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To amend the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary extension of certain unemployment benefits and the temporary availability of further additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

July 30, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. STARK, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. NADLER of New York, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. FARR, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. PETERS, Mr. DINGELL, and Mrs. CAPPS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concernedCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary extension of certain unemployment benefits and the temporary availability of further additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF CERTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

(a) Emergency Unemployment Compensation- Section 4007 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking ‘December 31, 2009’ each place it appears and inserting ‘December 31, 2010’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘DECEMBER 31, 2009’ and inserting ‘DECEMBER 31, 2010’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘May 31, 2010’ and inserting ‘May 31, 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Additional Regular Compensation- 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--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘January 1, 2010’ and inserting ‘January 1, 2011’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in the heading for paragraph (2), by striking ‘JANUARY 1, 2010’ and inserting ‘JANUARY 1, 2011’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘June 30, 2010’ and inserting ‘June 30, 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Full Funding of Extended Benefits- 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--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking ‘January 1, 2010’ each place it appears and inserting ‘January 1, 2011’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘June 1, 2010’ and inserting ‘June 1, 2011’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘May 30, 2010’ and inserting ‘May 30, 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

(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:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(d) Further Additional Emergency Unemployment Compensation-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(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--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(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; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) 13 times the individual’s average weekly benefit amount (as determined under subsection (b)(2)) for the benefit year.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(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--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) such a period is then in effect for such State under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) such a period would then be in effect for such State under such Act if section 203(d) of such Act--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) were applied by substituting ‘6’ for ‘5’ each place it appears; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) did not include the requirement under paragraph (1)(A) thereof; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) such a period would then be in effect for such State under such Act if--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) section 203(f) of such Act were applied to such State (regardless of whether the State by law had provided for such application); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) such section 203(f)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) were applied by substituting ‘9.0’ for ‘6.5’ in paragraph (1)(A)(i) thereof; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) did not include the requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) thereof.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(4) LIMITATION- The account of an individual may be augmented not more than once under this subsection.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(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), as amended by section 2(a), is further amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking ‘then section 4002(c)’ and inserting ‘then subsections (c) and (d) of section 4002’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by striking ‘paragraph (2) of such section)’ and inserting ‘paragraph (2) of such subsection (c) or (d) (as the case may be))’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) 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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 4. 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 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009;’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.

(a) Benefits- Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, as added by section 2006 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in clause (iii)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) by striking ‘June 30, 2009’ and inserting ‘June 30, 2010’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) by striking ‘December 31, 2009’ and inserting ‘December 31, 2010’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by adding at the end of clause (iv) the following: ‘In addition to the amount appropriated by the preceding sentence, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $175,000,000 to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under this subparagraph, to remain available until expended.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Administrative Expenses- Section 2006 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following: ‘In addition to funds appropriated by the preceding sentence, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Railroad Retirement Board $807,000 to cover the administrative expenses associated with the payment of additional extended unemployment benefits under section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, to remain available until expended.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 6. EFFICIENT USE OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES DATABASE FOR FEDERALLY-SPONSORED RESEARCH ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS IN ACHIEVING POSITIVE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES.

Section 453 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in subsection (i)(2)(A), by striking ‘24’ and inserting ‘48’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in subsection (j)(5), by striking ‘but without personal identifiers’ and inserting ‘or pursuant to evaluations undertaken to assess the effectiveness of Federal programs in achieving positive labor market outcomes that are conducted under contract to or grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, the Department of Labor, the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or other Federal departments or agencies supporting the evaluations. For purposes of conducting the evaluations, personal identifiers may be provided to any Federal department or agency and to any agent of any such department or agency, subject to the privacy provisions contained in subsections (l) and (m)’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) in subsection (l)(2), by inserting ‘, agent conducting research described in subsection (j)(5),’ before ‘or employee’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink