[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 214 (Tuesday, January 2, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S19343]
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           BULGARIA MOST-FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT LEGISLATION

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                  DOLE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3115

  Mr. DOLE (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Stevens, Mr. 
Robb, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Dorgan, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. 
Daschle) proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 1643) to authorize the 
extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation 
treatment) to the products of Bulgaria; and follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SEC.  . TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION.

       (a) In General.--Section 106(c) of Public Law 104-56 is 
     amended by striking ``December 15, 1995'' and inserting 
     ``January 12, 1996''.
       (b) Effective Period.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall be considered to have taken effect on December 16, 
     1995.

     SEC.  . ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

       Beginning on January 2, 1996, any federal employee who is 
     excepted from furlough and is not being paid due to a lapse 
     in appropriations shall be eligible for unemployment 
     compensation benefits with no waiting period for such 
     eligibility to accrue. With respect to any person who is 
     eligible for such benefits by reason of the preceding 
     sentence, any such benefits received shall be subject to 
     repayment in the same manner and to the same extent when 
     eligibility by reason of the preceding sentence ceases as if 
     such cessation were an end to the period of unemployment.

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