Financial Services Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
United States Employee Ownership Bank Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish the U.S. Employee Ownership Bank, which must provide, in accordance with specified terms, conditions, and other requirements, financial assistance to increase employee ownership of a company. The bill specifies that, in general, if an employer orders the closing of a plant or facility, the employer must offer its employees an opportunity to purchase the plant or facility through an employee stock-ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative.
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Bank accounts, deposits, capitalBanking and financial institutions regulationCorporate finance and managementDepartment of the TreasuryEmployee benefits and pensionsEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment lending and loan guaranteesLabor-management relationsUnemployment
United States Employee Ownership Bank Act
USA116th CongressHR-2983| House
| Updated: 5/23/2019
United States Employee Ownership Bank Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish the U.S. Employee Ownership Bank, which must provide, in accordance with specified terms, conditions, and other requirements, financial assistance to increase employee ownership of a company. The bill specifies that, in general, if an employer orders the closing of a plant or facility, the employer must offer its employees an opportunity to purchase the plant or facility through an employee stock-ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative.
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Bank accounts, deposits, capitalBanking and financial institutions regulationCorporate finance and managementDepartment of the TreasuryEmployee benefits and pensionsEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment lending and loan guaranteesLabor-management relationsUnemployment