HR 3341 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Putting Americans First Act

Introduced Nov 19, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Jim McDermott D-WA

Latest action · Apr 5, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Progress

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IntroducedNov 19, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Putting Americans First Act - Sets forth provisions for a temporary unemployment compensation (UC) program. Permits any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor for such program under which States receive Federal payments and State agencies pay: (1) modified regular UC to individuals; and (2) temporary supplemental UC to individuals who have otherwise exhausted their rights to regular (or extended) UC. Requires the modified regular UC to: (1) have an alternative base period; (2) not be denied to individuals who can show good cause for seeking or being available for only part-time employment; and (3) include increased benefits. Requires temporary supplemental UC accounts for eligible individuals who file applications for such UC. Limits such agreements to weeks of unemployment: (1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is entered into; and (2) ending before January 1, 2003.

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 for Medicaid be provided for an individual who: (1) at any time during the period that begins on September 11, 2001, and ends on December 31, 2002, is separated from employment; and (2) is eligible for, and has elected coverage under, COBRA continuation coverage. (COBRA refers to title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, and concerns 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 during the period that from September 11, 2001, through December 31, 2002; (2) are not eligible for COBRA continuation coverage; (3) are uninsured; 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 individuals whose family income does not exceed 200 percent of the poverty line and who are receiving COBRA premium assistance under this Act. Provides for temporary increases in the Medicaid Federal Medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for FY 2002.

Amends the Social Security Act title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to: (1) reauthorize TANF supplemental grants for population increases for FY 2002; and (2) extend and increase TANF contingency fund grants through FY 2002.

Cosponsors 51

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 27, 2001 to Mar 13, 2002.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
D-MA	Barney Frank	Nov 27, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior	Nov 27, 2001
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Nov 27, 2001
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Nov 27, 2001
D-NC	Eva M. Clayton	Nov 27, 2001
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Nov 27, 2001
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci	Nov 27, 2001
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Nov 27, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Nov 27, 2001
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Nov 27, 2001
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi	Nov 27, 2001
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks	Nov 27, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink	Nov 27, 2001
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Nov 27, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner	Nov 28, 2001
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Nov 28, 2001
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Nov 28, 2001
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Nov 28, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Nov 28, 2001
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Nov 28, 2001
D-MA	John F. Tierney	Nov 28, 2001
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Nov 28, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Nov 28, 2001
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Nov 28, 2001
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui	Nov 28, 2001
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Nov 28, 2001
D-CA	Sam Farr	Nov 28, 2001
D-WI	Thomas M. Barrett	Nov 28, 2001
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Dec 4, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Dec 4, 2001
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Dec 4, 2001
D-CA	Diane E. Watson	Dec 4, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Borski	Dec 4, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Dec 5, 2001
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Dec 5, 2001
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Dec 11, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Dec 11, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Dec 11, 2001
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Dec 11, 2001
D-CA	Joe Baca	Dec 11, 2001
D-CA	George Miller	Dec 12, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman	Dec 12, 2001
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Dec 12, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Dec 12, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Dec 20, 2001
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Dec 20, 2001
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Dec 20, 2001
D-MA	John W. Olver	Jan 23, 2002
D-WA	Jay Inslee	Feb 6, 2002
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Mar 13, 2002
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Mar 13, 2002

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Nov 19, 2001
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Nov 19, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Dec 10, 2001
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Nov 19, 2001
	Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee	Referred Apr 5, 2002

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 5, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Dec 10, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Nov 19, 2001Introduced in House
Nov 19, 2001Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

In the Congressional Record 4

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Discharge petition H1285	—	Apr 11, 2002
House	Discharge petition H1091	—	Mar 20, 2002
House	Discharge petition H932	—	Mar 14, 2002
House	Debate and remarks H8556	Jim McDermott D-WA	Nov 28, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
97-856	The Discharge Rule in the House: Recent Use in Historical Context Archived	Report	Apr 17, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 352	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3341) to provide a short-term enhanced safety net for Americans losing their jobs and to provide our Nation's economy with a necessary boost.	Procedurally related	Mar 13, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide a short-term enhanced safety net for Americans losing their jobs and to provide our Nation's economy with a necessary boost.
Short Titles as Introduced: Putting Americans First Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 19, 2001Introduced in House

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