[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2006 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 427
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2006
To extend and expand the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation
Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 20, 2004
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Murray, Ms.
Cantwell, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Levin, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Dodd,
Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Reed, Mr.
Leahy, Mr. Dayton, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Byrd) introduced the following
bill; which was read the first time
January 21, 2004
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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A BILL
To extend and expand the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation
Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
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 ``Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Amendments of 2004''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
ACT OF 2002.
(a) In General.--Section 208 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 30), as amended
by Public Law 108-1 (117 Stat. 3) and the Unemployment Compensation
Amendments of 2003 (Public Law 108-26; 117 Stat. 751), is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``December 31, 2003''
and inserting ``June 30, 2004'';
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``December 31, 2003''
and inserting ``June 30, 2004'';
(3) in subsection (b)(2)--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``december 31,
2003'' and inserting ``june 30, 2004''; and
(B) by striking ``December 31, 2003'' and inserting
``June 30, 2004''; and
(4) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``March 31, 2004''
and inserting ``September 30, 2004''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments 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. ADDITIONAL REVISION TO CURRENT TEUC-X TRIGGER.
Section 203(c)(2)(B) of the Temporary Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 30) is amended
to read as follows:
``(B) such a period would then be in effect for
such State under such Act if--
``(i) section 203(d) of such Act were
applied as if it had been amended by striking
`5' each place it appears and inserting `4';
and
``(ii) with respect to weeks of
unemployment beginning on or after the date of
enactment of this clause--
``(I) paragraph (1)(A) of such
section 203(d) did not apply; and
``(II) clause (ii) of section
203(f)(1)(A) of such Act did not
apply.''.
SEC. 4. TEMPORARY STATE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE APPLICATION OF LOOKBACKS
UNDER THE FEDERAL-STATE EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION ACT OF 1970.
For purposes of conforming with the provisions of the Federal-State
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), a
State may, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this
Act and ending on June 30, 2004, waive the application of either
subsection (d)(1)(A) of section 203 of such Act or subsection
(f)(1)(A)(ii) of such section, or both.
Calendar No. 427
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2006
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A BILL
To extend and expand the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation
Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
January 21, 2004
Read the second time and placed on the calendar