House Bill 6819
115th Congress(2017-2018)
HELP Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Sep 13, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
6819
Congress
115
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting hiring and composition of the workforce, wages and benefits, labor-management relations; occupational safety, personnel management, unemployment compensation. Measures concerning public-sector employment may fall under Government Operations and Politics policy area.
David McKinley
grade
West Virginia
Vermont
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Healthy Employee Loss Prevention Act of 2018 or the HELP Act
This bill establishes (1) a worker adjustment assistance program (including a Transition Adjustment Assistance Fund) to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal dependent industries, and (2) a Critical Employment Advisory Commission.
September 13, 2018
09/13/2018
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
09/13/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:41:32 PM