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S 35 108th Congress Senate

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003

Official title: A bill to provide economic security for America's workers.

Introduced: January 7, 2003 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Unemployment insurance
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Jan 7, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 7, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 7, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003 - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA, which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, PL107-147) to extend the TEUCA program through weeks of unemployment ending before June 1, 2003.

Provides for a transition period of continuing payments to individuals with amounts remaining in their TEUC account after May 31, 2003, for weeks beginning before December 31, 2003.

Entitles eligible individuals in all States to a total of 26 weeks of TEUCA compensation (13 weeks beyond the current 13 weeks). Makes such additional benefits also available to individuals who exhausted their TEUCA benefits before January 1, 2003.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jan 7, 2003
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 7, 2003
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jan 7, 2003
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jan 7, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 35: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-35/
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"S. 35: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-35/.
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