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HR 3979 — Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Last action — Became Public Law No: 113-291.

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Summary

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. (Authority for payment of unemployment compensation expired on December 31, 2013. This amendment authorizes payment of compensation for the entire period between January 1, 2014, and June 1, 2014.) (Sec. 3) Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to May 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. (Sec. 4) Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first five months of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods. Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to: better link the unemployed with the overall workforce system by bringing individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits in for personalized assessments and referrals to reemployment services; and provide them with early access to specific strategies that can help get them back into the workforce faster, including through: (1) the development of a reemployment plan, (2) provision of access to relevant labor market information, (3) provision of access to information about industry-recognized credentials that are regionally relevant or nationally portable, (4) provision of referrals to reemployment services and training, and (5) an assessment of the individual's on-going eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits. (Sec. 5) Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through May 31, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits. (Sec. 6) Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under state or federal law and meet specified other criteria. (Under the nonreduction rule such an agreement does not apply with respect to a state whose method for computing regular unemployment compensation under state law has been modified to make the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010, less than what would have been paid before June 2, 2010.) Declares that the nonreduction rule shall not apply to a state which has enacted a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking effect, would violate the nonreduction rule. Allows a state whose agreement was terminated, however, to enter into a subsequent federal-state EUC agreement on or after enactment of this Act if, taking into account this inapplicability of the nonreduction rule, it would otherwise meet the requirements for an EUC agreement. (Thus allows such a subsequent EUC agreement to permit payment of less than the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010.) (Sec. 7) Prohibits the use of federal funds to: (1) make payments of unemployment compensation to any individual whose adjusted gross income in the preceding year was at least $1 million, or (2) determine whether or not this prohibition applies to an individual. (Sec. 8) Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to: study the use of work suitability requirements to strengthen them to ensure that unemployment insurance benefits are being provided to individuals who are actively looking for work and truly want to return to the labor force; and brief Congress on the ongoing study, including preliminary recommendations for appropriate legislation and administrative action. (Sec. 9) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to revise the applicable percentages for determining minimum funding standards for single-employer defined benefit pension plans (funding stabilization). Exempts plans providing accelerated benefit distributions from the application of such standards. (Sec. 10) Amends ERISA, with respect to pension insurance premiums paid by a designated payor (i.e., the contributing sponsor or plan administrator for a single employer pension plan and the plan administrator for the multiemployer plan) to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Allows a designated payor to elect to prepay, during any plan year, the applicable PBGC flat dollar insurance premium due for up to five consecutive subsequent plan years specified in the election. (Sec. 11) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend through FY2024 the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to collect customs user fees for the processing of certain merchandise. (Sec. 12) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that a bona fide volunteer providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or tax-exempt organization shall not be counted in determining the number of full-time employees of an employer for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Excludes services rendered as a bona fide volunteer to any governmental entity and any tax-exempt organization (specified employer) from the determination of the number of full-time employees of an employer for purposes of such mandate. Defines "bona fide volunteer" as an employee whose only compensation from a specified employer is in the form of: (1) reimbursement for (or reasonable allowance for) reasonable expenses incurred in the performances of volunteer services; or (2) reasonable benefits and nominal fees, customarily paid in connection with the performance of volunteer services.

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Action History

  1. Became Public Law No: 113-291.

  2. Signed by President.

  3. Presented to President.

  4. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  5. Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 123, enrollment corrections on H.R. 3979 have been made.

  6. Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 121, enrollment corrections on H.R. 3979 have been made.

  7. Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 3979, under the order of 12/11/14, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, by Yea-Nay Vote. 89 - 11. Record Vote Number: 325. (consideration: CR S6738-6739)

  8. S.AMDT.3985 SA 3985 fell when SA 3984 withdrawn. (consideration: CR S6738)

  9. S.AMDT.3984 Proposed amendment SA 3984 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S6738)

  10. Motion by Senator Reid to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA3984) withdrawn in Senate.

  11. Ruling of the Chair sustained by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 45. Record Vote Number: 324. (consideration: CR S6738)

  12. Senator Coburn appealed the ruling of the chair. (consideration: CR S6738)

  13. Coburn motion to suspend Rule XXII to permit the consideration of amendment SA 4098 ruled out of order by chair. (consideration: CR S6738)

  14. Coburn motion to suspend Rule XXII to permit the consideration of amendment SA 4098 made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6738)

  15. Motion by Senator Coburn to refer to Senate Committee on Armed Services the House message to accompany the bill with instructions to report back forthwith with changes to strike title XXX, under the order of 12/11/14, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 18 - 82. Record Vote Number: 323. (consideration: CR S6738)

  16. Motion by Senator Coburn to refer to Senate Committee on Armed Services the House message to accompany the bill with instructions to report back forthwith with changes to strike title XXX made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6726)

  17. S.AMDT.3985 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6738)

  18. S.AMDT.3984 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6701, S6738)

  19. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6701-6739)

  20. S.AMDT.3988 SA 3988 fell when SA 3987 fell. (consideration: CR S6589-6590)

  21. S.AMDT.3987 SA 3987 fell when SA 3986 fell. (consideration: CR S6589-6590)

  22. S.AMDT.3986 SA 3986 fell when cloture invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR S6589-6590)

  23. Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Armed Services the House message to accompany the bill with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment SA 3986 fell when cloture invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment in Senate. (consideration: CR S6590)

  24. Cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 14. Record Vote Number: 322. (consideration: CR S6589-6590; text: CR S6589)

  25. S.AMDT.3988 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6585, S6589-6590)

  26. S.AMDT.3987 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6585, S6589-6590)

  27. S.AMDT.3986 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6585, S6589-6590)

  28. S.AMDT.3985 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6585)

  29. S.AMDT.3984 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6585)

  30. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6585, S6589-6590, S6608)

  31. S.AMDT.3988 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6470)

  32. S.AMDT.3987 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6470)

  33. S.AMDT.3986 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6470)

  34. S.AMDT.3985 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6470)

  35. S.AMDT.3984 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6470)

  36. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6470-6474)

  37. S.AMDT.3988 Amendment SA 3988 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 3987. (consideration: CR S6438; text: CR S6438)Of a perfecting nature.

  38. S.AMDT.3987 Amendment SA 3987 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 3986. (consideration: CR S6438; text: CR S6438)Of a perfecting nature.

  39. S.AMDT.3986 Amendment SA 3986 (the instructions to the motion) proposed by Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S6438; text: CR S6438)Of a perfecting nature.

  40. Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Armed Services the House message to accompany the bill with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment SA 3986 made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6438; text: CR S6438)

  41. S.AMDT.3985 Amendment SA 3985 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 3984. (consideration: CR S6438; text: CR S6438)Of a perfecting nature.

  42. S.AMDT.3984 Amendment SA 3984 proposed by Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S6438; text: CR S6438)Of a perfecting nature.

  43. Motion by Senator Reid to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 3984) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6438; text: CR S6438)

  44. Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S6437-6438; text: CR S6437-6438)

  45. Motion by Senator Reid to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6437; text: CR S6437)

  46. Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6437-6438)

  47. Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.

  48. ENGROSSMENT CORRECTION - Mr. Hastings (WA) asked unanimous consent that in the engrossment of the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3979 pursuant to H.Res. 770, the Clerk be directed to make a correction as follows: In sec. 3050 of the House amendment, strike "2013" and insert "2014". Agreed to without objection.

  49. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  50. On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 300 - 119 (Roll no. 551). (text as House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment: CR H8388-8621)

  51. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3979, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3979 with an amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. McKeon demanded the yeas and nays and pursuant to a previous special order, further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion were postponed until later in the legislative day.

  52. The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H8632)

  53. Pursuant to H.Res. 770, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3979 with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-58 modified by the amendments printed in part A of House Report 113-646 and the amendment specified in section 5 of House Resolution 770.

  54. Mr. McKeon moved that the House concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H8385-8632, H8651-8652; text of Senate amendment: CR H8385-8387)

  55. ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. McKeon asked unanimous consent that the question of adopting a motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3979 with an amendment may be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20. Agreed to without objection.

  56. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  57. Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 38. Record Vote Number: 101. (text: CR S2176-2178)

  58. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2175-2178)

  59. Cloture on the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 61 - 35. Record Vote Number: 100. (consideration: CR S2150; text: CR S2150)

  60. S.AMDT.2874 Amendment SA 2874 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

  61. S.AMDT.2874 Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 2874 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 60 - 36. Record Vote Number: 99. (consideration: CR S2149-2150)

  62. S.AMDT.2875 Proposed amendment SA 2875 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S2149)

  63. S.AMDT.2877 Proposed amendment SA 2877 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S2149)

  64. S.AMDT.2878 Proposed amendment SA 2878 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S2149)

  65. S.AMDT.2874 Point of order that the amendment violates Section 311(b) of S.Con.Res. 70, 110th Congress, raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 2874.

  66. S.AMDT.2878 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2138, S2146, S2149)

  67. S.AMDT.2877 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2138, S2146, S2149)

  68. S.AMDT.2875 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2138, S2146, S2149)

  69. S.AMDT.2874 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2138, S2146, S2149-2150)

  70. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2137-2140, S2141-2144, S2145-2146, S2148, S2148-2149, S2149-2150, S2152)

  71. Motion to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 29. Record Vote Number: 98.

  72. Senator Vitter moved to appeal the ruling of the chair that Amdt. No. 2931 is not in order to be proposed. (consideration: CR S2081)

  73. S.AMDT.2878 Motion to table amendment SA 2878 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 50. Record Vote Number: 97.

  74. S.AMDT.2876 SA 2876 fell when inconsistent with Senate's precedents. (consideration: CR S2047)

  75. S.AMDT.2881 SA 2881 fell when SA 2880 fell. (consideration: CR S2047)

  76. S.AMDT.2880 SA 2880 fell when SA 2879 fell. (consideration: CR S2047)

  77. S.AMDT.2879 SA 2879 fell when cloture invoked on SA 2874. (consideration: CR S2047)

  78. Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 2879) fell when cloture was invoked on SA 2874 in Senate. (consideration: CR S2047)

  79. S.AMDT.2874 Cloture on amendment SA 2874 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 61 - 38. Record Vote Number: 96. (consideration: CR S2047; text: CR S2047)

  80. S.AMDT.2881 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2045, S2047)

  81. S.AMDT.2880 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2045, S2047)

  82. S.AMDT.2879 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2045, S2047)

  83. S.AMDT.2878 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2045, S2047, S2054, S2081)

  84. S.AMDT.2877 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2045, S2047, S2054)

  85. S.AMDT.2876 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2045, S2047)

  86. S.AMDT.2875 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2045)

  87. S.AMDT.2874 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2045, S2047)

  88. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2044-2046, S2047-2081, S2082-2085)

  89. S.AMDT.2881 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1897)

  90. S.AMDT.2880 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1897)

  91. S.AMDT.2879 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1897)

  92. S.AMDT.2878 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1897)

  93. S.AMDT.2877 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1897)

  94. S.AMDT.2876 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1897)

  95. S.AMDT.2875 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1897)

  96. S.AMDT.2874 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1897)

  97. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1897)

  98. Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1860; text: CR S1860)

  99. S.AMDT.2881 Amendment SA 2881 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 2880. (consideration: CR S1860; text: CR S1860)Of a perfecting nature.

  100. S.AMDT.2880 Amendment SA 2880 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 2879 (instructions of the motion to commit). (consideration: CR S1860; text: CR S1860)Of a perfecting nature.

  101. S.AMDT.2879 Amendment SA 2879 proposed by Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S1860; text: CR S1860)Of a perfecting nature.

  102. Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 2879) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1860; text: CR S1860)

  103. S.AMDT.2878 Amendment SA 2878 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 2877. (consideration: CR S1860; text: CR S1860)Of a perfecting nature.

  104. S.AMDT.2877 Amendment SA 2877 proposed by Senator Reid to language proposed to be stricken by amendment no. SA 2874. (consideration: CR S1860; text: CR S1860)Of a perfecting nature.

  105. S.AMDT.2874 Cloture motion on amendment SA 2874 presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1860; text: CR S1860)

  106. S.AMDT.2876 Amendment SA 2876 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 2875. (consideration: CR S1860; text: CR S1860)Of a perfecting nature.

  107. S.AMDT.2875 Amendment SA 2875 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 2874. (considertion: CR S1859-1860; text: CR S1860)Of a perfecting nature.

  108. S.AMDT.2874 Amendment SA 2874 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Reed. (consideration: CR S1859)Of a perfecting nature.

  109. Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S1859-1860)

  110. Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

  111. Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 65 - 34. Record Vote Number: 90. (consideration: CR S1799-1800; text: CR S1799)

  112. Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1781-1784, S1793, S1799-1800, S1800, S1803-1809)

  113. Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1770-1771; text: CR S1770-1771)

  114. Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1741-1744; S1761-1770, S1770-1771)

  115. Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1720)

  116. Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 333.

  117. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

  118. Received in the Senate.

  119. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 0 (Roll no. 116). (text: CR H2278)

  120. Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2285-2286)

  121. At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

  122. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3979.

  123. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2278-2280)

  124. Mr. Brady (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. (consideration: CR H2278)

  125. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 268.

  126. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 113-360.

  127. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 37 - 0.

  128. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  129. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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guarantees Government studies and investigations Guam Hawaii Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Historic sites and heritage areas Home and outpatient care Housing for the elderly and disabled Human rights Human trafficking Idaho Illinois Immigration status and procedures Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information International law and treaties Internet and video services Iran Iraq Israel Kuwait Lakes and rivers Land transfers Land use and conservation Latin America Licensing and registrations Livestock Maine Manufacturing Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Maryland Massachusetts Materials Medical tests and diagnostic methods Members of Congress Mental health Middle East Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military command and structure Military education and training Military facilities and property Military history Military law Military medicine Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents Military procurement, research, weapons development Military readiness Mining Minnesota Montana Monuments and memorials Motor fuels Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers National Guard and reserves Neurological disorders Nevada New Mexico New York State North Carolina Nuclear weapons Oil and gas Oklahoma Oregon Organized crime Pakistan Parks, recreation areas, trails Pennsylvania Performance measurement Personnel records Policy sciences Portugal Presidents and presidential powers Protection of officials Puerto Rico Radiation Research administration and funding Research and development Rhode Island Right of privacy Rule of law and government transparency Russia Saudi Arabia School athletics Senate Separation, divorce, custody, support Sex offenses Small business Smuggling and trafficking Solid waste and recycling South Carolina South Korea Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Spacecraft and satellites Special education Syria Taiwan Teaching, teachers, curricula Technology transfer and commercialization Tennessee Terrorism Texas Trade secrets and economic espionage Transportation costs Transportation safety and security Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom Utah Vermont Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Virginia Visas and passports War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity Washington State Water use and supply Watersheds Western Hemisphere Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Wisconsin Women's employment Women's health Worker safety and health Wyoming Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Japan Strategic materials and reserves Art, artists, authorship Ecology Economic development Energy revenues and royalties 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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. (Authority for payment of unemployment compensation expired on December 31, 2013. This amendment authorizes payment of compensation for the entire period between January 1, 2014, and June 1, 2014.) (Sec. 3) Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to May 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. (Sec. 4) Amends the SAA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first five months of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities. Requires the provision of such activities to an individual, at a minimum, within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-1 EUC benefits, and if applicable, again within a time period after he or she begins to receive Tier-3 EUC benefits. Requires the Secretary of Labor to determine appropriate time periods. Specifies the purposes of the activities, namely to: better link the unemployed with the overall workforce system by bringing individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits in for personalized assessments and referrals to reemployment services; and provide them with early access to specific strategies that can help get them back into the workforce faster, including through: (1) the development of a reemployment plan, (2) provision of access to relevant labor market information, (3) provision of access to information about industry-recognized credentials that are regionally relevant or nationally portable, (4) provision of referrals to reemployment services and training, and (5) an assessment of the individual's on-going eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits. (Sec. 5) Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through May 31, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits. (Sec. 6) Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under state or federal law and meet specified other criteria. (Under the nonreduction rule such an agreement does not apply with respect to a state whose method for computing regular unemployment compensation under state law has been modified to make the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010, less than what would have been paid before June 2, 2010.) Declares that the nonreduction rule shall not apply to a state which has enacted a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking effect, would violate the nonreduction rule. Allows a state whose agreement was terminated, however, to enter into a subsequent federal-state EUC agreement on or after enactment of this Act if, taking into account this inapplicability of the nonreduction rule, it would otherwise meet the requirements for an EUC agreement. (Thus allows such a subsequent EUC agreement to permit payment of less than the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010.) (Sec. 7) Prohibits the use of federal funds to: (1) make payments of unemployment compensation to any individual whose adjusted gross income in the preceding year was at least $1 million, or (2) determine whether or not this prohibition applies to an individual. (Sec. 8) Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to: study the use of work suitability requirements to strengthen them to ensure that unemployment insurance benefits are being provided to individuals who are actively looking for work and truly want to return to the labor force; and brief Congress on the ongoing study, including preliminary recommendations for appropriate legislation and administrative action. (Sec. 9) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to revise the applicable percentages for determining minimum funding standards for single-employer defined benefit pension plans (funding stabilization). Exempts plans providing accelerated benefit distributions from the application of such standards. (Sec. 10) Amends ERISA, with respect to pension insurance premiums paid by a designated payor (i.e., the contributing sponsor or plan administrator for a single employer pension plan and the plan administrator for the multiemployer plan) to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Allows a designated payor to elect to prepay, during any plan year, the applicable PBGC flat dollar insurance premium due for up to five consecutive subsequent plan years specified in the election. (Sec. 11) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend through FY2024 the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to collect customs user fees for the processing of certain merchandise. (Sec. 12) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that a bona fide volunteer providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or tax-exempt organization shall not be counted in determining the number of full-time employees of an employer for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Excludes services rendered as a bona fide volunteer to any governmental entity and any tax-exempt organization (specified employer) from the determination of the number of full-time employees of an employer for purposes of such mandate. Defines "bona fide volunteer" as an employee whose only compensation from a specified employer is in the form of: (1) reimbursement for (or reasonable allowance for) reasonable expenses incurred in the performances of volunteer services; or (2) reasonable benefits and nominal fees, customarily paid in connection with the performance of volunteer services.
Who sponsors HR 3979?
HR 3979 is sponsored by Lou Barletta (R).
What is the current status of HR 3979?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2014. Enacted.
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