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H.R.851: Battered Women's Employment Protection Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 105th Congress
- This bill is primarily about law
- Introduced Feb. 26, 1997
- Latest Major Action March 14, 1997
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
32 (31 Democrats, 1 Independent Democrat, 1 Republican)
Bill Summary
Battered Women's Employment Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to unemployment tax to require appropriate State laws to provide for unemployment compensation for an individual separated from employment due to circumstances directly resulting from the individual's experience of domestic violence. Amends the Social Security Act to require State laws approved under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to provide for...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Government Reform and Oversight, and House Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to House Ways and Means
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Referred to House Education and the Workforce
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Referred to House Government Reform and Oversight
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Referred to House Oversight
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
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| Feb. 26, 1997 |
Introduced in the House by Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) |