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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3756 

To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for 

additional weeks of emergency unemployment benefits. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 7, 2009 

Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. PERRIELLO, Mr. LOEBSACK, and Mr. HODES) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to 

provide for additional weeks of emergency unemployment 

benefits. 

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 Extension Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002 of the Supplemental 

8 Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 


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1 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(d) FURTHER ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY UNEM4 PLOYMENT COMPENSATION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, at the time that the 

6 amount added to an individual’s account under sub7 section (c)(1) (hereinafter ‘additional emergency un8 employment compensation’) is exhausted or at any 

9 time thereafter, such individual’s State is in an ex10 tended benefit period (as determined under para11 graph (2)), such account shall be further augmented 

12 by an amount (hereinafter ‘further additional emer13 gency unemployment compensation’) equal to the 

14 lesser of— 

15 ‘‘(A) 50 percent of the total amount of 

16 regular compensation (including dependents’ al17 lowances) payable to the individual during the 

18 individual’s benefit year under the State law; or 

19 ‘‘(B) 13 times the individual’s average 

20 weekly benefit amount (as determined under 

21 subsection (b)(2)) for the benefit year. 

22 ‘‘(2) EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD.—For pur23 poses of paragraph (1), a State shall be considered 

24 to be in an extended benefit period, as of any given 

25 time, if— 


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1 ‘‘(A) such a period is then in effect for 

2 such State under the Federal-State Extended 

3 Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; 

4 ‘‘(B) such a period would then be in effect 

5 for such State under such Act if section 203(d) 

6 of such Act— 

7 ‘‘(i) were applied by substituting ‘4’ 

8 for ‘5’ each place it appears; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) did not include the requirement 

10 under paragraph (1)(A) thereof; or 

11 ‘‘(C) such a period would then be in effect 

12 for such State under such Act if— 

13 ‘‘(i) section 203(f) of such Act were 

14 applied to such State (regardless of wheth15 er the State by law had provided for such 

16 application); and 

17 ‘‘(ii) such section 203(f)— 

18 ‘‘(I) were applied by substituting 

19 ‘6.0’ for ‘6.5’ in paragraph (1)(A)(i) 

20 thereof; and 

21 ‘‘(II) did not include the require22 ment under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) 

23 thereof. 

24 ‘‘(3) COORDINATION RULE.—Notwithstanding 

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1 vide for the payment of emergency unemployment 

2 compensation prior to extended compensation, such 

3 State may pay extended compensation to an other4 wise eligible individual prior to any further addi5 tional emergency unemployment compensation, if 

6 such individual claimed extended compensation for 

7 at least 1 week of unemployment after the exhaus8 tion of additional emergency unemployment com9 pensation. 

10 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—The account of an indi11 vidual may be augmented not more than once under 

12 this subsection.’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO NON-AUGMENTA14 TION RULE.—Section 4007(b)(2) of the Supplemental Ap15 propriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 

16 3304 note) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘then section 4002(c)’’ and in18 serting ‘‘then subsections (c) and (d) of section 

19 4002’’; and 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2) of such section)’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2) of such subsection (c) 

22 or (d) (as the case may be))’’. 

23 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Section 4004(e)(1) of 

24 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 

25 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking 


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1 ‘‘Act;’’ and inserting ‘‘Act and the Unemployment Com2 pensation Extension Act of 2009’’. 

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

4 this section shall apply as if included in the enactment 

5 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, except that 

6 no amount shall be payable by virtue of such amendments 

7 with respect to any week of unemployment commencing 

8 before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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