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S 3655 112th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Appropriations Disaster relief and insurance Floods and storm protection Natural disasters Unemployment

Superstorm Sandy Unemployment Relief Act of 2012

Introduced: December 4, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Dec 4, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 4, 2012
Introduced in Senate
 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.

What's happening now December 4, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2