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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6091 

To provide for further additional emergency unemployment compensation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 10, 2010 

Ms. BERKLEY (for herself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. HARE, 

Ms. WATSON, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. 

KILDEE, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. FILNER, and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 

and Means 

A BILL 

To provide for further additional emergency unemployment 

compensation. 

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 Extension Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FIFTH-TIER BENEFITS. 

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

8 Appropriations Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 

9 amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 

2 subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(f) FIFTH-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT

6 COMPENSATION.— 

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

8 amount added to an individual’s account under sub9 section (e)(1) (fourth-tier emergency unemployment 

10 compensation) is exhausted or at any time there11 after, such individual’s State is in an extended ben12 efit period (as determined under paragraph (2)), 

13 such account shall be further augmented by an 

14 amount (hereinafter ‘fifth-tier emergency unemploy15 ment compensation’) equal to the lesser of— 

16 ‘‘(A) 80 percent of the total amount of 

17 regular compensation (including dependents’ al18 lowances) payable to the individual during the 

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

20 ‘‘(B) 20 times the individual’s average 

21 weekly benefit amount (as determined under 

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

23 ‘‘(2) EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD.—For pur24 poses of paragraph (1), a State shall be considered 


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

2 time, if— 

3 ‘‘(A) such a period would then be in effect 

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

5 of such Act— 

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

7 for ‘5’ each place it appears; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) did not include the requirement 

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

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

11 for such State under such Act if— 

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

13 applied to such State (regardless of wheth14 er the State by law had provided for such 

15 application); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) such section 203(f)— 

17 ‘‘(I) were applied by substituting 

18 ‘10’ for ‘6.5’ in paragraph (1)(A)(i) 

19 thereof; and 

20 ‘‘(II) did not include the require21 ment under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) 

22 thereof. 

23 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The account of an indi24 vidual may be augmented not more than once under 

25 this subsection.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (1) COORDINATION WITH EXTENDED COM3 PENSATION.—Section 4002(g) of such Act (as so 

4 designated by subsection (a)(1)) is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘subsection (c), (d), or (e) (by reason of the 

6 amendments made by sections 2, 3, and 4 of the 

7 Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance 

8 Act of 2009),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c), (d), 

9 (e), or (f),’’. 

10 (2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Section 4004(e)(1) 

11 of such Act is amended— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

13 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 

14 (B) by adding after subparagraph (F) the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(G) the amendments made by section 2(a) of 

17 the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Exten18 sion Act of 2010; and’’. 

19 (3) NON-AUGMENTATION RULE.—Section 

20 4007(b)(2) of such Act is amended— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘subsections (c), (d), and 

22 (e) of section 4002’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections 

23 (c), (d), (e), and (f)’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘such subsection (c), (d), 

2 or (e) (as the case may be)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘such subsection (c), (d), (e), or (f)’’. 

4 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by section 

6 2 shall apply as if included in the enactment of the Supple7 mental Appropriations Act, 2008, subject to subsection 

8 (b). 

9 (b) ADDITIONAL BENEFITS.—In applying the amend10 ments made by section 2, any additional emergency unem11 ployment compensation made payable by such amend12 ments (which would not otherwise have been payable if 

13 such amendments had not been enacted) shall be payable 

14 only with respect to any week of unemployment beginning 

15 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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