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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, Mr. DODD, Mr. WYDEN, 

Mr. SMITH, and Mrs. MURRAY) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions 

SEPTEMBER 22 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 

Committee discharged; referred to the Committee on Finance 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FIRST-TIER BENEFITS. 

2 Section 4002(b)(1) of the Supplemental Appropria3 tions Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

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

5 inserting ‘‘80’’; and 

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

7 inserting ‘‘20’’. 

8 SEC. 3. SECOND-TIER BENEFITS. 

9 Section 4002 of the Supplemental Appropriations 

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

11 at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.— 

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

14 amount established in an individual’s account under 

15 subsection (b)(1) is exhausted or at any time there16 after, such individual’s State is in an extended ben17 efit period (as determined under paragraph (2)), 

18 such account shall be augmented by an amount 

19 equal to the lesser of— 

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

21 regular compensation (including dependents’ al22 lowances) payable to the individual during the 

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

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

25 weekly benefit amount (as determined under 

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


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1 ‘‘(2) EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD.—For pur2 poses of paragraph (1), a State shall be considered 

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

4 time, if— 

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

6 such State under the Federal-State Extended 

7 Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; 

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

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

10 of such Act— 

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

12 for ‘5’ each place it appears; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) did not include the requirement 

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

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

16 for such State under such Act if— 

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

18 applied to such State (regardless of wheth19 er the State by law had provided for such 

20 application); and 

21 ‘‘(ii) such section 203(f)— 

22 ‘‘(I) were applied by substituting 

23 ‘6.0’ for ‘6.5’ in paragraph (1)(A)(i) 

24 thereof; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) did not include the require2 ment under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) 

3 thereof. 

4 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The account of an indi5 vidual may be augmented not more than once under 

6 this subsection.’’. 

7 SEC. 4. PHASEOUT PROVISIONS. 

8 Section 4007(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations 

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

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

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

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

13 following: 

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

15 2009.—If the amount established in an individual’s 

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

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

18 apply and such account shall not be augmented 

19 under such section, regardless of whether such indi20 vidual’s State is in an extended benefit period (as 

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

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

23 this title shall be payable for any week beginning 

24 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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