[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3404 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3404

To amend the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families 
 Act and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the 
temporary extension of certain unemployment benefits and the temporary 
availability of further additional emergency unemployment compensation, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2009

Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Stark, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis 
   of Georgia, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Meek of 
Florida, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Nadler of New York, Ms. 
   Bordallo, Mr. Farr, Mr. LaTourette, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. 
  Peters, Mr. Dingell, and Mrs. Capps) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families 
 Act and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the 
temporary extension of certain unemployment benefits and the temporary 
availability of further additional emergency unemployment compensation, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 
Extension Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF CERTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

    (a) Emergency Unemployment Compensation.--Section 4007 of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 
3304 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``December 31, 2009'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``December 31, 2010'';
            (2) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking 
        ``December 31, 2009'' and inserting ``December 31, 2010''; and
            (3) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``May 31, 2010'' and 
        inserting ``May 31, 2011''.
    (b) Additional Regular Compensation.--Section 2002(e) of the 
Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as 
contained in Public Law 111-5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 438), is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``January 1, 2010'' 
        and inserting ``January 1, 2011'';
            (2) in the heading for paragraph (2), by striking ``January 
        1, 2010'' and inserting ``January 1, 2011''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``June 30, 2010'' and 
        inserting ``June 30, 2011''.
    (c) Full Funding of Extended Benefits.--Section 2005 of the 
Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as 
contained in Public Law 111-5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 444), is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``January 1, 2010'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``January 1, 2011'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``June 1, 2010'' and 
        inserting ``June 1, 2011''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``May 30, 2010'' and 
        inserting ``May 30, 2011''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 4002 of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Further Additional Emergency Unemployment Compensation.--
            ``(1) In general.--If, at the time that the amount added to 
        an individual's account under subsection (c)(1) (hereinafter 
        `additional emergency unemployment compensation') is exhausted 
        or at any time thereafter, such individual's State is in an 
        extended benefit period (as determined under paragraph (2)), 
        such account shall be further augmented by an amount 
        (hereinafter `further additional emergency unemployment 
        compensation') equal to the lesser of--
                    ``(A) 50 percent of the total amount of regular 
                compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable 
                to the individual during the individual's benefit year 
                under the State law; or
                    ``(B) 13 times the individual's average weekly 
                benefit amount (as determined under subsection (b)(2)) 
                for the benefit year.
            ``(2) Extended benefit period.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1), a State shall be considered to be in an extended benefit 
        period, as of any given time, if--
                    ``(A) such a period is then in effect for such 
                State under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment 
                Compensation Act of 1970;
                    ``(B) such a period would then be in effect for 
                such State under such Act if section 203(d) of such 
                Act--
                            ``(i) were applied by substituting `6' for 
                        `5' each place it appears; and
                            ``(ii) did not include the requirement 
                        under paragraph (1)(A) thereof; or
                    ``(C) such a period would then be in effect for 
                such State under such Act if--
                            ``(i) section 203(f) of such Act were 
                        applied to such State (regardless of whether 
                        the State by law had provided for such 
                        application); and
                            ``(ii) such section 203(f)--
                                    ``(I) were applied by substituting 
                                `9.0' for `6.5' in paragraph (1)(A)(i) 
                                thereof; and
                                    ``(II) did not include the 
                                requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) 
                                thereof.
            ``(3) Coordination rule.--Notwithstanding an election under 
        section 4001(e) by a State to provide for the payment of 
        emergency unemployment compensation prior to extended 
        compensation, such State may pay extended compensation to an 
        otherwise eligible individual prior to any further additional 
        emergency unemployment compensation, if such individual claimed 
        extended compensation for at least 1 week of unemployment after 
        the exhaustion of additional emergency unemployment 
        compensation.
            ``(4) Limitation.--The account of an individual may be 
        augmented not more than once under this subsection.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment to Non-augmentation Rule.--Section 
4007(b)(2) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 
110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), as amended by section 2(a), is further 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``then section 4002(c)'' and inserting 
        ``then subsections (c) and (d) of section 4002''; and
            (2) by striking ``paragraph (2) of such section)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (2) of such subsection (c) or (d) (as the 
        case may be))''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply as if included in the enactment of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008, except that no amount shall be payable by 
virtue of such amendments with respect to any week of unemployment 
commencing before the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

    Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 
(Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking 
``Act;'' and inserting ``Act and the Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation Extension Act of 2009;''.

SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD 
              UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.

    (a) Benefits.--Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment 
Insurance Act, as added by section 2006 of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), is amended--
            (1) in clause (iii)--
                    (A) by striking ``June 30, 2009'' and inserting 
                ``June 30, 2010'';
                    (B) by striking ``December 31, 2009'' and inserting 
                ``December 31, 2010''; and
            (2) by adding at the end of clause (iv) the following: ``In 
        addition to the amount appropriated by the preceding sentence, 
        out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
        there are appropriated $175,000,000 to cover the cost of 
        additional extended unemployment benefits provided under this 
        subparagraph, to remain available until expended.''.
    (b) Administrative Expenses.--Section 2006 of the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended by adding at the end of 
subsection (b) the following: ``In addition to funds appropriated by 
the preceding sentence, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, there are appropriated to the Railroad Retirement Board 
$807,000 to cover the administrative expenses associated with the 
payment of additional extended unemployment benefits under section 
2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, to remain 
available until expended.''.

SEC. 6. EFFICIENT USE OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES DATABASE 
              FOR FEDERALLY-SPONSORED RESEARCH ASSESSING THE 
              EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS IN ACHIEVING POSITIVE 
              LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES.

    Section 453 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (i)(2)(A), by striking ``24'' and 
        inserting ``48'';
            (2) in subsection (j)(5), by striking ``but without 
        personal identifiers'' and inserting ``or pursuant to 
        evaluations undertaken to assess the effectiveness of Federal 
        programs in achieving positive labor market outcomes that are 
        conducted under contract to or grant from the Department of 
        Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, 
        the Department of Labor, the Department of Education, the 
        Department of Housing and Urban Development, or other Federal 
        departments or agencies supporting the evaluations. For 
        purposes of conducting the evaluations, personal identifiers 
        may be provided to any Federal department or agency and to any 
        agent of any such department or agency, subject to the privacy 
        provisions contained in subsections (l) and (m)''; and
            (3) in subsection (l)(2), by inserting ``, agent conducting 
        research described in subsection (j)(5),'' before ``or 
        employee''.
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