S. 1274 118th Congress Senate

REEF Act

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

Introduced: September 28, 2023 Introduced by: Deb Fischer Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careInfectious and parasitic diseasesRailroads

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Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

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May 22, 2024

Star Print ordered on report 118-168.

Apr 10, 2024

By Senator Whitehouse from Committee on the Budget filed written report. Report No. 118-168.

Apr 10, 2024

Senate committee report filed after reporting

Mar 6, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 339.

Mar 6, 2024

Committee on the Budget. Reported by Senator Whitehouse without amendment. Without written report.

Mar 6, 2024

Committee on the Budget. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Apr 25, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Apr 25, 2023

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action May 22, 2024

Star Print ordered on report 118-168.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act or the REEF Act

This bill permanently exempts payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

Currently, this exemption ends 30 days after the termination of the COVID-19 national emergency period.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Budget Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 8

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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for SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY · California · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
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for SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY · California · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8 filings
SENATE
8 filings
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
8 filings
Treasury, Dept of
8 filings
White House Office
8 filings
Federal Railroad Administration
7 filings
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
7 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 14