3.0.0 2188 2023-01-15T15:33:24Z 2023-01-15T15:33:24Z House H HR 2003-05-21 108 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2003-05-28T18:01:19Z Referred to 2003-05-21T14:03:45Z 2003-05-28 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Committee 2003-05-21 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2003-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 N W000413 Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] EDWARD WHITFIELD R KY 1 2003-06-03 False Labor and Employment Authorization Congress Congressional reporting requirements Delegation of powers Department of Commerce Economics and Public Finance Farmers Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government publicity Government trust funds Income tax Interest Intergovernmental fiscal relations Labor statistics State finance Tax administration Tax exclusion Tax returns Taxation Trade adjustment assistance Unemployment Unemployment insurance Withholding tax Labor and Employment 00 2003-05-21 Introduced in House 2003-07-30T21:22:02Z Safety Net Extension Act - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to: (1) extend the TEUCA program through November 30, 2003, with a phaseout period through February 28, 2004; and (2) provide eight additional weeks of TEUC benefits to those who have exhausted theirs before enactment of this Act.

Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to revise the formula for the extended benefits trigger.

Amends the Social Security Act to require: (1) increases and decreases in the earnings allocated to State accounts when States meet or fail to meet funding goals; and (2) interest-free advances to State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund to be restricted to States which meet funding goals.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) suspend the tax on individual unemployment compensation for 2003 and 2004; (2) allow certified States to elect to collect Federal unemployment taxes, under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA); and (3) require States to distribute to unemployed individuals State-specific information packets explaining unemployment insurance eligibility conditions.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to: (1) extend the authorizations of appropriations for adjustment assistance for workers, for firms, and for farmers; and (2) require delegation to the International Trade Administration of all functions, powers, and duties to carry out the program of adjustment assistance for firms (with the exception of such program for small firms, which continues to be delegated to the Small Business Administration).

]]> Safety Net Extension Act Display Title Safety Net Extension Act Official Title as Introduced To provide for additional benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, to extend the Federal unemployment benefits system, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Safety Net Extension Act Introduced in House 2003-05-21T04:00:00Z 2003-05-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.