[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 920 Engrossed in House (EH)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 920

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                                 AN ACT

  To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, and for 
                            other purposes.






103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 920

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
  To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

    (a) General Rule.--Sections 102(f)(1) and 106(a)(2) of the 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as 
amended) are each amended by striking ``March 6, 1993'' and inserting 
``October 2, 1993''.
    (b) Modification to Final Phase-Out.--Paragraph (2) of section 
102(f) of such Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``March 6, 1993'' and inserting ``October 
        2, 1993'', and
            (2) by striking ``June 19, 1993'' and inserting ``January 
        15, 1994''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (1) of section 101(e) of such 
Act is amended by striking ``March 6, 1993'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``October 2, 1993''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to weeks beginning after March 6, 1993.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF RAILROAD WORKERS.

    (a) Extension of Program.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 501(b) 
        of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public 
        Law 102-164, as amended) are each amended by striking ``March 
        6, 1993'' and inserting ``October 2, 1993''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 501(a) of such Act is 
        amended by striking ``March 1993'' and inserting ``October 
        1993''.
    (b) Termination of Benefits.--Section 501(e) of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``March 6, 1993'' and inserting ``October 
        2, 1993'', and
            (2) by striking ``June 19, 1993'' and inserting ``January 
        15, 1994''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to weeks beginning after March 6, 1993.

SEC. 4. PROFILING OF NEW CLAIMANTS.

    (a) General Rule.--The Secretary of Labor shall establish a program 
for encouraging the adoption and implementation by all States of a 
system of profiling all new claimants for regular unemployment 
compensation (including new claimants under each State unemployment 
compensation law which is approved under the Federal Unemployment Tax 
Act (26 U.S.C. 3301-3311) and new claimants under Federal unemployment 
benefit and allowance programs administered by the State under 
agreements with the Secretary of Labor), to determine which claimants 
may be likely to exhaust regular unemployment compensation and may need 
reemployment assistance services to make a successful transition to new 
employment.
    (b) Technical Assistance to States.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
provide technical assistance and advice to the States in the 
development of model profiling systems and the procedures for such 
systems. Such technical assistance and advice shall be provided by the 
utilization of such resources as the secretary deems appropriate, and 
the procedures for such profiling systems shall include the effective 
utilization of automated data processing.
    (c) Funding of Activities.--For purposes of encouraging the 
development and establishment of model profiling systems in the States, 
the Secretary of Labor shall provide to each State, from funds 
available for this purpose, such funds as may be determined by the 
Secretary to be necessary.
    (d) Report to Congress.--Within 30 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall report to the 
Congress on the operation and effectiveness of the profiling systems 
adopted by the States, and the Secretary's recommendation for 
continuation of the systems and any appropriate legislation.
    (e) State.--For purposes of this section, the term ``State'' has 
the meaning given such term by section 3306(j)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986.
    (f) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. FINANCING PROVISIONS.

    (a) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
nonrepayable advances to the account for ``Advances to the Unemployment 
Trust Fund and Other Funds'' in the Department of Labor appropriations 
Acts (for transfer to the ``extended unemployment compensation 
account'' established by section 905 of the Social Security Act) such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the amendments 
made by section 2 of this Act.
    (b) Use of Advance Account Funds.--The funds appropriated to the 
account for ``Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds'' 
in the Department of Labor Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 1993 
(Public Law 102-394) are authorized to be used to make payments to the 
States to carry out the purposes of the amendments made by section 2 of 
this Act.

SEC. 6. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

    Pursuant to sections 251(b)(2)(D)(i) and 252(e) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Congress hereby 
designates all direct spending amounts provided by this Act (for all 
fiscal years) and all appropriations authorized by this Act (for all 
fiscal years) as emergency requirements within the meaning of part C of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 24, 1993.

            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.