113 HR 4431 IH: To provide that, if emergency unemployment compensation is extended, prospective benefits shall be subject to gradual reduction.
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-04-09
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1.In the event that a law extending title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law
110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304) is enacted on or after the date of enactment of
this Act, then, effective with respect to emergency unemployment
compensation payable for each week beginning on or after such date of
enactment or, if later, the effective date of the extension (the first
such week, in the case of any individual, to be referred to as the
individual’s initial post-extension week
), section 2 shall apply.
2.Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, the amount
of emergency unemployment compensation payable to any individual under
such title shall—
(1)for the first week of unemployment following the initial post-extension week described in section
1, be equal to—
(A)the amount that would otherwise be payable,
(B)reduced by 5 percent; and
(2)for each week of unemployment subsequent to the week of unemployment to which paragraph (1)
applies, be equal to—
(A)the amount that would otherwise be payable,
(B)reduced by—
(i)the percentage reduction applicable under this section to the individual’s preceding week of
unemployment,
(ii)increased by 5 percentage points,but not below zero.