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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5647 

To provide a temporary extension of unemployment insurance, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 30, 2010 

Mr. HELLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Education and Labor, the Budget, Oversight and Government 

Reform, and Energy and Commerce, 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 temporary extension of unemployment 

insurance, 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 ‘‘Responsible COBRA, 

5 Unemployment, and Poverty Extension 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 ‘‘June 2, 2010’’ each place it 

7 appears and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’; 

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

9 striking ‘‘JUNE 2, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘SEPTEMBER

10 30, 2010’’; and 

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

12 6, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 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; 123 Stat. 444), 

16 is amended— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘June 2, 2010’’ each place it 

18 appears and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’; and 

19 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘November 6, 

20 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2011’’. 

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 ‘‘November 6, 2010’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2011’’. 


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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 (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; and 

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

8 ‘‘(F) the amendments made by section 

9 2(a)(1) of the Responsible COBRA, Unemploy10 ment, and Poverty Extension 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 Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (Public 

14 Law 111–157). 

15 SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PREMIUM AS16 SISTANCE FOR COBRA BENEFITS. 

17 (a) EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY PERIOD.—Sub18 section (a)(3)(A) of section 3001 of division B of the 

19 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 

20 Law 111–5), as amended by section 3(a) of the Tem21 porary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144) and 

22 section 3(a) of the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 

23 (Public Law 111–157), is amended by striking ‘‘May 31, 

24 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 


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1 (b) RULES RELATING TO 2010 EXTENSION.—Sub2 section (a) of section 3001 of division B of the American 

3 Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 

4 5), as amended by section 3(b) of the Continuing Exten5 sion Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–157), is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(19) ADDITIONAL RULES RELATED TO 2010

8 EXTENSION.—In the case of an individual who, with 

9 regard to coverage described in paragraph (10)(B), 

10 experiences a qualifying event related to a termi11 nation of employment on or after June 1, 2010, and 

12 prior to the date of the enactment of this paragraph, 

13 rules similar to those in paragraphs (4)(A) and 

14 (7)(C) shall apply with respect to all continuation 

15 coverage, including State continuation coverage pro16 grams.’’. 

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

18 this section shall take effect as if included in the provisions 

19 of section 3001 of division B of the American Recovery 

20 and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

21 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF USE OF 2009 POVERTY GUIDELINES. 

22 Section 1012 of the Department of Defense Appro23 priations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118), as amended 

24 by section 6 of the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 


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1 (Public Law 111–157), is amended by striking ‘‘May 31, 

2 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

3 SEC. 5. USE OF STIMULUS FUNDS TO OFFSET SPENDING. 

4 The unobligated balance of each amount appro5 priated or made available under the American Recovery 

6 and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) (other 

7 than under title X of division A of such Act) is rescinded 

8 pro rata such that the aggregate amount of such rescis9 sions equals $27,000,000,000 in order to offset the net 

10 increase in spending resulting from the provisions of, and 

11 amendments made by, sections 2 through 4. The Director 

12 of the Office of Management and Budget shall report to 

13 each congressional committee the amounts so rescinded 

14 within the jurisdiction of such committee. 

15 SEC. 6. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The budgetary effects of this Act, 

17 for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As18 You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to 

19 the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 

20 Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 

21 Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House 

22 Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been 

23 submitted prior to the vote on passage. 

24 (b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL

25 ENFORCEMENT.—In the House of Representatives, this 


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1 Act, with the exception of section 5, is designated as an 

2 emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles. In the 

3 Senate, this Act is designated as an emergency require4 ment pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th 

5 Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis6 cal year 2010. 

7 (c) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION FOR STATUTORY

8 PAYGO.—This Act, with the exception of section 5, is des9 ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

10 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public 

11 Law 111–139; 2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 

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