Keep America Working Act of 2002
Latest action · Apr 16, 2002 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 16, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 16, 2002 to Jun 4, 2002; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-PR | Anibal Acevedo-Vila | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-MI | David E. Bonior | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-HI | Patsy T. Mink | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Apr 16, 2002 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Apr 24, 2002 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Jun 4, 2002 |
Committees 1
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 Apr 16, 2002 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2002Introduced in House
- Apr 16, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and the Social Security Act to modernize the unemployment insurance system, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Keep America Working Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative procedure
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Auditing
- Automation
- Business cycles
- Commerce
- Computers and government
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Contractors
- Cost effectiveness
- Day care
- Department of Labor
- Department of the Treasury
- Domestic partners
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee leasing
- Employers' liability
- Evidence (Law)
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Family violence
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government statistics
- Government trust funds
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Interest
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Job hunting
- Labor and Employment
- Labor statistics
- Law
- Married people
- Part-time employment
- Payroll deductions
- Planning-programming-budgeting
- Relocation of employees
- Resignation of employees
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Seasonal labor
- Sexual harassment
- Sexual harassment of women
- Social security taxes
- Social Welfare
- State laws
- Tax administration
- Tax auditing
- Tax penalties
- Tax rates
- Tax-deferred compensation plans
- Taxation
- Temporary employment
- Trusts and trustees
- Unemployed
- Unemployment insurance
- Veterans' employment
- Wages
- Wife abuse
- Withholding tax
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2002Introduced in House
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