Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

To provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation.

11/21/2008--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on October 3, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to revise the formula for Tier-1 amounts a state credits to an applicant's emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA) for a benefit year. Increases the figures in the formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited):
(1) from 50% to 80% of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the benefit year; and
(2) from 13 to 20 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year. Provides an additional Tier-2 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA, using the current formula, if, at the time that the amount established under this 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-2 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once. Prohibits a Tier-2 augmentation to an individual's EUCA under this Act after March 31, 2009, if the EUCA is exhausted after such date. Extends the period of emergency unemployment compensation through August 27, 2009. Exempts weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and December 8, 2009, 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 of such state provides for payment (at any time or under any circumstances) of regular compensation to an individual for his first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)


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Sponsor

• Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
• and 20 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
  • Rep. Travis Childers [D, MS-1]
  • Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Philip English
  • Rep. Bill Foster [D, IL-14]
  • Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Baron Hill [D, IN-9]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Jon Porter
  • Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
  • Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
  • Rep. Charles Wilson [D, OH-6]
  • Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
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Committees

• House Ways and Means

Amendments

This bill has 2 amendments. See All AmendmentsHide All Amendments

Amendments to H.R.6867

Number	Status	Purpose
S.Amdt.5696	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.5697	Offered	Amendment information not available.

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		This Bill Has Become Law
September 10, 2008		October 03, 2008		November 20, 2008		November 21, 2008		November 21, 2008

Latest Vote

November 20, 2008Roll call number 214 in the Senate
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6867 )
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 3/5 (60%)	Percentage of 'aye' votes: 89%	Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to

Democrats Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
Sen. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
Sen. John Rockefeller [D, WV]
Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
Sen. Arlen Specter [D, PA]
Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]

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Republicans Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]
Wayne Allard
Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]
Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]
Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
Norm Coleman
Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN]
Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
Larry Craig
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]
Elizabeth Dole
Pete Domenici
Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]
Sen. Judd Gregg [R, NH]
Charles Hagel
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX]
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ]
Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
Sen. Mel Martinez [R, FL]
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ]
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS]
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]
Gordon Smith
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
Ted Stevens
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH]
John Warner
Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS]

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Others Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]

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Democrats Voting 'Nay'

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Republicans Voting 'Nay'

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Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY]
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]

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Others Voting 'Nay'

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Democrats Voting 'Abstain'

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Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]

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Republicans Voting 'Abstain'

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Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
John Sununu

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Others Voting 'Abstain'

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Voting History

Date	Chamber	Question	Aye	Nay	Result
November 20, 2008	Senate	H.R.6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6867 )	89	6	Cloture Motion Agreed to	See Vote
October 03, 2008	House	H.R.6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008	368	28	Passed	See Vote

All Bill Actions

• Signed on Nov 21, 2008.
• Enacted on Nov 21, 2008. Became Public Law No: 110-449.
• Nov 20, 2008. Presented to President.
• Nov 20, 2008. Cleared for White House.
• Passed by Voice Vote in the Senate on Nov 20, 2008. Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
• Nov 20, 2008: Measure laid before Senate by motion.
• Nov 20, 2008: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• Nov 20, 2008: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate.
• Nov 20, 2008: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 89 - 6. Record Vote Number: 214.
• Nov 19, 2008: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
• Nov 19, 2008: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
• Nov 18, 2008: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1123 under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/17/2008.
• Nov 17, 2008: Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
• Passed roll in the House on Oct 03, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 28 (Roll no. 683).
• Oct 03, 2008: ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. Rangel asked unanimous consent that it be in order today for the Speaker to entertain motions to suspend the rules relating to H.R. 6867. Agreed to without objection.
• Oct 03, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6867.
• Oct 03, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Oct 03, 2008: Mr. Rangel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Sep 10, 2008: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
• Introduced on Sep 10, 2008.

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