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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3813 

To provide a three-month extension for the emergency unemployment compensation program, retroactive to its expiration, and to offset the costs 

of such extension. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2014 

Mr. CICILLINE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Agriculture, 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 a three-month extension for the emergency unemployment compensation program, retroactive to its expiration, and to offset the costs of such extension. 

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. CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 

2 COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT

4 COMPENSATION PROGRAM.— 

5 (1) EXTENSION.—Section 4007(a)(2) of the 

6 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 

7 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by strik8 ing ‘‘January 1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 

9 2014’’. 

10 (2) FUNDING.—Section 4004(e)(1) of the Sup11 plemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 

12 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

14 at the end; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (J), by inserting 

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

17 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (J) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(K) the amendments made by section 

20 2(a) of the Emergency Unemployment Com21 pensation Extension Act;’’. 

22 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

23 by this subsection shall take effect as if included in 

24 the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 

25 of 2012 (Public Law 112–240). 


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1 (b) TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXTENDED BEN2 EFIT PROVISIONS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2005 of the Assist4 ance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Fami5 lies Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 

6 U.S.C. 3304 note), is amended— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ each 

8 place it appears and inserting ‘‘March 31, 

9 2014’’; and 

10 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘June 

11 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

12 2014’’. 

13 (2) EXTENSION OF MATCHING FOR STATES

14 WITH NO WAITING WEEK.—Section 5 of the Unem15 ployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 

16 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2014’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

19 (3) EXTENSION OF MODIFICATION OF INDICA20 TORS UNDER THE EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM.— 

21 Section 203 of the Federal-State Extended Unem22 ployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 

23 3304 note) is amended— 


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1 (A) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Decem2 ber 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2014’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘De5 cember 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 

6 2014’’. 

7 (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

8 by this subsection shall take effect as if included in 

9 the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 

10 of 2012 (Public Law 112–240). 

11 (c) EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR REEMPLOYMENT

12 SERVICES AND REEMPLOYMENT AND ELIGIBILITY AS13 SESSMENT ACTIVITIES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4004(c)(2)(A) of the 

15 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 

16 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘through fiscal year 2014’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘through the first quarter of fiscal year 2015’’. 

19 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

20 by this section shall take effect as if included in the 

21 enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 

22 2012 (Public Law 112–240). 

23 (d) ADDITIONAL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENE24 FITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSUR25 ANCE ACT.— 


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1 (1) EXTENSION.—Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the 

2 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 

3 352(c)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2013’’ and in5 serting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘March 31, 2014’’. 

8 (2) CLARIFICATION ON AUTHORITY TO USE

9 FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under either the first 

10 or second sentence of clause (iv) of section 

11 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 

12 Act shall be available to cover the cost of additional 

13 extended unemployment benefits provided under 

14 such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the amend15 ments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the 

16 cost of such benefits provided under such section 

17 2(c)(2)(D), as in effect on the day before the date 

18 of enactment of this Act. 

19 (3) FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRATION.—Out of 

20 any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro21 priated, there are appropriated to the Railroad Re22 tirement Board $62,500 for administrative expenses 

23 associated with the payment of additional extended 

24 unemployment benefits provided under section 

25 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 


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1 Act by reason of the amendments made by para2 graph (1), to remain available until expended. 

3 (e) FLEXIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM

4 AGREEMENTS.— 

5 (1) FLEXIBILITY.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (g) of sec7 tion 4001 of the Supplemental Appropriations 

8 Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 

9 3304 note) shall not apply with respect to a 

10 State that has enacted a law before December 

11 1, 2013, that, upon taking effect, would violate 

12 such subsection. 

13 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subparagraph (A) 

14 is effective with respect to weeks of unemploy15 ment beginning on or after December 29, 2013. 

16 (2) PERMITTING A SUBSEQUENT AGREE17 MENT.—Nothing in such title IV shall preclude a 

18 State whose agreement under such title was termi19 nated from entering into a subsequent agreement 

20 under such title on or after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act if the State, taking into account the 

22 application of paragraph (1), would otherwise meet 

23 the requirements for an agreement under such title. 


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1 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF PRIVATE JET GIVEAWAY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 

3 168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend4 ed by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iv), by redesig5 nating clause (v) as clause (vi), and by inserting after 

6 clause (iv) the following new clause: 

7 ‘‘(v) any general aviation aircraft, 

8 and’’. 

9 (b) CLASS LIFE.—Paragraph (3) of section 168(g) 

10 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by in11 serting after subparagraph (E) the following new subpara12 graph: 

13 ‘‘(F) GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT.—In 

14 the case of any general aviation aircraft, the re15 covery period used for purposes of paragraph 

16 (2) shall be 12 years.’’. 

17 (c) GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT.—Subsection (i) 

18 of section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

19 amended by inserting after paragraph (19) the following 

20 new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(20) GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT.—The 

22 term ‘general aviation aircraft’ means any airplane 

23 or helicopter (including airframes and engines) not 

24 used in commercial or contract carrying of pas25 sengers or freight, but which primarily engages in 

26 the carrying of passengers.’’. 


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1 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall be effec2 tive for property placed in service after December 31, 

3 2012. 

4 SEC. 4. ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME AND PER PERSON LIMI5 TATIONS ON SHARE OF INSURANCE PRE6 MIUMS PAID BY FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE 

7 CORPORATION. 

8 Section 508(e)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 

9 (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(1)) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘For the purpose’’ and inserting 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) PAYMENT AUTHORITY.—For the pur13 pose’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub15 paragraphs: 

16 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMITA17 TION.—The Corporation shall not pay a part of 

18 the premium for additional coverage for any 

19 person or legal entity that has an average ad20 justed gross income (as defined in section 

21 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 

22 U.S.C. 1308–3a)) in excess of $250,000. 

23 ‘‘(C) PER PERSON LIMITATION.—The Cor24 poration shall not pay more than $40,000 to 


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1 any person or legal entity for premiums under 

2 this section.’’. 

3 SEC. 5. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS RELATED TO CROP SUB4 SIDIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001 of the Food Security 

6 Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3) 

8 and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) LEGAL ENTITY.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘legal entity’ 

11 means— 

12 ‘‘(i) an organization that (subject to 

13 the requirements of this section and sec14 tion 1001A) is eligible to receive a pay15 ment under a provision of law referred to 

16 in subsection (b), (c), or (d); 

17 ‘‘(ii) a corporation, joint stock com18 pany, association, limited partnership, lim19 ited liability company, limited liability 

20 partnership, charitable organization, es21 tate, irrevocable trust, grantor of a rev22 ocable trust, or other similar entity (as de23 termined by the Secretary); and 

24 ‘‘(iii) an organization that is partici25 pating in a farming operation as a partner 


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1 in a general partnership or as a participant 

2 in a joint venture. 

3 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘legal entity’ 

4 does not include a general partnership or joint 

5 venture.’’; 

6 (2) by striking subsections (b) through (d) and 

7 inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS FOR COVERED COM9 MODITIES, COTTON, AND PEANUTS.—The total amount of 

10 payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or 

11 legal entity for any crop year for 1 or more covered com12 modities, cotton, and peanuts under title I of the Food, 

13 Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, any extension of 

14 such Act, or title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and 

15 Risk Management Act of 2013 may not exceed $125,000, 

16 of which— 

17 ‘‘(1) not more than $75,000 may consist of 

18 marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments 

19 received pursuant to such Act; and 

20 ‘‘(2) not more than $50,000 may consist of any 

21 other payments made for covered commodities and 

22 peanuts under such Acts. 

23 ‘‘(c) SPOUSAL EQUITY.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 

25 (b), except as provided in paragraph (2), if a person 


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1 and the spouse of the person are covered by para2 graph (2) and receive, directly or indirectly, any pay3 ment or gain covered by this section, the total 

4 amount of payments or gains (as applicable) covered 

5 by this section that the person and spouse may 

6 jointly receive during any crop year may not exceed 

7 an amount equal to twice the applicable dollar 

8 amounts specified in subsection (b). 

9 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) SEPARATE FARMING OPERATIONS.— 

11 In the case of a married couple in which each 

12 spouse, before the marriage, was separately en13 gaged in an unrelated farming operation, each 

14 spouse shall be treated as a separate person 

15 with respect to a farming operation brought 

16 into the marriage by a spouse, subject to the 

17 condition that the farming operation shall re18 main a separate farming operation, as deter19 mined by the Secretary. 

20 ‘‘(B) ELECTION TO RECEIVE SEPARATE

21 PAYMENTS.—A married couple may elect to re22 ceive payments separately in the name of each 

23 spouse if the total amount of payments and 

24 benefits described in subsection (b) that the 

25 married couple receives, directly or indirectly, 


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1 does not exceed an amount equal to twice the 

2 applicable dollar amounts specified in those 

3 subsections.’’; 

4 (3) in paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (f), by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(iii) IRREVOCABLE TRUSTS.—In pro7 mulgating regulations to define the term 

8 ‘legal entity’ as the term applies to irrev9 ocable trusts, the Secretary shall ensure 

10 that irrevocable trusts are legitimate enti11 ties that have not been created for the pur12 pose of avoiding a payment limitation.’’; 

13 and 

14 (4) in subsection (h), in the second sentence, by 

15 striking ‘‘or other entity’’ and inserting ‘‘or legal en16 tity’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

18 (1) Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 

19 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 

20 (A) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘sub21 sections (b) and (c)’’ each place it appears in 

22 paragraphs (1) and (3)(B) and inserting ‘‘sub23 section (b)’’; 

24 (B) in subsection (f)— 


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1 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking 

2 ‘‘Subsections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘Subsection (b)’’; 

4 (ii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 

5 ‘‘subsection (b) or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub6 section (b)’’; 

7 (iii) in paragraph (5)— 

8 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik9 ing ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and 

10 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

11 striking ‘‘subsection (b), (c), or (d)’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 

13 (iv) in paragraph (6)— 

14 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik15 ing ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (d), 

16 except as provided in subsection (g)’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 

18 subsection (f)’’; and 

19 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

20 striking ‘‘subsections (b), (c), and 

21 (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 

22 (C) in subsection (g)— 

23 (i) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘subsection 

2 (f)(6)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

3 (e)(6)(A)’’; and 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) 

5 or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 

6 and 

7 (ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 

8 ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 

10 (D) by redesignating subsections (e) 

11 through (h) as subsections (d) through (g), re12 spectively. 

13 (2) Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 

14 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–1) is amended— 

15 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sub16 sections (b) and (c) of section 1001’’ and in17 serting ‘‘section 1001(b)’’; and 

18 (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘sub19 section (b) or (c) of section 1001’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘section 1001(b)’’. 

21 (3) Section 1001B(a) of the Food Security Act 

22 of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–2(a)) is amended in the 

23 matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sub24 sections (b) and (c) of section 1001’’ and inserting 

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1 (c) PAYMENTS LIMITED TO ACTIVE FARMERS.—Sec2 tion 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 

3 1308–1) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (b)(2)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘or active personal man6 agement’’ each place it appears in subpara7 graphs (A)(i)(II) and (B)(ii); and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, as 

9 applied to the legal entity, are met by the legal 

10 entity, the partners or members making a sig11 nificant contribution of personal labor or active 

12 personal management’’ and inserting ‘‘are met 

13 by partners or members making a significant 

14 contribution of personal labor, those partners or 

15 members’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) the landowner share-rents the land at 

21 a rate that is usual and customary;’’; 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

23 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

24 and’’; and 


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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(C) the share of the payments received by 

4 the landowner is commensurate with the share 

5 of the crop or income received as rent.’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘ac7 tive personal management or’’; 

8 (C) in paragraph (5)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and all that fol10 lows through ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A per11 son’’ and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(5) CUSTOM FARMING SERVICES.—A person’’; 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘under usual and 

14 customary terms’’ after ‘‘services’’; and 

15 (iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 

16 and 

17 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(7) FARM MANAGERS.—A person who other19 wise meets the requirements of this subsection other 

20 than (b)(2)(A)(i)(II) shall be considered to be ac21 tively engaged in farming, as determined by the Sec22 retary, with respect to the farming operation, includ23 ing a farming operation that is a sole proprietorship, 

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1 partnership, or a legal entity such as a corporation 

2 or limited partnership, if the person— 

3 ‘‘(A) makes a significant contribution of 

4 management to the farming operation necessary 

5 for the farming operation, taking into ac6 count— 

7 ‘‘(i) the size and complexity of the 

8 farming operation; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the management requirements 

10 normally and customarily required by simi11 lar farming operations; 

12 ‘‘(B)(i) is the only person in the farming 

13 operation qualifying as actively engaged in 

14 farming by using the farm manager special 

15 class designation under this paragraph; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) together with any other persons in the 

17 farming operation qualifying as actively en18 gaged in farming under subsection (b)(2) or as 

19 part of a special class under this subsection, 

20 does not collectively receive, directly or indi21 rectly, an amount equal to more than the appli22 cable limits under section 1001(b); 

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1 tively engaged in more than 1 farming oper2 ation; and 

3 ‘‘(D) manages a farm operation that does 

4 not substantially share equipment, labor, or 

5 management with persons or legal entities that 

6 with the person collectively receive, directly or 

7 indirectly, an amount equal to more than the 

8 applicable limits under section 1001(b).’’. 

9 (d) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 

10 section shall apply beginning with the 2014 crop year. 

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