3.0.0 1871 2023-01-11T20:41:15Z 2023-01-11T20:41:15Z Senate S S 2007-07-25 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-25T20:09:43Z Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act 110 2233 HR 2007-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. Related bill CRS 2007-07-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-07-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9920-9921) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-07-25 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2007-07-25 True W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2007-07-25 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-07-25 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-08-02 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-08-02 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2007-10-29 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-10-30 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-10-30 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-10-30 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-10-30 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2007-10-30 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-10-30 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-10-30 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2007-10-30 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-10-30 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-10-30 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-10-30 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-10-30 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-10-30 False W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" 2007-10-30 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-10-30 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-10-30 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-11-08 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-11-08 False Labor and Employment Economics and Public Finance Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Intergovernmental fiscal relations Payroll deductions State laws Taxation Unemployment insurance Withholding tax Labor and Employment 00 2007-07-25 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-02T20:15:14Z Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Labor to make unemployment compensation modernization incentive payments in FY2008-FY2012 by certain transfers from the federal unemployment account to the accounts of the states in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

Prescribes a formula for determining the maximum allowable incentive payments.

Specifies requirements state law must meet for the state to qualify for such a payment.

Limits the use of transferred amounts to the payment of cash unemployment benefits to individuals.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to reserve specified funds out of the federal unemployment account for such incentive payments.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through FY2013 the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) excise tax imposed on every employer.

]]> Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for special transfers of funds to States to promote certain improvements in State unemployment compensation laws. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act Short Titles as Introduced Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act Introduced in Senate 2007-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1871is/xml/BILLS-110s1871is.xml 2007-07-25 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.