[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5491 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5491

          To provide economic security for America's workers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2002

   Mr. Rangel (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
 Matsui, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Levin, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Neal of 
    Massachusetts, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. George Miller of 
California, and Ms. Slaughter) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
          To provide economic security for America's workers.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation 
                            Act of 2002.
Sec. 3. Entitlement to additional weeks of temporary extended 
                            unemployment compensation.
Sec. 4. Application of revised rate of insured unemployment.
Sec. 5. Additional TEUC extended benefit period trigger.
Sec. 6. Additional weeks of benefits for workers in high unemployment 
                            States.
Sec. 7. Effective date.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
              ACT OF 2002.

    (a) Six-Month Extension of Program.--Section 208 of the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 
Stat. 30) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 208. APPLICABILITY.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), an agreement entered 
into under this title shall apply to weeks of unemployment--
            ``(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is 
        entered into; and
            ``(2) ending before July 1, 2003.
    ``(b) Transition.--In the case of an individual who is receiving 
temporary emergency unemployment compensation for the week which 
immediately precedes July 1, 2003, temporary emergency unemployment 
compensation shall continue to be payable to such individual for any 
week thereafter from the account from which such individual received 
compensation for the week which includes such termination date. No 
compensation shall be payable by reason of the preceding sentence for 
any week beginning after October 14, 2003.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Temporary Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 
21).

SEC. 3. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF TEMPORARY EXTENDED 
              UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    Paragraph (1) of section 203(b) of the Temporary Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 
21) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--The amount established in an account 
        under subsection (a) shall be equal to 26 times the 
        individual's weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.''.

SEC. 4. APPLICATION OF REVISED RATE OF INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT.

    Section 207 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 21) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``In this title, the terms'' and inserting 
        the following: ``In this title:
            ``(1) General definitions.--The terms''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Adjusted insured unemployment rate.--For weeks of 
        unemployment beginning on or after the date of enactment of the 
        Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, the term `rate 
        of insured unemployment' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 203(e)(1) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment 
        Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), except that 
        individuals exhausting their right to regular compensation 
        during the most recent 3 calendar months for which data are 
        available before the close of the period for which such rate is 
        being determined shall be taken into account as if they were 
        individuals filing claims for regular compensation for each 
        week during the period for which such rate is being 
        determined.''.

SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TEUC EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD TRIGGER.

    (a) In General.--Section 203(c) of the Temporary Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 
21) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Additional extended benefit period trigger.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Effective with respect to 
                compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning on or 
                after the date of enactment of the Emergency 
                Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, an agreement 
                under this title shall provide that, in addition to any 
                other extended benefit period trigger, for purposes of 
                beginning or ending any extended benefit period under 
                this section--
                            ``(i) there is a State `on' indicator for a 
                        week if--
                                    ``(I) the average rate of total 
                                unemployment in such State (seasonally 
                                adjusted) for the period consisting of 
                                the most recent 3 months for which data 
                                for all States are published before the 
                                close of such week equals or exceeds 6 
                                percent; and
                                    ``(II) the average rate of total 
                                unemployment in such State (seasonally 
                                adjusted) for the 3-month period 
                                referred to in clause (i) equals or 
                                exceeds 110 percent of such average 
                                rate for either (or both) of the 
                                corresponding 3-month periods ending in 
                                the 2 preceding calendar years; and
                            ``(ii) there is a State `off' indicator for 
                        a week if either the requirements of subclause 
                        (I) or (II) of clause (i) are not satisfied.
                    ``(B) No effect on other determinations.--
                Notwithstanding the provisions of any agreement 
                described in subparagraph (A), any week for which there 
                would otherwise be a State `on' indicator shall 
                continue to be such a week and shall not be determined 
                to be a week for which there is a State `off' 
                indicator.
                    ``(C) Determinations made by the secretary.--For 
                purposes of this subsection, determinations of the rate 
                of total unemployment in any State for any period (and 
                of any seasonal adjustment) shall be made by the 
                Secretary.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 203(c)(1) of the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 
Stat. 21) is amended by inserting ``or (3)'' after ``paragraph (2)''.

SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF BENEFITS FOR WORKERS IN HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT 
              STATES.

    Section 203(c)(1) of the Temporary Extended Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 30) is amended 
by striking ``an amount equal to the amount originally established in 
such account (as determined under subsection (b)(1))'' and inserting 
``7 times the individual's weekly benefit amount for the benefit 
year''.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on 
or after the date of enactment this Act.
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