H.R. 6419 – Reading Mode

111th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6419

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 17, 2010

Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Dingell, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Ms. Norton, Mr. Stark, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Nadler of New York, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Langevin, and Mr. Olver) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the further extension of emergency unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act.

Extension of unemployment insurance provisions

(a)

In general

(1)

Section 4007 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended—

(A)

by striking November 30, 2010 each place it appears and inserting February 28, 2011;

(B)

in the heading for paragraph (2) of subsection (b), by striking November 30, 2010 and inserting February 28, 2011; and

(C)

in subsection (b)(3), by striking April 30, 2011 and inserting July 31, 2011.

(2)

Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), is amended—

(A)

by striking December 1, 2010 each place it appears and inserting March 1, 2011; and

(B)

in subsection (c), by striking May 1, 2011 and inserting August 1, 2011.

(3)

Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking April 30, 2011 and inserting July 31, 2011.

(b)

Funding

Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (E), by striking and at the end; and

(2)

by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:

(G)

the amendments made by section 2(a)(1) of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act; and

(c)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–205; 124 Stat. 2236).

Temporary modification of indicators

(a)

Indicators based on rate of insured unemployment

Section 203(d) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by inserting before the last sentence the following: Effective with respect to compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to State law), and ending on or before March 1, 2011, the State may by law provide that the determination of whether there has been a State on or off indicator beginning or ending any extended benefit period shall be made under this subsection as if paragraph (1)(A) had been amended by striking the preceding two calendar years and inserting the preceding three calendar years; except that, notwithstanding any such provision of State law, 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..

(b)

Indicators based on rate of total unemployment

Section 203(f) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended—

(1)

by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and

(2)

by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

(2)

Effective with respect to compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to State law), and ending on or before March 1, 2011, the State may by law provide that the determination of whether there has been a State on or off indicator beginning or ending any extended benefit period shall be made under this subsection as if paragraph (1)(A)(ii) had been amended—

(A)

by striking either (or both) and inserting either (or all); and

(B)

by striking the preceding 2 calendar years and inserting the preceding 3 calendar years.

Notwithstanding any provision of a State law described in this paragraph, 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.