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Mark Souder
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Education:
MBA, University Notre Dame, 1974 BS, Business Administration, Indiana University at Fort Wayne, 1972

Profession:
Vice President/President, Historic Souder's of Grabill, 1976-present Legislative Director/Deputy Chief of Staff, Senator Coats, 1988-1992 Marketing Manager, Gabbort's Furniture, 1974-1976 Owner, Souder's General Store

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Voting Record on Legislation Involving Labor

(2010) HR 1722 Telework Policies and Regulations for Federal Agencies

Outcome: Bill Failed (268/147)

Summary: -Requires the head of each executive agency, within 1 year of the date of enactment, to establish a policy that authorizes employees to telework "to the maximum extent possible without diminishing agency operations and performance" (Sec. 2). -Exempts agencies from the aforementioned requirement in the case of employees whose duties and responsibilities require daily direct handling of classified information or require on-site activity which cannot be carried out from a site removed from the employee's regular place of employment (Sec. 2). -Authorizes agencies to temporarily revoke permission for an employee to telework if the employee is needed to respond to an emergency, as determined by the head of the agency (Sec. 2). -Prohibits agencies from making distinctions between telework and non-telework employees with respect to any of the following (Sec. 2):

Job performance appraisals; -Training, rewarding, reassigning, promoting, reducing in grade, retaining, or removing employees; -Work requirements; and -Other acts involving managerial discretion.-Requires agencies to establish the position of Telework Managing Officer, and establishes the duties and responsibilities of the Officer, including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 2):

-Providing advice on teleworking to the head of the agency and the Chief Human Capital Officer; -Serving as a resource on teleworking for supervisors, managers, and employees; -Serving as primary point of contact on telework matters for agency employees, Congress, and other agencies; -Working with senior management to develop and implement a plan to incorporate telework into regular business strategies; -Establishing a system for receiving feedback from agency employees on the the telework policy; and -Ensuring that employees are notified of grievance procedures avaliable to them with respect to disputes related to telework.-Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to do the following (Sec. 2):

-In consultation with the Administrator of General Services, establish regulations necessary to establish the government-wide telework policy within 180 days after the date of enactment; -In consultation with the Administrator of General Services, maintain a central, publicly avaliable telework website; and -Provide advice, assistance, and any necessary training to agencies to fulfill the telework requirements.-Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to submit to the Comptroller General and appropriate committees of Congress annual reports evaluating the extent to which each agency is in compliance with the provisions of this Act and an evaluation of other factors, including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 2):

-Degree of participation by employees of the agency in teleworking; -Whether the total number of employees who telework is at least 10 percent higher or lower than the previous reporting period and the reason for such change; -Agency's goal for increasing the number of employees who telework and the extent to which the agency has met this goal; -The best practices in agency telework programs; and -The extent to which specific agencies (31 USC 901(b)) are incorporating telework in its continuity of operations plans and in response to emergencies.

Souder's Vote

N

(2010) HR 4851 Unemployment Benefits Extension

Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (289/112)

Summary: -Extends unemployment insurance provisions in the following Acts by approximately 2 months (Sec. 2):

-The "Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008;" -The "Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act;" and -The "Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008."-Extends the expiration date of the eligibility period for COBRA benefits from March 31, 2010 to May 31, 2010 (Sec. 3). -Increases the Medicare physician payment update by extending the date through which the update to the single conversion factor shall be 0 percent from March 31, 2010 to May 31, 2010 (Sec. 4). -Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from publishing updated poverty guidelines for 2010 before May 31, 2010, and specifies that the 2009 guidelines shall be in effect until updated guidelines are published (Sec. 6). -Appropriates $80 million to the Business Loans Program Account of the Small Business Administration for fee reductions and eliminations and loan guarantees (Sec. 10). -Designates this Act (with the exception of Section 4) an emergency with regard to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Sec. 12).

Souder's Vote

N

(2010) HR 2847 Employment, Infrastructure, and Transportation Appropriations and Tax Credits ("Senate Jobs Bill")

Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (217/201)

Summary: -Specifies that most employers will not be required to pay an excise tax for the second, third, and fourth calendar quarters of 2010 on wages for employees who began employment between February 3, 2010 and December 31, 2010, with the following conditions (Sec. 101):

-The employer must provide a signed affidavit that employees have not worked more than 40 hours a week in the 60 days prior to employment; -The employee was not hired to replace a worker that was fired; and -The employee is not a corporation, nor owns either directly or indirectly more than 50 percent of the company's capital.-Specifies that, on payroll taxes paid during the first quarter, amounts that could have otherwise been credited shall be treated as payments against first quarter payroll taxes (Sec. 101). -Specifies that Railroad Retirement taxes shall apply to any employee who began employment between February 3, 2010 and December 31, 2010 at a rate of 1.45 percent of wages paid by the employer (Sec. 101). -Increases the current year business tax credit for employers that have retained workers for at least 52 consecutive weeks by the lesser of the following (Sec. 102):

-$1,000; or -6.2 times the amount of wages paid by the employer to workers.-Specifies that issuers of qualified zone academy bonds and qualified school construction zone bonds may elect to apply for a tax credit, and a credit shall be the lesser of (Sec. 301):

-The amount of interest payable under the bond; or -The amount of interest that would have been payable under the bond if such interest is subject to an applicable credit rate under Section 54A of the Internal Revenue Code.-Specifies that issuers of clean energy bonds and qualified energy conservation bonds may elect to apply for a tax credit, and that the credit shall be 70 percent of the amount of interest payable under the bond (Sec. 301). -Requires 10 percent of funds made available for projects funded under Titles I, III and V of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA-LU) and any conforming provisions in this act shall go to businesses owned and controlled by "socially and economically disadvantaged individuals" (Sec. 451). -Requires states to compile a list of businesses owned and controlled by "socially and economically disadvantaged individuals" (Sec. 451). -Specifies that a "socially and economically disadvantaged" individual includes, but is not limited to, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and women (Sec. 451). -Specifies corporate estimated tax for corporations with $1 billion or more in assets shall be calculated as follows (Sec. 561):

-Any required installment that is otherwise due in July, August, or September of 2009 shall be 123.25 percent of such amount; -Any required installment that is otherwise due in July, August, or September of 2015 shall be 121.5 percent of such amount; -Any required installment that is otherwise due in July, August, or September of 2019 shall be 106.5 percent of such amount; and -Any future installments shall be reduced appropriately.-Specifies that PAYGO compliance for this act is required (Sec. 562).

Souder's Vote

N