II Calendar No. 339 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1274 To permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 25, 2023 Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BROWN, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. CASEY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. KING, and Mr. HAWLEY) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget MARCH 6, 2024 Reported by Mr. WHITEHOUSE, without amendment A BILL To permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con- trol Act of 1985. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:49 Mar 07, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1274.RS S1274 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 1274 RS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Railroad Employee Eq- 2 uity and Fairness Act’’ or the ‘‘REEF Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS FROM THE RAILROAD 4 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT. 5 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 235 of the Continued 6 Assistance to Rail Workers Act of 2020 (subchapter III 7 of title II of division N of Public Law 116–260; 2 U.S.C. 8 906 note) is amended— 9 (1) in subsection (b)— 10 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); 11 and 12 (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)—’’ and in- 13 serting ‘‘subsection (a) shall take effect 7 days 14 after the date of enactment of the Continued 15 Assistance to Rail Workers Act of 2020.’’; and 16 (2) by striking subsection (c). 17 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub- 18 section (a) shall apply as if enacted on the day before the 19 date on which the national emergency concerning the novel 20 coronavirus disease (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the 21 President on March 13, 2020, under the National Emer- 22 gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) terminates. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:49 Mar 07, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1274.RS S1274 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:49 Mar 07, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1274.RS S1274 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB Calendar No. 339 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1274 A BILL To permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. MARCH 6, 2024 Reported without amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:49 Mar 07, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S1274.RS S1274 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB