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Union Calendar No. 7
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 920
[Report No. 103–17]
To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 17, 1993
Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI (for himself, Mr. MATSUI, and Mr. GEPHARDT) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
FEBRUARY 23, 1993
Reported with an amendment, 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
program, 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 ‘‘Emergency Unemploy-
ment Compensation 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 ‘‘March 6, 1993’’ and inserting
‘‘October 2, 1993’’.
(b) MODIFICATION TO FINAL PHASE-OUT.—Para-
graph (2) of section 102(f) of such Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘March 6, 1993’’ and inserting
‘‘October 2, 1993’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘June 19, 1993’’ and inserting
‘‘January 15, 1994’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of
section 101(e) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘March
6, 1993’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘October 2,
1993’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to weeks beginning after March
6, 1993.
SEC. 3. PROFILING OF NEW CLAIMANTS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary of Labor shall
establish a program for encouraging the adoption and im-
plementation by all States of a system of profiling all new
claimants for regular unemployment compensation (in-
cluding new claimants under each State unemployment
compensation law which is approved under the Federal
Unemployment Tax Act (26 U.S.C. 3301–3311) and new
claimants under Federal unemployment benefit and allow-
ance programs administered by the State under agree-
ments with the Secretary of Labor), to determine which
claimants may be likely to exhaust regular unemployment
compensation and may need reemployment assistance
services to make a successful transition to new employ-
ment.
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES.—The Sec-
retary of Labor shall provide technical assistance and ad-
vice to the States in the development of model profiling
systems and the procedures for such systems. Such tech-
nical assistance and advice shall be provided by the utiliza-
tion of such resources as the secretary deems appropriate,
and the procedures for such profiling systems shall include
the effective utilization of automated data processing.
(c) FUNDING OF ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of en-
couraging the development and establishment of model
profiling systems in the States, the Secretary of Labor
shall provide to each State, from funds available for this
purpose, such funds as may be determined by the Sec-
retary to be necessary.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Within 30 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Labor shall report to the Congress on the operation and
effectiveness of the profiling systems adopted by the
States, and the Secretary’s recommendation for continu-
ation of the systems and any appropriate legislation.
(e) STATE.—For purposes of this section, the term
‘‘State’’ has the meaning given such term by section
3306(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There
are
authorized
to
be
appropriated
for
nonrepayable advances to the account for ‘‘Advances to
the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds’’ in the
Department of Labor appropriations Acts (for transfer to
the ‘‘extended unemployment compensation account’’ es-
tablished by section 905 of the Social Security Act) such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of
the amendments made by section 2 of this Act.
SEC. 4. FINANCING PROVISIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated for nonrepayable advances to the account for
‘‘Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other
Funds’’ in the Department of Labor appropriations Acts
(for transfer to the ‘‘extended unemployment compensation
account’’ established by section 905 of the Social Security
Act) such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of the amendments made by section 2 of this Act.
(b) USE OF ADVANCE ACCOUNT FUNDS.—The funds
appropriated to the account for ‘‘Advances to the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund and Other Funds’’ in the Department
of Labor Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public
Law 102–394) are authorized to be used to make payments
to the States to carry out the purposes of the amendments
made by section 2 of this Act.
SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.
Pursuant to sections 251(b)(2)(D)(i) and 252(e) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, the Congress hereby designates all direct spend-
ing amounts provided by this Act (for all fiscal years) and
all appropriations authorized by this Act (for all fiscal
years) as emergency requirements within the meaning of
part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.