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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6556 

To provide for the further temporary extension of the emergency 

unemployment compensation program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2010 

Ms. LEE of California (for herself and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 

and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for the further temporary extension of the emergency unemployment compensation program, 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 Expansion Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN2 SURANCE PROVISIONS. 

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 ‘‘January 3, 2012’’; 

8 (B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by 

9 striking ‘‘NOVEMBER 30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘JANU10 ARY 3, 2012’’; and 

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

12 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘June 9, 2012’’. 

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; 123 Stat. 444), 

16 is amended— 

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

18 it appears and inserting ‘‘January 4, 2012’’; and 

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

20 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘June 11, 2012’’. 

21 (3) Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation 

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

23 3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘April 30, 2011’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘June 10, 2012’’. 


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1 (b) FUNDING.—Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supple2 mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 

3 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

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

5 the end; and 

6 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(G) the amendments made by sections 

9 501(a)(1) and 503 of the Emergency Unem10 ployment Compensation Expansion Act; and’’. 

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

12 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact13 ment of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act 

14 of 2010 (Public Law 111–205). 

15 SEC. 3. TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF INDICATORS 

16 UNDER THE EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM. 

17 (a) INDICATOR.—Section 203(d) of the Federal-State 

18 Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 

19 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended, in the flush matter fol20 lowing paragraph (2), by inserting after the first sentence 

21 the following sentence: ‘‘Effective with respect to com22 pensation for weeks of unemployment beginning after the 

23 date of enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Com24 pensation Expansion Act (or, if later, the date established 

25 pursuant to State law), and ending on or before December 


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1 31, 2011, the State may by law provide that the deter2 mination of whether there has been a state ‘on’ or ‘off’ 

3 indicator beginning or ending any extended benefit period 

4 shall be made under this subsection as if the word ‘two’ 

5 were ‘three’ in subparagraph (1)(A).’’. 

6 (b) ALTERNATIVE TRIGGER.—Section 203(f) of the 

7 Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 

8 of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para10 graph (3); and 

11 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol12 lowing new paragraph: 

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

14 of unemployment beginning after the date of enactment 

15 of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expan16 sion Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to 

17 State law), and ending on or before December 31, 2011, 

18 the State may by law provide that the determination of 

19 whether there has been a state ‘on’ or ‘off’ indicator begin20 ning or ending any extended benefit period shall be made 

21 under this subsection as if the word ‘either’ were ‘any’, 

22 the word ‘both’ were ‘all’, and the figure ‘2’ were ‘3’ in 

23 clause (1)(A)(ii).’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL FIRST-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOY2 MENT COMPENSATION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002(b)(1) of the Supple4 mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 

5 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘80’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘131’’; and 

8 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘20’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘34’’. 

10 (b) COORDINATION RULE.—Section 4002(f) of the 

11 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110– 

12 252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by adding the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(3) RULE RELATING TO ADDITIONAL WEEKS

15 OF FIRST-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM16 PENSATION.—If a State determines that implemen17 tation of the increased entitlement to first-tier emer18 gency unemployment compensation by reason of the 

19 amendments made by section 503(a) of the Emer20 gency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act 

21 would unduly delay the prompt payment of emer22 gency unemployment compensation under this title, 

23 such State may elect to pay second-tier emergency 

24 unemployment compensation prior to the payment of 

25 such increased first-tier emergency unemployment 

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1 mines that such increased first-tier emergency un2 employment compensation may be paid without such 

3 undue delay. If a State makes the election under the 

4 preceding sentence, then, for purposes of deter5 mining whether an account may be augmented for 

6 third-tier emergency unemployment compensation 

7 under subsection (d), such State shall treat the date 

8 of exhaustion of such increased first-tier emergency 

9 unemployment compensation as the date of exhaus10 tion of second-tier emergency unemployment com11 pensation, if such date is later than the date of ex12 haustion of the second-tier emergency unemployment 

13 compensation.’’. 

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

15 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact16 ment of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act 

17 of 2010 (Public Law 111–205), except that no additional 

18 first-tier emergency unemployment compensation shall be 

19 payable by virtue of the amendments made by subsection 

20 (a) (beyond the maximum amount that would have been 

21 payable absent those amendments) with respect to any 

22 week of unemployment commencing before the date of the 

23 enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTION RELATING TO REPEAL OF 

2 CONTINUED DUMPING AND SUBSIDY OFFSET. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 822(2)(A) of the Claims 

4 Resolution Act of 2010 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘and’’. 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

7 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the provi8 sions of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010. 

9 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENE10 FITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOY11 MENT INSURANCE ACT. 

12 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Rail13 road Unemployment Insurance Act, as added by section 

14 2006 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

15 2009 (Public Law 111–5) and as amended by section 9 

16 of the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance 

17 Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–92), is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2010’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘June 30, 2011’’; and 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and in21 serting ‘‘December 31, 2011’’. 

22 (b) CLARIFICATION ON AUTHORITY TO USE

23 FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under either the first or 

24 second sentence of clause (iv) of section 2(c)(2)(D) of the 

25 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available 

26 to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment 


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1 benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason 

2 of the amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to 

3 cover the cost of such benefits provided under such section 

4 2(c)(2)(D), as in effect on the day before the date of the 

5 enactment of this Act. 

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