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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1885 

To provide for a temporary extension of unemployment insurance, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2011 

Mr. HELLER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To provide for a temporary extension of unemployment 

insurance, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Responsible Unemploy5 ment Extension Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PRO7 VISIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Section 4007 of the Supple9 mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 

10 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘January 3, 2012’’ each place 

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘January 3, 2013’’; 

3 (B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by 

4 striking ‘‘JANUARY 3, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘JANUARY

5 3, 2013’’; and 

6 (C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘June 9, 

7 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘June 8, 2013’’. 

8 (2) Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed 

9 Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in 

10 Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 444), 

11 is amended— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘January 4, 2012’’ each place 

13 it appears and inserting ‘‘January 4, 2013’’; and 

14 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘June 11, 

15 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘June 11, 2013’’. 

16 (3) Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation 

17 Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 

18 3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘June 10, 2012’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘June 9, 2013’’. 

20 (b) FUNDING.—Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supple21 mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 

22 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

24 the end; and 

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1 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(H) the amendments made by section 

4 2(a)(1) of the Responsible Unemployment Ex5 tension Act; and’’. 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact8 ment of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reau9 thorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Public Law 

10 111–312). 

11 SEC. 3. RESCISSION OF UNSPENT FEDERAL FUNDS TO OFF12 SET LOSS IN REVENUES. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi14 sion of law, of all available unobligated funds, 

15 $44,000,000,000 in appropriated discretionary funds are 

16 hereby rescinded. 

17 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Director of the Office of 

18 Management and Budget shall determine and identify 

19 from which appropriation accounts the rescission under 

20 subsection (a) shall apply and the amount of such rescis21 sion that shall apply to each such account. Not later than 

22 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

23 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 

24 submit a report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Conmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 gress of the accounts and amounts determined and identi2 fied for rescission under the preceding sentence. 

3 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to the 

4 unobligated funds of the Department of Defense, the De5 partment of Veterans Affairs, or the Corps of Engineers. 

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