S. 1274 · 118th Congress

REEF Act

Introduced on Apr 25, 2023 by Deb Fischer (R-NE). 17 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (May 22, 2024): Star Print ordered on report 118-168.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Apr 25, 2023
Cosponsors
17
6 from the other party
Policy area
Labor and Employment
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Subjects

  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Railroads
  • Transportation employees
  • Unemployment

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Deb FischerR-NESponsor

Democrats · 6

Independents · 2

Republicans · 9

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Apr 25, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Apr 25, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
  3. Mar 6, 2024 · SenateCommittee on the Budget. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Mar 6, 2024Committee on the Budget. Reported by Senator Whitehouse without amendment. Without written report.
  5. Mar 6, 2024 · SenateCommittee on the Budget. Reported by Senator Whitehouse without amendment. Without written report.
  6. Mar 6, 2024 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 339.
  7. Apr 10, 2024Senate committee report filed after reporting
  8. Apr 10, 2024 · SenateBy Senator Whitehouse from Committee on the Budget filed written report. Report No. 118-168.
  9. May 22, 2024 · SenateStar Print ordered on report 118-168.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS5 reports
    $6.1M reported (all issues)
  2. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY5 reports
    $3.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY$439.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, IBT5 reports
  4. CSX CORPORATION5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  5. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS5 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  6. Int'l Ass'n of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transp. Workers, Transp. Div.5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  7. NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  8. TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS NATIONAL UNION/IAM (fka TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATI5 reports
    $321K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS UNION/IAM$8.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  9. TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  10. UNION PACIFIC CORP.5 reports
    $3.8M reported (all issues)
  11. American Public Transportation Association4 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  12. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN4 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  13. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS4 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)
  14. AFL-CIO2 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)AI match · 92%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 11, 2026 · loaded Oct 11, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 11, 2026 · loaded Oct 11, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.