HB+44

HB 44

Title: Ending Outsourcing and Supporting Laid Off Workers Act

Sponsors: T.Le (D-CA), C.Boehm (D-VA), B.Slechta (D-CA)

Purpose: To eliminate outsourcing of jobs overseas, to save jobs in America, and to provide assistance to the families of workers whose jobs were terminated due to outsourcing.

Eligibility:

Beneficiaries- former workers and their families that have 1) been terminated within the last six months 2) been employed previously for at least six full months within the last two years, not including vacation time 3) completed the financial aid request form provided by their former employer and submitted it for approval Penalizes- companies that outsource 1) 5% of their workforce or more jobs to foreign countries 2) laid off 5% of their workforce more employees within the six months

Terms and Benefits: 1) The above penalized will have to pay a tax of 8% of the yearly salary of each job sent overseas, which will be put into a fund 2) Those who are unemployed at the time this bill is in place can fill out and submit a financial aid request form. 3) If they meet the requirements of the form, which include the terms of being a beneficiary, then they will receive a grant from the fund based on their current household income, home value, and family size. 4) The grant shall be distributed in the form of a check, which will not exceed $1,000. - Those who receive a grant must wait at least one year after receiving the grant to reapply for another grant. - Those whose applications are rejected are allowed to reapply in three full months from the time they first applied. 5) The application form will be available from many employers and certain public government agencies 6) If this bill passes, it will be enacted for at least one year, and after that period of time it shall be put up for renewal.

Fiscal Impact:

Financial Aid Form || ( reviewing applications, sorting files, etc. ) || and Raise Awareness of the Availability of Grants || Grants and Documents ||
 * Category || Amount || Description ||
 * Equipment || 3,377,000 || Buildings, Computers, Office Supplies ||
 * Labor || 39,003,000 || Filing Clerks, Secretaries, Creators of the
 * Energy Resources || 600,000 || Electricity to run and heat the office building ||
 * Education || 5,000 || Program to Train the Labor Required
 * Marketing || 100,000 || Informational Handouts to Promote the Program
 * Transportation || 4,000,000 || Mostly for Postage to Send out
 * Legal || 900,000 || lawyers to defend the bill and prosecute companies that break it. ||
 * Other || 0 || none ||
 * **Total** || 47,085,000 ||  ||