[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6340 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6340

   To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to modify the 
threshold rates of unemployment that must be met by a State in order to 
     establish eligibility for fourth-tier emergency unemployment 
                compensation with respect to such State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2010

 Mr. Hinchey 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 modify the 
threshold rates of unemployment that must be met by a State in order to 
     establish eligibility for fourth-tier emergency unemployment 
                compensation with respect to such State.

    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 ``Fairness in Unemployment Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4002(e)(2) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``6'' and inserting 
        ``4''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``8.5'' and inserting 
        ``7.0''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to individuals exhausting third-tier emergency unemployment 
compensation on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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