REEF Act
Latest action · Mar 2, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
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 2, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act or the REEF Act
This bill permanently exempts payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
Currently, this exemption ends 30 days after the termination of the COVID-19 national emergency period.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2021 to Dec 12, 2022, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 2, 2021 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Mar 2, 2021 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Mar 2, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Apr 12, 2021 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | May 11, 2021 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | May 25, 2021 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Sep 27, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Jon Ossoff | Dec 12, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Mar 2, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2900 | REEF Act | Identical bill | Apr 28, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2021Introduced in Senate
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