#aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #agei  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend title  
,,iii of the ,social ,security ,act to  
extend reemployment services and        
eligibility assessments to all claimants
 for unemployment benefits1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,building on   
,reemployment ,improvements to ,deliver 
,good ,employment for ,workers ,act or  
the ,,bridge for ,workers ,act4  #b4    
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,the ,bipartisan ,budget ,act of 
#bjah 7,public ,law #aae-abc7 improved  
program accountability for effectively  
serving unemployed workers and made a   
significant new investment in           
reemployment services4  7#b7 ,research  
shows the longer workers are out of     
work1 the harder it can be to maintain  
their skills1 professional network1 and 
stable home life4  7#c7 ,reemployment   
services give workers who might         
otherwise struggle to find new jobs the 
tools that they need to get back to     

work--such as individualized career     
counseling and job search help as well  
as local labor market information--and  
they can serve as an entry point to the 
workforce development system4  7#d7     
,reemployment services have been        
demonstrated to reduce the number of    
weeks that program participants receive 
unemployment benefits by improving their
 employment outcomes1 including         
earnings4  7#e7 ,unemployment benefits  
replace less than half of working       
income1 on average1 so workers who find 
new jobs quickly suffer less financial  
hardship4  7#f7 ,combining targeted     
reemployment services with unemployment 
benefits helps keep people attached to  
the labor force who might otherwise     
become discouraged and drop out4  7#g7  
,the ,congressional ,budget ,office     
estimates that1 over time1 investments  
in reemployment services create savings 
for taxpayers and unemployment trust    
funds by reducing spending on           
unemployment benefits4  7#h7 ,many      

different types of workers can benefit  
from reemployment services4             
,reemployment services should be used to
 shorten the duration of unemployment   
for workers even if they are not        
projected to fully exhaust their        
unemployment benefits4  #c4 ,eligibility
 for reemployment services ,section     
#cjf7;a7 of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ejf7;a77 is amended--   
7#a7 by striking individuals referred to
 reemployment services as described in  
section #cjc7;j7 and inserting claimants
 for unemployment compensation1         
including claimants referred to         
reemployment services as described in   
section #cjc7;j712 and  7#b7 by striking
 such individuals and inserting such    
claimants4  ,passed the ,house of       
,representatives ,april #i1             
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