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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act

Introduced: January 9, 2014 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2068-2069)
Jan 10, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Jan 9, 2014
Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2014
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.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before April 1, 2014.

Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 31, 2014, 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 September 30, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA 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 FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to March 31, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula.

Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the first quarter of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities.

Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through March 31, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits.

Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has: (1) entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under state or federal law and meet specified other criteria; and (2) enacted a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking effect, would violate the nonreduction rule.

(Under the nonreduction rule such an agreement does not apply with respect to a state whose method for computing regular unemployment compensation under state law has been modified to make the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010, less than what would have been paid before June 2, 2010.)

Declares that the nonreduction rule shall not apply to a state which has enacted a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking effect, would violate the nonreduction rule. Allows such a state, however, to enter into a subsequent federal-state EUC agreement on or after enactment of this Act if, taking into account this inapplicability of the nonreduction rule, it would otherwise meet the requirements for an EUC agreement. (Thus allows such a subsequent EUC agreement to permit payment of less than the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010.)

What's happening now February 28, 2014

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2068-2069)

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 75
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Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Feb 27, 2014
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Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 3, 2014
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jan 27, 2014
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jan 27, 2014
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jan 27, 2014
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jan 27, 2014
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Jan 27, 2014
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Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Jan 16, 2014
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jan 16, 2014
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Garamendi, John
California · Jan 16, 2014
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 16, 2014
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jan 15, 2014
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Frankel, Lois
Florida · Jan 15, 2014
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Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Jan 15, 2014
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jan 15, 2014
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jan 15, 2014
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jan 15, 2014
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Ruiz, Raul
California · Jan 15, 2014
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jan 15, 2014
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jan 15, 2014
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Thompson, Mike
California · Jan 15, 2014
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jan 15, 2014
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 14, 2014
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Carson, André
Indiana · Jan 14, 2014
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 14, 2014
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jan 14, 2014
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 14, 2014
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Green, Al
Texas · Jan 14, 2014
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jan 14, 2014
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jan 14, 2014
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Jan 14, 2014
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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jan 13, 2014
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Bera, Ami
California · Jan 13, 2014
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Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jan 13, 2014
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Brownley, Julia
California · Jan 13, 2014
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Chu, Judy
California · Jan 13, 2014
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Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Jan 13, 2014
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jan 13, 2014
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jan 13, 2014
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 13, 2014
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jan 13, 2014
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 13, 2014
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Jan 13, 2014
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Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jan 13, 2014
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jan 13, 2014
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 13, 2014
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 13, 2014
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Jan 13, 2014
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Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jan 13, 2014
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jan 13, 2014
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