HR 4560 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Return to Work Awareness Act of 2016

Introduced Feb 12, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Joyce Beatty D-OH

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 23, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 12, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Return to Work Awareness Act of 2016

This bill authorizes the Department of Labor, acting through the Job Accommodation Network, to disseminate information and promote awareness among survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences, such as traumatic brain injury and heart attack, and survivors' families, as well as among employers, government agencies, employee representatives, and service providers in order to: (1) assist survivors of stroke and such other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work, (2) improve a survivor's employability and demonstrate to employers ways to capitalize on the value and talent that survivors add to the workplace, and (3) enhance self-employment and entrepreneurship options for survivors.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 12, 2016.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-GADavid ScottOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalFeb 12, 2016
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalFeb 12, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Feb 12, 2016
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Referred Mar 23, 2016
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Mar 23, 2016

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
  3. Feb 12, 2016Introduced in House
  4. Feb 12, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 26, February 12, 2016, page H818.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1128Return to Work Awareness Act of 2017Reintroduced BillFeb 16, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To assist survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work.
Short Titles as Introduced
Return to Work Awareness Act of 2016

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 12, 2016Introduced in House

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