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[S. 23 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.23

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the seventh day of January, two thousand and three


                                 An Act


 
      To provide for a 5-month extension of the Temporary Extended 
 Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 and for a transition period for 
individuals receiving compensation when the program under such Act ends.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION ACT OF 2002.
    (a) In General.--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.--Except as provided in 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 June 1, 2003.
    ``(b) Transition for Amount Remaining in Account.--
        ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), in the 
    case of an individual who has amounts remaining in an account 
    established under section 203 as of May 31, 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) No augmentation after may 31, 2003.--If the account of an 
    individual is exhausted after May 31, 2003, then section 203(c) 
    shall not apply and such account shall not be augmented under such 
    section, regardless of whether such individual's State is in an 
    extended benefit period (as determined under paragraph (2) of such 
    section).
        ``(3) Limitation.--No compensation shall be payable by reason 
    of paragraph (1) for any week beginning after August 30, 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).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.