Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Requires a further additional Tier-3 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA, using the current formula, if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period.
Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period.
Allows the Tier-3 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once.
Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional emergency unemployment compensation (EUC), if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3756 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3756
To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for
additional weeks of emergency unemployment benefits.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 7, 2009
Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Perriello, Mr. Loebsack, and Mr. Hodes)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means
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A BILL
To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for
additional weeks of emergency unemployment benefits.
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 ``Unemployment Compensation Extension
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS.
(a) In General.--Section 4002 of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(d) Further Additional Emergency Unemployment Compensation.--
``(1) In general.--If, at the time that the amount added to
an individual's account under subsection (c)(1) (hereinafter
`additional emergency unemployment compensation') is exhausted
or at any time thereafter, such individual's State is in an
extended benefit period (as determined under paragraph (2)),
such account shall be further augmented by an amount
(hereinafter `further additional emergency unemployment
compensation') equal to the lesser of--
``(A) 50 percent of the total amount of regular
compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable
to the individual during the individual's benefit year
under the State law; or
``(B) 13 times the individual's average weekly
benefit amount (as determined under subsection (b)(2))
for the benefit year.
``(2) Extended benefit period.--For purposes of paragraph
(1), a State shall be considered to be in an extended benefit
period, as of any given time, if--
``(A) such a period is then in effect for such
State under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 1970;
``(B) such a period would then be in effect for
such State under such Act if section 203(d) of such
Act--
``(i) were applied by substituting `4' for
`5' each place it appears; and
``(ii) did not include the requirement
under paragraph (1)(A) thereof; or
``(C) such a period would then be in effect for
such State under such Act if--
``(i) section 203(f) of such Act were
applied to such State (regardless of whether
the State by law had provided for such
application); and
``(ii) such section 203(f)--
``(I) were applied by substituting
`6.0' for `6.5' in paragraph (1)(A)(i)
thereof; and
``(II) did not include the
requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(ii)
thereof.
``(3) Coordination rule.--Notwithstanding an election under
section 4001(e) by a State to provide for the payment of
emergency unemployment compensation prior to extended
compensation, such State may pay extended compensation to an
otherwise eligible individual prior to any further additional
emergency unemployment compensation, if such individual claimed
extended compensation for at least 1 week of unemployment after
the exhaustion of additional emergency unemployment
compensation.
``(4) Limitation.--The account of an individual may be
augmented not more than once under this subsection.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment to Non-Augmentation Rule.--Section
4007(b)(2) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law
110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended--
(1) by striking ``then section 4002(c)'' and inserting
``then subsections (c) and (d) of section 4002''; and
(2) by striking ``paragraph (2) of such section)'' and
inserting ``paragraph (2) of such subsection (c) or (d) (as the
case may be))''.
(c) Transfer of Funds.--Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended by striking ``Act;'' and inserting ``Act and the Unemployment
Compensation Extension Act of 2009''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply as if included in the enactment of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008, except that no amount shall be payable by
virtue of such amendments with respect to any week of unemployment
commencing before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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