3.0.0 1943 2023-01-15T09:03:28Z 2023-01-15T09:03:28Z Senate S S 2003-11-24 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-11-24T22:07:05Z 2003-11-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-11-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON N Labor and Employment Railroad employees Transportation and Public Works Unemployment insurance Labor and Employment 00 2003-11-24 Introduced in Senate 2004-06-21T19:27:57Z Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to extend the TEUC program through weeks of unemployment ending before July 1, 2004. Terminates individual payments for weeks beginning after December 31, 2004.

Increases to 26 weeks an eligible individual's TEUC payments. Provides for an additional seven weeks of payments, for a total of 33 weeks, for individuals in high-unemployment States (TEUC-X). (Current law provides 13 weeks of regular TEUC payments, with an additional 13 and total 26 in TEUC-X States.)

Revises requirements for determining TEUC-X States, using certain triggers based on insured unemployment rates and on total unemployment rates.

Provides for temporary State authority to waive application of certain look-back provisions under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.

Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide a temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits.

]]> Unemployment Compensation Extension Act Display Title Unemployment Compensation Extension Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide extended unemployment benefits to displaced workers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Unemployment Compensation Extension Act Introduced in Senate 2003-11-24T05:00:00Z 2003-11-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.