[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3981 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3981

    To provide for a temporary extension of unemployment insurance 
                              provisions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 29, 2010

 Mr. Baucus (for himself, Mr. Reid, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Reed, Mr. Casey, 
 Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. 
 Boxer, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Franken, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
    Wyden, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Levin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for a temporary extension of unemployment insurance 
                              provisions.

    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 Insurance Stabilization 
Act of 2010'' or the ``USA Act''.

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 ``November 30, 2010'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``January 3, 2012'';
            (B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking 
        ``november 30, 2010'' and inserting ``january 3, 2012''; and
            (C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``April 30, 2011'' 
        and inserting ``June 9, 2012''.
    (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 ``December 1, 2010'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``January 4, 2012''; and
            (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``May 1, 2011'' and 
        inserting ``June 11, 2012''.
    (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 
``April 30, 2011'' and inserting ``June 10, 2012''.
    (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 (E), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:
                    ``(G) the amendments made by section 2(a)(1) of the 
                Unemployment Insurance Stabilization Act of 2010; 
                and''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Unemployment Compensation 
Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-205).

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF INDICATORS UNDER THE EXTENDED BENEFIT 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Indicator.--Section 203(d) of the Federal-State Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended, 
in the flush matter following paragraph (2), by inserting after the 
first sentence the following sentence: ``Effective with respect to 
compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of 
enactment of the Unemployment Insurance Stabilization Act of 2010 (or, 
if later, the date established pursuant to State law), and ending on or 
before December 31, 2011, the State may by law provide that the 
determination of whether there has been a state `on' or `off' indicator 
beginning or ending any extended benefit period shall be made under 
this subsection as if the word `two' were `three' in subparagraph 
(1)(A).''.
    (b) Alternative Trigger.--Section 203(f) of the Federal-State 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesinating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(2) Effective with respect to compensation for weeks of 
unemployment beginning after the date of enactment of the Unemployment 
Insurance Stabilization Act of 2010 (or, if later, the date established 
pursuant to State law), and ending on or before December 31, 2011, the 
State may by law provide that the determination of whether there has 
been a state `on' or `off' indicator beginning or ending any extended 
benefit period shall be made under this subsection as if the word 
`either' were `any', the word ``both'' were `all', and the figure `2' 
were `3' in clause (1)(A)(ii).''.

SEC. 4. 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.
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