Rebuild With Respect Act
Latest action · Oct 26, 2005 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.
- IntroducedOct 26, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rebuild with Respect Act - Sets forth employment requirements for workers and businesses during the response to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita (Gulf hurricanes).
Reinstates the application of the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to all federal contracts in connection with Gulf hurricanes reconstruction efforts in the localities involved, notwithstanding the President's proclamation dated September 8, 2005, or any other provision of law.
Reinstates the application of affirmative action requirements to all federal contracts to provide Gulf hurricanes relief, notwithstanding a specified Department of Labor memorandum.
Prohibits the heads of federal executive agencies from awarding contracts or grants to procure disaster relief property or services in connection with Gulf hurricanes reconstruction efforts unless the contractors, subcontractors, and grant recipients employ workers affected by Gulf hurricanes as at least 50 percent of the workforce to provide such property or perform such services. Provides for a preference in the award of such contract for organizations, firms, or individuals residing or doing business primarily in an area affected by Gulf hurricanes.
Extends the duration of disaster unemployment assistance benefits to up to 52 weeks for eligible workers based on the Gulf hurricanes disasters. Provides for eligible workers in qualified states an increased benefit amount of regular unemployment compensation and emergency extended unemployment compensation.
Establishes programs of medical monitoring for individuals working or living in areas affected by Gulf hurricanes. Directs the Secretary of Labor to carry out specified occupational safety and health activities for workers in such areas.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2005 to Nov 2, 2005, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Oct 26, 2005 |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Oct 27, 2005 | |
| D-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Nov 2, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Oct 26, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1749 | Fair Wages for Hurricane Katrina Recovery Workers Act | Related bill | Sep 21, 2005 |
| S 1763 | Hurricane Katrina Reconstruction and Displaced Worker Assistance Act of 2005 | Related bill | Sep 22, 2005 |
| HR 3763 | Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims Act | Related bill | Oct 12, 2005 |
| HR 3834 | To repeal the authority of the President to suspend the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act during times of national emergency and to reinstate the application of such requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrin | Related bill | Nov 7, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative procedure
- Affirmative action programs
- Alabama
- Chemical industries
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Competitive bidding
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction industries
- Construction workers
- Disaster relief
- Dislocated workers
- Displaced persons
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Employee training
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemiology
- Federal preemption
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Fire fighters
- Floods
- Florida
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Grants-in-aid
- Hazardous wastes
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Health planning
- Health surveys
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Local laws
- Louisiana
- Medical personnel
- Medical research
- Medical statistics
- Mental health
- Mental health services
- Minimum wages
- Mississippi
- Occupational health and safety
- Office of Management and Budget
- Oil pollution
- Petroleum refineries
- Physical examinations
- Police
- Preventive medicine
- Rescue work
- Respiratory diseases
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- State laws
- Subcontractors
- Unemployment
- Unemployment insurance
- Vaccination
- Volunteer workers
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2005Introduced in Senate
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