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HR 5861 118th Congress House Labor and Employment Employment and training programs Unemployment

BRIDGE for Workers Act

Introduced: October 2, 2023 Introduced by: LaHood, Darin Republican · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 20 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 25, 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-120.
Nov 25, 2024
Signed by President.
Nov 20, 2024
Presented to President.
Nov 14, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 13, 2024
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6567)
Nov 13, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 13, 2024
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 18, 2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 17, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 17, 2024
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5253)
Sep 17, 2024
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5253)
Sep 17, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5861.
Sep 17, 2024
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5253-5254)
Sep 17, 2024
Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 21, 2023
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222.
Nov 21, 2023
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-277.
Nov 2, 2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Nov 2, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Oct 2, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 2, 2023
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Building on Reemployment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment for Workers Act or the BRIDGE for Workers Act

This act permanently expands the allowable purposes for certain Department of Labor grants to states for reemployment services and eligibility assessments. Specifically, the act permanently allows these grants to be used to fund reemployment services and eligibility assessments for all claimants for unemployment compensation.

(Under the current statute, the grants may only be used to provide such services to a subset of claimants who have been identified by the state as likely to exhaust unemployment benefits and need job search assistance to become employed. However, in recent years, annual appropriations acts have allowed the grants to be used for all claimants for unemployment compensation. This act makes this authority permanent.)   

What's happening now November 25, 2024

Became Public Law No: 118-120.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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