[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[S. 2097 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 318
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2097

To provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 6, 2014

 Mr. Heller (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Portman, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
 Coats, Ms. Ayotte, and Mr. Kirk) introduced the following bill; which 
                        was read the first time

                             March 10, 2014

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible 
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Extension of emergency unemployment compensation program.
Sec. 3. Temporary extension of extended benefit provisions.
Sec. 4. Extension of funding for reemployment services and reemployment 
                            and eligibility assessment activities.
Sec. 5. Additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad 
                            Unemployment Insurance Act.
Sec. 6. Flexibility for unemployment program agreements.
Sec. 7. Improvements to the emergency unemployment compensation 
                            program.
Sec. 8. Requirement that individuals receiving emergency unemployment 
                            compensation be actively engaged in a 
                            systematic and sustained effort to obtain 
                            suitable work.
Sec. 9. Ending unemployment payments to jobless millionaires and 
                            billionaires.
Sec. 10. Consolidations of relevant job training programs and 
                            activities.
Sec. 11. Funding stabilization.
Sec. 12. Reduction in benefits based on receipt of unemployment 
                            compensation.
Sec. 13. Extension of customs user fees.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Extension.--Section 4007(a)(2) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended by striking ``January 1, 2014'' and inserting ``June 1, 2014''.
    (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 (I), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (J), by inserting ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the following:
                    ``(K) the amendment made by section 2(a) of the 
                Responsible Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 
                2014;''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240).

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXTENDED BENEFIT PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--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--
            (1) by striking ``December 31, 2013'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``May 31, 2014''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``June 30, 2014'' and 
        inserting ``November 30, 2014''.
    (b) Extension of Matching for States With No Waiting Week.--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 30, 2014'' 
and inserting ``November 30, 2014''.
    (c) Extension of Modification of Indicators Under the Extended 
Benefit Program.--Section 203 of the Federal-State Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (d), by striking ``December 31, 2013'' 
        and inserting ``May 31, 2014''; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``December 31, 2013'' 
        and inserting ``May 31, 2014''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240).

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND REEMPLOYMENT 
              AND ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 4004(c)(2)(A) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended by striking ``through fiscal year 2014'' and inserting 
``through the first five months of fiscal year 2015''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240).

SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD 
              UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.

    (a) Extension.--Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Railroad 
Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``June 30, 2013'' and inserting ``November 
        30, 2013''; and
            (2) by striking ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``May 
        31, 2014''.
    (b) Clarification on Authority To Use Funds.--Funds appropriated 
under either the first or second sentence of clause (iv) of section 
2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be 
available to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment 
benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the 
amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such 
benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D), as in effect on the 
day before the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Funding for Administration.--Out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Railroad 
Retirement Board $105,000 for administrative expenses associated with 
the payment of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under 
section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act by reason 
of the amendments made by subsection (a), to remain available until 
expended.

SEC. 6. FLEXIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Flexibility.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (g) of section 4001 of the 
        Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 
        U.S.C. 3304 note) shall not apply with respect to a State that 
        has enacted a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking 
        effect, would violate such subsection.
            (2) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) is effective with 
        respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after December 
        29, 2013.
    (b) Permitting a Subsequent Agreement.--Nothing in title IV of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 
3304 note) shall preclude a State whose agreement under such title was 
terminated from entering into a subsequent agreement under such title 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act if the State, taking 
into account the application of subsection (a), would otherwise meet 
the requirements for an agreement under such title.

SEC. 7. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Requirement That Reemployment Services and Reemployment and 
Eligibility Assessment Activities Include an Assessment of Why the 
Individual Is Still Unemployed and the Actions That the Individual Must 
Undertake in Order to Improve Their Employment Prospects.--
            (1) In general.--Section 4001(i)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
        Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 
        U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by inserting ``and an assessment 
        of the reasons why the individual continues to be unemployed 
        and the actions that the individual must undertake in order to 
        improve their employment prospects (including through 
        enrollment in a job retraining program under subsection (k)(1) 
        if the State has made the election under such section)'' before 
        the semicolon at the end.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
        shall apply on and after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) State Option to Require That an Individual Participate in a Job 
Retraining Program or Perform Community Service in Order to Be Eligible 
to Receive Emergency Unemployment Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--Section 4001 of the Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 
        note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(k) State Option to Require That an Individual Participate in a 
Job Retraining Program or Perform Community Service as a Condition of 
Receiving Emergency Unemployment Compensation.--
            ``(1) In general.--Under an agreement under subsection (a), 
        a State may elect to require an individual, as a condition of 
        eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation for any 
        week, to meet the following for such week:
                    ``(A) Participate in a state-approved job 
                retraining program.--The individual is participating in 
                a job retraining program approved by the State during 
                such week.
                    ``(B) Perform community service if the state 
                determines that a job training program is not 
                appropriate.--If the State determines that 
                participation in a program under subparagraph (A) for 
                such week is not appropriate for the individual, in 
                lieu of such participation the individual performs at 
                least 20 hours of community service during such week. 
                For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 
                `community service' means unpaid service by an 
                individual to an organization described in section 
                501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or to a 
                Federal, State, or local agency (as permitted in 
                accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local 
                law).
            ``(2) Application.--If the State makes the election under 
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) such election shall apply with respect to all 
                claimants for emergency unemployment in the State; and
                    ``(B) the services and activities under subsection 
                (i) with respect to an individual, including the 
                assessments under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of such 
                subsection, are required to begin prior to the 
                individual receiving emergency unemployment 
                compensation under this title.
            ``(3) Information.--If the State makes the election under 
        paragraph (1), an individual shall provide the State agency 
        with such information as the State agency may require to ensure 
        the individual is meeting the requirement under paragraph (1) 
        for a week.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
        shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 8. REQUIREMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 
              COMPENSATION BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN A SYSTEMATIC AND 
              SUSTAINED EFFORT TO OBTAIN SUITABLE WORK.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (h) of section 4001 of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(h) Actively Seeking Work.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (b)(4), 
        payment of emergency unemployment compensation shall not be 
        made to any individual for any week of unemployment--
                    ``(A) during which the individual fails to accept 
                any offer of suitable work (as defined in paragraph 
                (3)) or fails to apply for any suitable work to which 
                the individual was referred by the State agency; or
                    ``(B) during which the individual fails to actively 
                engage in seeking work, unless such individual is not 
                actively engaged in seeking work because such 
                individual is, as determined in accordance with State 
                law--
                            ``(i) before any court of the United States 
                        or any State pursuant to a lawfully issued 
                        summons to appear for jury duty (as such term 
                        may be defined by the Secretary); or
                            ``(ii) hospitalized for treatment of an 
                        emergency or a life-threatening condition (as 
                        such term may be defined by the Secretary),
                if such exemptions in clauses (i) and (ii) apply to 
                recipients of regular benefits, and the State chooses 
                to apply such exemptions for recipients of emergency 
                unemployment benefits.
            ``(2) Period of ineligibility.--If any individual is 
        ineligible for emergency unemployment compensation for any week 
        by reason of a failure described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
        paragraph (1), the individual shall be ineligible to receive 
        emergency unemployment compensation for any week which begins 
        during a period which--
                    ``(A) begins with the week following the week in 
                which such failure occurs; and
                    ``(B) does not end until such individual has been 
                employed during at least 4 weeks which begin after such 
                failure and the total of the remuneration earned by the 
                individual for being so employed is not less than the 
                product of 4 multiplied by the individual's average 
                weekly benefit amount for the individual's benefit 
                year.
            ``(3) Suitable work.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        term `suitable work' means, with respect to any individual, any 
        work which is within such individual's capabilities, except 
        that, if the individual furnishes evidence satisfactory to the 
        State agency that such individual's prospects for obtaining 
        work in his customary occupation within a reasonably short 
        period are good, the determination of whether any work is 
        suitable work with respect to such individual shall be made in 
        accordance with the applicable State law.
            ``(4) Exception.--Extended compensation shall not be denied 
        under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) to any individual for 
        any week by reason of a failure to accept an offer of, or apply 
        for, suitable work--
                    ``(A) if the gross average weekly remuneration 
                payable to such individual for the position does not 
                exceed the sum of--
                            ``(i) the individual's average weekly 
                        benefit amount for his benefit year, plus
                            ``(ii) the amount (if any) of supplemental 
                        unemployment compensation benefits (as defined 
                        in section 501(c)(17)(D) of the Internal 
                        Revenue Code of 1986) payable to such 
                        individual for such week;
                    ``(B) if the position was not offered to such 
                individual in writing and was not listed with the State 
                employment service;
                    ``(C) if such failure would not result in a denial 
                of compensation under the provisions of the applicable 
                State law to the extent that such provisions are not 
                inconsistent with the provisions of paragraphs (3) and 
                (5); or
                    ``(D) if the position pays wages less than the 
                higher of--
                            ``(i) the minimum wage provided by section 
                        6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
                        1938, without regard to any exemption; or
                            ``(ii) any applicable State or local 
                        minimum wage.
            ``(5) Actively engaged in seeking work.--For purposes of 
        this subsection, an individual shall be treated as actively 
        engaged in seeking work during any week if--
                    ``(A) the individual has engaged in a systematic 
                and sustained effort to obtain work during such week, 
                and
                    ``(B) the individual provides tangible evidence to 
                the State agency that he has engaged in such an effort 
                during such week.
            ``(6) Referral.--The State agency shall provide for 
        referring applicants for emergency unemployment benefits to any 
        suitable work to which paragraph (4) would not apply.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 9. ENDING UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS TO JOBLESS MILLIONAIRES AND 
              BILLIONAIRES.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds may be used to make payments of unemployment compensation 
(including such compensation under the Federal-State Extended 
Compensation Act of 1970 and the emergency unemployment compensation 
program under title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008) to 
an individual whose adjusted gross income in the preceding year was 
equal to or greater than $1,000,000.
    (b) Compliance.--Unemployment Insurance applications shall include 
a form or procedure for an individual applicant to certify the 
individual's adjusted gross income was not equal to or greater than 
$1,000,000 in the preceding year.
    (c) Audits.--The certifications required by subsection (b) shall be 
auditable by the U.S. Department of Labor or the U.S. Government 
Accountability Office.
    (d) Status of Applicants.--It is the duty of the states to verify 
the residency, employment, legal, and income status of applicants for 
Unemployment Insurance and no Federal funds may be expended for 
purposes of determining an individual's eligibility under this Act.
    (e) Effective Date.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall 
apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 10. CONSOLIDATIONS OF RELEVANT JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS AND 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Report.--The Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall prepare a report 
on the consolidations of Federal job training programs and activities 
determined to be unnecessarily duplicative (referred to in this section 
as ``relevant job training programs and activities''). Such report 
shall--
            (1) describe all Federal job training programs and 
        activities;
            (2) propose consolidations of the relevant job training 
        programs and activities;
            (3) provide a justification for those Federal job training 
        programs and activities not included in such consolidations; 
        and
            (4) establish a plan to provide for such consolidations, 
        including recommendations for necessary legislation.
    (b) Submission.--Not later than 3 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit the report 
to the appropriate committees of Congress.

SEC. 11. FUNDING STABILIZATION.

    (a) Funding Stabilization Under the Internal Revenue Code.--The 
table in subclause (II) of section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:


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                                            The applicable minimum
      ``If the calendar year is:                percentage is:           The applicable maximum percentage is:
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2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, or 2017.  90%..........................  110%
2018..................................  85%..........................  115%
2019..................................  80%..........................  120%
2020..................................  75%..........................  125%
After 2020............................  70%..........................  130%''.
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    (b) Funding Stabilization Under ERISA.--
            (1) In general.--The table in subclause (II) of section 
        303(h)(2)(C)(iv) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
        of 1974 is amended to read as follows:


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                                            The applicable minimum
      ``If the calendar year is:                percentage is:           The applicable maximum percentage is:
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2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, or 2017.  90%..........................  110%
2018..................................  85%..........................  115%
2019..................................  80%..........................  120%
2020..................................  75%..........................  125%
After 2020............................  70%..........................  130%''.
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            (2) Conforming amendment.--
                    (A) In general.--Clause (ii) of section 
                101(f)(2)(D) of such Act is amended by striking 
                ``2015'' and inserting ``2020''.
                    (B) Statements.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
                modify the statements required under subclauses (I) and 
                (II) of section 101(f)(2)(D)(i) of such Act to conform 
                to the amendments made by this section.
    (c) Stabilization Not to Apply for Purposes of Certain Accelerated 
Benefit Distribution Rules.--
            (1) Internal revenue code of 1986.--The second sentence of 
        paragraph (2) of section 436(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986 is amended by striking ``of such plan'' and inserting ``of 
        such plan (determined by not taking into account any adjustment 
        of segment rates under section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv))''.
            (2) Employee retirement income security act of 1974.--The 
        second sentence of subparagraph (B) of section 206(g)(3) of the 
        Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
        1056(g)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``of such plan'' and 
        inserting ``of such plan (determined by not taking into account 
        any adjustment of segment rates under section 
        303(h)(2)(C)(iv))''.
            (3) Effective date.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), the amendments made by this subsection shall apply 
                to plan years beginning after December 31, 2014.
                    (B) Collectively bargained plans.--In the case of a 
                plan maintained pursuant to 1 or more collective 
                bargaining agreements, the amendments made by this 
                subsection shall apply to plan years beginning after 
                December 31, 2015.
            (4) Provisions relating to plan amendments.--
                    (A) In general.--If this paragraph applies to any 
                amendment to any plan or annuity contract, such plan or 
                contract shall be treated as being operated in 
                accordance with the terms of the plan during the period 
                described in subparagraph (B)(ii).
                    (B) Amendments to which paragraph applies.--
                            (i) In general.--This paragraph shall apply 
                        to any amendment to any plan or annuity 
                        contract which is made--
                                    (I) pursuant to the amendments made 
                                by this subsection, or pursuant to any 
                                regulation issued by the Secretary of 
                                the Treasury or the Secretary of Labor 
                                under any provision as so amended, and
                                    (II) on or before the last day of 
                                the first plan year beginning on or 
                                after January 1, 2016, or such later 
                                date as the Secretary of the Treasury 
                                may prescribe.
                            (ii) Conditions.--This subsection shall not 
                        apply to any amendment unless, during the 
                        period--
                                    (I) beginning on the date that the 
                                amendments made by this subsection or 
                                the regulation described in clause 
                                (i)(I) takes effect (or in the case of 
                                a plan or contract amendment not 
                                required by such amendments or such 
                                regulation, the effective date 
                                specified by the plan), and
                                    (II) ending on the date described 
                                in clause (i)(II) (or, if earlier, the 
                                date the plan or contract amendment is 
                                adopted),
                        the plan or contract is operated as if such 
                        plan or contract amendment were in effect, and 
                        such plan or contract amendment applies 
                        retroactively for such period.
                    (C) Anti-cutback relief.--A plan shall not be 
                treated as failing to meet the requirements of section 
                204(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
                of 1974 and section 411(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue 
                Code of 1986 solely by reason of a plan amendment to 
                which this paragraph applies.
    (d) Modification of Funding Target Determination Periods.--
            (1) Internal revenue code of 1986.--Clause (i) of section 
        430(h)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
        striking ``the first day of the plan year'' and inserting ``the 
        valuation date for the plan year''.
            (2) Employee retirement income security act of 1974.--
        Clause (i) of section 303(h)(2)(B) of the Employee Retirement 
        Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1083(h)(2)(B)(i)) is 
        amended by striking ``the first day of the plan year'' and 
        inserting ``the valuation date for the plan year''.
    (e) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by subsections (a), 
        (b), and (d) shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 
        after December 31, 2012.
            (2) Elections.--A plan sponsor may elect not to have the 
        amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (d) apply to any 
        plan year beginning before January 1, 2014, either (as 
        specified in the election)--
                    (A) for all purposes for which such amendments 
                apply, or
                    (B) solely for purposes of determining the adjusted 
                funding target attainment percentage under sections 436 
                of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 206(g) of the 
                Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 for 
                such plan year.
        A plan shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements 
        of section 204(g) of such Act and section 411(d)(6) of such 
        Code solely by reason of an election under this paragraph.

SEC. 12. REDUCTION IN BENEFITS BASED ON RECEIPT OF UNEMPLOYMENT 
              COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--Title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 224 the following new 
section:

 ``reduction in benefits based on receipt of unemployment compensation

    ``Sec. 224A  (a)(1) If for any month prior to the month in which an 
individual attains retirement age (as defined in section 216(l)(1))--
                    ``(A) such individual is entitled to benefits under 
                section 223, and
                    ``(B) such individual is entitled for such month to 
                unemployment compensation,
        the total of the individual's benefits under section 223 for 
        such month and of any benefits under section 202 for such month 
        based on the individual's wages and self-employment income 
        shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the total amount of 
        unemployment compensation received by such individual for such 
        month.
            ``(2) The reduction of benefits under paragraph (1) shall 
        also apply to any past-due benefits under section 223 for any 
        month in which the individual was entitled to--
                    ``(A) benefits under such section, and
                    ``(B) unemployment compensation.
            ``(3) The reduction of benefits under paragraph (1) shall 
        not apply to any benefits under section 223 for any month, or 
        any benefits under section 202 for such month based on the 
        individual's wages and self-employment income for such month, 
        if the individual is entitled for such month to unemployment 
        compensation following a period of trial work (as described in 
        section 222(c)(1), participation in the Ticket to Work and 
        Self-Sufficiency Program established under section 1148, or 
        participation in any other program that is designed to 
        encourage an individual entitled to benefits under section 223 
        or 202 to work.
    ``(b) If any unemployment compensation is payable to an individual 
on other than a monthly basis (including a benefit payable as a lump 
sum to the extent that it is a commutation of, or a substitute for, 
such periodic compensation), the reduction under this section shall be 
made at such time or times and in such amounts as the Commissioner of 
Social Security (referred to in this section as the `Commissioner') 
determines will approximate as nearly as practicable the reduction 
prescribed by subsection (a).
    ``(c) Reduction of benefits under this section shall be made after 
any applicable reductions under section 203(a) and section 224, but 
before any other applicable deductions under section 203.
    ``(d)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if the Commissioner determines 
that an individual may be eligible for unemployment compensation which 
would give rise to a reduction of benefits under this section, the 
Commissioner may require, as a condition of certification for payment 
of any benefits under section 223 to any individual for any month and 
of any benefits under section 202 for such month based on such 
individual's wages and self-employment income, that such individual 
certify--
            ``(A) whether the individual has filed or intends to file 
        any claim for unemployment compensation, and
            ``(B) if the individual has filed a claim, whether there 
        has been a decision on such claim.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the Commissioner may, in the 
absence of evidence to the contrary, rely upon a certification by the 
individual that the individual has not filed and does not intend to 
file such a claim, or that the individual has so filed and no final 
decision thereon has been made, in certifying benefits for payment 
pursuant to section 205(i).
    ``(e) Whenever a reduction in total benefits based on an 
individual's wages and self-employment income is made under this 
section for any month, each benefit, except the disability insurance 
benefit, shall first be proportionately decreased, and any excess of 
such reduction over the sum of all such benefits other than the 
disability insurance benefit shall then be applied to such disability 
insurance benefit.
    ``(f)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of 
any Federal agency shall provide such information within its possession 
as the Commissioner may require for purposes of making a timely 
determination of the amount of the reduction, if any, required by this 
section in benefits payable under this title, or verifying other 
information necessary in carrying out the provisions of this section.
    ``(2) The Commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with 
States, political subdivisions, and other organizations that administer 
unemployment compensation, in order to obtain such information as the 
Commissioner may require to carry out the provisions of this section.
    ``(g) For purposes of this section, the term `unemployment 
compensation' has the meaning given that term in section 85(b) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the total amount of unemployment 
compensation to which an individual is entitled shall be determined 
prior to any applicable reduction under State law based on the receipt 
of benefits under section 202 or 223.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 224(a) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 424a(a)) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ``the age of 65'' and inserting ``retirement age (as 
defined in section 216(l)(1))''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply to benefits payable for months beginning on or after the 
date that is 12 months after the date of enactment of this section.

SEC. 13. EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS USER FEES.

    Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``September 30, 2023'' 
        and inserting ``September 30, 2024''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``September 30, 
        2023'' and inserting ``September 30, 2024''.
                                                       Calendar No. 318

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2097

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                                 A BILL

To provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                             March 10, 2014

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar