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HR 3774 109th Congress House Labor and Employment Alabama Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Federal-state relations Floods Florida Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Louisiana Mississippi State laws Unemployment insurance Water Resources Development

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2005

Introduced: September 14, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Sep 14, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 14, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2005 - Provides for increased regular unemployment compensation payments or emergency extended unemployment compensation for certain individuals who held employment or resided in an area declared a disaster as a result of Hurricane Katrina in the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

What's happening now September 19, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 10 Independent 1
D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Mar 1, 2006
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Oct 7, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 7, 2005
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Sep 29, 2005
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 27, 2005
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 27, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 21, 2005
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 20, 2005
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Sep 15, 2005
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 15, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 15, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3774: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3774/
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"H.R. 3774: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3774/.
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H.R. 3774, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3774/.
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