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Calendar No. 315 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2077 

To provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 4, 2014 

Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

MARCH 5, 2014 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To provide for the extension of certain unemployment 

benefits, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act 

6 of 2014’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

8 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Extension of emergency unemployment compensation program. 

Sec. 3. Temporary extension of extended benefit provisions. 

Sec. 4. Extension of funding for reemployment services and reemployment and 

eligibility assessment activities. 

Sec. 5. Additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. 

Sec. 6. Flexibility for unemployment program agreements. 

Sec. 7. Offset from farm bill savings. 

1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM2 PENSATION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 4007(a)(2) of the Supple4 mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 

5 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘January 

6 1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2014’’. 

7 (b) FUNDING.—Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supple8 mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 

9 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (2) in subparagraph (J), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 

13 the end; and 

14 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(K) the amendment made by section 2(a) 

17 of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 

18 Extension Act of 2014;’’. 

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

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1 ment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public 

2 Law 112–240). 

3 SEC. 3. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXTENDED BENEFIT 

4 PROVISIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2005 of the Assistance for 

6 Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as 

7 contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ each 

10 place it appears and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2014’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘June 30, 

12 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

13 (b) EXTENSION OF MATCHING FOR STATES WITH

14 NO WAITING WEEK.—Section 5 of the Unemployment 

15 Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

16 449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘June 

17 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

18 (c) EXTENSION OF MODIFICATION OF INDICATORS

19 UNDER THE EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM.—Section 

20 203 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com21 pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amend22 ed— 

23 (1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘December 

24 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2014’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘December 

2 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2014’’. 

3 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact5 ment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public 

6 Law 112–240). 

7 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR REEMPLOYMENT 

8 SERVICES AND REEMPLOYMENT AND ELIGI9 BILITY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4004(c)(2)(A) of the Sup11 plemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110– 

12 252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘through fiscal year 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘through the 

14 first half of fiscal year 2015’’. 

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact17 ment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public 

18 Law 112–240). 

19 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENE20 FITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOY21 MENT INSURANCE ACT. 

22 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Rail23 road Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 

24 352(c)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2013’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘December 31, 2013’’; and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and in4 serting ‘‘June 30, 2014’’. 

5 (b) CLARIFICATION ON AUTHORITY TO USE

6 FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under either the first or 

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

8 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available 

9 to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment 

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

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

12 cover the cost of such benefits provided under such section 

13 2(c)(2)(D), as in effect on the day before the date of en14 actment of this Act. 

15 (c) FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRATION.—Out of any 

16 funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there 

17 are appropriated to the Railroad Retirement Board 

18 $125,000 for administrative expenses associated with the 

19 payment of additional extended unemployment benefits 

20 provided under section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unem21 ployment Insurance Act by reason of the amendments 

22 made by subsection (a), to remain available until ex23 pended. 


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1 SEC. 6. FLEXIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM 

2 AGREEMENTS. 

3 (a) FLEXIBILITY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (g) of section 

5 4001 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 

6 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) shall 

7 not apply with respect to a State that has enacted 

8 a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking 

9 effect, would violate such subsection. 

10 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (1) is effec11 tive with respect to weeks of unemployment begin12 ning on or after December 29, 2013. 

13 (b) PERMITTING A SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENT.— 

14 Nothing in title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations 

15 Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) 

16 shall preclude a State whose agreement under such title 

17 was terminated from entering into a subsequent agree18 ment under such title on or after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act if the State, taking into account the ap20 plication of subsection (a), would otherwise meet the re21 quirements for an agreement under such title. 

22 SEC. 7. OFFSET FROM FARM BILL SAVINGS. 

23 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘farm bill 

24 savings’’ means the budgetary effects (as defined in sec25 tion 2 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 

26 U.S.C. 931) and as determined in accordance with that 


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1 Act) attributable to the enactment of the Agricultural Act 

2 of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

3 (b) OFFSETTING OF COSTS.—Notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of law— 

5 (1) the Office of Management and Budget shall 

6 remove from the PAYGO scorecards maintained pur7 suant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You8 Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)) the amount of the 

9 farm bill savings; 

10 (2) the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

11 shall remove from the PAYGO scorecards main12 tained for purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 

13 21 (110th Congress) the amount of the farm bill 

14 savings; and 

15 (3) the amount removed from any PAYGO 

16 scorecard under paragraph (1) or (2) shall not be 

17 available to offset the cost of other legislation under 

18 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 

19 931 et seq.) or section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 

20 (110th Congress), respectively. 

21 (c) TREATMENT FOR PAYGO PURPOSES.— 

22 (1) PAYGO SCORECARD.—The budgetary ef23 fects of this Act and the amendments made by this 

24 Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard 


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1 maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory 

2 Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)). 

3 (2) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARD.—The budg4 etary effects of this Act and the amendments made 

5 by this Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO 

6 scorecard maintained for purposes of section 201 of 

7 S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress). 


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Calendar No. 315 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2077 

A BILL 

To provide for the extension of certain 

unemployment benefits, and for other purposes. 

MARCH 5, 2014 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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