[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8951-S8952]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Baucus, Ms. Stabenow, 
        Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Obama, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Brown, 
        Mr. Durbin, Mr. Levin, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Biden, 
        Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Dodd):
  S. 3507. A bill to provide for additional emergency unemployment 
compensation; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions.
  Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 3507

       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 ``Unemployment Compensation 
     Extension Act of 2008''.

     SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FIRST-TIER BENEFITS.

       Section 4002(b)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``50'' and inserting 
     ``80''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``13'' and inserting 
     ``20''.

     SEC. 3. SECOND-TIER BENEFITS.

       Section 4002 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 
     (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(c) Special Rule.--
       ``(1) In general.--If, at the time that the amount 
     established in an individual's account under subsection 
     (b)(1) is exhausted or at any time thereafter, such 
     individual's State is in an extended benefit period (as 
     determined under paragraph (2)), such account shall be 
     augmented by an amount equal to the lesser of--
       ``(A) 50 percent of the total amount of regular 
     compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to 
     the individual during the individual's benefit year under the 
     State law, or
       ``(B) 13 times the individual's average weekly benefit 
     amount (as determined under subsection (b)(2)) for the 
     benefit year.
       ``(2) Extended benefit period.--For purposes of paragraph 
     (1), a State shall be considered to be in an extended benefit 
     period, as of any given time, if--
       ``(A) such a period is then in effect for such State under 
     the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 
     1970;
       ``(B) such a period would then be in effect for such State 
     under such Act if section 203(d) of such Act--
       ``(i) were applied by substituting `4' for `5' each place 
     it appears; and
       ``(ii) did not include the requirement under paragraph 
     (1)(A) thereof; or
       ``(C) such a period would then be in effect for such State 
     under such Act if--
       ``(i) section 203(f) of such Act were applied to such State 
     (regardless of whether the State by law had provided for such 
     application); and
       ``(ii) such section 203(f)--

       ``(I) were applied by substituting `6.0' for `6.5' in 
     paragraph (1)(A)(i) thereof; and
       ``(II) did not include the requirement under paragraph 
     (1)(A)(ii) thereof.

       ``(3) Limitation.--The account of an individual may be 
     augmented not more than once under this subsection.''.

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     SEC. 4. PHASEOUT PROVISIONS.

       Section 4007(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2),'' and 
     inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3),''; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) No augmentation after march 31, 2009.--If the amount 
     established in an individual's account under subsection 
     (b)(1) is exhausted after March 31, 2009, then section 
     4002(c) shall not apply and such account shall not be 
     augmented under such section, regardless of whether such 
     individual's State is in an extended benefit period (as 
     determined under paragraph (2) of such section).
       ``(3) Termination.--No compensation under this title shall 
     be payable for any week beginning after November 27, 2009.''.

     SEC. 5. TEMPORARY FEDERAL MATCHING FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF 
                   EXTENDED BENEFITS FOR STATES WITH NO WAITING 
                   WEEK.

       With respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the 
     date of enactment of this Act and ending on or before 
     December 8, 2009, subparagraph (B) of section 204(a)(2) of 
     the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 
     1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) shall not apply.

     SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The amendments made by sections 2, 3, and 4 shall apply as 
     if included in the enactment of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2008.
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