[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 35 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 35

          To provide economic security for America's workers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 7, 2003

Mr. Daschle (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
Baucus, Mr. Smith, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. 
 Murray, Mr. Bayh, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Nelson of Florida) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                               on Finance

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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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. 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 December 
        31, 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.

    (a) Entitlement to Additional Weeks.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 203(b) of the 
        Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 
        (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 28) 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.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 203(c)(1) of the 
        Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 
        (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 28) is amended by inserting 
        ``one half of'' before ``the amount originally established in 
        such account''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
        amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
        weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of 
        enactment this Act.
            (2) Resumption of benefits.--
                    (A) Rule applicable to exhaustees.--In the case of 
                any individual--
                            (i) to whom any temporary extended 
                        unemployment compensation was payable for any 
                        week beginning before January 1, 2003; and
                            (ii) who exhausted such individual's rights 
                        to such compensation (by reason of the payment 
                        of all amounts in such individual's temporary 
                        extended unemployment compensation account) 
                        before January 1, 2003,
                such individual's eligibility for any additional weeks 
                of temporary extended unemployment compensation by 
                reason of the amendments made by this Act shall apply 
                with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or 
                after the date of enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Rule applicable to nonexhaustees.--In the case 
                of any individual--
                            (i) to whom any temporary extended 
                        unemployment compensation was payable for any 
                        week beginning before January 1, 2003, and
                            (ii) as to whom the condition described in 
                        clause (i)(II) does not apply,
                such individual shall, upon appropriate application, be 
                eligible for temporary extended unemployment 
                compensation (in accordance with the provisions of the 
                Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 
                2002, as amended by this Act) with respect to any weeks 
                of unemployment beginning on or after December 29, 
                2002.
            (3) Date for determining eligibility of exhaustees for 
        augmented benefits.--In the case of any individual described in 
        paragraph (2)(A), the determination under section 203(c) of the 
        Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 
        (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 28) as to whether such 
        individual's State is in an extended benefit period (for 
        purposes of determining eligibility for augmented benefits 
        under such Act, as amended by this Act) shall be made--
                    (A) without regard to whether or not such a 
                determination was made under the Temporary Extended 
                Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, as in effect 
                before the amendments made by this Act; and
                    (B)(i) in the case of any individual who did not 
                receive augmented benefits as a result of the 
                application of section 203(c) of such Act (as in effect 
                before the amendments made by this Act), as of the date 
                of enactment of this Act; or
                    (ii) in the case of any individual who is not 
                described in clause (i), at the time that the 
                individual's account is exhausted under the Temporary 
                Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, as 
                amended by this Act.
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