1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Services Act of 2011
or the JOBS Act of 2011
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Reforms of Unemployment Compensation to Promote Work and Job Creation
Sec. 101. Consistent job search requirements.
Sec. 102. Participation in reemployment services made a condition of benefit receipt.
Sec. 103. State flexibility to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers.
Sec. 104. Repeal of regulation requiring higher State taxes.
Sec. 105. Restore State flexibility to improve unemployment program solvency.
Sec. 106. Data standardization for improved data matching.
Sec. 107. Technical and conforming amendments.
Title II—Forward Funding of Remaining Federal Unemployment Compensation Funds
Sec. 201. Special transfers to all States.
Sec. 202. Emergency unemployment compensation transition rules.
Sec. 203. Extended benefits program transition rules.
Sec. 204. Emergency designation.
<enum>I</enum><header>Reforms of Unemployment Compensation to Promote Work and Job Creation</header>
<section id="HAD00BDBC1D414C639A9840FB5BBB944D"><enum>101.</enum><header>Consistent job search requirements</header>
<subsection id="H3DCFECC5ED364F10B3FC335165EF18D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303(a) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H8A672FA358F74C7C8A974EE13E0D407A"><enum>(11)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7449E1DEBB1C4773988AB9C6FBF26D2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A requirement that, as a condition of eligibility for regular compensation for any week, a claimant must be able to work, available to work, and actively seeking work.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HFEB5410438514AA88B7ACE3387380C44" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>actively seeking work</term> means, with respect to any individual, that such individual is actively engaged in a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work, as determined based on evidence (whether in electronic format or otherwise) satisfactory to the State agency charged with the administration of the State law.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="H80031C89B3394B439DEAE96AC3B3F569" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The specific requirements that must be met in order to satisfy this paragraph shall be established by the State agency, and shall include at least the following:</text>
<clause id="H61363BE0A1714AD59F463D6CAC1045EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Registration for employment services within 14 days after making initial application for regular compensation.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H65503E5CC1DA46FC80DE8219D7524C8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Posting a resume, record, or other application for employment on such database as the State agency may require.</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC412D8C223284CACA062446C8ED2862D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Applying, in such manner as the State agency may require, for work which is similar to that previously performed by the individual, and which offers wages comparable to wages for similar work in the local labor market in which the individual resides or is actively seeking work.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H4F1CDB2094F747219B0842AE17408295"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to weeks beginning after the end of the first session of the State legislature which begins after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H2849CF13BB154689AA7AFC87195A224D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Participation in reemployment services made a condition of benefit receipt</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6C53133330A3406BA1E7F3E2F2994220"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Social Security Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (10) of section 303(a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H6F86A15ED7214FDD930744D7FD1DA62F"><enum>(10)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9D7EEC7973404C1B91ECC6197ACDEE7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A requirement that, as a condition of eligibility for regular compensation for any week—</text>
<clause changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HD98AF1383C724AC792A4A787F0D19890" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a claimant shall meet the minimum educational requirements set forth in subparagraph (B); and</text> </clause>
<clause changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HF52AB8E9281743BA844BD8EC0F210180" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any claimant who has been referred to reemployment services shall participate in such services.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HBA14CE7D02504A60994F7BB8D43F7B91" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of this paragraph, an individual shall not be considered to have met the minimum educational requirements of this subparagraph unless such individual—</text>
<clause id="H35B62D9F20734FECAA3102998500F797"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has earned a high school diploma;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HD048C5E3944B4FF3B3238BB7EE73FFF4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has earned the General Educational Development (GED) credential or other State-recognized equivalent (including by meeting recognized alternative standards for individuals with disabilities); or</text> </clause>
<clause id="H7023248BFAF3439FB00DDD325E3DE7DA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is enrolled and making satisfactory progress in classes leading to satisfaction of clause (ii).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="H2710A940BF9548CEB7461C7D8A277683" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of subparagraph (B) may be waived for an individual to the extent that the State agency charged with the administration of the State law deems such requirements to be unduly burdensome in the case of such individual.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H9BB9F0FFECAD410CB8648660809FA7EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Internal Revenue Code of 1986</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (8) of section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HEB612107B9734D38BA83FF540183B57B"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compensation shall not be denied to an individual for any week in which the individual is enrolled and making satisfactory progress in education or training which has been previously approved by the State agency;</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3C7E85C1B608412695D743C1B5582CA9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to weeks beginning after the end of the first session of the State legislature which begins after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BB815F6A6164190945BEE835CEA4FA4"><enum>103.</enum><header>State flexibility to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 and following) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H6202C6F2DC504353BD3B37D4E4A61DD5"><enum>305.</enum><header>Demonstration projects</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCC1A808AC23A4720A6EAC0482067D228"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The Secretary of Labor may enter into agreements, with States submitting an application described in subsection (b), for the purpose of allowing such States to conduct demonstration projects to test and evaluate measures designed—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HCB9F3C1DEEEE454AB11C8A08088EAEA7" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expedite the reemployment of individuals who establish initial eligibility for unemployment compensation under the State law of such State; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HE03D2FA4C18F489EB3A86022FFF3169E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to improve the effectiveness of a State in carrying out its State law with respect to reemployment.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="H5636946A6ECD491387F9184A56897418" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Governor of any State desiring to conduct a demonstration project under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary of Labor. Any such application shall, at a minimum, include—</text>
<paragraph id="H2EB315DCC0A14B65B85B9E05B4518D5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a general description of the proposed demonstration project, including the authority (under the laws of the State) for the measures to be tested, as well as the period of time during which such demonstration project would be conducted;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE22F60292C20446797123ABE9B1D4415"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if a waiver under subsection (c) is requested, the specific aspects of the project to which the waiver would apply and the reasons why such waiver is needed;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC29630F21D81419B8E037E18D4E949F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of the goals and the expected programmatic outcomes of the demonstration project, including how the project would contribute to the objective described in subsection (a)(1), subsection (a)(2), or both;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB613D31871B8486C90F5E30F4E7F0F95"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assurances (accompanied by supporting analysis) that the demonstration project would not result in any increased net costs to the State’s account in the Unemployment Trust Fund;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A303205A64340CE80FBE88032DC1235"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of the manner in which the State—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEA842D62D074404BBBFFCCAA756CEE08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will conduct an impact evaluation, using a control or comparison group or other valid methodology, of the demonstration project; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H66ACFBC8ABA6477D8B8A03094B8FE46B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will determine the extent to which the goals and outcomes described in paragraph (3) were achieved; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B81E40C5AAF47D4BACF7DA60CB46034"><enum>(6)</enum><text>assurances that the State will provide any reports relating to the demonstration project, after its approval, as the Secretary of Labor may require.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HE2B072E017DA40A1880EC31F00E418A5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary of Labor may waive any of the requirements of section 3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or of paragraph (1) or (5) of section 303(a), to the extent and for the period the Secretary of Labor considers necessary to enable the State to carry out a demonstration project under this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HB1C38763074E4C9F83ABEBFDA0723EA3" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><text>A demonstration project under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H1CD211DCFA7F4E07B46643100F597529"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may be commenced any time after the date of enactment of this section; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H80F05DDA99AC4E5CB037084A1B2A8A2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may not be approved for a period of time greater than 3 years, subject to extension upon request of the Governor of the State involved for such additional period as the Secretary of Labor may agree to, except that in no event may a demonstration project under this section be conducted after the end of the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="H65D60E69BE57485180EC70B4B2C6BAFC" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(e)</enum><text>The Secretary of Labor shall, in the case of any State for which an application is submitted under subsection (b)—</text>
<paragraph id="HADB87CC3C7D240998A5B93F1D0680D12"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the State as to whether such application has been approved or denied within 30 days after receipt of a complete application; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H904E84FC9F81414FB568F22DF49D495E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide public notice of the decision within 10 days after providing notification to the State in accordance with paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Public notice under paragraph (2) may be provided through the Internet or other appropriate means. Any application under this section that has not been denied within such 30 days shall be deemed approved, and public notice of any approval under this sentence shall be provided within 10 days thereafter.</continuation-text></subsection>
<subsection changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HE7FF818AF5C84451ACEDB07D10841B1A" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The Secretary of Labor may terminate a demonstration project under this section if the Secretary makes a final determination that the State has violated the substantive terms or conditions of the project.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="H1F6D989E59E94055912C0AD7C7890D3A"><enum>104.</enum><header>Repeal of regulation requiring higher State taxes</header>
<subsection id="HBF41DB0BC656456C9303EBBED2CC17C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1202(b)(2) of the Social Security Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBBC73476BABC46CBAF61BCED68282360"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE0834CD418E4B0496B73FEDE875D2BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>, and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF079A00CB0114DFE9E070E8768E176D9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB6D530DE300944F18CFFDB50BC92E612"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HEB4E6913826C4D1DB9840195D3C27F65"><enum>105.</enum><header>Restore State flexibility to improve unemployment program solvency</header>
<subsection id="HAEC5AF826CEB4BA1BC332917117EED87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 4001 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is repealed.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HA486D914011E42879BDC2A3A25B50911"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27408C50DDB245DB83917C5A1A4D487B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Data standardization for improved data matching</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H29F576FDD0444D299F175D23B16EF899"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title IX of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="H7543202C2F914C8B9BED122FC464605B"><enum>911.</enum><header>Data standardization for improved data matching</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H506ABA83088F441C8B2C347FDF7170A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standard data elements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H38D273551D8745EBA7E7C93B4882FD53"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with an interagency work group established by the Office of Management and Budget, and considering State perspectives, shall, by rule, designate standard data elements for any category of information required under title III or this title.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HWM00" id="HBF2375A26BE9422CB69CCCE7F5575B81" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The standard data elements designated under paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable, be nonproprietary and interoperable.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HWM00" id="H10494030E7F341DCA6A636851B50236A" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In designating standard data elements under this subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFEAF1CAA69A34F9B9B95813E3EED4875"><enum>(A)</enum><text>interoperable standards developed and maintained by an international voluntary consensus standards body, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, such as the International Organization for Standardization;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4BE465201AFD4371AC8C066528B277C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>interoperable standards developed and maintained by intergovernmental partnerships, such as the National Information Exchange Model; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5EE22494F32347088BADE14EB35C470E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>interoperable standards developed and maintained by Federal entities with authority over contracting and financial assistance, such as the Federal Acquisition Regulations Council.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HWM00" id="HF671C01E734D4C888768209B24F2A865" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data standards for reporting</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H634A72CEF139476FACCB1F57F0DEFB11"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with an interagency work group established by the Office of Management and Budget, and considering State government perspectives, shall, by rule, designate data reporting standards to govern the reporting required under title III or this title.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HWM00" id="H0BCFC050AC444C69BE9D3D2201DE2F7B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The data reporting standards required by paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA1CBE2BC828F4662AC1C087CF1C3EC92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporate a widely-accepted, non-proprietary, searchable, computer-readable format;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H913FC59B07DB4FFDB77D3FC3BAEF72D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be consistent with and implement applicable accounting principles; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1D31F0FD431C4E82BB34D616A58630B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be capable of being continually upgraded as necessary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HWM00" id="HACC779289C574AD9B1C869080B6320D2" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In designating reporting standards under this subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate existing nonproprietary standards, such as the eXtensible Business Reporting Language.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0C7C935213FF41DABE587320F6D41E8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall apply after September 30, 2012 .</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HDE50DE461A0C4BD9B4FCB98077BC4107"><enum>107.</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<subsection id="HA49EEE65F2E64F2686510D2C33B56797"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of Unemployment Compensation To Repay Overpayments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3304(a)(4)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 303(g)(1) of the Social Security Act are amended by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HACC74E546CDA4D94BA82D0E27CE8458E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to weeks beginning after the end of the first session of the State legislature which begins after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Forward Funding of Remaining Federal Unemployment Compensation Funds</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7C698E45F0B4637940C6928AE6E2FD5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Special transfers to all States</header>
<subsection id="H6DD94DB0BF434682B5057BEF010FBBE7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Special transfers in fiscal years 2011 and 2012</header><text>Section 903 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H46DCAB83F0BA4E478A74FFAC87FDA96F"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Special transfers in fiscal years 2011 and 2012</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCAC6E3BE0B784767BD2B074481C53932"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer (as of the dates determined under paragraph (4)) from the extended unemployment compensation account to the account of each State in the Unemployment Trust Fund the amount determined with respect to such State under paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HEEAC3CDB9E4C47D3B72C4F74CA7F3F99" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H73690DB063634DD18B929CEB8886B4C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount to be transferred to a State under this subsection in any fiscal year is the amount derived by multiplying the applicable total dollar amount for such fiscal year by the applicable fraction for such State.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="HB3B0E5BD67B7443A89904E8BE55EEE77" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the applicable total dollar amount is—</text>
<clause id="HFBDF6018EE5F4E6E93598BFFC5DBCF41"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2011, $12,800,000,000; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H9B1864CACE52496EB2B01E8FD1C6BF76"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2012, $18,200,000,000.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="H2769C074E9B24EC7975CDCAEDB5D569D" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the applicable fraction for a State is a fraction—</text>
<clause id="HD0A811EF17C34139963AD629B63F40A9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the numerator of which is the total amount of extended compensation and emergency unemployment compensation paid out by such State for weeks beginning in the 12-month period described in clause (ii); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HB6D78C83EF334BC38C726E0DF1429B34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the denominator of which is the total amount of extended compensation and emergency unemployment compensation paid out by all States for weeks beginning in the most recent 12-month period for which that information is available for all States as of May 1, 2011.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HWM00" id="HA0B0DCBC902D4F42BA7F439A930EF369" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8F2CFE7D5DD9493597BF394699932D7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), amounts transferred to a State account pursuant to this subsection shall be used only in the payment of extended compensation and emergency unemployment compensation, in accordance with applicable provisions of Federal and State law (including agreements and implementing regulations) as in effect on May 1, 2011.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HWM00" id="H52BC00E5B27649CF83A8DA8A7E2E3705" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may, pursuant to specific legislation enacted by the legislative body of the State after the date of enactment of the <short-title>JOBS Act of 2011</short-title>, use money transferred to the State account of such State under this subsection for</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF9D47204196E4D87A1AC5769B795A0E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the payment of unemployment compensation,</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H79C9CC8708754960A71178E96CB49F32"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the repayment of advances made to such State under section 1201 (including interest thereon), and</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF6746BA78ABB4BDABA944DF173F13D1A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reemployment services designed to enhance the rapid reemployment of unemployed workers (such as mandatory workshops, claimant assessments, resume preparation and job search assistance, wage subsidy programs, eligibility reviews, labor market information, development of a work-search plan, and training), if and only if—</text> </item></subclause>
<subclause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HWM00" id="H359EDFE5EEA04B63A901F05C1BE59112" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the purposes and amounts are specified in the law;</text> </subclause>
<subclause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HWM00" id="H0D6103C58D4146FD9835C8C2F1A6EB17" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the money is withdrawn and expended, for the purpose described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) (as the case may be), after the date of enactment of the law; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HWM00" id="H1AFA6066A8434B18B74CEA430543A17C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the use of the money is accounted for in accordance with standards established by the Secretary of Labor.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" id="H93120BCFF91E4DD1983613CCA1CE687B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Transfers under this subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8E7356E74EAC4CD5814969F375C25FC7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the extent that they relate to the amount set forth in paragraph (2)(B)(i), be made within 10 days after the date of enactment of this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC8C4154A93354E02AE030689334AB040"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent that they relate to the amount set forth in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), be made after September 30, 2011, and on or before October 10, 2011.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H67BAA91F5E7D40F787408C8AC2FE1813"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in section 903(b) of the Social Security Act shall be considered to apply with respect to any transfer under section 903(h) of such Act (as amended by this section).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H14D4D8EBF7C74841A8C75A6749563EF1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary of Labor may prescribe any operating instructions or regulations necessary to carry out this section and the amendment made by this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HCB5FC071C59248088E033955B9F548AB"><enum>202.</enum><header>Emergency unemployment compensation transition rules</header>
<subsection id="H8E3F7BF6C6F845279191789048F4D0EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 4003 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 is repealed.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HD327F14D7B604FAEA7A263DB56F0CDD5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Financing</header><text>Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4E03E29B8F80496CA3BC1A67A62308CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HACEF4DDD5C724D06827A800E9A0E0AD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding after subparagraph (G) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HWM00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAF2C56FDD6F405CB51FC26D6432FA95" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H843CAE6120D1479797A0CE4F24E891A7"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amendment made by section 201 of the <short-title>Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Services Act of 2011</short-title>; and</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFF3B38F3EE7449E6A9AD077C712404A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date of repeal</header>
<paragraph id="H678B0262D0354E58A05BBA0E2CD396E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective with respect to weeks ending after July 6, 2011.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H07183F55064944D79BFDE404FD633081"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to affect the reimbursability of any emergency unemployment compensation paid for a week ending before July 7, 2011.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HAF35FA2046EC42239C08B5683C7AEF4E"><enum>203.</enum><header>Extended benefits program transition rules</header>
<subsection id="H334A891622FD4E4A8A778D9B1C8EFEC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HABD06A7083C94DB2A68E588B85C31D0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>January 4, 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>July 6, 2011</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H110A11D34B8A4626823E635E8E2238E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>January 4, 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>the date of enactment of the <short-title>JOBS Act of 2011</short-title></quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB64089279B6C4F05B354B63942120F71"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H503D34082DC041F8B0AC060B06A200D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of provisions relating to temporary modification of extended benefit indicators</header><text>Section 203 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, as amended by section 502 of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-312; 124 Stat. 3307), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H321B981B2C5540409799B9FB7AEB8AC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d) (in the next to last sentence), by striking <quote>December 31, 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>June 30, 2011</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B92A437A4F945B6AA3135344B6D219E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2), by striking <quote>December 31, 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>June 30, 2011</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H77B45BA5485C49568216E087D57633FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any State law which, as of the date of enactment of this Act, has been amended in conformance with the amendments made by subsection (a) or (b) of section 502 of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-312; 124 Stat. 3307) and section 2005(a) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act (Public Law 111-5; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), the amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall be disregarded for purposes of any provision of such State law which provides for a State <quote>off</quote> indicator or which otherwise provides for the termination of an extended benefit period by reason of the cessation of full Federal funding of sharable extended compensation or sharable regular compensation.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HBE0D7D44F35D4C09804EDD82D1DCABD4"><enum>204.</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects of this Act are designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.</text> </section>
May 23, 2011
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment
May 23, 2011
The Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed