US Congress House Bill 3271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)
Status: Introduced on October 27 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Security and Financial Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations for grants for the national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence for FY2012-FY2016. Establishes limits on the use of funds for administrative costs. Requires the center to provide information and assistance to enable victim service organizations to provide resource materials or other assistance to employers, labor organizations, or employees. Amends the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to set forth entitlement standards and implementation guidelines for employee use of emergency leave to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (domestic or sexual violence). Prohibits: (1) any employer from interfering with the exercise of any right provided under this Act; or (2) discrimination against any individual for exercising any such right, opposing any practice made unlawful by this Act, or instituting any proceeding under this Act. Establishes a private right of action to enforce this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints of violations of this Act. Permits victims of domestic or sexual violence to substitute existing leave in lieu of emergency leave. Authorizes state use of funds under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits for victims of domestic or sexual violence on emergency leave. Adds provisions to VAWA, entitled the Victims' Employment Sustainability Act, to prohibit certain discriminatory practices against victims of domestic or sexual violence by: (1) employers with respect to the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment; or (2) public agencies with respect to the terms or conditions of public assistance. Authorizes civil actions by individuals or the Attorney General to enforce such provisions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit denial of unemployment compensation to individuals separated from employment due to their experience of domestic or sexual violence. Amends the Social Security Act to require training of unemployment compensation and TANF personnel to provide necessary services to victims of domestic or sexual violence. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award a grant to a national victim services organization to develop and disseminate a model training program. Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits denial or restriction of insurance coverage (including termination of health insurance coverage) or addition of a premium differential based on the status of the applicant or insured as a victim of abuse by a household or family member, intimate partner, or caretaker. Provides for enforcement of such prohibitions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and by a private cause of action.

Security and Financial Empowerment Act

Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Buerkle [R-NY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
2011-11-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2011-10-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
2011-10-27	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-10-27	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-10-27	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2011-10-27	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-10-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
2011-10-27	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1956-1957)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3271/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3271/BILLS-112hr3271ih.pdf