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H.R. 4183 111th Congress House

Helping Unemployed Workers Act

Official title: To amend the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary extension… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary extension of programs providing unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 2, 2009 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Government trust fundsIntergovernmental relationsLabor-management relationsState and local finance
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Temporary and part-time employmentUnemployment
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Dec 8, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
Dec 2, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 2, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 8, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Unemployed Workers Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through March 31, 2011.

Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through April 1, 2011: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals; and (2) requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish a program under which the Secretary shall make payments to any state unemployment trust fund (including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) to be used for the payment of unemployment compensation if the Secretary approves an application to receive 100% reimbursement for up to 26 weeks for a short-time compensation program.

Bars payments to a state for benefits paid to an individual who is employed by an employer: (1) whose workforce during the three months preceding the date of the submission of the employer's short-time compensation plan has been reduced by temporary layoffs of more than 20%; (2) on a seasonal, temporary, or intermittent basis; or (3) engaged in a labor dispute.

 Related & companion bills 22
  • HR 4691 Text similarities Temporary Extension Act of 2010
  • S 3173 Continuing Extension Act of 2010
  • S 3420 Protecting Against Indebting our Descendants through Fully Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act of 2010
  • S 3551 Fiscally Responsible Relief for Our States Act of 2010
  • S 3706 Americans Want to Work Act
  • S 3981 USA Act
  • S 3990 Emergency Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2010
  • HR 3404 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009
  • HR 3548 Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009
  • HR 3756 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009
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  • HR 4213 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010
  • HR 4707 Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010
  • HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010
  • HR 5453 Protecting Against Indebting our Descendants through Fully Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act of 2010
  • HR 5618 Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010
  • HR 5647 Responsible COBRA, Unemployment, and Poverty Extension Act
  • HR 6419 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act
  • HR 6556 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act
  • S 1647 Assistance for Unemployed Workers Extension Act
  • S 1699 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009
  • S 2831 Helping Unemployed Workers Act
  • S 3153 Continuing Extension Act of 2010
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 8
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Dec 11, 2009
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Dec 11, 2009
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Dec 2, 2009
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Dec 2, 2009
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Dec 2, 2009
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 2, 2009
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Dec 2, 2009
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Dec 2, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4183: Helping Unemployed Workers Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4183/
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