[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 17 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 17
To provide economic security for America's workers.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 7, 2003
Mr. Rangel (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr.
Menendez, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Stark, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Levin,
Mr. McDermott, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Kleczka, Mr.
Jefferson, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Becerra, Mr. McNulty, Mr.
Pomeroy, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Allen,
Mr. Andrews, Mr. Baca, Mr. Baird, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berry,
Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Brady of
Pennsylvania, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs.
Capps, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Case, Mrs. Christensen,
Mr. Clay, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Costello, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr.
Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutsch,
Mr. Dingell, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo,
Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Filner, Mr.
Ford, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Green of
Texas, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Holden, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Holt, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Israel, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington,
Ms. Lee, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Jones of Ohio,
Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr.
Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kind, Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. McCarthy of New
York, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Markey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Meehan,
Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. George
Miller of California, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Moore, Mr. Moran of Virginia,
Mr. Murtha, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Obey, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver,
Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Price of North
Carolina, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr.
Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Sanders, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sherman, Ms.
Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Solis, Mr. Strickland, Mr.
Stupak, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Udall of
Colorado, Mr. Visclosky, Ms. Watson, Mr. Weiner, and Mr. Wynn)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means
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A BILL
To provide economic security for America's workers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation
Act of 2002.
Sec. 3. Entitlement to additional weeks of temporary extended
unemployment compensation.
Sec. 4. Application of revised rate of insured unemployment.
Sec. 5. Additional TEUC extended benefit period trigger.
Sec. 6. Additional weeks of benefits for workers in high unemployment
States.
Sec. 7. Effective date.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
ACT OF 2002.
(a) Six-Month Extension of Program.--Section 208 of the Temporary
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116
Stat. 30) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 208. APPLICABILITY.
``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), an agreement entered
into under this title shall apply to weeks of unemployment--
``(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is
entered into; and
``(2) ending before July 1, 2003.
``(b) Transition.--In the case of an individual who is receiving
temporary extended unemployment compensation for the week which
immediately precedes July 1, 2003, temporary extended unemployment
compensation shall continue to be payable to such individual for any
week thereafter from the account from which such individual received
compensation for the week immediately preceding that termination date.
No compensation shall be payable by reason of the preceding sentence
for any week beginning after December 31, 2003.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat.
21).
SEC. 3. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF TEMPORARY EXTENDED
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
Paragraph (1) of section 203(b) of the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat.
21) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) In general.--The amount established in an account
under subsection (a) shall be equal to 26 times the
individual's weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.''.
SEC. 4. APPLICATION OF REVISED RATE OF INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT.
Section 207 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 21) is amended--
(1) by striking ``In'' and inserting ``(a) General
Definitions.--In''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(b) Adjusted Insured Unemployment Rate.--For purposes of carrying
out section 203(c) with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on
or after the date of enactment of the Emergency Unemployment
Compensation Act of 2003, the term `rate of insured unemployment', as
used in section 203(d) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), has the meaning given
such term under section 203(e)(1) of such Act, except that individuals
exhausting their right to regular compensation during the most recent 3
calendar months for which data are available before the close of the
period for which such rate is being determined shall be taken into
account as if they were individuals filing claims for regular
compensation for each week during the period for which such rate is
being determined.''.
SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TEUC EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD TRIGGER.
(a) In General.--Section 203(c) of the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat.
21) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Additional extended benefit period trigger.--
``(A) In general.--Effective with respect to
compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning on or
after the date of enactment of the Emergency
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003, an agreement
under this title shall provide that, in addition to any
other extended benefit period trigger, for purposes of
beginning or ending any extended benefit period under
this section--
``(i) there is a State `on' indicator for a
week if--
``(I) the average rate of total
unemployment in such State (seasonally
adjusted) for the period consisting of
the most recent 3 months for which data
for all States are published before the
close of such week equals or exceeds 6
percent; and
``(II) the average rate of total
unemployment in such State (seasonally
adjusted) for the 3-month period
referred to in clause (i) equals or
exceeds 110 percent of such
average rate for either (or both) of the corresponding 3-month periods
ending in the 2 preceding calendar years; and
``(ii) there is a State `off' indicator for
a week if either the requirements of subclause
(I) or (II) of clause (i) are not satisfied.
``(B) No effect on other determinations.--
Notwithstanding the provisions of any agreement
described in subparagraph (A), any week for which there
would otherwise be a State `on' indicator shall
continue to be such a week and shall not be determined
to be a week for which there is a State `off'
indicator.
``(C) Determinations made by the secretary.--For
purposes of this subsection, determinations of the rate
of total unemployment in any State for any period (and
of any seasonal adjustment) shall be made by the
Secretary.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 203(c)(1) of the Temporary
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116
Stat. 21) is amended by inserting ``or (3)'' after ``paragraph (2)''.
SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF BENEFITS FOR WORKERS IN HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
STATES.
Section 203(c)(1) of the Temporary Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 30) is amended
by striking ``an amount equal to the amount originally established in
such account (as determined under subsection (b)(1))'' and inserting
``7 times the individual's weekly benefit amount for the benefit
year''.
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the
amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to weeks of
unemployment beginning on or after the date of enactment this Act.
(b) Resumption of Benefits.--
(1) Rule applicable to exhaustees.--In the case of any
individual--
(A) to whom any temporary extended unemployment
compensation was payable for any week beginning before
January 1, 2003, and
(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) before January 1, 2003,
such individual's eligibility for any additional weeks of
temporary extended unemployment compensation by reason of the
amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to weeks
of unemployment beginning on or after the date of enactment of
this Act.
(2) Rule applicable to non-exhaustees.--In the case of any
individual--
(A) to whom any temporary extended unemployment
compensation was payable for any week beginning before
January 1, 2003, and
(B) as to whom the condition described in paragraph
(1)(B) does not apply,
such individual shall, upon appropriate application, be
eligible for temporary extended unemployment compensation (in
accordance with the provisions of the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, as amended by this Act)
with respect to any weeks of unemployment beginning on or after
December 29, 2002.
(c) Date for Determining Eligibility of Exhaustees for Augmented
Benefits.--In the case of any individual described in subsection
(b)(1), the determination under section 203(c) as to whether such
individual's State is in an extended benefit period (for purposes of
determining eligibility for augmented benefits under the Temporary
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, as amended by this Act)
shall be made--
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, and
(2) without regard to whether or not such a determination
was made under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation
Act of 2002, as in effect before the amendments made by this
Act.
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