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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 [...]

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Latest Actions
  • 02/16/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
  • 02/15/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.1099 Introduced in House08/31/2007