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HR 3837 104th Congress House

Battered Women's Employment Protection Act

Official title: To provide unemployment insurance and leave from employment to battered women.

Introduced: July 17, 1996 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 104th Congress (1995–1996) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Aug 2, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jul 24, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations.
Jul 17, 1996
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.
Jul 17, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 2, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
FROST, MARTIN
· Sep 5, 1996
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 5, 1996
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 17, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3837: Battered Women's Employment Protection Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3837/
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