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Calendar No. 4

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 225

To provide for emergency unemployment compensation. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 28, 2003

Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. REED, Mr. 

DURBIN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BAYH, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. 

BAUCUS, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. CORZINE, Ms. MIKULSKI, and Mrs. MURRAY) 

introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

JANUARY 29, 2003

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL

To provide for 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 ‘‘Emergency Unemploy5 ment Compensation Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF TEM2 PORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COM3 PENSATION. 

4 (a) ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL WEEKS.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 

6 203(b) of the Temporary Extended Unemployment 

7 Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 

8 116 Stat. 28) is amended—

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘50 

10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘100 percent’’; and 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘13 

12 times’’ and inserting ‘‘26 times’’. 

13 (2) REPEAL OF RESTRICTION ON AUGMENTA14 TION DURING TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.—Section 

15 208(b) of the Temporary Extended Unemployment 

16 Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147), 

17 as amended by Public Law 108–1, is amended—

18 (A) in paragraph (1)—

19 (i) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2) and 

20 (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and 

21 (ii) by inserting before the period at 

22 the end the following: ‘‘, including such 

23 compensation by reason of amounts depos24 ited in such account after such date pursu25 ant to the application of subsection (c) of 

26 such section’’; 
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1 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

2 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

3 paragraph (2). 

4 (3) EXTENSION OF TRANSITION LIMITATION.—

5 Section 208(b)(2) of the Temporary Extended Un6 employment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 

7 107–147), as amended by Public Law 108–1 and as 

8 redesignated by paragraph (2), is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘August 30, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

10 2003’’. 

11 (4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT FOR AUG12 MENTED BENEFITS.—Section 203(c)(1) of the Tem13 porary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 

14 of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 28) is 

15 amended by striking ‘‘the amount originally estab16 lished in such account (as determined under sub17 section (b)(1))’’ and inserting ‘‘7 times the individ18 ual’s average weekly benefit amount for the benefit 

19 year’’. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

22 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to weeks of 

23 unemployment beginning on or after the date of en24 actment of this Act. 
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1 (2) TEUC–X AMOUNTS DEPOSITED IN AC2 COUNT PRIOR TO DATE OF ENACTMENT DEEMED TO

3 BE THE ADDITIONAL TEUC AMOUNTS PROVIDED BY

4 THIS SECTION.—In applying the amendments made 

5 by subsection (a) under the Temporary Extended 

6 Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public 

7 Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 26), the Secretary of Labor 

8 shall deem any amounts deposited into an individ9 ual’s temporary extended unemployment compensa10 tion account by reason of section 203(c) of such Act 

11 (commonly known as ‘‘TEUC–X amounts’’) prior to 

12 the date of enactment of this Act to be amounts de13 posited in such account by reason of section 203(b) 

14 of such Act, as amended by subsection (a) (com15 monly known as ‘‘TEUC amounts’’). 

16 (3) APPLICATION TO EXHAUSTEES AND CUR17 RENT BENEFICIARIES.—

18 (A) EXHAUSTEES.—In the case of any in19 dividual—

20 (i) to whom any temporary extended 

21 unemployment compensation was payable 

22 for any week beginning before the date of 

23 enactment of this Act; and 

24 (ii) who exhausted such individual’s 

25 rights to such compensation (by reason of 
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1 the payment of all amounts in such indi2 vidual’s temporary extended unemployment 

3 compensation account) before such date, 

4 such individual’s eligibility for any additional 

5 weeks of temporary extended unemployment 

6 compensation by reason of the amendments 

7 made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 

8 to weeks of unemployment beginning on or 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

10 (B) CURRENT BENEFICIARIES.—In the 

11 case of any individual—

12 (i) to whom any temporary extended 

13 unemployment compensation was payable 

14 for any week beginning before the date of 

15 enactment of this Act; and 

16 (ii) as to whom the condition de17 scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii) does not 

18 apply, 

19 such individual shall be eligible for temporary 

20 extended unemployment compensation (in ac21 cordance with the provisions of the Temporary 

22 Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 

23 2002, as amended by subsection (a)) with re24 spect to weeks of unemployment beginning on 

25 or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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1 (4) REDETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR

2 AUGMENTED AMOUNTS FOR INDIVIDUALS FOR WHOM

3 SUCH A DETERMINATION WAS MADE PRIOR TO THE

4 DATE OF ENACTMENT.—Any determination of 

5 whether the individual’s State is in an extended ben6 efit period under section 203(c) of the Temporary 

7 Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 

8 (Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 28) made prior to 

9 the date of enactment of this Act shall be dis10 regarded and the determination under such section 

11 shall be made as follows: 

12 (A) INDIVIDUALS WHO EXHAUSTED 13

13 TEUC AND 13 TEUX–X WEEKS PRIOR TO THE

14 DATE OF ENACTMENT.—In the case of an indi15 vidual who, prior to the date of enactment of 

16 this Act, received 26 times the individual’s aver17 age weekly benefit amount through an account 

18 established under section 203 of the Temporary 

19 Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 

20 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 28) (by 

21 reason of augmentation under subsection (c) of 

22 such section), the determination shall be made 

23 as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

24 (B) ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS.—In the 

25 case of an individual who is not described in 
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1 subparagraph (A), the determination shall be 

2 made at the time that the individual’s account 

3 established under such section 203, as amended 

4 by subsection (a), is exhausted. 
Calendar No. 4

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 225

A BILL

To provide for emergency unemployment 

compensation. 

JANUARY 29, 2003

Read the second time and placed on the calendar