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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1513 

To provide for demonstration projects to help improve the Nation’s 

unemployment compensation system. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2007 

Mr. WELLER of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To provide for demonstration projects to help improve the 

Nation’s unemployment compensation system. 

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 Improvement Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REEMPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION 

7 PROJECTS. 

8 Title III of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 

9 and following) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

2 ‘‘SEC. 305. (a) The Secretary of Labor may enter 

3 into agreements, with States submitting an application de4 scribed in subsection (b), for the purpose of allowing such 

5 States to conduct demonstration projects to test and 

6 evaluate measures designed— 

7 ‘‘(1) to expedite, such as through the use of a wage 

8 insurance program, the reemployment of individuals who 

9 establish initial eligibility for unemployment compensation 

10 under the State law of such State; or 

11 ‘‘(2) to improve the effectiveness of such State in car12 rying out its State law. 

13 ‘‘(b) The Governor of any State desiring to conduct 

14 a demonstration project under this section shall submit 

15 an application to the Secretary of Labor at such time, in 

16 such manner, and including such information as the Sec17 retary of Labor may require. Any such application shall, 

18 at a minimum, include— 

19 ‘‘(1) a general description of the proposed dem20 onstration project, including the authority (under 

21 the laws of the State) for the measures to be tested, 

22 as well as the period of time during which such dem23 onstration project would be conducted; 

24 ‘‘(2) if a waiver under subsection (c) is re25 quested, the specific aspects of the project to which 


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1 the waiver would apply and the reasons why such 

2 waiver is needed; 

3 ‘‘(3) a description of the goals and the expected 

4 programmatic outcomes of the demonstration 

5 project, including how the project would contribute 

6 to the objective described in subsection (a)(1), sub7 section (a)(2), or both; 

8 ‘‘(4) assurances (accompanied by supporting 

9 analysis) that the demonstration project would not 

10 result in any increased net costs to the State’s ac11 count in the Unemployment Trust Fund; 

12 ‘‘(5) a description of the manner in which the 

13 State— 

14 ‘‘(A) will conduct an impact evaluation, 

15 using a control or comparison group or other 

16 valid methodology, of the demonstration project; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(B) will determine the extent to which the 

19 goals and outcomes described in paragraph (3) 

20 were achieved; and 

21 ‘‘(6) assurances that the State will provide any 

22 reports relating to the demonstration project, after 

23 its approval, as the Secretary of Labor may require. 

24 ‘‘(c) The Secretary of Labor may waive any of the 

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1 enue Code of 1986 or of paragraph (1) or (5) of section 

2 303(a), to the extent and for the period the Secretary of 

3 Labor considers necessary to enable the State to carry out 

4 a demonstration project under this section. 

5 ‘‘(d) A demonstration project under this section— 

6 ‘‘(1) may be commenced any time after Sep7 tember 30, 2007; and 

8 ‘‘(2) may not, under subsection (b), be ap9 proved for a period of time greater than 2 years, 

10 subject to extension upon request of the Governor of 

11 the State involved for such additional period as the 

12 Secretary of Labor may agree to, except that in no 

13 event may a demonstration project under this sec14 tion be conducted after the end of the 5-year period 

15 beginning on the date of the enactment of this sec16 tion. 

17 ‘‘(e) The Secretary of Labor shall, in the case of any 

18 State for which an application is submitted under sub19 section (b)— 

20 ‘‘(1) notify the State as to whether such appli21 cation has been approved or denied within 90 days 

22 after receipt of a complete application, and 

23 ‘‘(2) provide public notice of the decision within 

24 10 days after providing notification to the State in 

25 accordance with paragraph (1). 


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1 Public notice under paragraph (2) may be provided 

2 through the Internet or other appropriate means. Any ap3 plication under this section that has not been approved 

4 within such 90 days shall be treated as denied. 

5 ‘‘(f) The Secretary of Labor may terminate a dem6 onstration project under this section if the Secretary de7 termines that the State has not complied with the terms 

8 and conditions of the project.’’. 

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