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HR 5945 114th Congress House Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Labor Drug, alcohol, tobacco use State and local government operations Unemployment

Ready to Work Act of 2016

Introduced: September 7, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Sep 12, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Sep 7, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 7, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ready to Work Act of 2016

This bill amends title III (Unemployment Insurance) of the Social Security Act to allow states, rather than the Department of Labor, to determine whether an individual claiming unemployment compensation is an individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing.

The final rule issued by Labor on August 1, 2016, entitled "Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Provision on Establishing Appropriate Occupations for Drug Testing of Unemployment Compensation Applicants" (81 Fed. Reg. 50298), shall have no force or effect.

What's happening now September 12, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 3
Holding, George
· Sep 7, 2016
JOHNSON, SAM
· Sep 7, 2016
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Sep 7, 2016
Rice, Tom
· Sep 7, 2016
Roskam, Peter
· Sep 7, 2016
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Sep 7, 2016
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Sep 7, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5945: Ready to Work Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5945/
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"H.R. 5945: Ready to Work Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5945/.
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H.R. 5945, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5945/.
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