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S 1330 110th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Economics and Public Finance Employment subsidies Excise tax Government trust funds Taxation Unemployment Unemployment insurance Wages

Worker Empowerment Act

Introduced: May 8, 2007 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 8, 2007
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Worker Empowerment Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require each state to implement a reemployment adjustment assistance program that provides payment of 50% of the amount by which the wages received by an individual at the time of his or her separation from employment exceeds (if at all) the wages received by such individual from reemployment.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code (relating to employment taxes) to impose a wage insurance contribution excise tax on every employer.

Establishes a Wage Insurance Trust Fund in the Treasury, to which the equivalent of any such taxes received shall be appropriated to carry out this Act.

What's happening now May 8, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  • HR 2202 Identical bill Worker Empowerment Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1330: Worker Empowerment Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1330/
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"S. 1330: Worker Empowerment Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1330/.
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S. 1330, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1330/.
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