[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3708 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3708

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a part-time 
      worker who otherwise meets the eligibility requirements for 
    unemployment compensation not be precluded from receiving such 
 compensation solely because such individual is seeking only part-time 
                                 work.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 29, 2000

  Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Stark, and Mr. Matsui) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a part-time 
      worker who otherwise meets the eligibility requirements for 
    unemployment compensation not be precluded from receiving such 
 compensation solely because such individual is seeking only part-time 
                                 work.

    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 ``Parity for Part-Time Workers Act''.

SEC. 2. PART-TIME WORKERS.  

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 3304 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to approval of State unemployment 
compensation laws) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of 
paragraph (18), by redesignating paragraph (19) as paragraph (20), and 
by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new paragraph:
            ``(19) compensation shall not be denied to an individual 
        solely because such individual is seeking only part-time work, 
        if--
                    ``(A) such individual otherwise qualifies for 
                unemployment compensation, based wholly or mostly on 
                part-time work; and
                    ``(B) the part-time work sought by such individual 
                generally requires at least 20 hours per week; and''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the 
        amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on November 
        1, 2000.
            (2) Exception.--In the case of any State the legislature of 
        which has not been in session for at least 30 calendar days 
        (whether or not successive) between the date of the enactment 
        of this Act and November 1, 2000, the amendment made by 
        subsection (a) shall take effect 30 calendar days after the 
        first day on which such legislature is in session on or after 
        November 1, 2000.
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