[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 162 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 162

To amend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Act of 2002 to provide for 
   additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees, and to provide for a 
  temporary extension of the temporary extended unemployment program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2003

Mr. Quinn (for himself, Mr. McHugh, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. King of New York, 
and Mr. Walsh) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Act of 2002 to provide for 
   additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees, and to provide for a 
  temporary extension of the temporary extended unemployment program.

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

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF BENEFITS.

    Section 203 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Additional Weeks of Benefits.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, upon the exhaustion of all amounts that may 
be credited to an individual's account under the preceding provisions 
of this section, such account shall be increased by an amount equal to 
the amount originally established in such account under subsection 
(b)(1).''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM EXTENSION.

    Paragraph (2) of section 208 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 2002 is amended by striking ``2003'' and inserting 
``2004''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
of 2002.
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