[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3756 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3756

   To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for 
          additional weeks of emergency unemployment benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 2009

  Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Perriello, Mr. Loebsack, and Mr. Hodes) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for 
          additional weeks of emergency unemployment benefits.

    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 ``Unemployment Compensation Extension 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS.

    (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 `4' 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 
                                `6.0' 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) is 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) 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 Unemployment 
Compensation Extension Act of 2009''.
    (d) 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.
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