Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act
Latest action · Nov 12, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedNov 12, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award to states (1) temporary five-year supplemental formula grants for emergency layoff aversion and workforce training activities to reduce and prevent unemployment and limit the impact of disruptions on labor markets, and (2) planning and implementation grants for innovative layoff aversion models. Grant recipients must designate a state grantee advisory council to oversee and assess the performance of activities carried out under such grants.
The bill requires the Departments of Commerce and Labor to jointly establish a federal interagency task force to (1) identify any challenges that a state or local area receiving funds under this bill has had to overcome; (2) collect and disseminate best practices and develop and recommend policies at the federal level to support ongoing efforts to limit the impact of market disruptions on workers, employers, and industry sectors or occupations, particularly with respect to specified groups; (3) establish a framework for a state receiving a grant under this bill to measure employer satisfaction for activities funded under it; and (4) establish the minimum standards of job quality that an employer is required to meet as a condition of receiving assistance under this bill.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
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 Nov 12, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 12, 2020Introduced in House
- Nov 12, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 193, November 12, 2020, page H5731.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4490 | Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 16, 2021 |
| S 5068 | Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act | Related bill | Dec 18, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Labor to award formula and competitive grants for layoff aversion activities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Adult education and literacy
- Advisory bodies
- Business investment and capital
- Child care and development
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Economic performance and conditions
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employee hiring
- Employee leave
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Higher education
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Labor and Employment
- Labor market
- Labor-management relations
- Minority employment
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Self-employed
- Small business
- State and local government operations
- Unemployment
- Wages and earnings
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 12, 2020Introduced 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.
