H. R. 920

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three

An Act

To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, and for other

purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993’’.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

PROGRAM.

(a) GENERAL RULE.—Sections 102(f)(1) and 106(a)(2) of the

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law

102–164, as amended) are each amended by striking ‘‘March 6,

1993’’ and inserting ‘‘October 2, 1993’’.

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

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

2, 1993’’, and

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

15, 1994’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of section 101(e)

of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘March 6, 1993’’ each place

it appears and inserting ‘‘October 2, 1993’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to weeks beginning after March 6, 1993.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF RAILROAD WORKERS.

(a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 501(b)

of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991

(Public Law 102–164, as amended) are each amended by striking ‘‘March 6, 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘October 2, 1993’’. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 501(a) of such Act

is amended by striking ‘‘March 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘October

1993’’.

(b) TERMINATION OF BENEFITS.—Section 501(e) of such Act is

amended—

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

2, 1993’’, and

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

15, 1994’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to weeks beginning after March 6, 1993.
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SEC. 4. PROFILING OF NEW CLAIMANTS.

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

a program for encouraging the adoption and implementation by

all States of a system of profiling all new claimants for regular

unemployment compensation (including new claimants under each

State unemployment compensation law which is approved under

the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (26 U.S.C. 3301–3311) and

new claimants under Federal unemployment benefit and allowance

programs administered by the State under agreements with the

Secretary of Labor), to determine which claimants may be likely

to exhaust regular unemployment compensation and may need

reemployment assistance services to make a successful transition

to new employment. (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES.—The Secretary of Labor

shall provide technical assistance and advice to the States in the

development of model profiling systems and the procedures for

such systems. Such technical assistance and advice shall be provided by the utilization of such resources as the Secretary deems

appropriate, and the procedures for such profiling systems shall

include the effective utilization of automated data processing. (c) FUNDING OF ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of encouraging the

development and establishment of model profiling systems in the

States, the Secretary of Labor shall provide to each State, from

funds available for this purpose, such funds as may be determined

by the Secretary to be necessary. (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Within 30 months after the date

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall report

to the Congress on the operation and effectiveness of the profiling

systems adopted by the States, and the Secretary’s recommendation

for continuation of the systems and any appropriate legislation.

(e) STATE.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ has

the meaning given such term by section 3306(j)(1) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986.

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

effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. FINANCING PROVISIONS.

(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated

for nonrepayable advances to the account for ‘‘Advances to the

Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds’’ in Department of

Labor Appropriations Acts (for transfer to the ‘‘extended unemployment compensation account’’ established by section 905 of the Social

Security Act) such sums as may be necessary to make payments

to the States to carry out the purposes of the amendments made

by section 2 of this Act.

(b) USE OF ADVANCE ACCOUNT FUNDS.—The funds appropriated

to the account for ‘‘Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund

and Other Funds’’ in the Department of Labor Appropriation Act

for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–394) are authorized to be

used to make payments to the States to carry out the purposes

of the amendments made by section 2 of this Act.

SEC. 6. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

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

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Congress

hereby designates all direct spending amounts provided by this

Act (for all fiscal years) and all appropriations authorized by this
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Act (for all fiscal years) as emergency requirements within the

meaning of part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

Control Act of 1985.

SEC. 7. ELIMINATION OF COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR MEMBERS

OF CONGRESS IN 1994.

(a) COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—Notwithstanding section

601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.

31(2)), the cost of living adjustment (relating to pay for Members

of Congress) which would become effective under such provision

of law during calendar year 1994 shall not take effect.

(b) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision to

any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder

of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, or the application

of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be

affected.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.