S 2090 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Jobs for America Act of 2004

Introduced Feb 12, 2004 Originated Senate Sponsor Thomas A. Daschle D-SD

Latest action · Feb 12, 2004 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

IntroducedFeb 12, 2004
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Jobs for America Act of 2004 - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to provide protections for employees relating to the offshoring of jobs.

Revises the definition of mass layoff to mean a reduction in force which is not the result of a plant closing and results in an employment loss at the single site of employment for a 30-day period for at least 50 employees.

Defines offshoring of jobs as any action taken by an employer the effect of which is to create, shift, or transfer work or facilities outside the United States and which results in an employment loss during any 30 day period for 15 or more employees.

Revises notice requirements. Sets forth requirements for notices for offshoring of jobs.

Establishes requirements for posting of notice of rights by employers and for contents of annual reports by the Secretary of Labor.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2004 to Mar 2, 2004; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-NC	John Edwards	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-OR	Ron Wyden	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-WI	Russell D. Feingold	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-IA	Tom Harkin	Original	Feb 12, 2004
D-MI	Carl Levin		Feb 23, 2004
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman		Feb 23, 2004
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy		Feb 23, 2004
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin		Feb 23, 2004
D-IN	Evan Bayh		Feb 24, 2004
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes		Feb 24, 2004
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV		Feb 25, 2004
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman		Feb 26, 2004
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper		Mar 2, 2004

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred Feb 13, 2004

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 12, 2004Introduced in Senate
Feb 12, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

In the Congressional Record 1

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S1275	Edward M. Kennedy D-MA	Feb 12, 2004

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to provide protections for employees relating to the offshoring of jobs.
Short Titles as Introduced: Jobs for America Act of 2004

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 12, 2004Introduced in Senate

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