Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act
Latest action · Jul 17, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act - Sets forth entitlement standards and implementation guidelines for employee use of emergency leave to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (domestic or sexual violence). Permits victims of domestic or sexual violence to substitute existing leave in lieu of emergency leave.
Authorizes state use of funds under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits for victims of domestic or sexual violence on emergency leave.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit denial of unemployment compensation to individuals separated from employment due to their experience of domestic or sexual violence. Amends the Social Security Act to require training of unemployment compensation and TANF personnel to provide necessary services to victims of domestic or sexual violence.
Victims' Employment Sustainability Act - Prohibits certain discriminatory employer practices against victims of domestic or sexual violence.
Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits denial or restriction of insurance coverage (including termination of health insurance coverage) based on the status of the applicant or insured as a victim of domestic or sexual violence.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2007 to May 1, 2008; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | May 21, 2007 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Jul 31, 2007 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 21, 2007 |
| Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2007 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 21, 2007 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred May 25, 2007 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 21, 2007 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
- May 25, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
- May 21, 2007Introduced in House
- May 21, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5475)
- May 21, 2007Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5475 | Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA | May 21, 2007 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1136 | Survivors' Empowerment and Economic Security Act | Related bill | Apr 17, 2007 |
| HR 4014 | Insurance Non-Discrimination for Survivors Act | Related bill | Mar 25, 2008 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act
- Victims' Employment Sustainability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Cash welfare block grants
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Discrimination in employment
- Discrimination in insurance
- Dismissal of employees
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee training
- Families
- Family violence
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Labor and Employment
- Leave of absence
- Rape
- Sex crimes
- Social Welfare
- Stalking
- Unemployment insurance
- Victims of crimes
- Women
- Women's employment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
