I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 589 
To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide 
for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2011 
Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. 
JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. MOORE, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
FILNER, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. WATERS, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Mr. STARK, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. HIN-
CHEY, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. BACA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. KAP-
TUR, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. 
BASS of California, Mr. HONDA, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. 
RUSH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emer-
gency unemployment compensation, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Unemploy-
ment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FIRST-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOY-
MENT COMPENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002(b)(1) of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 
26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘80’’ and 
inserting ‘‘131’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘20’’ and 
inserting ‘‘34’’. 
(b) COORDINATION RULE.—Section 4002(f) of such 
Act is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) RULES RELATING TO ADDITIONAL WEEKS 
OF FIRST-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a State determines 
that implementation of the increased entitle-
ment to first-tier emergency unemployment 
compensation by reason of the amendments 
made by section 2(a) of the Emergency Unem-
ployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 
would unduly delay the prompt payment of 
emergency unemployment compensation under 
this title, such State may elect to pay second- 
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tier, third-tier, or fourth-tier emergency unem-
ployment compensation (or a combination of 
those tiers) prior to the payment of such in-
creased 
first-tier 
emergency 
unemployment 
compensation until such time as such State de-
termines that such increased first-tier emer-
gency unemployment compensation may be paid 
without undue delay. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES.—If a State makes 
an election under subparagraph (A) which re-
sults in— 
‘‘(i) the payment of second-tier (but 
not third-tier) emergency unemployment 
compensation prior to the payment of in-
creased first-tier emergency unemployment 
compensation, then, for purposes of deter-
mining whether an account may be aug-
mented for third-tier emergency unemploy-
ment compensation under subsection (d), 
such State shall treat the date of exhaus-
tion of such increased first-tier emergency 
unemployment compensation as the date of 
exhaustion of second-tier emergency unem-
ployment compensation, if such date is 
later than the date of exhaustion of the 
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vidual prior to any additional emergency unemploy-
ment compensation under subsection (b) (payable by 
reason of the amendments made by section 2(a) of 
the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Ex-
pansion Act of 2011), if such individual claimed ex-
tended compensation for at least 1 week of unem-
ployment after the exhaustion of emergency unem-
ployment compensation under subsection (b) (as 
such subsection was in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph), (c), (d), 
or (e).’’. 
(c) FUNDING.—Section 4004(e)(1) of such Act, as 
amended by section 501(b) of the Tax Relief, Unemploy-
ment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111–312), is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(H) the amendments made by section 
2(a) of the Emergency Unemployment Com-
pensation Expansion Act of 2011; and’’. 
(d) MODIFIED PROGRAM TERMINATION DATE.—Sec-
tion 4007(b)(3) of such Act, as amended by section 
501(a)(1)(C) of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance 
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Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–312) is amended by striking ‘‘June 9, 2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 22, 2012’’. 
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary of Labor may prescribe any operating 
instructions or regulations necessary to carry out this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
as if included in the enactment of the Unemployment 
Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 
205), except that no additional first-tier emergency unem-
ployment compensation shall be payable by virtue of the 
amendments made by section 2(a) with respect to any 
week of unemployment commencing before the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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