[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 682 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 682

 To amend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 
 to provide for additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees; to modify 
   the AIUR trigger used in determining eligibility for second-tier 
  benefits; and to provide for an extension of the temporary extended 
                         unemployment program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2003

 Mr. English (for himself, Ms. Hart, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Weldon of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Tiahrt) 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 Compensation Act of 2002 
 to provide for additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees; to modify 
   the AIUR trigger used in determining eligibility for second-tier 
  benefits; and to provide for an 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.

    (a) In General.--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 
6 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit 
year (as determined under subsection (b)(2)), but only if such 
exhaustion occurs before December 29, 2002.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Temporary Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, except that no amount shall be 
payable by virtue of such amendment for any week of unemployment ending 
before the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. MODIFIED AIUR TRIGGER FOR SECOND-TIER BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 203 of the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
            ``(3) Modified aiur.--For purposes of any determination 
        under paragraph (2), rates of insured unemployment shall be 
        determined in the same manner as would (disregarding this 
        paragraph) otherwise apply, except that individuals exhausting 
        their rights 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.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply for purposes of making any determination which is based on an 
exhaustion of rights occurring on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 3. PROGRAM EXTENSION.

    (a) Extension.--Section 208 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 2002 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 208. APPLICABILITY.

    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), 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 December 28, 2003.
    ``(b) Transition Rule.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection 
        (c), in the case of an individual who has amounts remaining in 
        an account established under section 203 as of December 27, 
        2003, temporary extended unemployment compensation shall 
        continue to be payable to such individual from such amounts for 
        any week beginning after such date for which the individual 
        meets the eligibility requirements of this title.
            ``(2) End of supplementation.--Subsection (c) and (d) of 
        section 203 shall cease to be effective as of December 27, 
        2003.
    ``(c) Sunset Provision.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this title, no temporary extended unemployment compensation shall be 
payable under this title for any week beginning after March 27, 
2004.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act or May 31, 
2003, whichever is earlier, and shall apply to weeks of unemployment 
beginning after that date.
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