,i #aacth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #chhe ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #ae1 #bjad,mr4 ,dent 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4 ,ribble1 ,mr4 ,harris1 and ,mr4 ,kelly of ,pennsylvania7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the ,committees on ,transportation and ,infrastructure1 ,energy and ,commerce1 and ,natural ,resources1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to provide for a #ab-month extension for certain ,emergency ,unemployment ,compensation1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,generating ,real ,opportunities for ,workers and ,transitional ,help ,act or the ,,growth ,act4 #b4 ,extension of modified first-tier emergency unemployment compensation 7a7 ,extension 7#a7 ,in general ,section #djjg of the ,supplemental ,appropriations ,act1 #bjjh 7,public ,law #aaj-beb2 #bf ,u4,s4,c4 #ccjd note7 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7c7 ,special rule for first-,tier emergency unemployment compensation ,nothing in this section shall prevent the commencement or continued payment of emergency unemployment compensation under this title to the extent that such compensation-- 7#a7 represents amounts established in an account under section #djjb7;b72 and 7#b7 is payable for a week ending on or before ,january #a1 #bjae4 4 7#b7 ,modification ,section #djjb7;b7 of the ,supplemental ,appropriations ,act1 #bjjh 7,public ,law #aaj-beb2 #bf ,u4,s4,c4 #ccjd note7 is amended by inserting after paragraph 7#c7 the following3 7#d7 ,special rule relating to amounts payable for a week ending after ,january #a1 #bjad ,notwithstanding any provision of paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b71 for purposes of determining whether an amount is payable1 out of amounts established in an account under this subsection1 for a week ending after ,january #a1 #bjad-- 7,a7 paragraph 7#a77;,a7 shall be applied by substituting #ed percent for #hj percent2 7,b7 paragraph 7#a77;,b7 shall be applied by substituting #ad weeks for #bj weeks2 and 7,c7 any amount established in an account under paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b71 which becomes nonpayable by reason of this paragraph1 shall be treated in the same way as if it had never been established in such account4 4 7b7 ,funding ,section #djjd7;e77#a7 of the ,supplemental ,appropriations ,act1 #bjjh 7,public ,law #aaj-beb2 #bf ,u4,s4,c4 #ccjd note7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,i71 by striking and at the end2 7#b7 in subparagraph 7,j71 by inserting and at the end2 and 7#c7 by inserting after subparagraph 7,j7 the following3 7,k7 the amendment made by section #b7;a7 of the ,generating ,real ,opportunities for ,workers and ,transitional ,help ,act2 4 7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the ,american ,taxpayer ,relief ,act of #bjab 7,public ,law #aab-bdj74 #c4 ,flexibility for unemployment program agreements 7a7 ,flexibility 7#a7 ,in general ,subsection 7g7 of section #djja of the ,supplemental ,appropriations ,act1 #bjjh 7,public ,law #aaj-beb2 #bf ,u4,s4,c4 #ccjd note7 shall not apply with respect to a ,state that has enacted a law before ,december #a1 #bjac1 that1 upon taking effect1 would violate such subsection4 7#b7 ,effective date ,paragraph 7#a7 is effective with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after ,december #bi1 #bjac4 7b7 ,permitting a subsequent agreement ,nothing in title ,,iv of such ,act shall preclude a ,state whose agreement under such title was terminated from entering into a subsequent agreement under such title on or after the date of the enactment of this ,act if the ,state1 taking into account the application of subsection 7a71 would otherwise meet the requirements for an agreement under such title4 #d4 ,authority to use any discretionary appropriations available to the ,secretary of ,labor to conduct in-person reemployment and unemployment insurance eligibility assessments for unemployment insurance beneficiaries 7a7 ,authority ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 the ,secretary of ,labor may1 for fiscal years #bjad through #bjbc1 use any discretionary appropriations available to the ,secretary to conduct in-person reemployment and unemployment insurance eligibility assessments for unemployment insurance beneficiaries4 7b7 ,limitation ,amounts used in a fiscal year pursuant to the authority under subsection 7a7 may not exceed the following3 7#a7 #bj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjad4 7#b7 #be1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjae4 7#c7 #cj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjaf4 7#d7 #ce1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjag4 7#e7 #cf1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjah4 7#f7 #cg1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjai4 7#g7 #ch1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbj4 7#h7 #ci1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjba4 7#i7 #dj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbb4 7#aj7 #da1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbc4 #e4 ,repeal of medical device excise tax 7a7 ,in general ,chapter #cb of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by striking subchapter ,e4 7b7 ,conforming amendments 7#a7 ,subsection 7a7 of section #dbba of such ,code is amended by striking the last sentence4 7#b7 ,paragraph 7#b7 of section #fdaf7;b7 of such ,code is amended by striking the last sentence4 7#c7 ,the table of subchapters for chapter #cb of such ,code is amended by striking the item relating to subchapter ,e4 7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall apply to sales after the date of the enactment of this ,act4 #f4 ,keystone ,,xl permit approval ,notwithstanding ,executive ,order ,no4 #acccg 7#c ,u4,s4,c4 #cja note71 ,executive ,order ,no4 #aadbc 7#c ,u4,s4,c4 #cja note71 section #cja of title #c1 ,united ,states ,code1 and any other ,executive order or provision of law1 no ,presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on ,may #d1 #bjab1 by ,trans,canada ,keystone ,pipeline1 ,l4,p41 to the ,department of ,state for the ,keystone ,,xl pipeline1 as supplemented to include the ,nebraska reroute evaluated in the ,final ,evaluation ,report issued by the ,nebraska ,department of ,environmental ,quality in ,january #bjac and approved by the ,nebraska governor4 ,the final environmental impact statement issued by the ,secretary of ,state on ,august #bf1 #bjaa1 coupled with the ,final ,evaluation ,report described in the previous sentence1 shall be considered to satisfy all requirements of the ,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq47 and of the ,national ,historic ,preservation ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #dgj et seq474 #g4 ,repeal of #cj-;hour threshold for classification as full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act and replacement with #dj hours 7a7 ,full-,time equivalents ,paragraph 7#b7 of section #dihj;,h7c7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended-- 7#a7 by repealing subparagraph 7,e71 and 7#b7 by inserting after subparagraph 7,d7 the following new subparagraph3 7,e7 ,full-time equivalents treated as full-time employees ,solely for purposes of determining whether an employer is an applicable large employer under this paragraph1 an employer shall1 in addition to the number of full-time employees for any month otherwise determined1 include for such month a number of full-time employees determined by dividing the aggregate number of hours of service of employees who are not full-time employees for the month by #agd4 4 7b7 ,full-,time employees ,paragraph 7#d7 of section #dihj;,h7c7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended-- 7#a7 by repealing subparagraph 7,a71 and 7#b7 by inserting before subparagraph 7,b7 the following new subparagraph3 7,a7 ,in general ,the term full-time employee means1 with respect to any month1 an employee who is employed on average at least #dj hours of service per week4 4 7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the amendments made by section #aeac of the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act4 #h4 ,disqualification on receipt of disability insurance benefits in a month for which unemployment compensation is received 7a7 ,in general ,section #bbc7;d77#d7 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dbc7;d77#d77 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7,c7 7i7 ,if for any month an individual is entitled to unemployment compensation1 such individual shall be deemed to have engaged in substantial gainful activity for such month4 7ii7 ,for purposes of clause 7i71 the term unemployment compensation means-- 7,i7 regular compensation1 extended compensation1 and additional compensation 7as such terms are defined by section #bje of the ,federal-,state ,extended ,unemployment ,compensation ,act 7#bf ,u4,s4,c4 #ccjd note772 and 7,,ii7 trade adjustment assistance under title ,,ii of the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bbea et seq474 4 7b7 ,trial work period ,section #bbb7;c7 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dbb7;c77 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7#f7 7,a7 ,for purposes of this subsection1 an individual shall be deemed to have rendered services in a month if the individual is entitled to unemployment compensation for such month4 7,b7 ,for purposes of subparagraph 7,a71 the term unemployment compensation means-- 7i7 regular compensation1 extended compensation1 and additional compensation 7as such terms are defined by section #bje of the ,federal-,state ,extended ,unemployment ,compensation ,act 7#bf ,u4,s4,c4 #ccjd note772 and 7ii7 trade adjustment assistance under title ,,ii of the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bbea et seq474 4 7c7 ,data matching ,the ,commissioner of ,social ,security shall implement the amendments made by this section using appropriate electronic data4 7d7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to months beginning after the date of the enactment of this ,act4 #i4 ,social ,security number required to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit 7a7 ,in general ,subsection 7d7 of section #bd of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by adding at the end the following3 7#e7 ,identification requirement with respect to taxpayer 7,a7 ,in general ,paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply to any taxpayer for any taxable year unless the taxpayer includes the taxpayer's ,social ,security number on the return of tax for such taxable year4 7,b7 ,joint returns ,in the case of a joint return1 the requirement of subparagraph 7,a7 shall be treated as met if the ,social ,security number of either spouse is included on such return4 4 7b7 ,omission treated as mathematical or clerical error ,subparagraph 7,i7 of section #fbac7;g77#b7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended to read as follows3 7,i7 an omission of a correct ,social ,security number required under section #bd7;d77#e7 7relating to refundable portion of child tax credit71 or a correct ,,tin under section #bd7;e7 7relating to child tax credit71 to be included on a return1 4 7c7 ,conforming amendment ,subsection 7e7 of section #bd of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by inserting ,with ,respect to ,qualifying ,children after ,identification ,requirement in the heading thereof4 7d7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this ,act4