Talk:Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

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Sources of information:

1)The United States National Library of Congress.Bill Summary & Status 112th Congress (2011-2012) H.R. 3630. CRS Summary. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HR03630:@@@D&summ2=4&

2)The United States Senate Committee on Finance. February 16, 2012. Press Release. http://www.finance.senate.gov/newsroom/chairman/release/?id=c42a8c8a-52ad-44af-86b2-4695aaff5378

The following is information that I would like to include on the page:

• Reforms of unemployment compensation to promote work and job creation

This amends title III of the Social Security Act mandating the states’ unemployment compensation laws to require that the unemployment compensation claimant be both able and available to work and to verify that an individual is actively seeking work. (1)

The Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act title III now also require states to reduce their current unemployment to recover previous incidents of overpayment. (1)

• • On the bullet point under implications labeled “Calls for federal drug testing for drug related employees”

Eligibility for benefits is based upon “fact or cause” of unemployment. And individual is required to take a drug test if and only if the individual was fired from their most recent place of employment because of the use of controlled substances or the individual’s only suitable work involves employment that regularly performs drug testing according to regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor. (2)

• • On the bullet point labeled “Extends unemployment benefits”*Changes made to Extend Benefits

This grants an extension of The Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act until December 31, 2012 and requires that the federal government pays for 100% of EUC via allocation of money to the states for dispersal. (1)

Amendments were also made to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act until December 31, 2012, which temporarily extends unemployment benefits for those with 10 or more years and less than 10 years of service to the railroad. Greater benefits are to be granted to those who have worked for a railroad company for more than 10 years when compared to those who have worked less than ten years. It also allows temporary federal matching equal to payments to individuals received by states with no additional waiting period. (1)

“The authorization of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program is extended through January 2, 2013 at up to 89 or 99 weeks through May of 2012 depending on the state, up to 79 weeks through August, and up to 73 weeks through December. This provision is expected to cost $30 billion”. (2)

• Improving reemployment strategies under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program

Even if a state passes a law that would modify the procedure of calculating regular compensation so that the mean weekly benefit amount of regular compensation payable on or after June 2, 2010 will be less than the benefit that otherwise would be payable in that time under state law, a federal-state EUC agreement is still effective for the state. The “nonreduction rule” declares that a federal-state EUC agreement shall not apply, or will cease to apply, to a state that does this. (1)

• Short-time Compensation Program

Also known as the Layoff Prevention Act of 2012, this requires short-time compensation programs that allow employers to shorten a work week of the employee instead of laying them off. In addition, the Secretary of Labor must now give grants to states that enact these programs, develop legislation for use by states to develop, enact, and implement these programs, and update Congress and the President on the status of implementation of these programs. (1)

• Create a point stating* Federal Employees Retirement Changes and include the following with it:

The Conference Agreement included in this bill states that contributions by Foreign Service and CIA employees joining the federal service after December 31, 2012 with less than 5 years of service as of the end of 2012 will be subject to a 2.3% increase in their retirement annuity, a sharp increase from the current 0.8%. Increases in employee contributions are to be made for employees into their pensions and no change would be made to pension benefits. Additionally, members of Congress and congressional employees who begin their service after December 31, 2012 with less than 5 years or civilian service would be subject to this rule as well. This provision is expected to raise approximately $15 billion in the next eleven years. (2)}}{Scootersquirrel10 (talk) 22:36, 22 July 2012 (UTC)}

I am having trouble citing my information. I am also required to stamp every edit that I make, but I don't want my username to appear everywhere on the page that I have edited. Is there a way that I can stamp perhaps at the bottom or have it only be seen by those who edit rather than the general public? And my citations are all messed up and I can't figure out how to make them appear like the other editors of this page. Can anyone help with these issues? :/ {Scootersquirrel10 (talk) 00:17, 23 July 2012 (UTC)}

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