I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 17
To provide economic security for America’s workers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. MENEN-
DEZ, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. STARK, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. LEVIN, 
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. KLECZKA, 
Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. 
MCNULTY, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. 
BALDWIN, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. 
CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CASE, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. 
DINGELL, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FIL-
NER, Mr. FORD, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FROST, Mr. GEP-
HARDT, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. 
HOLDEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. LEE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 
Texas, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, 
Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK, Mr. KIND, Mr. KUCINICH, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MEEHAN, 
Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MOORE, Mr. 
MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OBEY, 
Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, 
Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of 
Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TIERNEY, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. VISCLOSKY, 
Ms. WATSON, Mr. WEINER, and Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL 
To provide economic security for America’s workers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation 
Act of 2002. 
Sec. 3. Entitlement to additional weeks of temporary extended unemployment 
compensation. 
Sec. 4. Application of revised rate of insured unemployment. 
Sec. 5. Additional TEUC extended benefit period trigger. 
Sec. 6. Additional weeks of benefits for workers in high unemployment States. 
Sec. 7. Effective date.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEM-
PLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT OF 2002. 
(a) SIX-MONTH EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 
208 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Com-
pensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 
30) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 208. APPLICABILITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), an 
agreement entered into under this title shall apply to 
weeks of unemployment—
‘‘(1) beginning after the date on which such 
agreement is entered into; and 
‘‘(2) ending before July 1, 2003. 
‘‘(b) TRANSITION.—In the case of an individual who 
is receiving temporary extended unemployment compensa-
tion for the week which immediately precedes July 1, 
2003, temporary extended unemployment compensation 
shall continue to be payable to such individual for any 
week thereafter from the account from which such indi-
vidual received compensation for the week immediately 
preceding that termination date. No compensation shall 
be payable by reason of the preceding sentence for any 
week beginning after December 31, 2003.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Com-
pensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 
21). 
SEC. 3. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF TEM-
PORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION. 
Paragraph (1) of section 203(b) of the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 21) is amended to read 
as follows:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount established in 
an account under subsection (a) shall be equal to 26 
times the individual’s weekly benefit amount for the 
benefit year.’’. 
SEC. 4. APPLICATION OF REVISED RATE OF INSURED UN-
EMPLOYMENT. 
Section 207 of the Temporary Extended Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 
116 Stat. 21) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘In’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) GEN-
ERAL DEFINITIONS.—In’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(b) ADJUSTED INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.—
For purposes of carrying out section 203(c) with respect 
to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date 
of enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Com-
pensation Act of 2003, the term ‘rate of insured unem-
ployment’, as used in section 203(d) of the Federal-State 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 
U.S.C. 3304 note), has the meaning given such term 
under section 203(e)(1) of such Act, except that individ-
uals exhausting their right to regular compensation during 
the most recent 3 calendar months for which data are 
available before the close of the period for which such rate
is being determined shall be taken into account as if they 
were individuals filing claims for regular compensation for 
each week during the period for which such rate is being 
determined.’’. 
SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TEUC EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD 
TRIGGER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(c) of the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 21) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD 
TRIGGER.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective with respect 
to compensation for weeks of unemployment be-
ginning on or after the date of enactment of the 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act 
of 2003, an agreement under this title shall 
provide that, in addition to any other extended 
benefit period trigger, for purposes of beginning 
or ending any extended benefit period under 
this section—
‘‘(i) there is a State ‘on’ indicator for 
a week if—
‘‘(I) the average rate of total un-
employment in such State (seasonally
adjusted) for the period consisting of 
the most recent 3 months for which 
data for all States are published be-
fore the close of such week equals or 
exceeds 6 percent; and 
‘‘(II) the average rate of total 
unemployment in such State (season-
ally adjusted) for the 3-month period 
referred to in clause (i) equals or ex-
ceeds 110 percent of such average
rate for either (or both) of the cor-
responding 3-month periods ending in 
the 2 preceding calendar years; and 
‘‘(ii) there is a State ‘off’ indicator 
for a week if either the requirements of 
subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) are not 
satisfied. 
‘‘(B) NO EFFECT ON OTHER DETERMINA-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding the provisions of any 
agreement described in subparagraph (A), any 
week for which there would otherwise be a 
State ‘on’ indicator shall continue to be such a 
week and shall not be determined to be a week 
for which there is a State ‘off’ indicator.
‘‘(C) DETERMINATIONS
MADE
BY
THE 
SECRETARY.—For purposes of this subsection, 
determinations of the rate of total unemploy-
ment in any State for any period (and of any 
seasonal adjustment) shall be made by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 203(c)(1) 
of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 21) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or (3)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (2)’’. 
SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF BENEFITS FOR WORKERS 
IN HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT STATES. 
Section 203(c)(1) of the Temporary Extended Unem-
ployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–
147; 116 Stat. 30) is amended by striking ‘‘an amount 
equal to the amount originally established in such account 
(as determined under subsection (b)(1))’’ and inserting ‘‘7 
times the individual’s weekly benefit amount for the ben-
efit year’’. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this Act, the amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or 
after the date of enactment this Act. 
(b) RESUMPTION OF BENEFITS.—
(1) RULE
APPLICABLE
TO
EXHAUSTEES.—In 
the case of any individual—
(A) to whom any temporary extended un-
employment compensation was payable for any 
week beginning before January 1, 2003, and 
(B) who exhausted such individual’s rights 
to such compensation (by reason of the pay-
ment of all amounts in such individual’s tem-
porary extended unemployment compensation 
account) before January 1, 2003, 
such individual’s eligibility for any additional weeks 
of temporary extended unemployment compensation 
by reason of the amendments made by this Act shall 
apply with respect to weeks of unemployment begin-
ning on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) RULE APPLICABLE TO NON-EXHAUSTEES.—
In the case of any individual—
(A) to whom any temporary extended un-
employment compensation was payable for any 
week beginning before January 1, 2003, and 
(B) as to whom the condition described in 
paragraph (1)(B) does not apply, 
such individual shall, upon appropriate application, 
be eligible for temporary extended unemployment 
compensation (in accordance with the provisions of
the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensa-
tion Act of 2002, as amended by this Act) with re-
spect to any weeks of unemployment beginning on or 
after December 29, 2002. 
(c) DATE
FOR
DETERMINING
ELIGIBILITY
OF 
EXHAUSTEES FOR AUGMENTED BENEFITS.—In the case 
of any individual described in subsection (b)(1), the deter-
mination under section 203(c) as to whether such individ-
ual’s State is in an extended benefit period (for purposes 
of determining eligibility for augmented benefits under the 
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 
2002, as amended by this Act) shall be made—
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, and 
(2) without regard to whether or not such a de-
termination was made under the Temporary Ex-
tended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, 
as in effect before the amendments made by this 
Act.
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