[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2572 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2572

     To reinstate the emergency unemployment compensation program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 1995

  Mr. Rahall (for himself, Mr. Boucher, Miss Collins of Michigan, Mr. 
Evans, Mr. Filner, Mr. Klink, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Stupak) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and 
    Infrastructure and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To reinstate the emergency unemployment compensation program.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.

    (a) General Rule.--Sections 102(f)(1) and 106(a)(2) of the 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 are each amended by 
striking ``February 5, 1994'' and inserting ``December 1, 1995'' and 
section 102(b)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by striking clause (vi).
    (b) Modification of Final Phaseout.--Paragraph (2) of section 
102(f) of such Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``February 5, 1994'' and inserting 
        ``December 1, 1995'', and
            (2) by striking ``April 30, 1994'' and inserting ``June 1, 
        1996''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (e) of section 101 of such 
Act is amended by striking ``February 5, 1994'' each place it appears 
and inserting ``December 1, 1995''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to weeks of unemployment beginning after December 1, 1995.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF RAILROAD WORKERS.

    (a) General Rule.--
            (1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 501(b) of the 
        Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 are each 
        amended by striking ``February 5, 1994'' and inserting 
        ``December 1, 1995''.
            (2) Subsection (a) of section 501 of such Act is amended by 
        striking ``February 5, 1994'' and inserting ``December 1, 
        1995''.
    (b) Termination of Benefits.--Subsection (e) of section 501 of such 
Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``February 5, 1994'' and inserting 
        ``December 1, 1995'', and
            (2) by striking ``April 30, 1994'' and inserting ``June 1, 
        1996''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to days of unemployment after December 1, 1995.

SEC. 3. 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 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 make payments to the States 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. 4. 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.
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