[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 842 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 842

   To increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment 
                        compensation is payable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1993

Mrs. Kennelly 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.

    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) the applicable limit 
                                otherwise determined under this 
                                subparagraph shall be increased by 6, 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the percentage otherwise 
                                applicable under paragraph (1)(A) shall 
                                be increased by 25 percentage points.
                        Adjustments similar to those provided in the 
                        preceding sentence shall be made to the 
                        provisions of section 501 of this Act.''

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