[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S768-S769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2714. Mr. REID (for Mr. Reed) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 
1845, to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, 
and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following:

     1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency 
     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. Ending unemployment payments to jobless millionaires and 
              billionaires.
Sec. 8. Funding stabilization.

     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 ``April 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 Emergency 
     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 ``March 31, 2014''; and
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``June 30, 2014'' and 
     inserting ``September 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 
     ``September 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 ``March 31, 2014''; and
       (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``December 31, 2013'' 
     and inserting ``March 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 quarter of fiscal year 2015''.
       (b) 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. 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 ``September 
     30, 2013''; and
       (2) by striking ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``March 
     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 $62,500 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. 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. 8. 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, or 2016.......  90%..........................  110%
2017..................................  85%..........................  115%
2018..................................  80%..........................  120%
2019..................................  75%..........................  125%
After 2019............................  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, or 2016.......  90%..........................  110%
2017..................................  85%..........................  115%
2018..................................  80%..........................  120%
2019..................................  75%..........................  125%
After 2019............................  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 
     ``2019''.
       (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.
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  SA 2715. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2714 proposed 
by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Reed) to the bill S. 1845, to provide for the 
extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       This Act shall become effective 7 days after enactment.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2716. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1845, to 
provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       This Act shall become effective 8 days after enactment.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2717. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2716 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 1845, to provide for the extension of 
certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes; as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``8 days'' and insert ``9 days''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2718. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2717 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the amendment SA 2716 proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill 
S. 1845, to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, 
and for other purposes; as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``9 days'' and insert ``10 days''.

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