To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to require employers who are ordering a plant closing or mass layoff to cover the cost of an economic impact study in each impacted unit of local government, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to require employers who are ordering a plant closing or mass layoff to cover the cost of an economic impact study in each impacted unit of local government, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Finance, Criminal Justice.
Who Benefits and How
workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H60FD6B1185C54C30AAD080BDEAD01633: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justice for Local Communities and Workers Act.
- Section HFF6FFE00D87441FAA508239B54479BB7: 2. Definitions Section 2(a) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101(a)) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A), by...
- Section HCA1DB2BC93AC4DD082A67D3F5A100E6D: 3. Notification Section 3(a) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2102) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking and at the...
- Section H14F97B34FA6A426897E2BB905AA25791: 4. Economic impact study Section 3 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2102) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
- Section H7D5F47B4581D4D35B830E42372353437: 5. Administration and enforcement of requirements Section 5 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2104) is amended— in subsection...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to require employers who are ordering a plant closing or mass layoff to cover the cost of an economic impact study in each impacted unit of local government, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Finance, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to require employers who are ordering a plant closing or mass layoff to cover the cost of an economic impact study in each impacted unit of local government, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
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