5065 |
| 107-hr-5015 | 107 | hr | 5015 | Rural Self-Sufficiency and Workforce Advancement Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-06-25 | 2002-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Clayton, Eva M. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | C000494 | 0 | Rural Self-Sufficiency and Workforce Advancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promote workforce development in rural areas and assist low-income residents of rural communities in moving from welfare to work, by making competitive grants to eligible applicants for: (1) rural transitional jobs programs; and (2) implementing rural workforce investment plans.Makes appropriations for both these grant programs.Requires rural transitional jobs program grantees to: (1) reimburse employers for wages and payroll taxes (100 percent for nonprofit employers and 50 percent for for-profit employers); (2) pay the greater of the applicable Federal or State minimum wage for a relevant minimum or maximum number of hours per week; (3) limit the number of participants in the employer's workforce, and not displace other employees; (4) limit to 12 months the maximum period of a participant's employment in such a position; and (5) prepare annual reports. Requires such grantees also to provide each participant with an individual plan of services to prepare for positions available in the local economy offering potential advancement and growth, including: (1) counseling, training, and services for six to 15 hours per week during the 24-month period beginning when the participant is placed in such a transitional employment position; and (2) a stipend based on the hourly wage earned in the position and the number of hours of counseling, training, and services participated in that week.Requires rural workforce investment plan grantees to: (1) implement plans approved by the Secretary for various authorized activities; and (2) prepare annual reports. | 2026-03-23T12:44:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5015 |
| 107-hr-4994 | 107 | hr | 4994 | Skills and Training Promotion Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-06-21 | 2002-06-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2] | ME | D | B000081 | 6 | Skills and Training Promotion Act - Authorizes Federal payments to States for certain portions of a State's special unemployment assistance for individuals participating in qualified worker training programs.Provides for payment agreements between the Secretary of Labor and States that: (1) have a State unemployment compensation law approved by the Secretary; and (2) are required by State law to pay such special assistance to such trainees. | 2025-08-19T17:31:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4994 |
| 107-hr-4978 | 107 | hr | 4978 | Senior IRA and Pension Preservation Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-06-20 | 2002-06-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 0 | Senior IRA and Pension Preservation Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 70 1/2 to 80 the age: (1) used in the definition of "required beginning date" utilized with respect to qualified pension, profit sharing, and stock bonus plans; (2) certain deceased employees would have reached (had they lived) before their spouses must begin receiving distributions from qualified pension plans; (3) at or above which an individual's qualified retirement contribution cannot be deducted from income; (4) above which an individual in whose name an endowment contract is purchased must mature, in order to be treated as an endowment contract; (5) even after which contributions to a Roth IRA in an individual's name can still be made; and (6) at least until which amounts will not be available to participants or beneficiaries in a Section 457 plan for the plan to count as an eligible deferred compensation plan. | 2025-08-19T17:31:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4978 |
| 107-hr-4931 | 107 | hr | 4931 | Retirement Savings Security Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-06-13 | 2002-06-25 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 441. | House | Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] | OH | R | P000449 | 1 | Retirement Savings Security Act of 2002 - Makes the sunset provisions in Title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 inapplicable to the pension and individual retirement provisions in Title VI of that Act, which are thus made permanent. | 2025-08-19T17:28:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4931 |
| 107-hr-4799 | 107 | hr | 4799 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-05-22 | 2002-10-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10] | MI | D | B000619 | 49 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.75 an hour beginning 30 days after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.25 an hour during the year beginning on January 1, 2003; and (3) $6.65 an hour beginning January 1, 2004.Makes Federal minimum wage requirements applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets forth a transition period during which a specified minimum wage there shall be gradually increased to equal the Federal minimum wage. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4799 |
| 107-hr-4811 | 107 | hr | 4811 | Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-05-22 | 2002-10-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] | FL | R | K000361 | 15 | Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2002 - Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act with respect to employer liability for death and disability compensation payable to longshore, harbor workers, and other specified marine employees not otherwise covered by State workers compensation laws. Excludes from the definition of employee any individuals employed by or at, or engaged in the construction or maintenance of, a recreational marine facility or structure. Expands the range of individuals whose work is concerned with recreational vessels who do not qualify as employees, including people who principally buy and sell such vessels.Makes such exclusions contingent on the employer's being in compliance with a State workers' compensation law. (Presently they are contingent on workers' being covered under such a law).Modifies requirements for third part actions against vessels for negligence to apply them only to injuries to maritime workers who do not qualify as seamen under specified Federal law. (Presently they apply to injuries to all persons covered under the Act). | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4811 |
| 107-hr-4778 | 107 | hr | 4778 | Pension Protection Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-05-20 | 2002-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 44 | Pension Protection Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to direct the Secretary of Labor to undertake enforcement actions with respect to requirements for pension plan participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding, including an appropriate enforcement response in connection with a report on oversight of certain cash balance plan lump sum distributions.Directs the Secretary, with the Secretary of the Treasury, to develop improved guidance for defined benefit plan administrators, with respect to requirements for such plans which express accrued benefits in the form of an account balance, including further assistance relating to all factors involved in determining lump sum distributions of accrued benefits. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4778 |
| 107-hr-4762 | 107 | hr | 4762 | Hour's Pay for an Hour's Work Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-05-16 | 2002-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000149 | 3 | Hour's Pay for an Hour's Work Act of 2002 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to condition an exemption from overtime requirements for certain drivers upon their being paid at least the minimum wage. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4762 |
| 107-hr-4768 | 107 | hr | 4768 | Garment Consumer's Right-to-Know Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-05-16 | 2002-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 16 | Garment Consumer's Right-to-Know Act of 2002 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish recordkeeping and disclosure requirements for apparel manufacturers with respect to wages, hours, and other labor conditions of their contractors' employees. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4768 |
| 107-hr-4636 | 107 | hr | 4636 | Workers' Bill of Rights | Labor and Employment | 2002-05-01 | 2002-07-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-10] | GA | R | N000159 | 25 | Workers' Bill of Rights - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to add provisions relating to: (1) an employer's recognition of a labor organization as representative of workers for collective bargaining and other purposes; (2) limitation on dues collection; (3) membership right to vote on a contract before a strike is called; (4) penalties for causing recognition of an unelected labor organization; (5) secret ballot election; (6) the lifting of a bar against an election once an existing contract has been in effect for one year or more; (7) majority deauthorization of union security agreements; and (8) enforcement of limits on dues agreements.Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to include coverage of employers, or groups or associations of employers, that receive Federal funds. Gives employees who are not union members, but who are core dues payers, the same right as any union member to participate in any vote that concerns a strike or wages, benefits, or working conditions. Revises provisions relating to availability of information. Allows a trusteeship (for authorization control of a union) to be authorized only after a fair hearing either before the executive board or another body provided by the constitution and bylaws of the labor organization. Requires a labor organization to show by clear and convincing proof that the continuation of the trusteeship is necessary for an allowable purpose.Amends the Clayton Act to provide that nothing shall make it lawful for any two or more labor organizations to enter into an agreement that restrains an employee's ability to select a collecting bargaining representative. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4636 |
| 107-hr-4550 | 107 | hr | 4550 | Small Business and Dislocated Worker Opportunity Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-04-23 | 2002-04-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2] | ME | D | B000081 | 1 | Small Business and Dislocated Worker Opportunity Act of 2002 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to declare that participation in self-employment assistance activities by certain adversely affected workers certified under the trade adjustment assistance program shall not affect their eligibility to receive trade adjustment assistance benefits. Prohibits the payment of a trade readjustment allowance to an adversely affected worker who engages in self-employment activities, or who has engaged in such activities during any part of the certification period, for any week occurring after the close of the 26-week period that begins on the date of the establishment of the small business or, if on the date of such establishment the worker has fewer than 26 weeks remaining of eligibility for receipt of trade readjustment allowances, the close of the remaining number of weeks. Prescribes a formula for calculation of such an allowance during the certification period.Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) to provide that a self-employment assistance program shall not be considered to conform to IRC requirements solely because it expressly or in effect waives the requirement that eligible individuals be identified as likely to exhaust regular unemployment compensation in the case of individuals certified under the trade adjustment assistance program pursuant to the Trade Act of 1974. | 2025-08-19T17:30:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4550 |
| 107-hr-4551 | 107 | hr | 4551 | Life Insurance Employee Notification Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-04-23 | 2002-07-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] | TX | D | G000410 | 52 | Life Insurance Employee Notification Act - Requires an employer to notify an employee in writing upon the purchase of an employer-owned insurance policy on the life of such employee for a beneficiary other than the individual who is the subject of the policy.Declares that violation of this Act constitutes an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4551 |
| 107-hr-4482 | 107 | hr | 4482 | Universal and Portable Pension Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-04-18 | 2002-04-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 5 | Universal and Portable Pension Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a limited deduction for an individual's qualified universal retirement contributions. Reduces deductible amount based on adjusted gross income. Sets forth special rules for calculating the maximum allowable deduction by certain married individuals. Defines the term "qualified universal retirement contribution." Limits deductions for: (1) persons over age 70 1/2; (2) rollover contributions; and (3) inherited accounts.Defines the term "Universal Retirement Savings Account." Includes Universal Retirement Savings Account distributions in gross income except when the distributions are part of an immediate annuity, rollover, qualified higher education expense, or first home purchase.Requires employers to offer programs which make payments to Universal Retirement Savings Accounts in exchange for salary reductions. Provides a general business tax credit to certain small employers who offer salary reduction arrangements for Universal Retirement Savings Accounts.Establishes a refundable Universal Retirement Savings Account contribution credit for individuals equal to a specified percentage of contributions. Caps such credits at $2,000 per year. Allows a $200 credit maximum for contributions made to Universal Retirement Savings Accounts of dependents.Repeals the $2,000 nonrefundable qualified retirement account credit. | 2025-08-19T17:31:50Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4482 |
| 107-hr-4235 | 107 | hr | 4235 | Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-04-16 | 2002-07-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] | WV | D | R000011 | 6 | Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 2002 - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act, with respect to claims filed on or after the effective date of the Black Lung Benefits Amendments of 1981, to eliminate exceptions to: (1) the applicability of certain provisions regarding rebuttable presumptions; and (2) the prohibition against requiring eligible survivors of a miner determined to be eligible for black lung benefits to file a new claim or refile or otherwise revalidate the miner's claim. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4235 |
| 107-hr-4373 | 107 | hr | 4373 | Keep America Working Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-04-16 | 2002-04-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] | WA | D | M000404 | 16 | Keep America Working Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the circumstances under which employment compensation is available to provide coverage due to the following, among other, circumstances, part-time employment, seasonal work, loss of employment due to sexual harassment, loss of child care, leaving work due to domestic violence, and base period employment of less than 20 hours per week.Redefines the term "wages" for purposes of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.Repeals provisions: (1) allowing past Internal Revenue Service audits to act as the basis for current employment status determinations; (2) prohibiting regulations and rulings on employment status; and (3) outlining the determination of an employer's liability for certain employment taxes.Permits unemployment compensation where separation from work is due to a spouse or domestic partner's change in residence. Specifies manner for computation of wage replacement ratios.Amends the Social Security Act to require increases and decreases in the earnings allocated to State accounts when States meet or fail to meet funding goals.Lowers the threshold for triggering an extended benefit period. Eliminates special Federal eligibility requirements for individuals seeking compensation in an extended benefit period.Defines contents of unemployment compensation reports submitted by States. Establishes a review panel to compare States' unemployment compensation systems. | 2025-08-19T17:29:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4373 |
| 107-hr-4181 | 107 | hr | 4181 | Vested Worker Protection Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-04-11 | 2002-04-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1] | MN | R | G000536 | 6 | Vested Worker Protection Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to mandate that an "applicable pension plan" adopting any amendment that reduces rates of future benefits provide: (1) written notice meeting certain requirements to participants; and (2) that the participants be offered the chance to elect to continue to accrue benefits under the terms in effect immediately before the amendment. Defines "accrued benefit" as an early retirement benefit or retirement-type subsidy meeting certain standards. Defines "applicable pension plan" as a defined benefit plan or an individual account plan with at least 100 active participants meeting certain funding standards and other restrictions.Requires plans to inform participants of the option of staying under the old terms at least 90 days before the effective date of the amendment. Exempts a plan from the above requirements if its sponsor can show the Secretary of the Treasury that each employer contributing to the plan meets certain distress termination conditions under regulations of the Secretary.Imposes an excise tax on plans that adopt amendments decreasing benefits and do not let participants elect to continue to accrue benefits under the old terms. Makes the plan liable for such tax in the case of a multiemployer plan, and the employer liable in any other case. | 2025-08-19T17:32:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4181 |
| 107-hr-4104 | 107 | hr | 4104 | Community Workforce Development and Modernization Partnership Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-04-09 | 2002-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9] | IN | D | H001030 | 13 | Community Workforce Development and Modernization Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make competitive matching grants to eligible consortia (partnerships) to: (1) help workers improve job skills necessary for employment by businesses in the industry with respect to which the entity was established; (2) help dislocated workers find employment; and (3) upgrade the operating and competitive capacities of businesses that are members of the partnership.Requires such partnerships to include: (1) two or more businesses (or nonprofit organizations representing businesses) facing similar workforce development or business modernization challenges; (2) labor organizations, if such businesses employ workers covered by collective bargaining agreements; and (3) one or more businesses (or nonprofit organizations representing businesses) with resources or expertise that bear on such workforce development and business modernization challenges. Allows inclusion of: (1) State and local governments; (2) educational institutions; (3) labor organizations; or (4) nonprofit organizations.Requires priority consideration for partnerships that: (1) serve dislocated workers or workers threatened with becoming totally or partially separated from employment; (2) include businesses with fewer than 250 employees; or (3) are from a geographic region that has been adversely impacted by the movement of manufacturing operations or businesses to other regions or countries, due to corporate restructuring, technological advances, Federal law, international trade, or other factors.Sets forth partnership program requirements and authorized activities for workforce development and business modernization. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance and seed grants to help establish such partnerships; and (2) undertake outreach and promotional activities for purposes of this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:44:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4104 |
| 107-hr-4053 | 107 | hr | 4053 | To assure more equitable results in union elections. | Labor and Employment | 2002-03-20 | 2002-06-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 3 | Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to authorize a court to declare an election void upon a finding that a violation of election procedural requirements under the Act may have substantially understated or overstated the support of one of the candidates for office in a labor organization to the point that the democratic purposes of the election were undermined. (Replaces the current criterion that such violation may have affected the election outcome.) | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4053 |
| 107-hr-4054 | 107 | hr | 4054 | To provide for civil monetary penalties in certain cases. | Labor and Employment | 2002-03-20 | 2002-07-18 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 5. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 3 | Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to authorize the Secretary of Labor, upon finding a violation of specified reporting and disclosure requirements (regarding constitution and bylaws, financial reports, securities, reports of the employer, and trusteeships), to require the person, labor organization or employer responsible to pay a civil money penalty in an amount determined under a schedule that takes into account the nature of the violation involved, the existence of previous violations, and the responsible entity's revenues.Prohibits the Secretary from making any determination adverse to a person, labor organization, or employer until such person or entity has been given written notice and an opportunity to be heard. Specifies review procedures. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4054 |
| 107-hr-4055 | 107 | hr | 4055 | To enhance notification to union members of their rights under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. | Labor and Employment | 2002-03-20 | 2002-06-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 4 | Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require a labor organization to provide information on the Act to: (1) each new member within 90 days after the member has joined the labor organization; and (2) all members periodically in a manner which the Secretary of Labor determines will promote a fuller understanding of the member's rights and judicial remedies under the Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) investigate any written complaint of a member alleging that the organization has violated such requirement; and (2) without disclosing the identity of the complainant, bring a civil action for relief upon finding probable cause to believe that such violation has occurred and has not been remedied. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4055 |
| 107-hr-3992 | 107 | hr | 3992 | Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-03-19 | 2002-10-02 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-23] | NY | R | B000586 | 42 | Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to require the establishment of a new office within the United States Fire Administration to administer the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Firefighter grant program under this Act.Authorizes the U.S. Fire Administrator to make grants to States, local governments, Indian tribal governments, other public entities, and multijurisdictional or regional consortia thereof to increase career firefighter presence and enhance their ability to save lives, property, and effectively respond to all types of emergencies.Limits such grants to three years and their use for programs to hire new, additional career firefighters. Requires grantees to commit to retaining such career firefighters for at least one year beyond the termination of their grants. | 2025-08-19T17:33:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3992 |
| 107-hr-4008 | 107 | hr | 4008 | Living Organ Donor Job Security Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-03-19 | 2002-06-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5] | FL | D | T000253 | 16 | Living Organ Donor Job Security Act of 2002 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow leave for living organ donation. Includes among authorized leave time spent for: (1) tests for medical suitability of the eligible employee; (2) physical, psychological, and social evaluations of the donor; (3) pre-transplant outpatient services; (4) post-operative inpatient and outpatient transplantation services; (5) travel in connection with such tests, evaluations, and services; and (6) recuperation. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4008 |
| 107-hr-3986 | 107 | hr | 3986 | To extend the period of availability of unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | Labor and Employment | 2002-03-18 | 2002-03-25 | Became Public Law No: 107-154. | House | Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-30] | NY | R | Q000016 | 20 | Directs the President to make unemployment assistance available for 39 weeks after the major disaster is declared to individuals eligible under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3986 |
| 107-hr-3982 | 107 | hr | 3982 | Steel Workers Relief Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-03-14 | 2002-06-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 0 | Steel Workers Relief Act of 2002 - Amends federal law to appropriate 50 percent of all revenues from tariffs the President recently imposed on steel products to health care coverage for certain workers who lost health benefits due to losing their jobs and who are receiving specified employment services. Permits family members of displaced workers to receive coverage who would have had it but for the displacement. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3982 |
| 107-hr-3918 | 107 | hr | 3918 | Pension Improvement Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-03-07 | 2002-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] | OH | R | P000449 | 3 | Pension Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise requirements for reporting and disclosure with respect to defined contribution pension plans (including individual account plans, such as 401(k) plans), as well as for defined benefit plans; and (2) reduce premiums charged by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to certain employers providing defined benefit pension plans.Requires plan administrators to provide pension benefit statements: (1) for individual account plans, at least once annually to participants, and upon request to beneficiaries; and (2) for defined benefit plans, at least once every three years to employee participants with nonforfeitable accrued benefits, and upon request to participants or beneficiaries.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) provide (together with the Secretary of Labor) simplified annual filing requirements for certain retirement plans with one participant or for fewer than 25 employees; (2) update the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System; and (3) prescribe or modify certain regulations. Exempts plans maintained by any governmental entity from certain nondiscrimination rules. Revises ERISA provisions relating to the National Summit on Retirement Savings.Directs the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to issue missing participant rules for multiemployer plans. Reduces PBGC premiums for new plans of small employers and for new and small plans. Authorizes the PBGC to pay interest on premium overpayment refunds. Revises rules for substantial owner benefits in terminated plans. Sets forth civil penalties for certain breaches of fiduciary duty. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3918 |
| 107-hr-3919 | 107 | hr | 3919 | Pension Interest Rate Relief Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-03-07 | 2002-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] | OH | R | P000449 | 5 | Pension Interest Rate Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 by increasing, for plan years beginning 2001 through 2004, the permissible interest rate range used to determine additional funding requirements for certain benefit plans which are not multiemployer plans.Sets forth a special rule regarding the interest rate used to determine liability for plan years beginning in 2005.Amends the Retirement Protection Act of 1994 to establish special rules relating to funding liability percentages and the mortality table to be used for purposes of determining unfunded vested benefits. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3919 |
| 107-hr-3841 | 107 | hr | 3841 | Displaced Worker Assistance Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-03-05 | 2002-03-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 0 | Displaced Worker Assistance Act of 2002 - Provides for assistance to displaced workers through a temporary extension of unemployment benefits and a health insurance tax credit.Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 - Establishes a temporary extended unemployment compensation (TEUC) program.Amends Social Security Act provisions relating to transfers of funds from the Federal unemployment account to State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund to: (1) repeal certain provisions added by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; and (2) provide for special transfers in FY 2002.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a displaced worker health insurance credit. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program to make advance payments to providers of health insurance on behalf of individuals eligible for such credit.Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make: (1) a grant to each State that has not created a qualified high risk pool, for the State's costs of creation and initial operation of such a pool; and (2) a matching grant to cover 50 percent of the losses incurred by a State in operating such a pool it has established that restricts the premiums charged to no more than 150 percent of the premium for applicable standard risk rates and that offers a choice of two or more coverage options. Requires, in the application of specified provisions and alternative State mechanisms under PHSA, increased access to health insurance for individuals eligible for the displaced worker health insurance credit, through the use of guaranteed issue, qualified high risk pools, and other appropriate State mechanisms.Declares that this Act shall have no impact on the Social Security trust funds. Designates certain amounts under this Act as emergency requirements under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. | 2025-08-19T17:29:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3841 |
| 107-hr-3762 | 107 | hr | 3762 | Pension Security Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-02-14 | 2002-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 33 | Pension Security Act of 2002 - Title I: Improvements in Pension Security - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require individual account plans (IAPs), including those with cash or deferred arrangements under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 401(k), to furnish quarterly pension benefit statements to plan participants and beneficiaries with rights to direct investments.(Sec. 102) Requires IAP administrators to give 30 days notice (except in specified circumstances) to plan participants and beneficiaries before a period of suspension (or lockdown or blackout) in which their ability to divest or diversify assets control over their account assets will be limited. Provides that, during such lockdown periods, employers are not exempt from liability for failing in fiduciary duty with respect to IAP investments. Declares that this loss of exemption from liability, however, is not triggered: (1) if the person authorizing the suspension meets certain requirements, including considering the reasonableness of the expected period, providing notice, and acting solely in the interests of plan participants and beneficiaries in determining to enter it; or (2) by any limitations or restrictions on employee ability to divest or diversify assets, if such limitations or restrictions are disclosed to participants and beneficiaries through summary plan description or materials describing specific investment alternatives under the plan.(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to provide informational and educational support for pension plan fiduciaries.(Sec. 104) Amends ERISA and IRC to set forth diversification requirements for IAPs that hold employer securities readily tradable on an established market. (Exempts from such requirements employee stock ownership plans unless they hold employer stock attributable to employee elective deferrals or employer matching contributions.) Allows participants and beneficiaries, if employer securities are held in an IAP through employee co… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3762 |
| 107-hr-3692 | 107 | hr | 3692 | Pension Protection and Diversification Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-02-07 | 2002-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 0 | See summary of: H.R. 3640 | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3692 |
| 107-hr-3677 | 107 | hr | 3677 | Safeguarding America's Retirement Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-02-05 | 2002-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 2 | Safeguarding America's Retirement Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit individual account plans which include cash or deferred arrangements, under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 401(k), from using employee contributions to acquire or hold more than ten percent of their value in employer securities.Requires such plans to give a participant or beneficiary whose nonforfeitable accrued benefit attributable to employee contributions is invested in whole or in part in employer securities a reasonable opportunity periodically (at least quarterly) to invest such accrued benefit in investment vehicles, other than employer securities, selected to permit diversification.Prohibits plan sponsors, administrators, or other fiduciaries from imposing any lockdown in connection with the nonforfeitable accrued benefit of a participant or beneficiary.Amends ERISA and IRC to provide for vesting (a nonforfeitable right to all of the participant's accrued benefits) of elective deferrals under such plans for participants who have completed three years of plan participation. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3677 |
| 107-hr-3678 | 107 | hr | 3678 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain construction engineering and design professionals. | Labor and Employment | 2002-02-05 | 2002-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC-3] | SC | R | G000359 | 1 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to set forth conditions for exemption of employees who are construction engineering and design professionals from minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements. Includes among such conditions specified types of: (1) professional education, licensing, certification, or work experience; (2) duties; and (3) services provided. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3678 |
| 107-hr-3681 | 107 | hr | 3681 | Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Benefits Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-02-05 | 2002-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] | OR | D | H000762 | 27 | Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Benefits Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include as a "public safety officer" for purposes of provisions governing death benefits a volunteer civilian member of the Civil Air Patrol engaged in: (1) active service rendered in performance or support of operational missions of the Patrol under the direction of the Department of the Air Force and performed consistent with written authorization that specifies a finite assignment; or (2) travel to or from such service. | 2025-08-19T17:31:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3681 |
| 107-hr-3669 | 107 | hr | 3669 | Employee Retirement Savings Bill of Rights | Labor and Employment | 2002-02-04 | 2002-04-09 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 232. | House | Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] | OH | R | P000449 | 21 | Employee Retirement Savings Bill of Rights - Title I: Defined Contribution Plan Protections - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a retirement plan, in the case of a plan permitting a participant to direct the investment of all or some of his or her account, or a plan in which a participant's accrued benefit depends on hypothetical investments directed by the participant, to provide investment education notices on at least a quarterly basis and on enrollment in the plan. Establishes a tax of $100 per plan participant for failure to provide such notice.(Sec. 102) Establishes an excise tax on the failure of a pension plan to provide notice of transaction restriction periods, with special rule for employer securities.(Sec. 103) Requires a plan holding employer securities to: (1) permit a participant to reinvest the applicable percentage of employer securities annually (from 20 percent in 2003 to 100 percent in years 2007 and thereafter); (2) offer at least three investment options other than employer securities; and (3) permit elections at least quarterly.(Sec. 104) Provides, with respect to the treatment of qualified retirement planning services, that no amount shall be included in the gross income of any employee solely because the employee may choose between any qualified retirement planning services provided by a qualified investment advisor and compensation which would otherwise be includible in the gross income of such employee.(Sec. 105) Provides for a delayed effective date for amendments made by this title for plans maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.Title II: Other Tax Provisions Relating to Pensions - Modifies the special funding rule under the Retirement Protection Act of 1994 for plans sponsored by a company engaged primarily in interurban or interstate passenger bus service by making the rule permanent and treating the plan as meeting certain levels of funded.(Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor to modify the requirements for filing a… | 2025-08-19T17:28:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3669 |
| 107-hr-3640 | 107 | hr | 3640 | Pension Protection and Diversification Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-01-29 | 2002-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | P000096 | 3 | Pension Protection and Diversification Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to: (1) limit to 20 percent the portion of funds which may be invested in the employer's stock and real property by an employee's individual account plans, including those which include cash or deferred arrangements under Internal Revenue Code section 401(k) and (2) allow an employee to direct the plan to divest the employee's account of such employer securities or property and to reinvest an equal amount in other assets, at any time after 90 days following allocation of employer securities or real property to the employee's individual account plan. Exempts employee stock ownership plans (ESOPS) from these new ERISA provisions.Amends Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow employees to diversify assets in ESOPS after five years, and after they've reached age 35 (but requires a trustee-to-trustee transfer for those under age 55); and (2) reduce by 50 percent the allowable deduction for employer matching contributions to defined contribution plans made in employer securities. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3640 |
| 107-hr-3642 | 107 | hr | 3642 | 401(k) Pension Right to Know Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-01-29 | 2002-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10] | MI | D | B000619 | 2 | 401(k) Pension Right to Know Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require plan administrators of individual account plans that include a cash or deferred arrangement under section 401(k)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code (401(k) plans) to make semiannual reports to participants and beneficiaries that: (1) fully and accurately disclose the financial health of the plan sponsor; and (2) advise them of the importance of diversifying investment of their plan assets and of the risk of holding securities of any one entity, including employer securities, in their portfolio. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3642 |
| 107-hr-3657 | 107 | hr | 3657 | Employee Pension Freedom Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-01-29 | 2002-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 78 | Employee Pension Freedom Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to set forth requirements for disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under defined contribution plans that are individual account plans (401(k) and similar plans).Requires pension plan administrators to provide certain benefit information to participants or beneficiaries periodically. Requires plan sponsors (employers) and plan administrators to provide all material investment information to participants and beneficiaries, in an accurate form, as required to be disclosed to investors under applicable securities laws, and treats misleading investment information as a violation.Requires individual account plans that permit participants or beneficiaries to exercise control over their account assets to grant them the right to allocate all their nonforfeitable accrued benefits which are readily tradable employer securities to any investment option provided under the plan.Reduces, from three years to one year, the maximum vesting period for individual account plans (so that an employee who has completed at least one year of service has a nonforfeitable right to all of the employee's accrued benefit derived from employer contributions). Requires individual account plan fiduciaries to give 30 days notice to plan participants and beneficiaries before a lockdown limiting their control over their account assets, and limits the maximum duration of any such lockdown to ten business days.Requires each fiduciary of an individual account plan to be bonded or insured in an amount sufficient to ensure coverage of financial losses due to failures to meet certain ERISA requirements. Requires joint boards of trustees, representing interests of employers and those of employee participants and beneficiaries, to hold in trust the assets of single-employer plans which are individual account plans with some or all assets derived from employee contributions. Makes liable anyone who participates in or conceals c… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3657 |
| 107-hr-3623 | 107 | hr | 3623 | Employee Savings Protection Act of 2002 | Labor and Employment | 2002-01-24 | 2002-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25] | TX | D | B000400 | 8 | Employee Savings Protection Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit certain knowing misrepresentations by pension plan fiduciaries to participants or beneficiaries relating to the present or expected valuation of employer securities, in the case of individual account plans that include cash or deferred arrangements under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.Makes a fiduciary exemption liable (by removing an exemption) for any loss resulting from any exercise of control by participants or beneficiaries over assets in their accounts undertaken in reliance on such a misrepresentation.Applies this Act to misrepresentations made on or after January 1, 2000.Amends Federal law relating to bankruptcy to protection of unsecured claims by employees under such ERISA provisions for liability of fiduciaries for such misrepresentations. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3623 |
| 107-hr-3632 | 107 | hr | 3632 | Worker's Freedom of Choice Act | Labor and Employment | 2002-01-24 | 2002-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] | CO | R | T000458 | 1 | Worker's Freedom of Choice Act - Prohibits labor unions or employers subject to valid labor agreements from receiving, soliciting, or accepting payment of dues or fees not related to exclusive representation and core purposes, including collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment (notwithstanding an exception under the National Labor Relations Act relating to union security agreements which require payment of union dues or fees as a condition of employment). Gives a right of civil action to employees who dispute the amount so collected by labor organizations. Requires employers to post notice of such prohibition against labor unions using dues or fees, which are collected as conditions of employment, for any activities not necessary to performing their duties of exclusive representation of employees in dealing with employers on labor-management issues (union duties).Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require every labor union to attribute and report expenses by function classification, verified by independent audit, in enough detail to allow its members to determine whether such expenses were necessary to perform such union duties. Requires disclosure under such Act to employees required to pay any union dues or fees under a union security agreement as well as to union members.Prohibits labor union retaliation or coercion against any employee for exercising any right granted or protected by this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3632 |
| 107-hr-3593 | 107 | hr | 3593 | To extend the period of availability of unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | Labor and Employment | 2001-12-20 | 2001-12-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 0 | Directs the President to make unemployment assistance available to individuals eligible under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, for 52 weeks after the major disaster is declared. | 2025-04-07T13:40:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3593 |
| 107-hr-3509 | 107 | hr | 3509 | Retirement Account Protection Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-12-18 | 2002-03-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25] | TX | D | B000400 | 7 | Retirement Account Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise fiduciary duties with respect to pension plans that are specified types of eligible individual account plans, including employee stock ownership plans that are among qualifying plans under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), but excluding, with certain exceptions, individual retirement accounts or annuities (IRAs) under section 408 of IRC.Prohibits sponsors, administrators, or other fiduciaries of such plans, unless they apply for and obtain exemptions from the Secretary of Labor, from imposing any lockdown (including a blackout, freeze, suspension, or similar limitation) on participants' or beneficiaries' ability to transfer their nonforfeitable accrued benefits from investment in the form of qualifying employer securities to other investment vehicles otherwise available under the terms of the plan. Prohibits the Secretary from granting such an exemption without finding that it is: (1) administratively feasible; (2) in the interests of the plan, participants, and beneficiaries; and (3) protective of participant and beneficiary rights. Prohibits any such lockdown from taking effect until at least 90 days after written notice (which may include notice by means of electronic communication) is provided by the plan administrator to such participants or beneficiaries.Directs the Secretary to study, and report with recommendations to Congress on, the feasibility of statutory limits on investment of individual account plan assets in stock or other securities issued by the employer. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3509 |
| 107-hr-3486 | 107 | hr | 3486 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify that Christmas tree farming is agriculture under that Act. | Labor and Employment | 2001-12-13 | 2002-04-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000104 | 10 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to include Christmas tree farming as agriculture under such Act. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3486 |
| 107-hr-3488 | 107 | hr | 3488 | Retirement Opportunity Expansion Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-12-13 | 2002-04-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14] | PA | D | C000846 | 9 | Retirement Opportunity Expansion Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), with respect to retirement and pension provisions, to: (1) provide a refundable credit to eligible individuals for elective deferrals and IRA contributions; (2) provide for qualified payroll deduction arrangements for IRA contributions; (3) modify joint and survivor annuity requirements; (4) require written spousal consent for certain distributions from 401(k) plans; (5) provide for full vesting upon death or disability; (6) provide for a holding period when a plan administrator is notified of a potential qualified domestic relations order alternate payee; (7) study pension plan participation by women and other underrepresented groups; (8) treat periods of family and medical leave as hours of service for pension participation and vesting; (9) establish a credit for qualified pension plan contributions of small employers; (10) permit employers to establish secure money annuity or retirement (SMART) trusts; and (11) redefine the term "highly compensated employee." | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3488 |
| 107-hr-3463 | 107 | hr | 3463 | Pension Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-12-12 | 2001-12-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20] | FL | D | D000275 | 13 | Pension Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit 401 (k) plans (relating to cash or deferred arrangements) from using employee contributions to acquire or hold more than ten percent of their value in employer securities. | 2025-08-19T17:28:07Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3463 |
| 107-hr-3471 | 107 | hr | 3471 | Work Opportunity and Relief Compensation Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-12-12 | 2002-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] | KS | D | M001140 | 23 | Work Opportunity and Relief Compensation Act - Sets forth health insurance coverage options for recently unemployed individuals and their families. Requires establishment of a temporary program under which 75 percent of the premium for COBRA continuation coverage shall be provided for an individual who: (1) at any time between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2002, is separated from employment; and (2) is eligible for, and has elected, COBRA continuation coverage. (COBRA refers to title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, and concerns continuing post-employment employee group health plan coverage under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of1974.) Permits a State to elect to provide temporary Medicaid coverage (under title XIX of the Social Security Act) for individuals who: (1) are separated from employment at any time between September 11, 2001, and December 31, 2002; (2) are not eligible for COBRA continuation coverage; (3) are not insured; and (4) do not have assets, resources, and earned or unearned income that exceed limitations set by the State. Permits a State to pay the entire COBRA premium for certain low-income individuals.Includes in the optional Medicaid eligibility category for such illnesses Indian women with breast or cervical cancer who are eligible for health services under a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or of a tribal organization. Increases the allowed Federal Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment in extremely low-DSH States. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for a certain period, from implementing any modification to upper payment limits for services furnished by non-State government-owned or operated hospitals. Revises the transitional medical assistance (TMA) program to give States the option to: (1) waive notice and reporting requirements; (2) extend eligibility period for low-income individuals; (3) allow … | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3471 |
| 107-hr-3445 | 107 | hr | 3445 | Retirement Enhancement Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-12-11 | 2002-04-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 18 | Retirement Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise or provide pension plan requirements for: (1) plan coverage and participation, defined contribution plan benefit vesting, and simplified pension plans; (2) various pension protections for spouses (under both ERISA and the Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984); (3) simplified investment standards, including disclosure regarding investments and voting of proxies, diversification in defined contribution investments, diversification of investments under employee stock ownership plans by participants and beneficiaries over 55 years of age; (4) pension information reporting and enforcement for defined benefit plans and multiemployer plans; and (5) various pension protections for a changing workforce, including pension plan qualified loans for health insurance and job training expenses of participants or beneficiaries, immediate distributions if rolled over to qualified plans, prompt distributions from defined contribution plans upon termination of participants' covered employment, and an extended period for recoupment of overpayments. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3445 |
| 107-hr-3446 | 107 | hr | 3446 | Retirement Enhancement Revenue Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-12-11 | 2001-12-14 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2304) | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 18 | Retirement Enhancement Revenue Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to public employee pension plans, to set forth additional reporting and disclosure requirements and provide for the review of employee contribution changes by qualified review boards.Establishes: (1) a limited refundable credit to certain individuals for elective deferrals and IRA contributions; and (2) a limited credit for qualified pension plan contributions of small employers.Makes additional revisions to pension provisions, including: (1) requiring 401(k) plans to be offered to all eligible employees and to meet minimum coverage requirements; (2) increasing from the age of 70-and-one-half to age 75 the requirement to begin mandatory pension distributions; (3) permitting a statutory exemption from prohibited transaction rules for emergent transactions; (4) permitting loans from a pension plan for involuntarily separated employees for health insurance and job training expenses; and (5) permitting a prohibited transaction exemption for providing investment advice. | 2025-08-19T17:29:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3446 |
| 107-hr-3185 | 107 | hr | 3185 | SAFER Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-10-30 | 2002-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] | TX | D | G000410 | 69 | Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Act of 2001 - SAFER Act of 2001 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make matching grants for up to 75 percent of the costs of projects to hire firefighters to eligible States, local governments, tribal organizations, or other public entities, or multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia of such entities. | 2026-03-23T12:44:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3185 |
| 107-hr-3141 | 107 | hr | 3141 | American Worker Assistance Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-10-16 | 2002-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | K000259 | 0 | American Worker Assistance Act of 2001 - Provides for programs of emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) and emergency health coverage assistance.Sets forth EUC program requirements for Federal-State agreements, formulas for determining amounts in individual EUC accounts and weekly benefits, payments to States, and financing.Includes among eligibility requirements an individual's not having rights, with respect to a week, to other compensation (including both regular and extended compensation).Makes an individual's period of EUC eligibility consist of any week which: (1) begins on or after the first day of the first week after the date on which an EUC agreement is entered into; and (2) ends on or before December 31, 2001. Prohibits any period of eligibility unless the individual's benefit year ends on or after January 1, 2001.Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an emergency health coverage assistance program to provide a limited period of premium assistance for certain qualified individuals for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) continuation coverage, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).Allows a State to elect to provide temporary Medicaid coverage for individuals who are: (1) eligible for unemployment benefits (including under title I of this Act); (2) not eligible for COBRA continuation coverage; and (3) not covered under a group health plan, health insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3141 |
| 107-hr-3112 | 107 | hr | 3112 | Back to Work Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-10-12 | 2001-10-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 2 | Back to Work Act of 2001 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to expand the National Emergency Grant program, for an 18-month period, to include grants to States to provide certain employment and training assistance and temporary health care coverage premium assistance for workers affected by major economic dislocations, such as plant closures, mass layoffs, or multiple layoffs, caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Labor should continue efforts to encourage Americans to take advantage of existing services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in order to assist workers during these times of unemployment. | 2025-08-19T17:29:36Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3112 |
| 107-hr-3063 | 107 | hr | 3063 | Public Safety Officer Protection Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-10-09 | 2001-11-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-42] | CA | D | B001234 | 14 | Public Safety Officer Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to provide that: (1) if a public safety officer develops cancer and either dies or becomes permanently and totally disabled as a result of the cancer, such officer's death or disability shall be presumed to be the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty; and (2) such an officer or such officer's family shall be eligible for disability or death benefits. | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3063 |
| 107-hr-3070 | 107 | hr | 3070 | Travelling Sales Crew Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-10-09 | 2002-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 5 | Traveling Sales Crew Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to: (1) exclude from an exemption from minimum wage and overtime requirements (thus applying such requirements to) employee members of traveling sales crews who do not return to their permanent residences at the end of the workday; and (2) prohibit minors from being employed in door-to-door sales or related support work requiring them to remain away from their permanent residences for more than 24 hours.Requires certificates of registration for employers and supervisors of traveling sales crews operations. Sets forth various obligations of employers of traveling sales crew workers. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) administer such registration system; and (2) promulgate safety and health standards for vehicles used to transport traveling sales crew members. Sets forth enforcement provisions, including criminal sanctions, civil penalties, administrative complaints, and private rights of action. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3070 |
| 107-hr-3022 | 107 | hr | 3022 | Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-10-04 | 2001-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | C000141 | 16 | Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001 - Provides for a program of temporary supplemental unemployment compensation (TSUC).Sets forth TSUC program requirements for Federal-State agreements, formulas for determining amounts in individual TSUC accounts and weekly benefits, payments to States, and financing. Includes among eligibility requirements an individual's not having rights, with respect to a week, to other compensation (excluding extended compensation).Applies TSUC agreements to weeks of unemployment: (1) beginning after the date on which such an agreement is entered into; and (2) ending before January 1, 2003. Makes a modification relating to part-time employment and increased benefits applicable to weeks of unemployment in such TSUC agreement period, regardless of the date on which an individual's claim for benefits is filed. Makes a modification relating to alternative base periods applicable only to initial claims filed after September 11, 2001. Makes TSUC payments applicable only to individuals exhausting their rights to regular compensation after September 11, 2001. | 2025-08-19T17:28:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3022 |
| 107-hr-3024 | 107 | hr | 3024 | To reform the Federal unemployment benefits system. | Labor and Employment | 2001-10-04 | 2001-10-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 1 | Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to revise the formula for the extended benefits trigger.Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to require increases and decreases in the earnings allocated to State accounts when States meet or fail to meet funding goals.Amends SSA to restrict interest-free advances to State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund to States which meet funding goals.Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to allow certified States to elect to collect Federal unemployment taxes. Requires States to distribute to unemployed individuals State-specific information packets explaining unemployment insurance eligibility conditions. | 2025-01-02T16:48:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3024 |
| 107-hr-3045 | 107 | hr | 3045 | Displaced Aircraft Manufacturers Workers Relief Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-10-04 | 2002-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] | KS | R | T000260 | 2 | Displaced Aircraft Manufacturers Workers Relief Act of 2001 - Authorizes certain groups of workers who have become totally or partially separated (or who are threatened with total or partial separation) from employment with an aircraft manufacturer as a result of reductions in production or closure of an airport due to a terrorist action or security measures to petition the Secretary of Labor for a certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance (similar to trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974). Provides certain benefits (employment services, job training, and readjustment allowances) to eligible workers meeting certain eligibility requirements.Provides eligible workers who do not meet certain requirements for State unemployment compensation with a limited readjustment allowance under this Act.Provides for payment of premiums for COBRA health care continuation coverage of eligible workers. Authorizes a State to elect to provide medical assistance under its Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act for eligible workers who are not eligible for COBRA health care continuation coverage, and who are uninsured. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3045 |
| 107-hr-2989 | 107 | hr | 2989 | Airline Workers Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-10-02 | 2001-10-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] | MO | R | E000172 | 31 | Airline Workers Fairness Act - Requires procedures that ensure the fair and equitable resolution of labor integration issues in certain transactions for the combination of air carriers which were pending or had been completed during the period from January 1, 2001 to September 11, 2001, and which did not result in the creation of a single air carrier by September 11, 2001.Requires specified labor protective provisions, which were imposed by the Civil Aeronautics Board in the Allegheny-Mohawk merger, to apply to covered employees of the covered air carrier, in any covered transaction that leads to the combination of crafts or classes that are subject to the Railway Labor Act. Requires the terms of a collective bargaining agreement to govern the process of seniority integration where such agreement provides for application of such labor protective provisions in such process. Provides for enforcement of this Act in Federal district courts. | 2025-08-19T17:28:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2989 |
| 107-hr-2955 | 107 | hr | 2955 | Displaced Workers Assistance Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-09-25 | 2001-12-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 116 | Displaced Workers Assistance Act - Authorizes certain groups of workers who have become totally or partially separated (or threatened with total or partial separation) from employment with the airline industry as a result of reductions in service by an air carrier or closure of an airport due to a terrorist action or security measures to petition the Secretary of Labor for a certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance (similar to trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974). Provides certain benefits (employment services, job training, and readjustment allowances) to eligible workers meeting certain eligibility requirements.Provides eligible workers who do not meet certain requirements for State unemployment compensation with a limited readjustment allowance under this Act.Provides for payment of premiums for COBRA health care continuation coverage of eligible workers. Authorizes a State to elect to provide medical assistance under its Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act for eligible workers who are not eligible for COBRA health care continuation coverage, and who are uninsured. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2955 |
| 107-hr-2946 | 107 | hr | 2946 | Displaced Workers Relief Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-09-24 | 2002-01-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] | FL | D | H000324 | 158 | Displaced Workers Relief Act of 2001 - Authorizes certain groups of workers who have become totally or partially separated (or threatened with total or partial separation) from employment with the airline industry as a result of reductions in service by an air carrier or closure of an airport due to a terrorist action or security measures to petition the Secretary of Labor for a certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance (similar to trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974). Provides certain benefits (employment services, job training, and readjustment allowances) to eligible workers meeting certain eligibility requirements.Provides eligible workers who do not meet certain requirements for State unemployment compensation with a limited readjustment allowance under this Act.Provides for payment of premiums for COBRA health care continuation coverage of eligible workers. Authorizes a State to elect to provide medical assistance under its Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act for eligible workers who are not eligible for COBRA health care continuation coverage, and who are uninsured. | 2026-03-23T12:44:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2946 |
| 107-hr-2882 | 107 | hr | 2882 | To provide for the expedited payment of certain benefits for a public safety officer who was killed or suffered a catastrophic injury as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | Labor and Employment | 2001-09-13 | 2001-09-18 | Became Public Law No: 107-37. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 31 | Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to authorize payment (within 30 days of employing agency certification) of death or permanent disability benefits to qualified beneficiaries of public safety officers who were killed or who suffered a catastrophic injury as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in connection with the rescue or recovery efforts related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | 2025-04-07T13:38:49Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2882 |
| 107-hr-2755 | 107 | hr | 2755 | Day Laborer Fairness and Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-08-02 | 2002-03-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 31 | Day Laborer Fairness and Protection Act - Requires day labor service agencies to provide notice of the wage rate expected to be paid by each third party employer using their services. Requires the wage rate for such third party employers to equal the rate paid to their permanent employees who perform substantially equivalent work, with due consideration given to seniority, experience, skills and qualifications. Prohibits employers from reducing the wage rate of any employee in order to comply with requirements of this Act.Sets forth requirements for: (1) agency payments to day laborers for excessive processing time; (2) civil damages and criminal penalties for certain employer violations; (3) itemized wage statements, annual earnings summaries, and optional payment schedules; (4) nondiscrimination; (5) adequate seating, restrooms, and water in waiting areas; (6) health care liability for injuries on the job or in transit; (7) agency notices; (8) equitable expenses for day laborer meals, transportation, and equipment; and (9) agency registration with the Secretary of Labor. Prohibits: (1) charges for cashing wage payment checks or for overpayments; and (2) restrictions on worker acceptance of permanent positions (but allows placement fees to agencies by employers).Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for employers to offer and grant: (1) permanent replacement employee status or other employment preferences to individuals for performing bargaining unit work for the employer during a labor dispute; or (2) any employment preference based on an individual's being employed, or having indicated a willingness to be employed, during a labor dispute, over any employee who was there at dispute commencement, has exercised rights through the labor organization involved in the dispute, and is working for the employer, or has unconditionally offered to return to such work. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2755 |
| 107-hr-2784 | 107 | hr | 2784 | Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-08-02 | 2002-01-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 0 | Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to expand the Act's coverage by reducing from 50 to 25 the threshold minimum number of employees of an employer necessary for the Act to apply.Allows employees covered by FMLA to take up to four hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's or grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities.Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same parental involvement leave allowance to Federal employees.Provides that leave under FMLA may be taken to meet: (1) routine family medical needs, including transportation of children or grandchildren for medical and dental appointments for annual checkups and vaccinations; and (2) the routine medical care needs of elderly relatives of the eligible employee, including visits to nursing homes and group homes. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2784 |
| 107-hr-2800 | 107 | hr | 2800 | Truth in Employment Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-08-02 | 2001-11-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 9 | Truth in Employment Act of 2001 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that nothing in specified prohibitions against unfair labor practices by employers shall be construed as requiring an employer to employ any person who is not a bona fide employee applicant, in that such person seeks or has sought employment with the employer with the primary purpose of furthering another employment or agency status. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2800 |
| 107-hr-2812 | 107 | hr | 2812 | Minimum Wage Restoration Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-08-02 | 2001-11-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 24 | Minimum Wage Restoration Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour): (1) to $6.65, for 2002; (2) to $8.15, for 2003; and (3) by indexing to the cost of living, in the same manner as benefits are indexed under the Social Security Act, for 2004 and thereafter. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2812 |
| 107-hr-2679 | 107 | hr | 2679 | Camp Safety Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-07-31 | 2001-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Camp Safety Act of 2001 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require organized camps to comply with specified health and safety standards as a condition for their exemption from minimum wage requirements.Directs the Secretary of Labor to monitor and enforce such compliance.Preempts State laws only to the extent that they provide lesser protection for campers. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2679 |
| 107-hr-2681 | 107 | hr | 2681 | Davis-Bacon Enforcement Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-07-31 | 2001-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Davis-Bacon Enforcement Act of 2001 - Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to direct the Secretary of Labor, upon determining that a Federal contractor has engaged in a pattern of violations of such Act, to cancel the contract and make the contractor ineligible to receive a Federal contract for a ten-year period, unless the contractor is able to show that such violations were not intentional but the result of simple and unsystematic error.Amends the Freedom of Information Act to require the disclosure of certain payroll information under contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2681 |
| 107-hr-2670 | 107 | hr | 2670 | Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-07-27 | 2002-10-31 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1972) | House | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33] | CA | D | R000486 | 115 | Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act - Sets forth entitlement standards and implementation guidelines for employee use of emergency leave to address domestic or sexual violence. Permits victims of domestic or sexual violence to substitute existing leave in lieu of emergency leave.Authorizes State use of funds under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits for emergency leave precipitated by domestic or sexual violence .Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to approval of State unemployment compensation laws to prohibit denial of compensation where an individual is separated from employment due to circumstances resulting from the individual's experience of domestic or sexual violence.Amends the Social Security Act to include training under this Act for unemployment compensation and TANF personnel.Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a national victim services organization to develop and disseminate a model program for domestic and sexual violence training.Victims' Employment Sustainability Act - Prohibits certain discriminatory employer practices relating to terms or conditions of employment in connection with victims of domestic or sexual violence.Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits denial or restriction of insurance coverage based on the status of the applicant or insured regarding abuse or abuse-related claims.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business related credit for 40 percent of an employer's costs for implementing workplace safety and education programs relating to domestic and sexual violence.Authorizes the Attorney General to provide a grant for a clearinghouse and resource center to provide information and assistance to employers, labor organizations, and advocates on behalf of victims of domestic or sexual violence. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2670 |
| 107-hr-2639 | 107 | hr | 2639 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood products. | Labor and Employment | 2001-07-25 | 2002-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | P000373 | 7 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from certain child labor restrictions the employment, inside or outside of businesses where machinery is used to process wood products, of individuals between ages 14 and 18 who are members of religious sects that do not permit formal education beyond the eighth grade.Permits such youth employment if the individual: (1) is supervised by an adult relative or by an adult member of the same religious sect or division; (2) does not operate or assist in the operation of power-driven woodworking machines; (3) is protected from wood particles or other flying debris within the workplace by a barrier appropriate to such potential hazard or by maintaining a sufficient distance from machinery in operation; and (4) is required to use personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to excessive levels of noise and sawdust. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2639 |
| 107-hr-2613 | 107 | hr | 2613 | To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the limitations on trade readjustment allowances under the trade adjustment assistance program for workers. | Labor and Employment | 2001-07-24 | 2001-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] | NC | D | M000485 | 26 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend for an additional 26 weeks (130 weeks in total) the permissible maximum period for payment of trade adjustment assistance to adversely affected workers who require a program of remedial education to complete their job training. | 2025-01-02T16:47:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2613 |
| 107-hr-2558 | 107 | hr | 2558 | Teacher Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-07-18 | 2001-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 10 | Teacher Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Act of 2001 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide that, subject to specified conditions, such Act is not violated if: (1) voluntary early retirement incentive plans (VERIPs), for employees of local educational agencies (LEAs) or institutions of higher education, reduce or eliminate supplemental benefits on the basis of the employee's age at retirement under certain conditions; or (2) retiree medical benefits of an employee benefit plan (including an LEA VERIP) are coordinated with Medicare or State employee benefit plans. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2558 |
| 107-hr-2527 | 107 | hr | 2527 | Training for Closed Captioners Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-07-17 | 2001-07-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] | WI | D | K000188 | 114 | Training for Closed Captioners Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide grants to no more than 20 eligible entities (approved and accredited court reporting programs) to promote the training of students to become realtime closed captioners. Limits to $1 million the amount of a grant provided to an entity in a fiscal year. | 2025-08-19T17:29:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2527 |
| 107-hr-2489 | 107 | hr | 2489 | Homemaker Employment Assistance and Lifeskills Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-07-12 | 2001-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4] | PA | R | H001033 | 21 | Homemaker Employment Assistance and Lifeskills Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make formula matching grants to States with approved plans for programs of vocational education, training, employment counseling, and related services for single parents, displaced homemakers, and individuals entering nontraditional employment. Requires States to assign at least one individual from the State vocational education agency to administer such programs and make competitive subgrants to eligible entities. | 2026-03-23T12:44:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2489 |
| 107-hr-2366 | 107 | hr | 2366 | Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-06-28 | 2001-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] | IL | R | B001232 | 2 | Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to revise the definition of serious health condition to: (1) exclude from FMLA coverage a short-term illness, injury, impairment, or condition for which treatment and recovery are very brief; and (2) include a list of examples of types of illnesses, injuries, impairments, and physical or mental conditions to be covered under FMLA.Allows employers to require that intermittent leave be taken in increments of up to half a work day.Sets forth leave request provisions.Permits employers to require employees to choose between taking unpaid leave provided by the FMLA or paid absence under an employer's collective bargaining agreement or other sick leave, sick pay, or disability plan, program, or policy of the employer. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2366 |
| 107-hr-2424 | 107 | hr | 2424 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage by $1.62 over 3 years. | Labor and Employment | 2001-06-28 | 2002-03-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 0 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) to: (1) $5.65 per hour beginning on the effective date of this Act; (2) $6.15 per hour beginning one year after the effective date of this Act; and (3) $6.77 per hour beginning two years after the effective date of this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2424 |
| 107-hr-2328 | 107 | hr | 2328 | Family Fairness Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-06-27 | 2001-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] | WI | D | B001230 | 28 | Family Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to make an employee eligible for coverage under such Act if that employee has been employed for at least 12 months by a covered employer with respect to whom such leave is requested. (Eliminates the requirement, under current law, that the employee have served at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period prior to the leave request.) | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2328 |
| 107-hr-2320 | 107 | hr | 2320 | To amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes. | Labor and Employment | 2001-06-26 | 2002-03-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | T000266 | 28 | Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prohibit employer discrimination, during and at the conclusion of labor disputes, against employees who participate in such disputes. Prohibits employers from offering: (1) permanent replacement status to individuals who replace strikers or otherwise work or express a willingness to work during such disputes; or (2) certain employment preferences to such individuals over striking workers who have returned or have made unconditional offers to return to work. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2320 |
| 107-hr-2269 | 107 | hr | 2269 | Retirement Security Advice Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-06-21 | 2001-11-16 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 60 | Retirement Security Advice Act of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to allow prohibited transaction exemptions under specified conditions to: (1) a fiduciary adviser's providing certain investment advice to an employee benefit plan or to a participant or beneficiary of such plan; (2) sale, acquisition, or holding of securities or other property (including any lending of money or other extension of credit associated with these) pursuant to such advice; and (3) direct or indirect receipt of fees or other compensation by the fiduciary adviser or an affiliate in connection with providing such advice.Qualifies the following as such fiduciary advisers if they satisfy applicable laws: (1) registered investment advisers; (2) banks; (3) insurance companies; (4) registered broker-dealers; (5) affiliates of such entities; or (6) employees, agents, or registered representatives of such entities. Requires fiduciary advisers to keep for six years records necessary to determine whether the conditions of the exemption have been met.Requires such a fiduciary adviser to disclose: (1) fees or other compensation it receives relating to the provision of investment advice or a resulting sale or acquisition of securities or other property, including from third parties; (2) any interest it has and its affiliates have in any security or other property recommended, purchased or sold; (3) any limitation placed on its ability to provide advice; (4) the advisory services offered; (5) that it is acting as a fiduciary of the plan in connection with the provision of such advice; and (6) any information required to be disclosed under applicable securities laws. Requires such disclosure to be: (1) written to be understandable by the average plan participant; and (2) maintained in currently accurate form.Allows any such investment advice provided to participants or beneficiaries to be implemented only at their direction. Requires the terms of the transaction to be at least as fa… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2269 |
| 107-hr-2282 | 107 | hr | 2282 | Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-06-21 | 2001-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 50 | Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Arbitration Act to modify the definition of "commerce" so as to exclude employment contracts from arbitration provisions (currently, employment contracts of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce are excluded).Makes arbitration clauses in employment contracts unenforceable, with exceptions for: (1) consent by the involved parties after a claim arises; and (2) enforcement of rights or terms of collective bargaining agreements.Provides that this Act shall apply to existing and future employment contracts. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2282 |
| 107-hr-2287 | 107 | hr | 2287 | To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent if the domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent has a serious health condition. | Labor and Employment | 2001-06-21 | 2001-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 7 | Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent if such person has a serious health condition.Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to Federal employees. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2287 |
| 107-hr-2218 | 107 | hr | 2218 | Fairness for State and Local Workers Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-06-19 | 2001-08-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Fairness for State and Local Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for coverage under that Act of State and local government workers. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2218 |
| 107-hr-2235 | 107 | hr | 2235 | Models of Safety and Health Excellence Act of 2001 | Labor and Employment | 2001-06-19 | 2001-08-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 44 | Models of Safety and Health Excellence Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish voluntary protection programs to promote and recognize the achievement of worksites that demonstrate excellence in workplace health and safety.Authorizes the Secretary, in limited situations, to alter program application requirements to include nonstandard worksites such as short-term construction sites and mobile worksites.Directs the Secretary to encourage: (1) program participants to share occupational safety and health expertise with other employers; (2) the participation of small business in the programs, through outreach and assistance initiatives and program requirements that address the needs of small businesses.Authorizes the Secretary to provide for development of equivalent programs in State-plan States under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA).Sets forth program requirements for applications, on-site evaluations, information, and reevaluations.Exempts worksites participating in the program from inspections or investigations under OSHA, except inspections or investigations arising from employee complaints, fatalities, catastrophes, or significant toxic releases.Requires decisions regarding acceptance into, and continued participation in, the program to be based on the applicant's superior safety and health performance, as determined by, and in the sole discretion of, the Secretary or the Secretary's authorized representatives. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2235 |
| 107-hr-2236 | 107 | hr | 2236 | Customized Training Flexibility Act | Labor and Employment | 2001-06-19 | 2001-08-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] | CA | R | R000004 | 0 | Customized Training Flexibility Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to increase flexibility for customized training.Requires the employer to pay a portion of the cost of such customized training, but eliminates the requirement that such portion be at least 50 percent.Provides that an eligible youth under the Act may be one who has been determined to be eligible for free meals under the national school lunch program (or one who is a low-income individual, as under current law).Provides that an eligible adult or dislocated worker participating in training (except for on-the-job training) under the Act shall be deemed to be in training with the approval of the State agency for unemployment compensation purposes.Authorizes local boards that represent local areas where the unemployment rate is at least ten percent to transfer a greater maximum percentage of certain funds between adult employment and training activities and dislocated worker employment and training activities (35 percent, rather than the 20 percent maximum for other local boards, while still requiring the State Governor's approval for such transfers). | 2026-03-23T12:44:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2236 |
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