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S 1871 110th Congress Senate

Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act

Official title: A bill to provide for special transfers of funds to States to promote certain improvements in State unemployment compensation laws.

Introduced: July 25, 2007 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Economics and Public FinanceFederal-state relationsGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment trust funds
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Intergovernmental fiscal relationsPayroll deductionsState lawsTaxationUnemployment insuranceWithholding tax
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Jul 25, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 25, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9920-9921)
Jul 25, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 25, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 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.

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2233 Related bill Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 8, 2007
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Oct 30, 2007
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Oct 30, 2007
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Oct 30, 2007
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Oct 30, 2007
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jul 25, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1871: Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1871/
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