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SENATE 1274118th CongressStar Print ordered on report 118-168.

REEF Act

Last Action
5/22/2024

Actions

  • 2024-05-22Star Print ordered on report 118-168.
  • 2024-04-10By Senator Whitehouse from Committee on the Budget filed written report. Report No. 118-168.
  • 2024-04-10Senate committee report filed after reporting
  • 2024-03-06Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 339.
  • 2024-03-06Committee on the Budget. Reported by Senator Whitehouse without amendment. Without written report.
  • 2024-03-06Committee on the Budget. Reported by Senator Whitehouse without amendment. Without written report.
  • 2024-03-06Committee on the Budget. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 2023-04-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
  • 2023-04-25Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2023-04-25 (00)

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 (17)

  • Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
  • Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
  • Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
  • Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
  • Shelley Capito (R-WV)
  • Mike Braun (R-IN)
  • Bob Casey (D-PA)
  • Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
  • Mike Crapo (R-ID)
  • Roger Marshall (R-KS)
  • Angus King (I-ME)
  • Josh Hawley (R-MO)
  • J. Vance (R-OH)
  • Ted Cruz (R-TX)
  • John Cornyn (R-TX)
  • Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)

Subjects

  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Railroads
  • Transportation employees
  • Unemployment
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