[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 526 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 526

   To increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment 
            compensation is payable, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1993

  Mr. Murtha introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment 
            compensation is payable, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WEEKS FOR WHICH EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 
              COMPENSATION IS PAYABLE.

    Subparagraph (A) of section 102(b)(2) of the Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new clause:
                            ``(vii) Additional entitlement.--Effective 
                        with respect to weeks beginning after the date 
                        of the enactment of this clause--
                                    ``(I) notwithstanding clause (vi), 
                                the reduction under clause (ii) shall 
                                not apply in determining the amount 
                                payable from any account from which 
                                emergency unemployment compensation was 
                                paid for any week beginning before June 
                                13, 1992,
                                    ``(II) the applicable limit 
                                otherwise determined under this 
                                subparagraph (after the application of 
                                subclause (I)) shall be increased by 
                                13, and
                                    ``(III) the percentage otherwise 
                                applicable under paragraph (1)(A) shall 
                                be increased by 50 percentage points.
                        Adjustments similar to those provided in the 
                        preceding sentence shall be made to the 
                        provisions of section 501 of this Act.''

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES FOR MEALS AND 
              ENTERTAINMENT.

    (a) General Rule.--Paragraph (1) of section 274(n) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``80 percent'' and 
inserting ``70 percent''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The subsection heading of subsection (n) 
of section 274 of such Code is amended by striking ``80 Percent'' and 
inserting ``70 Percent''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of 
this section.

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