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HR 3048 111th Congress House Agriculture and Food Food assistance and relief Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Labor-management relations Poverty and welfare assistance

Worker Eligibility Fairness Act of 2009

Introduced: June 25, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 18, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Jun 25, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jun 25, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Worker Eligibility Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to eliminate the provision making a federal, state, or local government employee who is dismissed for participating in a strike against the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state ineligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (formerly the food stamp program).

What's happening now June 18, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 2, 2010
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 22, 2010
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Oct 29, 2009
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Carson, André
Indiana · Oct 14, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 15, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3048: Worker Eligibility Fairness Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3048/
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"H.R. 3048: Worker Eligibility Fairness Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3048/.
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H.R. 3048, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3048/.
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