I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3813 
To provide a three-month extension for the emergency unemployment com-
pensation program, retroactive to its expiration, and to offset the costs 
of such extension. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2014 
Mr. CICILLINE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure and Agriculture, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide a three-month extension for the emergency unem-
ployment compensation program, retroactive to its expi-
ration, and to offset the costs of such extension. 
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 ‘‘Emergency Unemploy-
ment Compensation Continuation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION
OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—Section 4007(a)(2) of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 
110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘January 1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 
2014’’. 
(2) FUNDING.—Section 4004(e)(1) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 
110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (J), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (J) 
the following: 
‘‘(K) the amendments made by section 
2(a) of the Emergency Unemployment Com-
pensation Extension Act;’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 
of 2012 (Public Law 112–240). 
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(b) TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXTENDED BEN-
EFIT PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2005 of the Assist-
ance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Fami-
lies Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 
U.S.C. 3304 note), is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘March 31, 
2014’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘June 
30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2014’’. 
(2) EXTENSION
OF
MATCHING
FOR
STATES 
WITH NO WAITING WEEK.—Section 5 of the Unem-
ployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 
(3) EXTENSION OF MODIFICATION OF INDICA-
TORS UNDER THE EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM.— 
Section 203 of the Federal-State Extended Unem-
ployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 
3304 note) is amended— 
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(A) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2014’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 
2014’’. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 
of 2012 (Public Law 112–240). 
(c) EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR REEMPLOYMENT 
SERVICES AND REEMPLOYMENT AND ELIGIBILITY AS-
SESSMENT ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4004(c)(2)(A) of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 
110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘through fiscal year 2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘through the first quarter of fiscal year 2015’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this section shall take effect as if included in the 
enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 
2012 (Public Law 112–240). 
(d) ADDITIONAL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENE-
FITS UNDER
THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSUR-
ANCE ACT.— 
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(1) EXTENSION.—Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the 
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 
352(c)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2013’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and 
inserting ‘‘March 31, 2014’’. 
(2) CLARIFICATION
ON
AUTHORITY
TO
USE 
FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under either the first 
or second sentence of clause (iv) of section 
2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act shall be available to cover the cost of additional 
extended unemployment benefits provided under 
such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the amend-
ments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the 
cost of such benefits provided under such section 
2(c)(2)(D), as in effect on the day before the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(3) FUNDING
FOR
ADMINISTRATION.—Out of 
any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, there are appropriated to the Railroad Re-
tirement Board $62,500 for administrative expenses 
associated with the payment of additional extended 
unemployment benefits provided under section 
2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
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Act by reason of the amendments made by para-
graph (1), to remain available until expended. 
(e) FLEXIBILITY
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM 
AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) FLEXIBILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (g) of sec-
tion 4001 of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 
3304 note) shall not apply with respect to a 
State that has enacted a law before December 
1, 2013, that, upon taking effect, would violate 
such subsection. 
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subparagraph (A) 
is effective with respect to weeks of unemploy-
ment beginning on or after December 29, 2013. 
(2) 
PERMITTING
A
SUBSEQUENT
AGREE-
MENT.—Nothing in such title IV shall preclude a 
State whose agreement under such title was termi-
nated from entering into a subsequent agreement 
under such title on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act if the State, taking into account the 
application of paragraph (1), would otherwise meet 
the requirements for an agreement under such title. 
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SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF PRIVATE JET GIVEAWAY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 
168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iv), by redesig-
nating clause (v) as clause (vi), and by inserting after 
clause (iv) the following new clause: 
‘‘(v) any general aviation aircraft, 
and’’. 
(b) CLASS LIFE.—Paragraph (3) of section 168(g) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by in-
serting after subparagraph (E) the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(F) GENERAL
AVIATION
AIRCRAFT.—In 
the case of any general aviation aircraft, the re-
covery period used for purposes of paragraph 
(2) shall be 12 years.’’. 
(c) GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT.—Subsection (i) 
of section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by inserting after paragraph (19) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(20) GENERAL
AVIATION
AIRCRAFT.—The 
term ‘general aviation aircraft’ means any airplane 
or helicopter (including airframes and engines) not 
used in commercial or contract carrying of pas-
sengers or freight, but which primarily engages in 
the carrying of passengers.’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall be effec-
tive for property placed in service after December 31, 
2012. 
SEC. 4. ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME AND PER PERSON LIMI-
TATIONS ON SHARE OF INSURANCE PRE-
MIUMS PAID BY FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE 
CORPORATION. 
Section 508(e)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘For the purpose’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) PAYMENT AUTHORITY.—For the pur-
pose’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTED
GROSS
INCOME
LIMITA-
TION.—The Corporation shall not pay a part of 
the premium for additional coverage for any 
person or legal entity that has an average ad-
justed gross income (as defined in section 
1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 1308–3a)) in excess of $250,000. 
‘‘(C) PER PERSON LIMITATION.—The Cor-
poration shall not pay more than $40,000 to 
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any person or legal entity for premiums under 
this section.’’. 
SEC. 5. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS RELATED TO CROP SUB-
SIDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001 of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) LEGAL ENTITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘legal entity’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) an organization that (subject to 
the requirements of this section and sec-
tion 1001A) is eligible to receive a pay-
ment under a provision of law referred to 
in subsection (b), (c), or (d); 
‘‘(ii) a corporation, joint stock com-
pany, association, limited partnership, lim-
ited liability company, limited liability 
partnership, charitable organization, es-
tate, irrevocable trust, grantor of a rev-
ocable trust, or other similar entity (as de-
termined by the Secretary); and 
‘‘(iii) an organization that is partici-
pating in a farming operation as a partner 
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in a general partnership or as a participant 
in a joint venture. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘legal entity’ 
does not include a general partnership or joint 
venture.’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b) through (d) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS FOR COVERED COM-
MODITIES, COTTON, AND PEANUTS.—The total amount of 
payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or 
legal entity for any crop year for 1 or more covered com-
modities, cotton, and peanuts under title I of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, any extension of 
such Act, or title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and 
Risk Management Act of 2013 may not exceed $125,000, 
of which— 
‘‘(1) not more than $75,000 may consist of 
marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments 
received pursuant to such Act; and 
‘‘(2) not more than $50,000 may consist of any 
other payments made for covered commodities and 
peanuts under such Acts. 
‘‘(c) SPOUSAL EQUITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(b), except as provided in paragraph (2), if a person 
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and the spouse of the person are covered by para-
graph (2) and receive, directly or indirectly, any pay-
ment or gain covered by this section, the total 
amount of payments or gains (as applicable) covered 
by this section that the person and spouse may 
jointly receive during any crop year may not exceed 
an amount equal to twice the applicable dollar 
amounts specified in subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) SEPARATE FARMING OPERATIONS.— 
In the case of a married couple in which each 
spouse, before the marriage, was separately en-
gaged in an unrelated farming operation, each 
spouse shall be treated as a separate person 
with respect to a farming operation brought 
into the marriage by a spouse, subject to the 
condition that the farming operation shall re-
main a separate farming operation, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) ELECTION
TO
RECEIVE
SEPARATE 
PAYMENTS.—A married couple may elect to re-
ceive payments separately in the name of each 
spouse if the total amount of payments and 
benefits described in subsection (b) that the 
married couple receives, directly or indirectly, 
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does not exceed an amount equal to twice the 
applicable dollar amounts specified in those 
subsections.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (f), by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) IRREVOCABLE TRUSTS.—In pro-
mulgating regulations to define the term 
‘legal entity’ as the term applies to irrev-
ocable trusts, the Secretary shall ensure 
that irrevocable trusts are legitimate enti-
ties that have not been created for the pur-
pose of avoiding a payment limitation.’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (h), in the second sentence, by 
striking ‘‘or other entity’’ and inserting ‘‘or legal en-
tity’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (c)’’ each place it appears in 
paragraphs (1) and (3)(B) and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’; 
(B) in subsection (f)— 
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(i) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘Subsections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘Subsection (b)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 
‘‘subsection (b) or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (5)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘subsection (b), (c), or (d)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (6)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (d), 
except as provided in subsection (g)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 
subsection (f)’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘subsections (b), (c), and 
(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 
(C) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
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(I) 
by 
striking 
‘‘subsection 
(f)(6)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(e)(6)(A)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) 
or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(D) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(e) 
through (h) as subsections (d) through (g), re-
spectively. 
(2) Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–1) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 1001’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 1001(b)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b) or (c) of section 1001’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 1001(b)’’. 
(3) Section 1001B(a) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–2(a)) is amended in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 1001’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 1001(b)’’. 
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(c) PAYMENTS LIMITED TO ACTIVE FARMERS.—Sec-
tion 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or active personal man-
agement’’ each place it appears in subpara-
graphs (A)(i)(II) and (B)(ii); and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, as 
applied to the legal entity, are met by the legal 
entity, the partners or members making a sig-
nificant contribution of personal labor or active 
personal management’’ and inserting ‘‘are met 
by partners or members making a significant 
contribution of personal labor, those partners or 
members’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the landowner share-rents the land at 
a rate that is usual and customary;’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
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(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) the share of the payments received by 
the landowner is commensurate with the share 
of the crop or income received as rent.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘ac-
tive personal management or’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A per-
son’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) CUSTOM FARMING SERVICES.—A person’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘under usual and 
customary terms’’ after ‘‘services’’; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) FARM MANAGERS.—A person who other-
wise meets the requirements of this subsection other 
than (b)(2)(A)(i)(II) shall be considered to be ac-
tively engaged in farming, as determined by the Sec-
retary, with respect to the farming operation, includ-
ing a farming operation that is a sole proprietorship, 
a legal entity such as a joint venture or general 
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partnership, or a legal entity such as a corporation 
or limited partnership, if the person— 
‘‘(A) makes a significant contribution of 
management to the farming operation necessary 
for the farming operation, taking into ac-
count— 
‘‘(i) the size and complexity of the 
farming operation; and 
‘‘(ii) the management requirements 
normally and customarily required by simi-
lar farming operations; 
‘‘(B)(i) is the only person in the farming 
operation qualifying as actively engaged in 
farming by using the farm manager special 
class designation under this paragraph; and 
‘‘(ii) together with any other persons in the 
farming operation qualifying as actively en-
gaged in farming under subsection (b)(2) or as 
part of a special class under this subsection, 
does not collectively receive, directly or indi-
rectly, an amount equal to more than the appli-
cable limits under section 1001(b); 
‘‘(C) does not use the management con-
tribution under this paragraph to qualify as ac-
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tively engaged in more than 1 farming oper-
ation; and 
‘‘(D) manages a farm operation that does 
not substantially share equipment, labor, or 
management with persons or legal entities that 
with the person collectively receive, directly or 
indirectly, an amount equal to more than the 
applicable limits under section 1001(b).’’. 
(d) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply beginning with the 2014 crop year. 
Æ 
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