[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4213 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.4213
One Hundred Eleventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten
An Act
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring
provisions, 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 ``Unemployment Compensation Extension
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROVISIONS.
(a) In General.--(1) Section 4007 of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended--
(A) by striking ``June 2, 2010'' each place it appears and
inserting ``November 30, 2010'';
(B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking ``june 2,
2010'' and inserting ``november 30, 2010''; and
(C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``November 6, 2010'' and
inserting ``April 30, 2011''.
(2) 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--
(A) by striking ``June 2, 2010'' each place it appears and
inserting ``December 1, 2010''; and
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ``November 6, 2010'' and
inserting ``May 1, 2011''.
(3) Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of
2008 (Public Law 110-449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking
``November 6, 2010'' and inserting ``April 30, 2011''.
(b) Funding.--Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
``(F) the amendments made by section 2(a)(1) of the
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010; and''.
(c) Conditions for Receiving Emergency Unemployment Compensation.--
Section 4001(d)(2) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public
Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended, in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by inserting before ``shall apply'' the following:
``(including terms and conditions relating to availability for work,
active search for work, and refusal to accept work)''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the Continuing Extension Act
of 2010 (Public Law 111-157).
SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION WITH
REGULAR COMPENSATION.
(a) Certain Individuals Not Ineligible by Reason of New Entitlement
to Regular Benefits.--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:
``(g) Coordination of Emergency Unemployment Compensation With
Regular Compensation.--
``(1) If--
``(A) an individual has been determined to be entitled to
emergency unemployment compensation with respect to a benefit
year,
``(B) that benefit year has expired,
``(C) that individual has remaining entitlement to
emergency unemployment compensation with respect to that
benefit year, and
``(D) that individual would qualify for a new benefit year
in which the weekly benefit amount of regular compensation is
at least either $100 or 25 percent less than the individual's
weekly benefit amount in the benefit year referred to in
subparagraph (A),
then the State shall determine eligibility for compensation as
provided in paragraph (2).
``(2) For individuals described in paragraph (1), the State
shall determine whether the individual is to be paid emergency
unemployment compensation or regular compensation for a week of
unemployment using one of the following methods:
``(A) The State shall, if permitted by State law, establish
a new benefit year, but defer the payment of regular
compensation with respect to that new benefit year until
exhaustion of all emergency unemployment compensation payable
with respect to the benefit year referred to in paragraph
(1)(A);
``(B) The State shall, if permitted by State law, defer the
establishment of a new benefit year (which uses all the wages
and employment which would have been used to establish a
benefit year but for the application of this paragraph), until
exhaustion of all emergency unemployment compensation payable
with respect to the benefit year referred to in
paragraph(1)(A);
``(C) The State shall pay, if permitted by State law--
``(i) regular compensation equal to the weekly benefit
amount established under the new benefit year, and
``(ii) emergency unemployment compensation equal to the
difference between that weekly benefit amount and the
weekly benefit amount for the expired benefit year; or
``(D) The State shall determine rights to emergency
unemployment compensation without regard to any rights to
regular compensation if the individual elects to not file a
claim for regular compensation under the new benefit year.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to individuals whose benefit years, as described in section
4002(g)(1)(B) the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law
110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), as amended by this section, expire after
the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. REQUIRING STATES TO NOT REDUCE REGULAR COMPENSATION IN ORDER TO
BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDS UNDER THE EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
PROGRAM.
Section 4001 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 new subsection:
``(g) Nonreduction Rule.--An agreement under this section shall not
apply (or shall cease to apply) with respect to a State upon a
determination by the Secretary that the method governing the
computation of regular compensation under the State law of that State
has been modified in a manner such that--
``(1) the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation
which will be payable during the period of the agreement occurring
on or after June 2, 2010 (determined disregarding any additional
amounts attributable to the modification described in section
2002(b)(1) 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)), will be less than
``(2) the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation
which would otherwise have been payable during such period under
the State law, as in effect on June 2, 2010.''.
SEC. 5. BUDGETARY PROVISIONS.
(a) Statutory Paygo.--The budgetary effects of this Act, for the
purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010,
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled
`Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation' for this Act, jointly
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairmen of
the House and Senate Budget Committees, provided that such statement
has been submitted prior to the vote on passage in the House acting
first on this conference report or amendment between the Houses.
(b) Emergency Designations.--Sections 2 and 3--
(1) are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law
111-139; 2 U.S.C. 933(g));
(2) in the House of Representatives, are designated as an
emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles; and
(3) in the Senate, are designated as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.