I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5618 
To continue Federal unemployment programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2010 
Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To continue Federal unemployment programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoration of Emer-
gency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PRO-
VISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Section 4007 of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 
26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘June 2, 2010’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘November 30, 2010’’; 
(B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by 
striking ‘‘JUNE 2, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘NOVEMBER 
30, 2010’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘November 
6, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2011’’. 
(2) Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed 
Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in 
Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 444), 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘June 2, 2010’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘December 1, 2010’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘November 6, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘May 1, 2011’’. 
(3) Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation 
Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 
3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘November 6, 2010’’ 
and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2011’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 
26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
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(2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) the amendments made by section 
2(a)(1) of the Restoration of Emergency Unem-
ployment Compensation Act of 2010; and’’. 
(c) CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING EMERGENCY UNEM-
PLOYMENT COMPENSATION.—Section 4001(d)(2) of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110– 
252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended, in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting before ‘‘shall 
apply’’ the following: ‘‘(including terms and conditions re-
lating to availability for work, active search for work, and 
refusal to accept work)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–157). 
SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION WITH REGULAR COMPENSA-
TION. 
(a) CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS NOT INELIGIBLE BY REA-
SON OF NEW ENTITLEMENT TO REGULAR BENEFITS.— 
Section 4002 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(A) The State shall, if permitted by State 
law, establish a new benefit year, but defer the 
payment of regular compensation with respect 
to that new benefit year until exhaustion of all 
emergency unemployment compensation payable 
with respect to the benefit year referred to in 
paragraph (1)(A); 
‘‘(B) The State shall, if permitted by State 
law, defer the establishment of a new benefit 
year (which uses all the wages and employment 
which would have been used to establish a ben-
efit year but for the application of this para-
graph), until exhaustion of all emergency unem-
ployment compensation payable with respect to 
the benefit year referred to in paragraph 
(1)(A); 
‘‘(C) The State shall pay, if permitted by 
State law— 
‘‘(i) regular compensation equal to the 
weekly benefit amount established under 
the new benefit year, and 
‘‘(ii) emergency unemployment com-
pensation equal to the difference between 
that weekly benefit amount and the weekly 
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benefit amount for the expired benefit 
year; or 
‘‘(D) The State shall determine rights to 
emergency unemployment compensation without 
regard to any rights to regular compensation if 
the individual elects to not file a claim for reg-
ular compensation under the new benefit year.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to individuals whose benefit years, 
as described in section 4002(g)(1)(B) the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 
U.S.C. 3304 note), as amended by this section, expire 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. REQUIRING STATES TO NOT REDUCE REGULAR 
COMPENSATION IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE 
FOR FUNDS UNDER THE EMERGENCY UNEM-
PLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 
Section 4001 of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) NONREDUCTION RULE.—An agreement under 
this section shall not apply (or shall cease to apply) with 
respect to a State upon a determination by the Secretary 
that the method governing the computation of regular 
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compensation under the State law of that State has been 
modified in a manner such that— 
‘‘(1) the average weekly benefit amount of reg-
ular compensation which will be payable during the 
period of the agreement occurring on or after June 
2, 2010 (determined disregarding any additional 
amounts attributable to the modification described 
in section 2002(b)(1) of the Assistance for Unem-
ployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as con-
tained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 
123 Stat. 438)), will be less than 
‘‘(2) the average weekly benefit amount of reg-
ular compensation which would otherwise have been 
payable during such period under the State law, as 
in effect on June 2, 2010.’’. 
SEC. 5. BUDGETARY PROVISIONS. 
(a) STATUTORY PAYGO.—The budgetary effects of 
this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory 
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by ref-
erence to the latest statement titled ‘Budgetary Effects 
of PAYGO Legislation’ for this Act, submitted for print-
ing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the 
House Budget Committee, provided that such statement 
has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
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(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.—Sections 2 and 
3— 
(1) are designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay- 
As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–139; 2 
U.S.C. 933(g)); 
(2) in the House of Representatives, are des-
ignated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you- 
go principles; and 
(3) in the Senate, are designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. 
Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 
Æ 
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