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S 3655 112th Congress Senate

Superstorm Sandy Unemployment Relief Act of 2012

Official title: A bill to provide enhanced disaster unemployment assistance to States affected by Hurricane Sandy and Tropical Storm Sandy of 2012, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 4, 2012 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment AppropriationsDisaster relief and insuranceFloods and storm protectionNatural disastersUnemployment
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 4, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action December 4, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Superstorm Sandy Unemployment Relief Act of 2012 - Directs the President, in the case of an individual eligible to receive unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of the disaster declaration made for Hurricane Sandy after October 20, 2012, to make such assistance available for 39 weeks after the date of the declaration (currently limited to 26 weeks).

Requires the payments to a state to equal 100% of the amount of unemployment compensation paid under state law to affected individuals in each affected state or any area within it.

Makes payments available until July 23, 2013.

Makes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 18, 2012
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Dec 4, 2012
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