[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6034-S6035]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NOTICES OF INTENT TO SUSPEND THE RULES
Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts. Mr. President, I submit the following
notice in writing: In accordance with rule V of the Standing Rules of
the Senate, I hereby give notice in writing that it is my intention to
move to suspend rule XXII, paragraph 2, for the purpose of proposing
and considering the following amendment:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Unemployment Compensation
Extension Act of 2010''.
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 ``June 2, 2010'' each place it appears and
inserting ``November 30, 2010'';
(B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking
``june 2, 2010'' and inserting ``november 30, 2010''; and
(C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``November 6, 2010''
and inserting ``April 30, 2011''.
(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 ``June 2, 2010'' each place it appears and
inserting ``December 1, 2010''; and
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ``November 6, 2010'' and
inserting ``May 1, 2011''.
(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 ``November 6, 2010'' and inserting
``April 30, 2011''.
(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 (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
``(F) the amendments made by section 2(a)(1) of the
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010; and''.
(c) Conditions for Receiving Emergency Unemployment
Compensation.--Section 4001(d)(2) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304
note) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by inserting before ``shall apply'' the following:
``(including terms and conditions relating to availability
for work, active search for work, and refusal to accept
work)''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the
Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-157).
SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
WITH REGULAR COMPENSATION.
(a) Certain Individuals Not Ineligible by Reason of New
Entitlement to Regular Benefits.--Section 4002 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:
``(g) Coordination of Emergency Unemployment Compensation
With Regular Compensation.--
``(1) If--
``(A) an individual has been determined to be entitled to
emergency unemployment compensation with respect to a benefit
year,
``(B) that benefit year has expired,
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``(C) that individual has remaining entitlement to
emergency unemployment compensation with respect to that
benefit year, and
``(D) that individual would qualify for a new benefit year
in which the weekly benefit amount of regular compensation is
at least either $100 or 25 percent less than the individual's
weekly benefit amount in the benefit year referred to in
subparagraph (A),
then the State shall determine eligibility for compensation
as provided in paragraph (2).
``(2) For individuals described in paragraph (1), the State
shall determine whether the individual is to be paid
emergency unemployment compensation or regular compensation
for a week of unemployment using one of the following
methods:
``(A) The State shall, if permitted by State law, establish
a new benefit year, but defer the payment of regular
compensation with respect to that new benefit year until
exhaustion of all emergency unemployment compensation payable
with respect to the benefit year referred to in paragraph
(1)(A);
``(B) The State shall, if permitted by State law, defer the
establishment of a new benefit year (which uses all the wages
and employment which would have been used to establish a
benefit year but for the application of this paragraph),
until exhaustion of all emergency unemployment compensation
payable with respect to the benefit year referred to in
paragraph (1)(A);
``(C) The State shall pay, if permitted by State law--
``(i) regular compensation equal to the weekly benefit
amount established under the new benefit year, and
``(ii) emergency unemployment compensation equal to the
difference between that weekly benefit amount and the weekly
benefit amount for the expired benefit year; or
``(D) The State shall determine rights to emergency
unemployment compensation without regard to any rights to
regular compensation if the individual elects to not file a
claim for regular compensation under the new benefit year.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section
shall apply to individuals whose benefit years, as described
in section 4002(g)(1)(B) the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), as amended by
this section, expire after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. USE OF STIMULUS FUNDS TO OFFSET SPENDING.
The unobligated balance of each amount appropriated or made
available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (Public Law 111-5) (other than under title X of division
A of such Act) is rescinded in order to offset the net
increase in spending resulting from the provisions of, and
amendments made by, this Act. The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall report to each congressional
committee the amounts so rescinded within the jurisdiction of
such committee.
SEC. 5. SUNSET OF TEMPORARY INCREASE IN BENEFITS UNDER THE
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 101(a) of title I of division A of Public Law 111-5
(123 Stat. 120) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period, ``,
if the value of such benefits and block grants would thereby
be greater than in the absence of this subsection''; and
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Termination.--The authority provided by this
subsection shall terminate after May 31, 2014.''.
SEC. 6. BUDGETARY PROVISIONS.
(a) Statutory Paygo.--The budgetary effects of this Act,
for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go
Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest
statement titled `Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation' for
this Act, jointly submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget
Committees, provided that such statement has been submitted
prior to the vote on passage in the House acting first on
this conference report or amendment between the Houses.
(b) Emergency Designations.--This Act--
(1) is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010
(Public Law 111-139; 2 U.S.C. 933(g));
(2) in the House of Representatives, is designated as an
emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles; and
(3) in the Senate, is designated as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13
(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2010.
Amend the title so as to read: ``To extend unemployment
insurance benefits, and for other purposes.''.
Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, I submit the following notice in writing:
In accordance with rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby
give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend rule
XXII for the purpose of proposing and considering the following
amendment to amendment No. 4425 to the House amendment to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 4213, including germaneness requirements:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC.__. SENATE SPENDING DISCLOSURE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Senate shall post
prominently on the front page of the public website of the
Senate (http://www.senate.gov/) the following information:
(1) The total amount of discretionary and direct spending
passed by the Senate that has not been paid for, including
emergency designated spending or spending otherwise exempted
from PAYGO requirements.
(2) The total amount of net spending authorized in
legislation passed by the Senate, as scored by CBO.
(3) The number of new government programs created in
legislation passed by the Senate.
(4) The totals for paragraphs (1) through (3) as passed by
both Houses of Congress and signed into law by the President.
(b) Display.--The information tallies required by
subsection (a) shall be itemized by bill and date, updated
weekly, and archived by calendar year.
(c) Effective Date.--The PAYGO tally required by subsection
(a)(1) shall begin with the date of enactment of the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and the authorization
tally required by subsection (a)(2) shall apply to all
legislation passed beginning January 1, 2010.
Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, I submit the following notice in writing:
In accordance with rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby
give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend rule
XXII for the purpose of proposing and considering the following motion
to recommit with instructions of H.R. 4213:
The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn] moves to recommit
H.R. 4213 to the Committee on Finance with instructions to
report the same back to the Senate with changes to include:
(A) a reduction in unnecessary government printing and
publishing costs to save $4.6 billion over ten years;
(B) a requirement to sell off $15 billion worth of unused
and unneeded federal real property;
(C) a requirement for the Internal Revenue Service to
collect any unpaid taxes from federal employees, which would
bring in $3 billion, including nearly $2.5 million owed by
employees of the U.S. Senate;
(D) a prohibition on bogus bonuses for government
contractors whose projects are over budget, behind schedule,
or do not meet basic performance standards, saving more than
$8 billion over ten years;
(E) a prohibition on nonessential travel by government
employees to save $10 billion over ten years; and
(F) a requirement the Secretary of the Senate post on the
Senate's public website the total dollar amount of new
borrowing and spending and other violations of PAYGO approved
by the Senate since the PAYGO law was signed into law.
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I submit the following notice in writing:
In accordance with rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby
give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend rule
XXII for the purpose of proposing and considering the following Motion
to Commit with instructions to the House message with respect to H.R.
4213:
Mr. DeMint moves to commit the House Message with respect
to H.R. 4213 to the Committee on the Judiciary with
instructions to report the same back forthwith with an
amendment as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. No funds made available in any provision of law
may be used to participate in any lawsuit that seeks to
invalidate those provisions of the Arizona Revised Statutes
amended by Arizona Senate Bill 1070, 49th Leg., 2nd Reg.
Sess., Ch. 113 (Az. 6 2010) (as amended by Arizona House Bill
2162, 49th 7 Leg., 2nd Reg. Sess., Ch. 211 (Az. 2010)).
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I submit the following notice in writing:
In accordance with rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby
give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend rule
XXII for the purpose of proposing and considering the following Motion
to Commit with instructions to the House message with respect to H.R.
4213:
Mr. DeMint moves to commit the House Message with respect
to H.R. 4213 to the Committee on Finance with instructions to
report the same back to the Senate with changes to include a
permanent repeal of the estate and generation-skipping
transfer taxes, and to include provisions which decrease
spending as appropriate to offset such permanent repeal.
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