S.Amdt. 1441

1. Adds TITLE ____--UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION at the end of the bill

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   In S. 14 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (c) Section 315 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825n) is amended by striking "subsection" and inserting "section".

   Inserted: TITLE ____--UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

   Inserted: SEC. ____. ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR EXHAUSTEES.

   Inserted: (a) Additional Weeks.--Section 203 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 28) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(d) Increased Amounts in Account for Certain Exhaustees.--

   Inserted: "(1) In general.--In the case of an eligible exhaustee, this Act shall be applied as follows:

   Inserted: "(A) Subsection (b)(1)(A) shall be applied by substituting '100 percent' for '50 percent'.

   Inserted: "(B) Subsection (b)(1)(B) shall be applied by substituting '26 times' for '13 times'.

   Inserted: "(C) Subsection (c)(1) shall be applied by substituting '7 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year' for 'the amount originally established in such account (as determined under subsection (b)(1))'.

   Inserted: "(D) Section 208(b) shall be applied--

   Inserted: "(i) in paragraph (1), as if ", including such compensation payable by reason of amounts deposited in such account after such date pursuant to the application of subsection (c) of such section" were inserted before the period at the end;

   Inserted: "(ii) as if paragraph (2) had not been enacted; and

   Inserted: "(iii) in paragraph (3), by substituting "the date that is 21 weeks after the date of enactment of Energy Policy Act of 2003" for "March 31, 2004".

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   Inserted: "(2) Eligible exhaustee defined.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 'eligible exhaustee' means an individual--

   Inserted: "(A) to whom any temporary extended unemployment compensation was payable for any week beginning before the date of enactment of this subsection; and

   Inserted: "(B) who exhausted such individual's rights to such compensation (by reason of the payment of all amounts in such individual's temporary extended unemployment compensation account, including amounts deposited in such account by reason of subsection (c)) before such date of enactment.".

   Inserted: (b) Effective Date and Application.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of enactment this Act.

   Inserted: (2) TEUC-X amounts deposited in account prior to date of enactment deemed to be the additional teuc amounts provided by this section.--In applying the amendment made by subsection (a) under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 26), the Secretary of Labor shall deem any amounts deposited into an eligible exhaustee's (as defined in section 203(d)(2) of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a)) temporary extended unemployment compensation account by reason of section 203(c) of such Act (commonly known as "TEUC-X amounts") prior to the date of enactment of this Act to be amounts deposited in such account by reason of section 203(b) of such Act, as amended by subsection (a) (commonly known as "TEUC amounts").

   Inserted: (3) Redetermination of eligibility for augmented amounts for all eligible exhaustees.--The determination of whether the eligible exhaustee's (as so defined) State was in an extended benefit period under section 203(c) of such Act that was made prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall be disregarded and the determination under such section, as amended by subsection (a) with respect to eligible exhaustees (as so defined), shall be made as follows:

   Inserted: (A) Eligible exhaustees who received and exhausted teuc-x amounts.--In the case of an eligible exhaustee whose temporary extended unemployment account was augmented under such section 203(c) before the date of enactment of this Act, the determination shall be made as of such date of enactment.

   Inserted: (B) Eligible exhaustees who exhausted teuc amounts but were not eligible for teuc-x amounts.--In the case of an eligible exhaustee whose temporary extended unemployment account was not augmented under such section 203(c) as of the date of enactment of this Act, the determination shall be made at the time that the individual's account established under section 203 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 28), as amended by subsection (a), is exhausted.

   Inserted: SEC. ____. TEMPORARY AVAILABILITY OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT FOR EMPLOYEES WITH LESS THAN 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.

   Inserted: Section 2(c)(2) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(D) Temporary availability of extended unemployment benefits for employees with less than 10 years of service.--

   Inserted: "(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), in the case of an employee who has less than 10 years of service (as so defined), with respect to extended unemployment benefits, this paragraph shall apply to such an employee in the same manner as this paragraph applies to an employee who has 10 or more years of service (as so defined).

   Inserted: "(ii) Application.--Clause (i) shall apply to--

   Inserted: "(I) an employee who received normal benefits for days of unemployment under this Act during the period beginning on July 1, 2002, and ending on December 31, 2003; and

   Inserted: "(II) days of unemployment beginning on or after the date of enactment of the this subparagraph.".

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