[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1513 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1513

 To amend title XII of the Social Security Act to extend the provision 
 waiving certain interest payments on advances made to States from the 
      Federal unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 6, 2011

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XII of the Social Security Act to extend the provision 
 waiving certain interest payments on advances made to States from the 
      Federal unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF PROVISION GRANTING TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR 
              STATES WITH ADVANCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1202(b)(10) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1322(b)(10)), as added by section 2004 of the Assistance for 
Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act (Public Law 111-5; 123 
Stat. 443), is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``December 31, 2010'' 
        and inserting ``December 31, 2012''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(C) During the period beginning on January 1, 2011 and ending on 
December 31, 2012, the provisions of subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
to a State that, during the period beginning on January 1, 2011 and 
ending on the date of enactment of this subparagraph, imposed any tax, 
fee, assessment, or other charge on any taxpayer for purposes of paying 
interest otherwise due from the State under this subsection (referred 
to in this subparagraph as an `interest assessment'), unless the State 
makes all reasonable efforts (as determined by the Secretary of Labor) 
to fully reimburse taxpayers that were subject to the interest 
assessment.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 2004 of the 
Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act.
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