Worker Recovery Act of 2005
Latest action · Nov 17, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
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.
- IntroducedOct 6, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Worker Recovery Act of 2005 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a temporary program to provide worker recovery accounts to workers affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible entities to provide such accounts to eligible individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, in order to meet such individuals' employment and training needs.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 6, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bobby Jindal | Original | Oct 6, 2005 |
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Original | Oct 6, 2005 |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Original | Oct 6, 2005 |
| R-LA | Jim McCrery | Original | Oct 6, 2005 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Oct 6, 2005 |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Original | Oct 6, 2005 |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Original | Oct 6, 2005 |
| R-LA | Richard H. Baker | Original | Oct 6, 2005 |
| D-LA | Rodney Alexander | Original | Oct 6, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Oct 6, 2005Introduced in House
- Oct 6, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Adult education
- Alabama
- Bank accounts
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Day care
- Disaster relief
- Dislocated workers
- Displaced persons
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Employment agencies
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Floods
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Grants-in-aid
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Job hunting
- Labor and Employment
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Occupational retraining
- Relocation
- Social Welfare
- Texas
- Unemployment
- Unemployment insurance
- Vocational and technical education
- Vocational guidance
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 6, 2005Introduced in House
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