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HR 2233 110th Congress House Labor and Employment Economics and Public Finance Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Intergovernmental fiscal relations Payroll deductions State laws Taxation Unemployment insurance Withholding tax

Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act

Introduced: May 9, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
May 9, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 9, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Labor to make unemployment compensation modernization incentive payments in FY2008-FY2012 by certain transfers from the federal unemployment account to the accounts of the states in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

Prescribes a formula for determining the maximum allowable incentive payments.

Specifies requirements state law must meet for the state to qualify for such a payment.

Limits the use of transferred amounts to the payment of cash unemployment benefits to individuals (including for dependents' allowances and for unemployment compensation, exclusive of administrative expenses).

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to reserve specified funds out of the federal unemployment account for such incentive payments.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through FY2013 the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) excise tax imposed on every employer.

What's happening now May 15, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.

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