In the Senate of the United States, 
November 4, 2009. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3548) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the tem-
porary availability of certain additional emergency unemploy-
ment compensation, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with 
the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Worker, Homeowner-
ship, and Business Assistance Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. REVISIONS TO SECOND-TIER BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002(c) of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 
U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)—
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‘‘(i) were applied by substituting ‘4’ 
for ‘5’ each place it appears; and 
‘‘(ii) did not include the requirement 
under paragraph (1)(A) thereof; or 
‘‘(B) such a period would then be in effect 
for such State under such Act if— 
‘‘(i) section 203(f) of such Act were ap-
plied to such State (regardless of whether 
the State by law had provided for such ap-
plication); and 
‘‘(ii) such section 203(f)— 
‘‘(I) were applied by substituting 
‘6.0’ for ‘6.5’ in paragraph (1)(A)(i) 
thereof; and 
‘‘(II) did not include the require-
ment under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) there-
of. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The account of an individual 
may be augmented not more than once under this 
subsection.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO NON-AUGMENTATION 
RULE.—Section 4007(b)(2) of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 
note) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘then section 4002(c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘then subsections (c) and (d) of section 4002’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2) of such section)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2) of such subsection (c) 
or (d) (as the case may be))’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply as if included in the enactment of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, except that no 
amount shall be payable by virtue of such amendments with 
respect to any week of unemployment commencing before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. FOURTH-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002 of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 
3304 note), as amended by section 3(a), is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) FOURTH-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If, at the time that the 
amount added to an individual’s account under sub-
section (d)(1) (third-tier emergency unemployment 
compensation) is exhausted or at any time thereafter, 
such individual’s State is in an extended benefit pe-
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riod (as determined under paragraph (2)), such ac-
count shall be further augmented by an amount (here-
inafter ‘fourth-tier emergency unemployment com-
pensation’) equal to the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) 24 percent of the total amount of reg-
ular compensation (including dependents’ allow-
ances) payable to the individual during the indi-
vidual’s benefit year under the State law; or 
‘‘(B) 6 times the individual’s average week-
ly benefit amount (as determined under sub-
section (b)(2)) for the benefit year. 
‘‘(2) EXTENDED
BENEFIT
PERIOD.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), a State shall be considered to 
be in an extended benefit period, as of any given 
time, if— 
‘‘(A) such a period would then be in effect 
for such State under such Act if section 203(d) 
of such Act— 
‘‘(i) were applied by substituting ‘6’ 
for ‘5’ each place it appears; and 
‘‘(ii) did not include the requirement 
under paragraph (1)(A) thereof; or 
‘‘(B) such a period would then be in effect 
for such State under such Act if—
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‘‘(i) section 203(f) of such Act were ap-
plied to such State (regardless of whether 
the State by law had provided for such ap-
plication); and 
‘‘(ii) such section 203(f)— 
‘‘(I) were applied by substituting 
‘8.5’ for ‘6.5’ in paragraph (1)(A)(i) 
thereof; and 
‘‘(II) did not include the require-
ment under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) there-
of. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The account of an individual 
may be augmented not more than once under this 
subsection.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO NON-AUGMENTATION 
RULE.—Section 4007(b)(2) of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 
note), as amended by section 3(b), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (d), 
and (e) of section 4002’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (d), or 
(e) (as the case may be))’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply as if included in the enactment of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, except that no
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amount shall be payable by virtue of such amendments with 
respect to any week of unemployment commencing before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. COORDINATION. 
Section 4002 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), as 
amended by section 4, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION RULES.— 
‘‘(1) COORDINATION WITH EXTENDED COMPENSA-
TION.—Notwithstanding an election under section 
4001(e) by a State to provide for the payment of 
emergency unemployment compensation prior to ex-
tended compensation, such State may pay extended 
compensation to an otherwise eligible individual 
prior to any emergency unemployment compensation 
under subsection (c), (d), or (e) (by reason of the 
amendments made by sections 2, 3, and 4 of the 
Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act 
of 2009), if such individual claimed extended com-
pensation for at least 1 week of unemployment after 
the exhaustion of emergency unemployment compensa-
tion under subsection (b) (as such subsection was in 
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
this subsection).
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‘‘(2) COORDINATION
WITH
TIERS
II, III, AND 
IV.—If a State determines that implementation of the 
increased entitlement to second-tier emergency unem-
ployment compensation by reason of the amendments 
made by section 2 of the Worker, Homeownership, 
and Business Assistance Act of 2009 would unduly 
delay the prompt payment of emergency unemploy-
ment compensation under this title by reason of the 
amendments made by such Act, such State may elect 
to pay third-tier emergency unemployment compensa-
tion prior to the payment of such increased second- 
tier emergency unemployment compensation until 
such time as such State determines that such in-
creased second-tier emergency unemployment com-
pensation may be paid without such undue delay. If 
a State makes the election under the preceding sen-
tence, then, for purposes of determining whether an 
account may be augmented for fourth-tier emergency 
unemployment compensation under subsection (e), 
such State shall treat the date of exhaustion of such 
increased second-tier emergency unemployment com-
pensation as the date of exhaustion of third-tier emer-
gency unemployment compensation, if such date is 
later than the date of exhaustion of the third-tier 
emergency unemployment compensation.’’.
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SEC. 6. TRANSFER OF FUNDS. 
Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘Act;’’ and inserting ‘‘Act and sec-
tions 2, 3, and 4 of the Worker, Homeownership, and Busi-
ness Assistance Act of 2009;’’. 
SEC. 7. EXPANSION OF MODERNIZATION GRANTS FOR UN-
EMPLOYMENT RESULTING FROM COMPEL-
LING FAMILY REASON. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (i) of section 903(f)(3)(B) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(f)(3)(B)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) One or both of the following of-
fenses as selected by the State, but in mak-
ing such selection, the resulting change in 
the State law shall not supercede any other 
provision of law relating to unemployment 
insurance to the extent that such other pro-
vision provides broader access to unemploy-
ment benefits for victims of such selected of-
fense or offenses: 
‘‘(I) Domestic violence, verified by 
such reasonable and confidential docu-
mentation as the State law may re-
quire, which causes the individual rea-
sonably to believe that such individ-