REEF Act: Labor and Employment Bill

Main Subject: Labor and Employment

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.

House floor actions Actions

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Apr. 20 2023	Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Library of Congress Actions

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Apr. 20 2023	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House bill HR2785-118

REEF Act

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