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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 920

To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 17, 1993

Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI (for himself, Mr. MATSUI, and Mr. GEPHARDT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways

and Means

A BILL

To extend the emergency unemployment compensation

program, 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 ‘‘Emergency Unemploy5 ment Compensation Amendments of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM7 PENSATION PROGRAM.

8 (a) GENERAL RULE.—Sections 102(f)(1) and

9 106(a)(2) of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation

10 Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–164, as amended) are each
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1 amended by striking ‘‘March 6, 1993’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘October 2, 1993’’.

3 (b) MODIFICATION TO FINAL PHASE-OUT.—Para4 graph (2) of section 102(f) of such Act is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘March 6, 1993’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘October 2, 1993’’, and

7 (2) by striking ‘‘June 19, 1993’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘January 15, 1994’’.

9 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of

10 section 101(e) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘March

11 6, 1993’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘October 2,

12 1993’’.

13 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

14 this section shall apply to weeks beginning after March

15 6, 1993.

16 SEC. 3. PROFILING OF NEW CLAIMANTS.

17 (a) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary of Labor shall

18 establish a program for encouraging the adoption and im19 plementation by all States of a system of profiling all new

20 claimants for regular unemployment compensation (in21 cluding new claimants under each State unemployment

22 compensation law which is approved under the Federal

23 Unemployment Tax Act (26 U.S.C. 3301–3311) and new

24 claimants under Federal unemployment benefit and allow25 ance programs administered by the State under agree-
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1 ments with the Secretary of Labor), to determine which

2 claimants may be likely to exhaust regular unemployment

3 compensation and may need reemployment assistance

4 services to make a successful transition to new employ5 ment.

6 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES.—The Sec7 retary of Labor shall provide technical assistance and ad8 vice to the States in the development of model profiling

9 systems and the procedures for such systems. Such tech10 nical assistance and advice shall be provided by the utiliza11 tion of such resources as the secretary deems appropriate,

12 and the procedures for such profiling systems shall include

13 the effective utilization of automated data processing.

14 (c) FUNDING OF ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of en15 couraging the development and establishment of model

16 profiling systems in the States, the Secretary of Labor

17 shall provide to each State, from funds available for this

18 purpose, such funds as may be determined by the Sec19 retary to be necessary.

20 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Within 30 months after

21 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

22 Labor shall report to the Congress on the operation and

23 effectiveness of the profiling systems adopted by the

24 States, and the Secretary’s recommendation for continu25 ation of the systems and any appropriate legislation.
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1 (e) STATE.—For purposes of this section, the term

2 ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given such term by section

3 3306(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

4 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section

5 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

6 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 There are authorized to be appropriated for

8 nonrepayable advances to the account for ‘‘Advances to

9 the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds’’ in the

10 Department of Labor appropriations Acts (for transfer to

11 the ‘‘extended unemployment compensation account’’ es12 tablished by section 905 of the Social Security Act) such

13 sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of

14 the amendments made by section 2 of this Act.

15 SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

16 Pursuant to sections 251(b)(2)(D)(i) and 252(e) of

17 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

18 of 1985, the Congress hereby designates all direct spend19 ing amounts provided by this Act (for all fiscal years) and

20 all appropriations authorized by this Act (for all fiscal

21 years) as emergency requirements within the meaning of

22 part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

23 Control Act of 1985.

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