[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3986 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3986

 To extend the period of availability of unemployment assistance under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in 
  the case of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2002

  Mr. Quinn (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Walsh, Mrs. Maloney of New 
York, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Engel, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Israel, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
     Towns, Mr. King, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Boehlert, Ms. 
   Slaughter, Mr. Grucci, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
 Reynolds, Mr. McNulty, and Mr. Rangel) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the period of availability of unemployment assistance under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in 
  the case of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

    Notwithstanding section 410(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5177(a)), in the case of 
any individual eligible to receive unemployment assistance under 
section 410(a) of that Act as a result of the terrorist attacks of 
September 11, 2001, the President shall make such assistance available 
for 39 weeks after the major disaster is declared.
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