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HR 5678 107th Congress House

Airline Worker Relief Act

Official title: To provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment as a result of reductions in service by air carriers, and closures of airports, caused by… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment as a result of reductions in service by air carriers, and closures of airports, caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq.

Introduced: October 16, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Oct 17, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1914-1915)
Oct 16, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Oct 16, 2002
Introduced in House
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1914-1915)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Airline Worker Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to certify a group of workers as eligible to apply for Federal employment adjustment assistance if the Secretary determines that a significant number or proportion of such workers have become totally or partially separated from employment with an air carrier or airport facility as a result of: (1) reductions in service by an air carrier, or closure of an airport, because of a terrorist action or security measure; or (2) a military conflict with Iraq. Includes among such adjustment assistance benefits continued health care coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) and other Federal employee health care programs.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program under which 75 percent of the premium for COBRA continuation coverage is provided for such individuals (with certain coverage limits and program requirements).

Authorizes States to elect to provide temporary coverage under Medicaid programs for: (1) uninsured individuals who experience such separation from employment; or (2) the unsubsidized portion of COBRA continuation premiums for such individuals.

Provides temporary extended unemployment compensation coverage for such individuals.

Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to: (1) provide a preference for the hiring of such individuals as security screeners; and (2) carry out a program of performance incentive awards to Federal Security Managers to encourage the hiring of such employees.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3
CARSON, BRAD
· Oct 16, 2002
LAMPSON, NICK
· Oct 16, 2002
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Oct 16, 2002
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Oct 16, 2002
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 16, 2002
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 16, 2002
SANDLIN, MAX
· Oct 16, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5678: Airline Worker Relief Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5678/
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"H.R. 5678: Airline Worker Relief Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5678/.
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H.R. 5678, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5678/.
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