To establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes of certain benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.

Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State, for purposes of determining eligibility for TEUC Second Tier benefits (also known as TEUC-X, providing additional weeks of payments for individuals in high-unemployment States), based on an exhaustion of TEUC First Tier benefits (also known as regular TEUC benefits).

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3487 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3487

  To establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended 
    benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes of certain 
benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 
                                 2002.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2003

 Mr. Walden of Oregon (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, 
 Mr. Wu, Mr. Blumenauer, and Ms. Dunn) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended 
    benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes of certain 
benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 
                                 2002.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ALTERNATIVE TRIGGER.

    (a) In General.--Section 203(c)(2) of the Temporary Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) such a period would then be in effect for 
                such State under such Act if--
                            ``(i) the State law of such State provided 
                        for the alternative trigger described in 
                        section 203(f) of such Act, applied in 
                        accordance with clause (ii); and
                            ``(ii) such section 203(f) were applied by 
                        disregarding clause (ii) of paragraph (1)(A) 
                        thereof and any reference to such clause.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply in determining whether an extended benefit period is in 
        effect for a State for purposes of determining eligibility for 
        TEUC Second Tier benefits based on an exhaustion of TEUC First 
        Tier benefits occurring on or after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
            (2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    (A) the term ``TEUC First Tier benefits'' means any 
                benefits, other than TEUC Second Tier benefits, payable 
                to an individual under the Temporary Extended 
                Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002; and
                    (B) the term ``TEUC Second Tier benefits'' means 
                benefits payable to an individual under the Temporary 
                Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 based on 
                a determination under section 203(c) thereof.
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