[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1553 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1553
To provide for additional temporary extended unemployment compensation
for certain displaced workers.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 2, 2003
Mr. English (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Ney, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Dunn,
Ms. Hart, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Weiner)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide for additional temporary extended unemployment compensation
for certain displaced workers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Air Transportation Employees
Assistance Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act--
(1) the term ``eligible individual'' means an individual
whose eligibility for temporary extended unemployment
compensation is or would be based on the exhaustion of regular
compensation, entitlement to which was based in whole or in
part on qualifying employment performed during such
individual's base period;
(2) the term ``qualifying employment'', with respect to an
eligible individual, means employment--
(A) with an air carrier, at a facility at an
airport that involves the provision of transportation
to or from an airport, or with an upstream producer or
supplier for an air carrier; and
(B) as determined by the Secretary, separation from
which was due, in whole or in part, to--
(i) reductions in service by an air carrier
as a result of a terrorist action or security
measure;
(ii) a closure of an airport in the United
States as a result of a terrorist action or
security measure; or
(iii) a military conflict with Iraq that
has been authorized by Congress;
(3) the term ``air carrier'' means an air carrier that
holds a certificate issued under chapter 411 of title 49,
United States Code;
(4) the term ``upstream producer'' means a firm that
performs additional, value-added, production processes,
including firms that perform final assembly, finishing, or
packaging of articles, for another firm;
(5) the term ``supplier'' means a firm that produces
component parts for, or articles and contract services
considered to be a part of the production process or services
for, another firm;
(6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Labor;
and
(7) the term ``terrorist action or security measure'' means
a terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001,
or a security measure taken in response to such attack.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR
ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES.
In the case of an eligible employee, the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat.
21), as amended by Public Law 108-1 (117 Stat. 3), shall be applied as
if it had been amended in accordance with section 4.
SEC. 4. MODIFICATIONS.
(a) In General.--For purposes of section 3, the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat.
21), as amended by Public Law 108-1 (117 Stat. 3), shall be treated as
if it had been amended as provided in this section.
(b) Program Extension.--Deem section 208 of the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, as amended by Public Law 108-1
(117 Stat. 3), to be amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 208. APPLICABILITY.
``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), an agreement entered
into under this Act shall apply to weeks of unemployment--
``(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is
entered into; and
``(2) ending before December 29, 2003.
``(b) Transition for Amount Remaining in Account.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), in the case of
an individual who has amounts remaining in an account
established under section 203 as of December 28, 2003,
temporary extended unemployment compensation shall continue to
be payable to such individual from such amounts for any week
beginning after such date for which the individual meets the
eligibility requirements of this Act, 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.
``(2) Limitation.--No compensation shall be payable by
reason of paragraph (1) for any week beginning after December
26, 2004.''.
(c) Additional Weeks of Benefits.--Deem section 203 of the
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, as amended by
Public Law 108-1 (117 Stat. 3), to be amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``50'' and
inserting ``150''; and
(B) by striking ``13'' and inserting ``39''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``\1/3\ of'' after
``equal to''.
(d) Effective Date of Modifications Described in Subsection (c).--
(1) In general.--The amendments described in subsection
(c)--
(A) shall be deemed to have taken effect as if
included in the enactment of the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002; but
(B) shall be treated as applying only with respect
to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date
of enactment this Act, subject to paragraph (2).
(2) Special rules.--In the case of an eligible individual
for whom a temporary extended unemployment account was
established before the date of enactment of this Act, the
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (as
amended by this Act) shall be applied subject to the following:
(A) Any amounts deposited in the individual's
temporary extended unemployment compensation account by
reason of section 203(c) of such Act (commonly known as
``TEUC-X amounts'') before the date of enactment of
this Act shall be treated as amounts deposited by
reason of section 203(b) of such Act (commonly known as
``TEUC amounts''), as deemed to have been amended by
subsection (c)(1).
(B) For purposes of determining whether the
individual is eligible for any TEUC-X amounts under
such Act, as deemed to be amended by this section--
(i) any determination made under section
203(c) of such Act before the application of
the amendment described in subsection (c)(2)
shall be disregarded; and
(ii) any such determination shall instead
be made by applying section 203(c) of such Act,
as deemed to be amended by subsection (c)(2)--
(I) as of the time that all amounts
established in such account in
accordance with section 203(b) of such
Act (as deemed to be amended under this
section, and including any amounts
described in subparagraph (A)) are in
fact exhausted, except that
(II) if such individual's account
was both augmented by and exhausted of
all TEUC-X amounts before the date of
enactment of this Act, such
determination shall be made as if
exhaustion (as described in section
203(c)(1) of such Act) had not occurred
until such date of enactment.
<all>