3.0.0 5688 2019-11-15T21:42:37Z 2019-11-15T21:42:37Z House H HR 2008-04-03 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2008-04-16T20:45:53Z Referred to 2008-04-03T14:01:25Z Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 110 4934 HR 2008-01-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. Related bill CRS Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 110 5749 HR 2008-06-13 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 780 under authority of the order of the Senate of 06/12/2008. Related bill CRS Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 110 2544 S 2008-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2008-04-16 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. Committee 2008-04-03 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-04-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000273 Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] GERALD WELLER R IL C. 11 N T000462 Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] PATRICK TIBERI R OH J. 12 2008-04-03 True Labor and Employment Collection of accounts Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Intergovernmental fiscal relations Labor statistics State laws Unemployment Unemployment insurance Labor and Employment 00 2008-04-03 Introduced in House 2008-04-17T15:08:33Z Targeted Assistance to Restore Growth in Employment Throughout 2008 Act, or the TARGET Act - Provides for federal-state agreements under which a state will make targeted extended unemployment compensation payments, for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period, to individuals who: (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under such state law; (2) have no rights to compensation (including both regular and extended compensation) with respect to a week under such law or any other state or federal unemployment compensation law (and are not paid or entitled to be paid such additional compensation); and (3) are not receiving compensation for such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada.

Declares that such period of eligibility shall consist of any week which begins between April 1, 2008, and March 31, 2009. Denies eligibility to an individual unless his or her benefit year ends on or after July 1, 2007.

Specifies criteria for Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 periods of increasing unemployment in a state for purposes of calculating payments under this Act. Prescribes formulas for crediting amounts to recipient accounts for each period.

Requires federal payments to states in the amount of specified percentages of the targeted extended unemployment compensation payments a state has paid to individuals. Sets such percentages with respect to a week at: (1) 50% for a Tier-1 period; (2) 75% for a Tier-2 period; and (3) 100% for a Tier-3 period.

Provides for handling of fraud and overpayments of such compensation.

]]> TARGET Act Short Titles as Introduced TARGET Act Short Titles as Introduced Targeted Assistance to Restore Growth in Employment Throughout 2008 Act Display Title TARGET Act Official Title as Introduced To provide for a program of targeted extended unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-04-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5688ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5688ih.xml 2008-04-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. 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.