1.This Act may be cited as
the Assistance for Unemployed Workers
Extension Act
.
2.Extension of emergency
unemployment compensation program
(a)Section 4007 of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304
note), as amended by section 4 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act
of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 122 Stat. 5015) and section 2001(a) of the
Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act (Public Law
111–5; 123 Stat. 436), 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)Section 4004(e)(1) of such Act, as added by section
2001(b) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act
(Public Law 111–5; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), is amended by inserting and
section 2(a) of the Assistance for Unemployed
Workers Extension Act
after Act
.
(c)The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if
included in the enactment of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008.
3.Extension of
increase in unemployment compensation benefits
(a)Section 2002(e) of
the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act (Public Law
111–5; 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
.
(b)The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if
included in the enactment of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and
Struggling Families Act.
4.
(a)Section 4002 of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304
note), as amended by section 3 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act
of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 122 Stat. 5014), is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
(d)
(1)If, at the time that the amount added to an individual’s
account under subsection (c)(1) (in this subsection referred to as
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 (in this subsection referred to as 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)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
would then be in effect for such State under the Federal-State Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 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
(B)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 8.5
for 6.5
in paragraph (1)(A)(i)
thereof; and
(II)did not include
the requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) thereof.
(3)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)The
account of an individual may be augmented not more than once under this
subsection.
.
(b)Section 4007(b)(2) of such Act, as amended by section
3, 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)
(1)Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by this
section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008.
(2)In applying the amendments made by this section, any
additional emergency unemployment compensation made payable by such amendment
(which would not otherwise have been payable if such amendment had not been
enacted) shall be payable only with respect to any week of unemployment
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
5.Extension of
full Federal funding of extended unemployment compensation for a limited
period
(a)Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and
Struggling Families Act (Public Law 111–5; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended—
(1)by striking
January 1, 2010
each place it appears and inserting
January 1, 2011
; and
(2)in subsection
(c), by striking June 1, 2010
and inserting June 1,
2011
.
(b)Extension of
temporary Federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for States
with no waiting weekSection 5 of the Unemployment Compensation
Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), as amended by
section 2005(d) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling
Families Act (Public Law 111–5; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), is amended by striking
May 30, 2010
and inserting May 30, 2011
.
(c)
(1)The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and
Struggling Families Act.
(2)The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect as if
included in the enactment of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of
2008.
6.Additional
extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance
Act
(a)Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act, as added by section 2006 of the Assistance for
Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat.
445), 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)Section 2006(b) of
the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act (Public Law
111–5; 123 Stat. 445) is amended by adding at the end 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.
.
(c)The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if
included in the enactment of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and
Struggling Families Act.