A bill to provide for emergency unemployment compensation.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF TEMPORARY EXTENDED 
              UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) Entitlement to Additional Weeks.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 203(b) of the 
        Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 
        (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 28) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``50 percent'' 
                and inserting ``100 percent''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``13 times'' 
                and inserting ``26 times''.
            (2) Repeal of restriction on augmentation during 
        transitional period.--Section 208(b) of the Temporary Extended 
        Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147), as 
        amended by Public Law 108-1, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'' 
                        and inserting ``paragraph (2)''; and
                            (ii) by inserting before the period at the 
                        end the following: ``, including such 
                        compensation by reason of amounts deposited in 
                        such account after such date pursuant to the 
                        application of subsection (c) of such 
                        section'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (2).
            (3) Extension of transition limitation.--Section 208(b)(2) 
        of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 
        (Public Law 107-147), as amended by Public Law 108-1 and as 
        redesignated by paragraph (2), is amended by striking ``August 
        30, 2003'' and inserting ``December 31, 2003''.
            (4) Conforming amendment for augmented benefits.--Section 
        203(c)(1) of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation 
        Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 28) is amended by 
        striking ``the amount originally established in such account 
        (as determined under subsection (b)(1))'' and inserting ``7 
        times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the 
        benefit year''.
    (b) Effective Date and Application.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
        shall apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on 
        or after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) TEUC-X amounts deposited in account prior to date of 
        enactment deemed to be the additional teuc amounts provided by 
        this section.--In applying the amendments made by subsection 
        (a) under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
        of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 26), the Secretary of 
        Labor shall deem any amounts deposited into an individual's 
        temporary extended unemployment compensation account by reason 
        of section 203(c) of such Act (commonly known as ``TEUC-X 
        amounts'') prior to the date of enactment of this Act to be 
        amounts deposited in such account by reason of section 203(b) 
        of such Act, as amended by subsection (a) (commonly known as 
        ``TEUC amounts'').
            (3) Application to exhaustees and current beneficiaries.--
                    (A) Exhaustees.--In the case of any individual--
                            (i) to whom any temporary extended 
                        unemployment compensation was payable for any 
                        week beginning before the date of enactment of 
                        this Act; and
                            (ii) who exhausted such individual's rights 
                        to such compensation (by reason of the payment 
                        of all amounts in such individual's temporary 
                        extended unemployment compensation account) 
                        before such date,
                such individual's eligibility for any additional weeks 
                of temporary extended unemployment compensation by 
                reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
                apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning 
                on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Current beneficiaries.--In the case of any 
                individual--
                            (i) to whom any temporary extended 
                        unemployment compensation was payable for any 
                        week beginning before the date of enactment of 
                        this Act; and
                            (ii) as to whom the condition described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(ii) does not apply,
                such individual shall be eligible for temporary 
                extended unemployment compensation (in accordance with 
                the provisions of the Temporary Extended Unemployment 
                Compensation Act of 2002, as amended by subsection (a)) 
                with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or 
                after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (4) Redetermination of eligibility for augmented amounts 
        for individuals for whom such a determination was made prior to 
        the date of enactment.--Any determination of whether the 
        individual's State is in an extended benefit period under 
        section 203(c) of the Temporary Extended Unemployment 
        Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 28) 
        made prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
        disregarded and the determination under such section shall be 
        made as follows:
                    (A) Individuals who exhausted 13 teuc and 13 teux-x 
                weeks prior to the date of enactment.--In the case of 
                an individual who, prior to the date of enactment of 
                this Act, received 26 times the individual's average 
                weekly benefit amount through an account established 
                under section 203 of the Temporary Extended 
                Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
                147; 116 Stat. 28) (by reason of augmentation under 
                subsection (c) of such section), the determination 
                shall be made as of the date of the enactment of this 
                Act.
                    (B) All other individuals.--In the case of an 
                individual who is not described in subparagraph (A), 
                the determination shall be made at the time that the 
                individual's account established under such section 
                203, as amended by subsection (a), is exhausted.




                                                         

Summary: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003 - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to entitle eligible individuals in all States to a total of 26 weeks of TEUC compensation . Makes such additional benefits also available to individuals who exhausted their TEUC benefits before January 1, 2003. Provides for a transition period of continuing payments to individuals with amounts remaining in their TEUC account, for weeks beginning before December 31, 2003. Directs the Secretary of Labor to deem second tier benefit amounts deposited in an individual's account as deposited in such account, by reason of the amendments made by this Act, as single tier benefit amounts . Sets forth requirements relating to applicability of this Act to those who have exhausted their benefits under TEUCA, as well as to current beneficiaries.