H.R. 5945: Ready to Work Act of 2016
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H.R. 5945: Ready to Work Act of 2016
114th Congress · introduced 2016-09-07 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-09-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Ready to Work Act of 2016
Plain summary
Ready to Work Act of 2016 This bill amends title III (Unemployment Insurance) of the Social Security Act to allow states, rather than the Department of Labor, to determine whether an individual claiming unemployment compensation is an individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. The final rule issued by Labor on August 1, 2016, entitled "Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Provision on Establishing Appropriate Occupations for Drug Testing of Unemployment Compensation Applicants" (81 Fed. Reg. 50298), shall have no force or effect.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Ready to Work Act of 2016
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] · 10 cosponsors
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Adrian Smith (R-NE), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jason Smith (R-MO)
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Words on this page, explained (4)
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- Bill
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- Securities
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5945.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr5945 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114