[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 4263 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4263

     To reinstate the emergency unemployment compensation program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 1996

  Mr. Murtha 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
Amendments of 1996''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.

    (a) General Rule.--
            (1) Section 102(f)(1)(B) of the Emergency Unemployment 
        Compensation Act of 1991 is amended by striking ``February 5, 
        1994'' and inserting ``the last day of the 6-month period 
        beginning on the date of the enactment of the Emergency 
        Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1996''.
            (2) Section 106(a)(2) of such Act is amended by striking 
        ``February 5, 1995'' and inserting ``the date specified in 
        section 102(f)(1)(B)''.
    (b) Modification of Final Phaseout.--Paragraph (2) of section 
102(f) of such Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``February 5, 1994'' and inserting ``the 
        date specified in paragraph (1)(B)'', and
            (2) by striking ``April 30, 1994'' and inserting ``the last 
        day of the second month beginning after the date specified in 
        paragraph (1)(B)''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (e) of section 101 of such 
Act is amended by striking ``February 5, 1994'' each place it appears 
and inserting ``the date specified in section 102(f)(1)(B)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF RAILROAD WORKERS.

    (a) General Rule.--
            (1) Subsection (a) of section 501 of such Act is amended by 
        striking ``February 1994'' and inserting ``the last day of the 
        6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of the 
        Emergency Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1996''.
            (2) Paragraph (1) of section 501(b) of the Emergency 
        Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 is amended by striking 
        ``February 5, 1994'' and inserting ``the last day of the 6-
        month period referred to in subsection (a)''.
            (3) Paragraph (2) of section 501(b) of such Act is amended 
        by striking ``February 5, 1994'' and inserting ``the last day 
        of the 6-month period referred to in subsection (a)''.
            (4) Paragraph (2) of section 501(d) of such Act is amended 
        to read as follows:
            ``(2) Phase-out.--Effective on and after June 14, 1992, 
        paragraph (1) of this section shall be applied by substituting 
        `100' for `130' each place it appears, and by substituting `10' 
        for `13' each place it appears.''.
    (b) Termination of Benefits.--Subsection (e) of section 501 of such 
Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``February 5, 1994'' and inserting ``the 
        last day of the 6-month period referred to in subsection (a)'', 
        and
            (2) by striking ``April 30, 1994'' and inserting ``the end 
        of the second month beginning after such last day''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to days of unemployment on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 4. 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 3 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, 1996 (Public Law 104-134) 
are authorized to be used to make payments to the States to carry out 
the purposes of the amendments made by section 3 of this Act.

SEC. 5. 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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