(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on April 15, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Continuing Extension Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through June 2, 2010. Postpones the termination of the program until November 6, 2010.
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until June 2, 2010: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals; and (2) requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November 6, 2010, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)
(Sec. 3) Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to extend through May 31, 2010, premium assistance for COBRA benefits (health insurance continuation benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985).
Prescribes a special rule for an individual who experiences a qualifying event related to a termination of employment on or after April 1, 2010, and before the enactment of this Act. Applies to all COBRA continuation coverage, including state continuation coverage programs, with respect to such individual rules similar to those in the ARRA: (1) extending the election period for, and the effect on, COBRA continuation coverage; and (2) requiring a notice of such action by the administrator of a group health plan.
(Sec. 4) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend through May 31, 2010, the 0% update to the conversion factor in the Medicare physician payment computation.
(Sec. 5) Amends SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) with respect to the prohibition against incentive payments to hospital-based eligible professionals for use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. Redefines "hospital-based eligible professional" to repeal its application to outpatient settings, thereby permitting incentive payments to an eligible professional who furnishes services in an outpatient clinic.
(Sec. 6) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 to extend the use of 2009 poverty guidelines through May 31, 2010. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from publishing updated poverty guidelines for 2010 until after such date.
(Sec. 7) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 to extend through May 31, 2010, the national flood insurance program.
(Sec. 8) Requires federal employees furloughed as a result of the lapse in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, to be compensated for such lapse at their standard rates of compensation.
Ratifies and approves all actions taken by federal employees, contractors, and grantees to maintain the essential level of government operations, services, and activities to protect life and property and to bring about orderly termination of government functions during such lapse, if otherwise in accord with the provisions of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010.
Requires funds used by the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to compensate such employees to be: (1) derived from funds previously authorized out of the Highway Trust Fund and made available or limited to DOT by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010; and (2) subject to the obligation limitations established in such Act.
(Sec. 9) Extends through May 31, 2010, the adjustment of royalty fees for the secondary transmission of the primary analog transmissions of network stations and superstations. Extends through such date the moratorium on copyright liability for certain subscribers not receiving a signal of Grade A intensity of a local network television broadcast station and receiving signals of network stations affiliated with the same network, if such subscribers had satellite service of such network signal terminated between July 11, 1998, and October 31, 1999.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend through May 31, 2010, the exemption of a subscriber from the originating station consent requirement for retransmission of broadcasting station signals if the subscriber receives the retransmitted signals directly to a home satellite antenna, is located outside the station's local market, and resides in an unserved household.
Extends through June 1, 2010, the requirement that certain Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations prohibit: (1) a television broadcast station that provides retransmission consent from engaging in exclusive contracts for carriage or failing to negotiate in good faith; and (2) a multichannel video programming distributor from failing to negotiate in good faith for retransmission consent.
(Sec. 10) Amends the ARRA to extend through May 31, 2010, the small business loan guarantee program. Makes appropriations for the program as well as for the cost of certain loan guarantee fee reductions and eliminations.
(Sec. 11) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Value Added Tax (VAT) is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery; and (2) it opposes a VAT.
(Sec. 12) Designates this Act, except Sec. 4, as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
[111th Congress Public Law 157]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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CONTINUING EXTENSION ACT OF 2010
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Public Law 111-157
111th Congress
An Act
To provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other
purposes. <<NOTE: Apr. 15, 2010 - [H.R. 4851]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Continuing
Extension Act of 2010.>>
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 26 USC 1 note.>> SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Extension Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. 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 ``April 5, 2010'' each place it appears and
inserting ``June 2, 2010'';
(B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking
``april 5, 2010'' and inserting ``june 2, 2010''; and
(C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``September 4, 2010''
and inserting ``November 6, 2010''.
(2) Section 2002(e) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and
Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111-5 (26 U.S.C.
3304 note; 123 Stat. 438), is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``April 5, 2010'' and
inserting ``June 2, 2010'';
(B) in the heading for paragraph (2), by striking ``april 5,
2010'' and inserting ``june 2, 2010''; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``October 5, 2010'' and
inserting ``December 7, 2010''.
(3) 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; 123 Stat. 444), is amended--
(A) by striking ``April 5, 2010'' each place it appears and
inserting ``June 2, 2010''; and
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ``September 4, 2010'' and
inserting ``November 6, 2010''.
(4) Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking
``September 4, 2010'' and inserting ``November 6, 2010''.
(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 (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new
subparagraph:
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``(E) the amendments made by section 2(a)(1) of the
Continuing Extension Act of 2010; and''.
(c) Effective Date.--The <<NOTE: 26 USC 3304 note.>> amendments made
by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the
Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-144).
SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PREMIUM ASSISTANCE FOR COBRA
BENEFITS.
(a) Extension of Eligibility Period.--Subsection (a)(3)(A) of
section 3001 of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), as amended by section 3(a) of the Temporary
Extension Act of 2010 <<NOTE: 26 USC 6432 note.>> (Public Law 111-144),
is amended by striking ``March 31, 2010'' and inserting ``May 31,
2010''.
(b) Rules Relating to 2010 Extension.--Subsection (a) of section
3001 of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Public Law 111-5), as amended by section 3(b) of the Temporary
Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-144), is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(18) Rules related to april and may 2010 extension.--In
the case of an individual <<NOTE: Applicability.>> who, with
regard to coverage described in paragraph (10)(B), experiences a
qualifying event related to a termination of employment on or
after April 1, 2010 and prior to the date of the enactment of
this paragraph, rules similar to those in paragraphs (4)(A) and
(7)(C) shall apply with respect to all continuation coverage,
including State continuation coverage programs.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the provisions of section 3001 of division B of
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
SEC. 4. INCREASE IN THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT UPDATE.
Paragraph (10) of section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act, as
added by section 1011(a) of the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-118) and as amended by section 5 of the
Temporary Extension Act of <<NOTE: 42 USC 1395w-4.>> 2010 (Public Law
111-144), is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``March 31, 2010'' and
inserting ``May 31, 2010''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``April 1, 2010'' and
inserting ``June 1, 2010''.
SEC. 5. EHR CLARIFICATION.
(a) Qualification for Clinic-based Physicians.--
(1) Medicare.--Section 1848(o)(1)(C)(ii) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(o)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by
striking ``setting (whether inpatient or outpatient)'' and
inserting ``inpatient or emergency room setting''.
(2) Medicaid.--Section 1903(t)(3)(D) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(t)(3)(D)) is amended by striking ``setting
(whether inpatient or outpatient)'' and inserting ``inpatient or
emergency room setting''.
(b) Effective <<NOTE: 42 USC 1395w-4 note.>> Date.--The amendments
made by subsection (a) shall be effective as if included in the
enactment of the HITECH Act (included in the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)).
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(c) Implementation.--Notwithstanding <<NOTE: 42 USC 1395w-4
note.>> any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services may implement the amendments made by this section by program
instruction or otherwise.
SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF USE OF 2009 POVERTY GUIDELINES.
Section 1012 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010
(Public Law 111-118), as amended by section 7 of the Temporary Extension
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-144), <<NOTE: 123 Stat. 3474.>> is amended
by striking ``March 31, 2010'' and inserting ``May 31, 2010''.
SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Extension.--Section 129 of the Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2010 (Public Law 111-68), as amended by section 8 of Public
Law 111-144, <<NOTE: 123 Stat. 2047.>> is amended by striking ``by
substituting'' and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting ``by substituting May 31, 2010, for the date specified in each
such section.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be
considered to have taken effect on February 28, 2010.
SEC. 8. <<NOTE: Time period.>> COMPENSATION AND RATIFICATION OF
AUTHORITY RELATED TO LAPSE IN HIGHWAY
PROGRAMS.
(a) Compensation for Federal Employees.--Any Federal employees
furloughed as a result of the lapse in expenditure authority from the
Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March
2, 2010, shall be compensated for the period of that lapse at their
standard rates of compensation, as determined under policies established
by the Secretary of Transportation.
(b) Ratification of Essential Actions.--All actions taken by Federal
employees, contractors, and grantees for the purposes of maintaining the
essential level of Government operations, services, and activities to
protect life and property and to bring about orderly termination of
Government functions during the lapse in expenditure authority from the
Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March
2, 2010, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with
the provisions of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010
(division B of Public Law 111-68).
(c) Funding.--Funds used by the Secretary to compensate employees
described in subsection (a) shall be derived from funds previously
authorized out of the Highway Trust Fund and made available or limited
to the Department of Transportation by the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117) and shall be subject to the obligation
limitations established in such Act.
(d) Expenditures From Highway Trust Fund.-- <<NOTE: Effective
date.>> To permit expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund to effectuate
the purposes of this section, this section shall be deemed to be a
section of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of
Public Law 111-68), as in effect on the date of the enactment of the
last amendment to such Resolution.
SEC. 9. SATELLITE TELEVISION EXTENSION.
(a) Amendments to Section 119 of Title 17, United States Code.--
[[Page 124 STAT. 1119]]
(1) In general.--Section 119 of title 17, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking ``April 30,
2010'' and inserting ``May 31, 2010''; and
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ``April 30,
2010'' and inserting ``May 31, 2010''.
(2) Termination of license.--Section 1003(a)(2)(A) of Public
Law 111-118 <<NOTE: 17 USC 119 note.>> is amended by striking
``April 30, 2010'', and inserting ``May 31, 2010''.
(b) Amendments to Communications Act of 1934.--Section 325(b) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``April 30, 2010'' and
inserting ``May 31, 2010''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ``May 1, 2010'' each
place it appears in clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting ``June
1, 2010''.
SEC. 10. EXTENSION OF SMALL BUSINESS LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.
(a) Appropriation.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $80,000,000, for an additional
amount for ``Small Business Administration--Business Loans Program
Account'', to remain available until expended, for the cost of fee
reductions and eliminations under section 501 of division A of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123
Stat. 151) and loan guarantees under section 502 of division A of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123
Stat. 152), as amended by this section: Provided, That such costs shall
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(b) Extension of Sunset Date.--Section 502(f) of division A of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123
Stat. 153) is amended by striking ``April 30, 2010'' and inserting ``May
31, 2010''.
SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING A VALUE ADDED TAX.
It is the sense of the Senate that the Value Added Tax is a massive
tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further
push back America's economic recovery and the Senate opposes a Value
Added Tax.
SEC. 12. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
(a) In General.--The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose
of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be
determined by reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary
Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in
the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee,
provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on
passage.
(b) Emergency Designation for Congressional Enforcement.--This Act,
with the exception of section 4, is designated as an emergency for
purposes of pay-as-you-go principles. In the Senate, this Act is
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S.
Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2010.
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(c) Emergency Designation for Statutory PAYGO.--This Act, with the
exception of section 4, is designated as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010
(Public Law 111-139; 2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
Approved April 15, 2010.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4851 (S. 3153):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010):
Mar. 17, considered and passed House.
Apr. 13, 14, considered in Senate.
Apr. 15, considered and passed Senate, amended. House
concurred in Senate amendment.
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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2265-2269, S2275-2289)
Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S2288; text: CR S2288)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2341-2357, S2363-2367)
Cloture motion on the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (consideration: CR S2365)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay. 59 - 38. Record Vote Number: 117.(text: CR S2365-2366)
Roll Call #117 (Senate)Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay. 59 - 38. Record Vote Number: 117. (text: CR S2365-2366)
Roll Call #117 (Senate)Message on Senate action sent to the House.
ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Levin asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to take from the Speaker's table H.R. 4851, with the Senate amendment thereto, and to consider in the House, without intervention of any point of order or question of consideration, a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means or his designee that the House agree to the Senate amendment; that the Senate amendment be considered as read; the motion be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the motion to final adoption without intervening motion.
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Pursuant to a previous special order the House moved to agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H2615-2620)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4851.
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 289 - 112 (Roll no. 211).(text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H2615-2616)
Roll Call #211 (House)On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 289 - 112 (Roll no. 211). (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H2615-2616)
Roll Call #211 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cleared for White House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 111-157.
Became Public Law No: 111-157.