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Calendar No. 246
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3167
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 18 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993
Received
OCTOBER 21 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993
Read twice and ordered placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To extend the emergency unemployment compensation pro-
gram, to establish a system of worker profiling, 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 ‘‘Unemployment Com-
pensation 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 ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting
‘‘February 5, 1994’’.
(b) WEEKS OF BENEFITS AVAILABLE DURING EX-
TENSION.—
(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 follow-
ing 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 subpara-
graph 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 para-
graph (1) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘130 per-
cent’.’’, and
(C) by striking ‘‘or (iv)’’ in clause (vii) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (A)) and insert-
ing ‘‘(iv), or (vi)’’.
(2) Subparagraph (B) of section 102(b)(2) of
such Act is amended by striking ‘‘and (iv)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(iv) and (vi)’’.
(c) MODIFICATION OF FINAL PHASE-OUT.—Para-
graph (2) of section 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 insert-
ing ‘‘April 30, 1994’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 101(e) of
such Act is amended—
(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 begin-
ning after October 2, 1993.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR 
EMERGENCY 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
COM-
PENSATION.
(a) REPEAL OF DISREGARD OF RIGHTS TO REGULAR
COMPENSATION.—Subsection (f) of section 101 of the
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991
(Public Law 102–164, as amended) is hereby repealed.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to weeks of unemployment begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act; except
that such repeal shall not apply in determining eligibility
for emergency unemployment compensation from an ac-
count 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 sub-
section:
‘‘(j)(1) The State agency charged with the adminis-
tration 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 services to make a successful tran-
sition 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 em-
ployment outcomes for such claimants subsequent to
receiving such services and utilizes such information
in making identifications pursuant to subparagraph
(A); and
‘‘(D) meets such other requirements as the Sec-
retary of Labor determines are appropriate.
‘‘(2) Whenever the Secretary of Labor, after reason-
able notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agen-
cy charged with the administration of the State law, finds
that there is a failure to comply substantially with the re-
quirements 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 para-
graph (9) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(10) A requirement that, as a condition of eli-
gibility for regular compensation for any week, any
claimant who has been referred to reemployment
services pursuant to the profiling system under sub-
section (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 serv-
ices.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of
Labor shall provide technical assistance and advice to as-
sist the States in implementing the profiling system re-
quired under the amendments made by subsection (a).
Such assistance shall include the development and identi-
fication of model profiling systems.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than the date
3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Labor shall report to the Congress on the oper-
ation 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 Secu-
rity Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall transfer (as of the close of
each month) from the employment security administration
account to the extended unemployment compensation ac-
count established by subsection (a), an amount (deter-
mined by such Secretary) equal to 20 percent of the
amount by which—
‘‘(A) the transfers to the employment security
administration 
account 
pursuant 
to 
section
901(b)(2) during such month, exceed
‘‘(B) the payments during such month from the
employment security administration account pursu-
ant to section 901 (b)(3) and (d).
If for any such month the payments referred to in sub-
paragraph (B) exceed the transfers referred to in subpara-
graph (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 amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2d year’’ and
inserting ‘‘third year’’; and
(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 SE-
CURITY 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 strik-
ing ‘‘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 sub-
section (a)(1) of this section, is amended by striking
‘‘5 years’’ each place such term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘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 striking ‘‘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 EX-
TENSION.—Section 501(d)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act is amend-
ed 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 insert-
ing ‘‘March 26, 1994’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 15,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.