REEF Act

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 2 March 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

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2. 2 March 2021

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 2 March 2021 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 March 2021

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Deb Fischer · R · Sponsor
• Richard Blumenthal · D · Cosponsor
• Kyrsten Sinema · D · Cosponsor
• Kevin Cramer · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Jerry Moran · R · Cosponsor
• Angus King · I · Cosponsor
• Jon Ossoff · D · Cosponsor
• · ssbu00 · Standing

Related records

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