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HR 3346 112th Congress House

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011

Official title: To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the continuation of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 3, 2011 Introduced by: Doggett, Lloyd Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Nov 10, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Nov 3, 2011
Introduced in House
Nov 3, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Nov 3, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Latest action November 10, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2013. Postpones the termination of the program until June 8, 2013.

Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2013, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.

Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2013, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)

Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2012.

Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2012, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service and for those with less than 10.

Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend through FY2012 the waiver on payment of interest by a state in repayment to the federal Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF) of advances from it. Denies this extension, however, to any state that has not entered a voluntary agreement with the Secretary of Labor to refrain from modifying state unemployment compensation law to lower its unemployment compensation benefits.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to reductions in credits against the federal unemployment tax for an employer's contributions to a state unemployment fund in a state which has received advances from the UTF. Postpones the commencement of such reductions until January 1, 2013, for any state entering such an agreement with the Secretary.

Amends SSA title IX (Employment Security Administrative Financing) to require the payment of a solvency bonus for any quarter to the book account in the UTF of the state unemployment compensation agency of a solvent state (whose outstanding balance of advances from the UTF is zero). Makes the bonus equal to two percentage points above the average rate of interest of special obligations of the United States in which the UTF is invested.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 53
PASTOR, ED
· Dec 20, 2011
D
Thompson, Mike
California · Dec 8, 2011
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Dec 2, 2011
HINCHEY, MAURICE
· Dec 2, 2011
LOWEY, NITA
· Dec 2, 2011
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Dec 2, 2011
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Nov 29, 2011
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 29, 2011
D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Nov 29, 2011
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Nov 29, 2011
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Nov 29, 2011
D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Nov 18, 2011
D
Chu, Judy
California · Nov 18, 2011
ROTHMAN, STEVEN
· Nov 18, 2011
Tsongas, Niki
· Nov 18, 2011
ACKERMAN, GARY
· Nov 15, 2011
FILNER, BOB
· Nov 15, 2011
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Nov 15, 2011
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 15, 2011
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 15, 2011
Richardson, Laura
· Nov 15, 2011
ANDREWS, ROBERT
· Nov 3, 2011
BECERRA, XAVIER
· Nov 3, 2011
BERKLEY, SHELLEY
· Nov 3, 2011
BERMAN, HOWARD
· Nov 3, 2011
Carnahan, Russ
· Nov 3, 2011
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 3, 2011
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
· Nov 3, 2011
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Nov 3, 2011
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Nov 3, 2011
DICKS, NORMAN
· Nov 3, 2011
FRANK, BARNEY
· Nov 3, 2011
GONZALEZ, CHARLES
· Nov 3, 2011
D
Green, Al
Texas · Nov 3, 2011
GREEN, GENE
· Nov 3, 2011
JACKSON, JESSE
· Nov 3, 2011
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Nov 3, 2011
LEVIN, SANDER
· Nov 3, 2011
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Nov 3, 2011
D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Nov 3, 2011
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 3, 2011
D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Nov 3, 2011
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 3, 2011
PAYNE, DONALD
· Nov 3, 2011
D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Nov 3, 2011
REYES, SILVESTRE
· Nov 3, 2011
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 3, 2011
SERRANO, JOSE
· Nov 3, 2011
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· Nov 3, 2011
TOWNS, EDOLPHUS
· Nov 3, 2011
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