Calendar No. 246

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3167

AN ACT

To extend the emergency unemployment compensaprofiling, and for other purposes. tion program, to establish a system of worker

OCTOBER 18 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Received

OCTOBER 21 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Read twice and ordered placed on the calendar
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Calendar No. 246

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3167

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 18 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Received

OCTOBER 21 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Read twice and ordered placed on the calendar

AN ACT

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
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1 Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–164, as amended) are each

2 amended by striking ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘February 5, 1994’’.

4 (b) WEEKS OF BENEFITS AVAILABLE DURING EX5 TENSION.—

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

7 such Act is amended—

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

9 (vii),

10 (B) by inserting after clause (v) the follow11 ing new clause:

12 ‘‘(vi) REDUCTION OF WEEKS AFTER

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

14 beginning after October 2, 1993—

15 ‘‘(I) clause (i) of this subpara16 graph shall be applied by substituting

17 ‘13’ for ‘33’ and by substituting ‘7’

18 for ‘26’,

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

20 (v) of this subparagraph shall not

21 apply, and

22 ‘‘(III) subparagraph A of para23 graph (1) shall be applied by sub24 stituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘130 per25 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 ‘‘April 30, 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; except

11 that such repeal shall not apply in determining eligibility

12 for emergency unemployment compensation from an ac13 count established before October 2, 1993.

14 SEC. 4. WORKER PROFILING.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—

16 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROFILING SYSTEM.—

17 Section 303 of the Social Security Act is amended

18 by adding at the end thereof the following new sub19 section:

20 ‘‘(j)(1) The State agency charged with the adminis21 tration of the State law shall establish and utilize a system

22 of profiling all new claimants for regular compensation

23 that—

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

25 exhaust regular compensation and will need job
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1 search assistance services to make a successful tran2 sition to new employment;

3 ‘‘(B) refers claimants identified pursuant to

4 subparagraph (A) to reemployment services, such as

5 job search assistance services, available under any

6 State or Federal law;

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

8 the services received by such claimants and the em9 ployment outcomes for such claimants subsequent to

10 receiving such services and utilizes such information

11 in making identifications pursuant to subparagraph

12 (A); and

13 ‘‘(D) meets such other requirements as the Sec14 retary of Labor determines are appropriate.

15 ‘‘(2) Whenever the Secretary of Labor, after reason16 able notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agen17 cy charged with the administration of the State law, finds

18 that there is a failure to comply substantially with the re19 quirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary of Labor shall

20 notify such State agency that further payments will not

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

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

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

24 the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to such State.’’.
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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

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

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

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

5 of the Social Security Act is amended—

6 (1) by striking the period at the end of para7 graph (9) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and

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

9 new paragraph:

10 ‘‘(10) A requirement that, as a condition of eli11 gibility for regular compensation for any week, any

12 claimant who has been referred to reemployment

13 services pursuant to the profiling system under sub14 section (j)(1)(B) participate in such services or in

15 similar services unless the State agency charged with

16 the administration of the State law determines—

17 ‘‘(A) such claimant has completed such

18 services; or

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

20 claimant’s failure to participate in such serv21 ices.’’.

22 (c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of

23 Labor shall provide technical assistance and advice to as24 sist the States in implementing the profiling system re25 quired under the amendments made by subsection (a).
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1 Such assistance shall include the development and identi2 fication of model profiling systems.

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

4 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec5 retary of Labor shall report to the Congress on the oper6 ation and effectiveness of the profiling system required

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

8 participation requirement provided by the amendments

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

10 recommendations as the Secretary of Labor determines

11 are appropriate.

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

13 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Amendments of

14 1993 (Public Law 103–6) is hereby repealed.

15 (f) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

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

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

18 the date of the enactment of this Act.

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

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

21 Act.

22 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT

23 TRUST FUND.

24 Paragraph (1) of section 905(b) of the Social Secu25 rity Act is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Sec2 retary of the Treasury shall transfer (as of the close of

3 each month) from the employment security administration

4 account to the extended unemployment compensation ac5 count established by subsection (a), an amount (deter6 mined by such Secretary) equal to 20 percent of the

7 amount by which—

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

9 administration account pursuant to section

10 901(b)(2) during such month, exceed

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

12 employment security administration account pursu13 ant to section 901 (b)(3) and (d).

14 If for any such month the payments referred to in sub15 paragraph (B) exceed the transfers referred to in subpara16 graph (A), proper adjustments shall be made in the

17 amounts subsequently transferred.’’.

18 SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF REPORTING DATE FOR ADVISORY

19 COUNCIL.

20 Section 908(f) of the Social Security Act is amend21 ed—

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

23 inserting ‘‘third year’’; and

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

25 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘February 1, 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 7. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN SPONSORSHIP PERIOD

2 FOR ALIENS UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL SE3 CURITY INCOME PROGRAM.

4 (a) INCREASE IN SPONSORSHIP PERIOD.—

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

6 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382j) is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘three years’’ each place such term appears and

8 inserting ‘‘5 years’’.

9 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

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

11 1994.

12 (b) REINSTATEMENT OF PRIOR LAW.—

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

14 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382j), as amended by sub15 section (a)(1) of this section, is amended by striking

16 ‘‘5 years’’ each place such term appears and insert17 ing ‘‘3 years’’.

18 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

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

20 1996.

21 SEC. 8. TREATMENT OF RAILROAD WORKERS.

22 (a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of

24 section 501(b) of the Emergency Unemployment

25 Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–164, as
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1 amended) are each amended by striking ‘‘October 2,

2 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 1994’’.

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

4 501(a) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘October

5 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1994’’.

6 (b) LENGTH OF BENEFITS DURING PERIOD OF EX7 TENSION.—Section 501(d)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act is amend8 ed by striking ‘‘on and after the date on which a reduction

9 in benefits is imposed under section 102(b)(2)(A)(iv)’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘after October 2, 1993’’.

11 (c) TERMINATION OF BENEFITS.—Section 501(e) of

12 such Act is amended—

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

14 ‘‘January 1, 1994’’, and

15 (2) by striking ‘‘January 15, 1994’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘March 26, 1994’’.

Passed the House of Representatives October 15,

1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.