Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2006
Latest action · Mar 17, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
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.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2006 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the termination or demotion of, or other discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment against, an employee who, when activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a disaster assistance employee reservist, is absent from or late to work. Makes this provision inapplicable if such person is absent for more than 90 days per calendar year.
Allows an employer to: (1) charge against the employee's regular pay any time that an employee loses from employment because of such activation; and (2) request the employee to provide written verification from FEMA of the time and dates of such activation.
Requires any such employee to make a reasonable effort to notify his or her employer of such absences or lateness.
Authorizes a person who has been terminated, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against in violation of this Act to bring a civil action in U.S. district court if the action is commenced within one year after the violation.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2006 to Mar 30, 2006; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Mar 30, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 16, 2006 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Mar 16, 2006Introduced in House
- Mar 16, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to protect disaster assistance employee reservists when activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for work at a specific disaster site from termination or demotion in their places of employment.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Damages
- Department of Homeland Security
- Disaster relief
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Emergency Management
- Employee rights
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Federal employees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Limitation of actions
- Temporary employment
- Wage restitution
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2006Introduced in House
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