H. R. 920
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Unemployment Com-
pensation Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
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.—Paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 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. TREATMENT OF RAILROAD WORKERS.
(a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 501(b)
of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991
(Public Law 102–164, as amended) are each amended by strik-
ing ‘‘March 6, 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘October 2, 1993’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 501(a) of such Act
is amended by striking ‘‘March 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘October
1993’’.
(b) TERMINATION OF BENEFITS.—Section 501(e) 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) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply to weeks beginning after March 6, 1993.
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SEC. 4. PROFILING OF NEW CLAIMANTS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary of Labor shall establish
a program for encouraging the adoption and implementation by
all States of a system of profiling all new claimants for regular
unemployment compensation (including 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 allowance
programs administered by the State under agreements 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 employment.
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES.—The Secretary of Labor
shall provide technical assistance and advice to the States in the
development of model profiling systems and the procedures for
such systems. Such technical assistance and advice shall be pro-
vided by the utilization 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 encouraging 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 Secretary 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 continuation 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. 5. FINANCING PROVISIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated
for nonrepayable advances to the account for ‘‘Advances to the
Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds’’ in Department of
Labor Appropriations Acts (for transfer to the ‘‘extended unemploy-
ment compensation account’’ established by section 905 of the Social
Security Act) such sums as may be necessary to make payments
to the States to carry out the purposes 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 Unemployment 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. 6. 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 spending amounts provided by this
Act (for all fiscal years) and all appropriations authorized by this
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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.
SEC. 7. ELIMINATION OF COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS IN 1994.
(a) COST
OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—Notwithstanding section
601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.
31(2)), the cost of living adjustment (relating to pay for Members
of Congress) which would become effective under such provision
of law during calendar year 1994 shall not take effect.
(b) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or an amend-
ment made by this Act, or the application of such provision to
any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder
of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, or the application
of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be
affected.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.