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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3167

To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, to establish

a system of worker profiling, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 29, 1993

Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, to establish a system of worker profiling, 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 ‘‘Unemployment Com5 pensation 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 ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘February 5, 1994’’.

3 (b) WEEKS OF BENEFITS AVAILABLE DURING EX4 TENSION.—

5 (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 102(b)(2) of

6 such Act is amended—

7 (A) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause

8 (vii),

9 (B) by inserting after clause (v) the follow10 ing new clause:

11 ‘‘(vi) REDUCTION OF WEEKS AFTER

12 OCTOBER 2, 1993.—In the case of weeks

13 beginning after October 2, 1993—

14 ‘‘(I) clause (i) of this subpara15 graph shall be applied by substituting

16 ‘13’ for ‘33’ and by substituting ‘7’

17 for ‘26’,

18 ‘‘(II) clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and

19 (v) of this subparagraph shall not

20 apply, and

21 ‘‘(III) subparagraph A of para22 graph (1) shall be applied by sub23 stituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘130 per24 cent’.’’, and
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘or (iv)’’ in clause (vii) (as

2 redesignated by subparagraph (A)) and insert3 ing ‘‘(iv), or (vi)’’.

4 (2) Subparagraph (B) of section 102(b)(2) of

5 such Act is amended by striking ‘‘and (iv)’’ and in6 serting ‘‘(iv) and (vi)’’.

7 (c) MODIFICATION OF FINAL PHASE-OUT.—Para8 graph (2) of section 102(f) of such Act is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘February 5, 1994’’, and

11 (2) by striking ‘‘January 15, 1994’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘May 21, 1994’’.

13 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 101(e) of

14 such Act is amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ each place it

16 appears in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘February 5,

17 1994’’, and

18 (2) by striking ‘‘(and is not triggered off under

19 paragraph (1))’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting

20 ‘‘after February 5, 1994,’’.

21 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

22 this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment begin23 ning after October 2, 1993.
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1 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

2 FOR EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM3 PENSATION.

4 (a) REPEAL OF DISREGARD OF RIGHTS TO REGULAR

5 COMPENSATION.—Subsection (f) of section 101 of the

6 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991

7 (Public Law 102–164, as amended) is hereby repealed.

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by sub9 section (a) shall apply to weeks of unemployment begin10 ning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

11 SEC. 4. WORKER PROFILING.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—

13 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROFILING SYSTEM.—

14 Section 303 of the Social Security Act is amended

15 by adding at the end thereof the following new sub16 section:

17 ‘‘(j)(1) The State agency charged with the adminis18 tration of the State law shall establish and utilize a system

19 of profiling all new claimants for regular compensation

20 that—

21 ‘‘(A) identifies which claimants will be likely to

22 exhaust regular compensation and will need job

23 search assistance services to make a successful tran24 sition to new employment;

25 ‘‘(B) refers claimants identified pursuant to

26 subparagraph (A) to reemployment services, such as
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1 job search assistance services, available under any

2 State or Federal law;

3 ‘‘(C) collects follow-up information relating to

4 the services received by such claimants and the em5 ployment outcomes for such claimants subsequent to

6 receiving such services and utilizes such information

7 in making identifications pursuant to subparagraph

8 (A); and

9 ‘‘(D) meets such other requirements as the Sec10 retary of Labor determines are appropriate.

11 ‘‘(2) Whenever the Secretary of Labor, after reason12 able notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agen13 cy charged with the administration of the State law, finds

14 that there is a failure to comply substantially with the re15 quirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary of Labor shall

16 notify such State agency that further payments will not

17 be made to the State until he is satisfied that there is

18 no longer any such failure. Until the Secretary of Labor

19 is so satisfied, he shall make no further certification to

20 the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to such State.’’.

21 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

22 304(a)(2) of the Social Security Act is amended by

23 striking ‘‘or (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i), or (j)’’.

24 (b) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 303(a)

25 of the Social Security Act is amended—
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1 (1) by striking the period at the end of para2 graph (9) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and

3 (2) by adding at the end thereof the following

4 new paragraph:

5 ‘‘(10) A requirement that, as a condition of eli6 gibility for regular compensation for any week, any

7 claimant who has been referred to reemployment

8 services pursuant to the profiling system under sub9 section (j)(1)(B) participate in such services or in

10 similar services unless the State agency charged with

11 the administration of the State law determines—

12 ‘‘(A) such claimant has completed such

13 services; or

14 ‘‘(B) there is justifiable cause for such

15 claimant’s failure to participate in such serv16 ices.’’.

17 (c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of

18 Labor shall provide technical assistance and advice to as19 sist the States in implementing the profiling system re20 quired under the amendments made by subsection (a).

21 Such assistance shall include the development and identi22 fication of model profiling systems.

23 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than the date

24 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec25 retary of Labor shall report to the Congress on the oper-
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1 ation and effectiveness of the profiling system required

2 under the amendments made by subsection (a) and the

3 participation requirement provided by the amendments

4 made under subsection (b). Such report shall include such

5 recommendations as the Secretary of Labor determines

6 are appropriate.

7 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4 of the

8 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Amendments of

9 1993 (Public Law 103–6) is hereby repealed.

10 (f) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

11 (1) The amendments made by subsections (a)

12 and (b) shall take effect on the date one year after

13 the date of the enactment of this Act.

14 (2) The provisions of subsections (c), (d), and

15 (e) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this

16 Act.

17 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT

18 TRUST FUND.

19 Paragraph (1) of section 905(b) of the Social Secu20 rity Act is amended to read as follows:

21 ‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Sec22 retary of the Treasury shall transfer (as of the close of

23 each month) from the employment security administration

24 account to the extended unemployment compensation ac25 count established by subsection (a), an amount (deter-
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1 mined by such Secretary) equal to 20 percent of the

2 amount by which—

3 ‘‘(A) the transfers to the employment security

4 administration account pursuant to section

5 901(b)(2) during such month, exceed

6 ‘‘(B) the payments during such month from the

7 employment security administration account pursu8 ant to section 901(b)(3) and (d).

9 If for any such month the payments referred to in sub10 paragraph (B) exceed the transfers referred to in subpara11 graph (A), proper adjustments shall be made in the

12 amounts subsequently transferred.’’.

13 SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF REPORTING DATE FOR ADVISORY

14 COUNCIL.

15 Section 908(f) of the Social Security Act is amend16 ed—

17 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2d year’’ and

18 inserting ‘‘third year’’; and

19 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘February 1,

20 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘February 1, 1995’’.

21 SEC. 7. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN SPONSORSHIP PERIOD

22 FOR ALIENS UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL SE23 CURITY INCOME PROGRAM.

24 (a) INCREASE IN SPONSORSHIP PERIOD.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1621 of the Social

2 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382j) is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘three years’’ each place such term appears and

4 inserting ‘‘5 years’’.

5 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

6 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on January 1,

7 1994.

8 (b) REINSTATEMENT OF PRIOR LAW.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1621 of the Social

10 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382j), as amended by sub11 section (a)(1) of this section, is amended by striking

12 ‘‘5 years’’ each place such term appears and insert13 ing ‘‘3 years’’.

14 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

15 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1,

16 1997.

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