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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3507 

To provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 

Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BAUCUS, Ms. STABENOW, Mrs. 

BOXER, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BROWN, Mr. 

DURBIN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. KERRY, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. 

LAUTENBERG, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. HARKIN, and Mr. DODD) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To provide for 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 ‘‘Unemployment Com5 pensation Extension Act of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FIRST-TIER BENEFITS. 

7 Section 4002(b)(1) of the Supplemental Appropria8 tions Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘50’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘80’’; and 

3 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘13’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘20’’. 

5 SEC. 3. SECOND-TIER BENEFITS. 

6 Section 4002 of the Supplemental Appropriations 

7 Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by adding 

8 at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.— 

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

11 amount established in an individual’s account under 

12 subsection (b)(1) is exhausted or at any time there13 after, such individual’s State is in an extended ben14 efit period (as determined under paragraph (2)), 

15 such account shall be augmented by an amount 

16 equal to the lesser of— 

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

18 regular compensation (including dependents’ al19 lowances) payable to the individual during the 

20 individual’s benefit year under the State law, or 

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

22 weekly benefit amount (as determined under 

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

24 ‘‘(2) EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD.—For pur25 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 is then in effect for 

4 such State under the Federal-State Extended 

5 Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; 

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

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

8 of such Act— 

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

10 for ‘5’ each place it appears; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) did not include the requirement 

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

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

14 for such State under such Act if— 

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

16 applied to such State (regardless of wheth17 er the State by law had provided for such 

18 application); and 

19 ‘‘(ii) such section 203(f)— 

20 ‘‘(I) were applied by substituting 

21 ‘6.0’ for ‘6.5’ in paragraph (1)(A)(i) 

22 thereof; and 

23 ‘‘(II) did not include the require24 ment under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) 

25 thereof. 


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1 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The account of an indi2 vidual may be augmented not more than once under 

3 this subsection.’’. 

4 SEC. 4. PHASEOUT PROVISIONS. 

5 Section 4007(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations 

6 Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

8 (2),’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3),’’; and 

9 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(2) NO AUGMENTATION AFTER MARCH 31, 

12 2009.—If the amount established in an individual’s 

13 account under subsection (b)(1) is exhausted after 

14 March 31, 2009, then section 4002(c) shall not 

15 apply and such account shall not be augmented 

16 under such section, regardless of whether such indi17 vidual’s State is in an extended benefit period (as 

18 determined under paragraph (2) of such section). 

19 ‘‘(3) TERMINATION.—No compensation under 

20 this title shall be payable for any week beginning 

21 after November 27, 2009.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. TEMPORARY FEDERAL MATCHING FOR THE FIRST 

2 WEEK OF EXTENDED BENEFITS FOR STATES 

3 WITH NO WAITING WEEK. 

4 With respect to weeks of unemployment beginning 

5 after the date of enactment of this Act and ending on or 

6 before December 8, 2009, subparagraph (B) of section 

7 204(a)(2) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment 

8 Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) shall 

9 not apply. 

10 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

11 The amendments made by sections 2, 3, and 4 shall 

12 apply as if included in the enactment of the Supplemental 

13 Appropriations Act, 2008. 

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