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S. 4860 116th Congress Senate

REEF Act

Official title: A bill to exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Introduced: November 17, 2020 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Became law
Oct 26, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Oct 26, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 26, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act or the REEF Act

This bill provides that payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account shall not be subject to reduction with respect to unemployment compensation programs for qualified railroad employees.

 Related & companion bills 5
  • HR 925 The Heroes Act
  • HR 6379 Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020
  • HR 6800 The Heroes Act
  • HR 8406 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
  • S 4800 The Heroes Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 3
D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Dec 14, 2020
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Dec 2, 2020
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Nov 18, 2020
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Nov 17, 2020
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 17, 2020
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Nov 9, 2020
 R
Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Nov 9, 2020
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Oct 26, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4860: REEF Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4860/
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"S. 4860: REEF Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4860/.
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S. 4860, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4860/.
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