Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2007

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to protect disaster assistance employee reservists when activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for work at a specific disaster site from termination or demotion in their places of employment.

2/15/2007--Introduced.
Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the termination or demotion of, or other discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment against, an employee who, when activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a disaster assistance employee reservist, is absent from or late to work for up to 90 days (or longer if the Secretary of Homeland Security publishes a determination that an extension is appropriate due to a national emergency). Allows an employer to:
(1) charge against the employee's regular pay any time that an employee loses from employment because of such activation; and
(2) request the employee to provide written verification from FEMA of the time and dates of such activation. Requires any such employee to make a reasonable effort to notify his or her employer of such absences or lateness. Authorizes a person who has been terminated, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against in violation of this Act to bring a civil action in U.S. district court if the action is commenced within one year after the violation.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2]
  • Rep. John Murtha [D, PA-12]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
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Committees

• House Transportation and Infrastructure
• 1 more
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1099

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 15, 2007

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• Feb 16, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
• Introduced on Feb 15, 2007.
• Feb 15, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Emergency management
• Actions and defenses
• Civil rights
• Damages
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• Department of Homeland Security
• Disaster relief
• Discrimination in employment
• Dismissal of employees
• Employee rights
• Executive departments
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Federal employees
• Government employees
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Labor
• Law
• Limitation of actions
• Temporary employment
• Wage restitution
• Wages

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