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Union Calendar No. 149
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3167
[Report No. 103–268]
To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, to establish
a system of worker profiling, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 29, 1993
Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
SEPTEMBER 29, 1993
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To extend the emergency unemployment compensation pro-
gram, to establish a system of worker profiling, and
for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Unemployment Com-
pensation Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION PROGRAM.
(a) 
GENERAL
RULE.—Sections 
102(f)(1) 
and
106(a)(2) of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–164, as amended) are each
amended by striking ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting
‘‘February 5, 1994’’.
(b) WEEKS OF BENEFITS AVAILABLE DURING EX-
TENSION.—
(1) Subparagraph (A) of section 102(b)(2) of
such Act is amended—
(A) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause
(vii),
(B) by inserting after clause (v) the follow-
ing new clause:
‘‘(vi) REDUCTION OF WEEKS AFTER
OCTOBER 2, 1993.—In the case of weeks
beginning after October 2, 1993—
‘‘(I) clause (i) of this subpara-
graph shall be applied by substituting
‘13’ for ‘33’ and by substituting ‘7’
for ‘26’,
‘‘(II) clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and
(v) of this subparagraph shall not
apply, and
‘‘(III) subparagraph A of para-
graph (1) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘130 per-
cent’.’’, and
(C) by striking ‘‘or (iv)’’ in clause (vii) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (A)) and insert-
ing ‘‘(iv), or (vi)’’.
(2) Subparagraph (B) of section 102(b)(2) of
such Act is amended by striking ‘‘and (iv)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(iv) and (vi)’’.
(c) MODIFICATION OF FINAL PHASE-OUT.—Para-
graph (2) of section 102(f) of such Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting
‘‘February 5, 1994’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘January 15, 1994’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘May 21, 1994’’ ‘‘April 30, 1994’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 101(e) of
such Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ each place it
appears in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘February 5,
1994’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘(and is not triggered off under
paragraph (1))’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting
‘‘after February 5, 1994,’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment begin-
ning after October 2, 1993.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR 
EMERGENCY 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
COM-
PENSATION.
(a) REPEAL OF DISREGARD OF RIGHTS TO REGULAR
COMPENSATION.—Subsection (f) of section 101 of the
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991
(Public Law 102–164, as amended) is hereby repealed.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to weeks of unemployment begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act; except
that such repeal shall not apply in determining eligibility
for emergency unemployment compensation from an ac-
count established before October 2, 1993.
SEC. 4. WORKER PROFILING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROFILING SYSTEM.—
Section 303 of the Social Security Act is amended
by adding at the end thereof the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(j)(1) The State agency charged with the adminis-
tration of the State law shall establish and utilize a system
of profiling all new claimants for regular compensation
that—
‘‘(A) identifies which claimants will be likely to
exhaust regular compensation and will need job
search assistance services to make a successful tran-
sition to new employment;
‘‘(B) refers claimants identified pursuant to
subparagraph (A) to reemployment services, such as
job search assistance services, available under any
State or Federal law;
‘‘(C) collects follow-up information relating to
the services received by such claimants and the em-
ployment outcomes for such claimants subsequent to
receiving such services and utilizes such information
in making identifications pursuant to subparagraph
(A); and
‘‘(D) meets such other requirements as the Sec-
retary of Labor determines are appropriate.
‘‘(2) Whenever the Secretary of Labor, after reason-
able notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agen-
cy charged with the administration of the State law, finds
that there is a failure to comply substantially with the re-
quirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary of Labor shall
notify such State agency that further payments will not
be made to the State until he is satisfied that there is