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S 1079 108th Congress Senate

Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2003

Official title: A bill to extend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.

Introduced: May 19, 2003 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Unemployment insurance
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May 20, 2003
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 101.
May 19, 2003
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
May 19, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 20, 2003

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 101.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2003 - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to extend the TEUCA program through November 30, 2003, with a phaseout period through February 28, 2004 .

(The TEUCA program provides: (1) an additional 13 weeks of unemployment benefits (TEUC) to jobless workers who have exhausted their regular unemployment benefits; and (2) another additional 13 weeks of benefits (TEUC-X), for a total of 26 additional weeks, for such workers in high unemployment States.)

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1075 Identical bill Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2003
  • HR 2185 Related bill Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2003
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 19, 2003
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 19, 2003
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · May 19, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1079: Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1079/
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