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H.R. 3841: Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015

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H.R. 3841: Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-10-27 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-10-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015

Plain summary

Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Violence Against Women Act to require the National Resource Center on Workplace Response provide information and assistance through domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions and survivor service organizations. These organizations and coalitions shall provide resource materials and assistance to employees, employers, and labor organizations to aid in efforts to develop adequate workplace responses to domestic and sexual violence. In addition, the bill requires employers to provide employees 30 days of leave per year, including 56 hours of earned paid leave, which can be used as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking of an employee or an employee's family member. States may provide nonrecurring short-term emergency benefits to employees using such leave. Survivors' Employment Sustainability Act The Survivors' Employment Sustainability Act prohibits employers, public benefit agencies, and insurers from discriminating against survivors of: domestic violence, dating or sexual violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Under the Internal Revenue Code, employers must give unemployment compensation to survivors who are separated from work due to conditions related to the individuals being survivors. The bill amends title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to require state agency personnel that administer TANF programs to be adequately trained to assist survivors seeking assistance. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must study the barriers survivors encounter to maintain economic security. HHS may arrange financial literacy support for survivors. The Department of Labor must establish a public outreach campaign.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] · 44 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Judy Chu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), William R. Keating (D-MA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3841 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114