,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhfj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bf   
7legislative day1 ,october #ai71        
#bjbj,mr4 ,portman 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,klobuchar7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,budget  ,a    
,,bill  ,to exempt payments made from   
the ,railroad ,unemployment ,insurance  
,account from sequestration under the   
,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe4  #a4   
,short titles ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,railroad ,employee ,equity and    
,fairness ,act or the ,,reef ,act4  #b4 
,treatment of payments from the         
,railroad ,unemployment ,insurance      
,account  7a7 ,in general ,section      
#bef7;i77#a7 of the ,balanced ,budget   
and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of
 #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ijf7;i77#a77 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by 
striking and at the end2  7#b7 in       
subparagraph 7,c71 by inserting and at  

the end2 and  7#c7 by inserting after   
subparagraph 7,c7 the following new     
subparagraph3  7,d7 any payment made    
from the ,railroad ,unemployment        
,insurance ,account 7established by     
section #aj of the ,railroad            
,unemployment ,insurance ,act7 for the  
purpose of carrying out the ,railroad   
,unemployment ,insurance ,act1 and funds
 appropriated or transferred to or      
otherwise deposited in such ,account1  4
  7b7 ,effective date ,the treatment of 
payments made from the ,railroad        
,unemployment ,insurance ,account       
pursuant to the amendment made by       
subsection 7a7 shall take effect #g days
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act and shall apply only to obligations
 incurred on or after such effective    
date for such payments4