H. R. 3167
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, to establish a
system of worker profiling, 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 ‘‘Unemployment Compensation
Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSA-
TION 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 EXTENSION.—
(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 following 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 subparagraph 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 paragraph (1) shall
be applied by substituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘130
percent’.’’, and
(C) by striking ‘‘or (iv)’’ in clause (vii) (as redesignated
by subparagraph (A)) and inserting ‘‘(iv), or (vi)’’.
(2) Subparagraph (B) of section 102(b)(2) of such Act is
amended by striking ‘‘and (iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘(iv) and (vi)’’.
(c) MODIFICATION OF FINAL PHASE-OUT.—Paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 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 inserting ‘‘April
30, 1994’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 101(e) of such Act is
amended—
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(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 beginning after October
2, 1993.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EMER-
GENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
(a) REPEAL OF DISREGARD OF RIGHTS TO REGULAR COMPENSA-
TION.—Subsection (f) of section 101 of the Emergency Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–164, as amended)
is hereby repealed.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by subsection (a) shall
apply to weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of the
enactment of this Act; except that such repeal shall not apply
in determining eligibility for emergency unemployment compensa-
tion from an account 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 subsection:
‘‘(j)(1) The State agency charged with the administration 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 serv-
ices to make a successful transition 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 employment outcomes for
such claimants subsequent to receiving such services and uti-
lizes such information in making identifications pursuant to
subparagraph (A); and
‘‘(D) meets such other requirements as the Secretary of
Labor determines are appropriate.
‘‘(2) Whenever the Secretary of Labor, after reasonable notice
and opportunity for hearing to the State agency charged with the
administration of the State law, finds that there is a failure to
comply substantially with the requirements 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 no longer any such failure. Until the Secretary of Labor
is so satisfied, he shall make no further certification to the Secretary
of the Treasury with respect to such State.’’.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 304(a)(2) of the
Social Security Act is amended by striking ‘‘or (i)’’ and inserting
‘‘(i), or (j)’’.
(b) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 303(a) of the Social
Security Act is amended—
(1) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9)
and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
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(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(10) A requirement that, as a condition of eligibility for
regular compensation for any week, any claimant who has
been referred to reemployment services pursuant to the
profiling system under subsection (j)(1)(B) participate in such
services or in similar services unless the State agency charged
with the administration of the State law determines—
‘‘(A) such claimant has completed such services; or
‘‘(B) there is justifiable cause for such claimant’s failure
to participate in such services.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Labor shall pro-
vide technical assistance and advice to assist the States in
implementing the profiling system required under the amendments
made by subsection (a). Such assistance shall include the develop-
ment and identification of model profiling systems.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than the date 3 years
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor
shall report to the Congress on the operation and effectiveness
of the profiling system required under the amendments made by
subsection (a) and the participation requirement provided by the
amendments made under subsection (b). Such report shall include
such recommendations as the Secretary of Labor determines are
appropriate.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4 of the Emergency
Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993 (Public Law
103–6) is hereby repealed.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall
take effect on the date one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(2) The provisions of subsections (c), (d), and (e) shall
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND.
Paragraph (1) of section 905(b) of the Social Security Act is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary of
the Treasury shall transfer (as of the close of each month) from
the employment security administration account to the extended
unemployment compensation account established by subsection (a),
an amount (determined by such Secretary) equal to 20 percent
of the amount by which—
‘‘(A) the transfers to the employment security administra-
tion account pursuant to section 901(b)(2) during such month,
exceed
‘‘(B) the payments during such month from the employment
security administration account pursuant to section 901 (b)(3)
and (d).
If for any such month the payments referred to in subparagraph
(B) exceed the transfers referred to in subparagraph (A), proper
adjustments 
shall 
be 
made 
in 
the 
amounts 
subsequently
transferred.’’
SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF REPORTING DATE FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Section 908(f) of the Social Security Act is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2d year’’ and inserting
‘‘third year’’; and
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘February 1, 1994’’ and
inserting ‘‘February 1, 1995’’.
SEC. 7. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN SPONSORSHIP PERIOD FOR ALIENS
UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM.
(a) INCREASE IN SPONSORSHIP PERIOD.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1621 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1382j) is amended by striking ‘‘three years’’ each
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘5 years’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph
(1) shall take effect on January 1, 1994.
(b) REINSTATEMENT OF PRIOR LAW.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1621 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1382j), as amended by subsection (a)(1) of this sec-
tion, is amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ each place such term
appears and inserting ‘‘3 years’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph
(1) shall take effect on October 1, 1996.
SEC. 8. 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 ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 1994’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 501(a) of such Act
is amended by striking ‘‘October 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘January
1994’’.
(b) LENGTH OF BENEFITS DURING PERIOD OF EXTENSION.—Sec-
tion 501(d)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘on and
after the date on which a reduction in benefits is imposed under
section 102(b)(2)(A)(iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘after October 2, 1993’’.
(c) TERMINATION OF BENEFITS.—Section 501(e) of such Act is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘January
1, 1994’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘January 15, 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘March
26, 1994’’.
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) REPEAL OF DISREGARD OF RIGHTS TO REGULAR COMPENSA-
TION.—Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3(b) of this Act,
the repeal made by section 3(a) of this Act shall apply to weeks
of unemployment beginning after October 2, 1993, except that such
repeal shall not apply in determining eligibility for emergency
unemployment compensation from an account established before
October 3, 1993.
(b) RAILROAD WORKERS.—
(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), as amended by section
8(a)(1) of this Act, are each amended by striking ‘‘January
1, 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘February 5, 1994’’.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 501(a) of such
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, as
amended by section 8(a)(2) of this Act, is amended by striking
‘‘January 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘February 1994’’.
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(3) TERMINATION
OF
BENEFITS.—Section 501(e) of such
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, as
amended by section 8(c) of this Act, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘Feb-
ruary 5, 1994’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘March 26, 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘April
30, 1994’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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