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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6419 

To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the 

further extension of emergency unemployment benefits, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2010 

Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DINGELL, Ms. 

MATSUI, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. STARK, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. 

LEE of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. NADLER of New York, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. LANGEVIN, and Mr. OLVER) 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 the further extension of emergency unemployment benefits, 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 ‘‘Emergency Unemploy5 ment Compensation Continuation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PRO2 VISIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Section 4007 of the Supple4 mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 

5 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2010’’ each 

7 place it appears and inserting ‘‘February 28, 2011’’; 

8 (B) in the heading for paragraph (2) of sub9 section (b), by striking ‘‘NOVEMBER 30, 2010’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘FEBRUARY 28, 2011’’; and 

11 (C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘April 30, 

12 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘July 31, 2011’’. 

13 (2) Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed 

14 Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in 

15 Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), is amended— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘December 1, 2010’’ each place 

17 it appears and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2011’’; and 

18 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘May 1, 

19 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘August 1, 2011’’. 

20 (3) Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation 

21 Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 

22 3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘April 30, 2011’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘July 31, 2011’’. 

24 (b) FUNDING.—Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supple25 mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 

26 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; and 

3 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(G) the amendments made by section 

6 2(a)(1) of the Emergency Unemployment Com7 pensation Continuation Act; and’’. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

9 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact10 ment of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act 

11 of 2010 (Public Law 111–205; 124 Stat. 2236). 

12 SEC. 3. TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF INDICATORS. 

13 (a) INDICATORS BASED ON RATE OF INSURED UN14 EMPLOYMENT.—Section 203(d) of the Federal-State Ex15 tended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 

16 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by inserting before the last 

17 sentence the following: ‘‘Effective with respect to com18 pensation for weeks of unemployment beginning after the 

19 date of enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Com20 pensation Continuation Act (or, if later, the date estab21 lished pursuant to State law), and ending on or before 

22 March 1, 2011, the State may by law provide that the 

23 determination of whether there has been a State ‘on’ or 

24 ‘off’ indicator beginning or ending any extended benefit 

25 period shall be made under this subsection as if paragraph 


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1 (1)(A) had been amended by striking ‘the preceding two 

2 calendar years’ and inserting ‘the preceding three calendar 

3 years’; except that, notwithstanding any such provision of 

4 State law, any week for which there would otherwise be 

5 a State ‘on’ indicator shall continue to be such a week 

6 and shall not be determined to be a week for which there 

7 is a State ‘off’ indicator.’’. 

8 (b) INDICATORS BASED ON RATE OF TOTAL UNEM9 PLOYMENT.—Section 203(f) of the Federal-State Ex10 tended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 

11 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para13 graph (3); and 

14 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(2) Effective with respect to compensation for weeks 

17 of unemployment beginning after the date of enactment 

18 of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continu19 ation Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to 

20 State law), and ending on or before March 1, 2011, the 

21 State may by law provide that the determination of wheth22 er there has been a State ‘on’ or ‘off’ indicator beginning 

23 or ending any extended benefit period shall be made under 

24 this subsection as if paragraph (1)(A)(ii) had been amend25 ed— 


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1 ‘‘(A) by striking ‘either (or both)’ and inserting 

2 ‘either (or all)’; and 

3 ‘‘(B) by striking ‘the preceding 2 calendar 

4 years’ and inserting ‘the preceding 3 calendar years’. 

5 Notwithstanding any provision of a State law described 

6 in this paragraph, any week for which there would other7 wise be a State ‘on’ indicator shall continue to be such 

8 a week and shall not be determined to be a week for which 

9 there is a State ‘off’ indicator.’’. 

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