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S 1870 108th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Unemployment insurance

A bill to establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes of certain benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment…

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A bill to establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes of certain benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.

Introduced: November 17, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Nov 17, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 17, 2003
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State, for purposes of determining eligibility for TEUC Second Tier benefits (also known as TEUC-X, providing additional weeks of payments for individuals in high-unemployment States), based on an exhaustion of TEUC First Tier benefits (also known as regular TEUC benefits).

What's happening now November 17, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3487 Identical bill To establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes…
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Nov 17, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1870: A bill to establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes of certain benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1870/
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"S. 1870: A bill to establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes of certain benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1870/.
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S. 1870, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1870/.
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