S 35
108th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Unemployment insurance
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003
Introduced: January 7, 2003
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 7, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 7, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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