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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

Introduced: January 22, 2008 See on congress.gov

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Jan 22, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jan 22, 2008

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S108)

Jan 22, 2008

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 - Provides for federal-state agreements under which a state will make temporary extended unemployment compensation payments to individuals who: (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under state or federal law with respect to a benefit year (excluding any benefit year that ended before one year before the enactment of this Act); (2) have no rights to regular compensation or extended compensation with respect to a week under such law or any other state or federal unemployment compensation law; (3) are not receiving compensation for such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; and (4) filed an initial claim for regular compensation on or after one year before the enactment of this Act.

Requires federal payments to states to cover 100% of such temporary extended unemployment compensation payments.

Provides for handling of fraud and overpayments of unemployment compensation.

What's happening now January 22, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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