Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before January 1, 2015.
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until December 31, 2014, 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 June 30, 2015, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA 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.)
Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to December 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula.
Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities.
Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1747 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1747
To provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 20, 2013
Mr. Reed (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Whitehouse)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Finance
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, 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
Extension Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
(a) Extension.--Section 4007(a)(2) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended by striking ``January 1, 2014'' and inserting ``January 1,
2015''.
(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 (I), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (J), by inserting ``and'' at the end;
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the following:
``(K) the amendments made by section 2(a) of the
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of
2013;''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240).
SEC. 3. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXTENDED BENEFIT PROVISIONS.
(a) In General.--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--
(1) by striking ``December 31, 2013'' each place it appears
and inserting ``December 31, 2014''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``June 30, 2014'' and
inserting ``June 30, 2015''.
(b) Extension of Matching for States With No Waiting Week.--Section
5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law
110-449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ``June 30, 2014''
and inserting ``June 30, 2015''.
(c) Extension of Modification of Indicators Under the Extended
Benefit Program.--Section 203 of the Federal-State Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (d), by striking ``December 31, 2013''
and inserting ``December 31, 2014''; and
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``December 31, 2013''
and inserting ``December 31, 2014''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240).
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND REEMPLOYMENT
AND ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--Section 4004(c)(2)(A) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended by striking ``through fiscal year 2014'' and inserting
``through fiscal year 2015''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240).
SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.
(a) Extension.--Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``June 30, 2013'' and inserting ``June 30,
2014''; and
(2) by striking ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting
``December 31, 2014''.
(b) Clarification on Authority To Use Funds.--Funds appropriated
under either the first or second sentence of clause (iv) of section
2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be
available to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment
benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the
amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such
benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D), as in effect on the
day before the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Funding for Administration.--Out of any funds in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Railroad
Retirement Board $250,000 for administrative expenses associated with
the payment of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under
section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act by reason
of the amendments made by subsection (a), to remain available until
expended.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8365)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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