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H.R. 4424

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4424, the SHIELD Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 16, 2025 by Rep. Rudolph Yakym III (R) with 14 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Jul 16, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 4424 has 14 co-sponsors.

hb4424/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4424 IH: Securing Help for Involuntary Employment Loss and Displacement Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-16
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4424  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 16, 2025   Mr. Yakym  (for himself,  Ms. Tenney ,  Mr. Murphy ,  Mr. Bean of Florida ,  Ms. Van Duyne ,  Mr. Moran ,  Mr. Rouzer ,  Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , and  Mr. Moore of Utah ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To amend title III of the Social Security Act and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to clarify eligibility requirements when an individual is unemployed as the result of a labor dispute.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Securing Help for Involuntary Employment Loss and Displacement Act   or the   SHIELD Act  .
2.
Ineligibility as a result of labor disputes
(a)
Provision of State laws
Section 303(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 503(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(13)
A requirement that, as a condition of eligibility for regular compensation for any week, an individual not be unemployed during such week as the result of a strike or other labor dispute (other than a lockout) that such individual—
(A)
is participating in,
(B)
providing financial support to, or
(C)
has a direct interest in.
 .
(b)
Federal Unemployment Tax Act amendment
Paragraph (5) of  section 3304(a)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is repealed.
(c)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, except that nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prevent a State from amending its law before the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-07-16
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To amend title III of the Social Security Act and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to clarify eligibility requirements when an individual is unemployed as the result of a labor dispute.

Sponsors

Rep. Rudolph Yakym III (R) sponsors H.R. 4424, and 14 members have co-sponsored it, 8 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4424 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Referred To · Jul 16, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4424 has taken 2 actions since Jul 16, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jul 16, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jul 16, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Ways and Means Committee

Votes

H.R. 4424 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 4424 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • SHIELD Act — Display Title
  • SHIELD Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Securing Help for Involuntary Employment Loss and Displacement Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend title III of the Social Security Act and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to clarify eligibility requirements when an individual is unemployed as the result of a labor dispute. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 119 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4424 in 12 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Small Business, Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Environment/Superfund, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Foreign Relations, Health Issues, Immigration.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.—District of Columbia15—
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA—Virginia14—
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)—District of Columbia13—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.15—
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA14—
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)13—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 119.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ABELARDO TORRES115
ALEXA BRANSON115
AMANDA MAYS115
ANDREA PORWOLL115
ASHLEY GUM115
BRADLEY WATTS115
BRINCE MANNING115
BROOKE MILLER115
CASSIA CARVALHO115
CHAD WHITEMAN115
CHANTEL SHEAKS115
CHRISTOPHER CRENSHAW115
CHRISTOPHER EYLER115
CHRISTOPHER GUITH115
CHRISTOPHER ROBERTI115
CLARK JACKSON115
DAN BYERS115
ERIN DELANEY115
ESPERANZA JELALIAN115
FOXHALL PARKER115

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 first_quarter$19.8M1st Quarter - Amendme…
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 first_quarter$19.8M1st Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 fourth_quarter$18M4th Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 second_quarter$17M2nd Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 third_quarter$13.7M3rd Quarter - Report
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)2026 second_quarter$1.7M2nd Quarter - Report
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)2026 first_quarter$1.3M1st Quarter - Report
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)2025 fourth_quarter$1.2M4th Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICAASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA2026 second_quarter$216.4K2nd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICAASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA2025 fourth_quarter$202.2K4th Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICAASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA2026 first_quarter$195.9K1st Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICAASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA2025 third_quarter$76.9K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4424 under Social Welfare, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4424’s is Social Welfare.

hr4424/policy-areas.txt
Social WelfareAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com