Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2005
Latest action · Sep 19, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
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.
- IntroducedSep 14, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2005 - Provides for increased regular unemployment compensation payments or emergency extended unemployment compensation for certain individuals who held employment or resided in an area declared a disaster as a result of Hurricane Katrina in the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Cosponsors 48
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2005 to Mar 1, 2006; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Oct 19, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Oct 19, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Oct 19, 2005 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Nov 3, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Nov 4, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Nov 10, 2005 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Nov 16, 2005 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Mar 1, 2006 |
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 Sep 14, 2005 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Sep 19, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- Sep 14, 2005Introduced in House
- Sep 14, 2005Referred 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 provide for unemployment benefits for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Alabama
- Disaster relief
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Federal-state relations
- Floods
- Florida
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Labor and Employment
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- State laws
- Unemployment insurance
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2005Introduced in House
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