[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1885 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1885

To provide for a temporary extension of unemployment insurance, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 2011

  Mr. Heller 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, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Responsible Unemployment Extension 
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 ``January 3, 2012'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``January 3, 2013'';
            (B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking 
        ``january 3, 2012'' and inserting ``january 3, 2013''; and
            (C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``June 9, 2012'' and 
        inserting ``June 8, 2013''.
    (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 ``January 4, 2012'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``January 4, 2013''; and
            (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``June 11, 2012'' and 
        inserting ``June 11, 2013''.
    (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 
``June 10, 2012'' and inserting ``June 9, 2013''.
    (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 (F), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:
                    ``(H) the amendments made by section 2(a)(1) of the 
                Responsible Unemployment Extension Act; and''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Tax Relief, Unemployment 
Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111-312).

SEC. 3. RESCISSION OF UNSPENT FEDERAL FUNDS TO OFFSET LOSS IN REVENUES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of all 
available unobligated funds, $44,000,000,000 in appropriated 
discretionary funds are hereby rescinded.
    (b) Implementation.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall determine and identify from which appropriation accounts 
the rescission under subsection (a) shall apply and the amount of such 
rescission that shall apply to each such account. Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the Secretary 
of the Treasury and Congress of the accounts and amounts determined and 
identified for rescission under the preceding sentence.
    (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to the unobligated 
funds of the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
or the Corps of Engineers.   
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