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H.R. 3837 (104th)

Battered Women's Employment Protection Act

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Introduced

17 July 1996

Last action

2 August 1996 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Sponsors

Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5], Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34], Rep. Flake, Floyd H. [D-NY-6], Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2]

Subjects

Taxation

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23 March 2026

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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 training for claims reviewers and hearing personnel in the nature of domestic violence, and in methods of ascertaining its existence, so that employment separations stemming from domestic violence are reliably screened, identified, and adjudicated. Requires employers subject to the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act or similar State law, employment benefits program, or collective bargaining agreement to provide leave to employees seeking temporary absences to deal with domestic violence and its aftermath. Entitles employees to use such leave to deal with domestic violence.

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Timeline

  1. 17 July 1996

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 17 July 1996

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 17 July 1996

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 17 July 1996

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 24 July 1996

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations.

    Source: Committee

  6. 2 August 1996

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

    Source: Committee

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