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(2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) the amendments made by section 
2(a)(1) of the Restoration of Emergency Unem-
ployment Compensation Act of 2010; and’’. 
(c) CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING EMERGENCY UNEM-
PLOYMENT COMPENSATION.—Section 4001(d)(2) of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110– 
252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended, in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting before ‘‘shall 
apply’’ the following: ‘‘(including terms and conditions re-
lating to availability for work, active search for work, and 
refusal to accept work)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–157). 
SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION WITH REGULAR COMPENSA-
TION. 
(a) CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS NOT INELIGIBLE BY REA-
SON OF NEW ENTITLEMENT TO REGULAR BENEFITS.— 
Section 4002 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(g) COORDINATION
OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOY-
MENT
COMPENSATION
WITH
REGULAR
COMPENSA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) If— 
‘‘(A) an individual has been determined to 
be entitled to emergency unemployment com-
pensation with respect to a benefit year, 
‘‘(B) that benefit year has expired, 
‘‘(C) that individual has remaining entitle-
ment to emergency unemployment compensa-
tion with respect to that benefit year, and 
‘‘(D) that individual would qualify for a 
new benefit year in which the weekly benefit 
amount of regular compensation is at least ei-
ther $100 or 25 percent less than the individ-
ual’s weekly benefit amount in the benefit year 
referred to in subparagraph (A), 
then the State shall determine eligibility for com-
pensation as provided in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) For individuals described in paragraph (1), 
the State shall determine whether the individual is 
to be paid emergency unemployment compensation 
or regular compensation for a week of unemploy-
ment using one of the following methods: 
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‘‘(A) The State shall, if permitted by State 
law, establish a new benefit year, but defer the 
payment of regular compensation with respect 
to that new benefit year until exhaustion of all 
emergency unemployment compensation payable 
with respect to the benefit year referred to in 
paragraph (1)(A); 
‘‘(B) The State shall, if permitted by State 
law, defer the establishment of a new benefit 
year (which uses all the wages and employment 
which would have been used to establish a ben-
efit year but for the application of this para-
graph), until exhaustion of all emergency unem-
ployment compensation payable with respect to 
the benefit year referred to in paragraph 
(1)(A); 
‘‘(C) The State shall pay, if permitted by 
State law— 
‘‘(i) regular compensation equal to the 
weekly benefit amount established under 
the new benefit year, and 
‘‘(ii) emergency unemployment com-
pensation equal to the difference between 
that weekly benefit amount and the weekly 
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benefit amount for the expired benefit 
year; or 
‘‘(D) The State shall determine rights to 
emergency unemployment compensation without 
regard to any rights to regular compensation if 
the individual elects to not file a claim for reg-
ular compensation under the new benefit year.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to individuals whose benefit years, 
as described in section 4002(g)(1)(B) the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 
U.S.C. 3304 note), as amended by this section, expire 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. REQUIRING STATES TO NOT REDUCE REGULAR 
COMPENSATION IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE 
FOR FUNDS UNDER THE EMERGENCY UNEM-
PLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 
Section 4001 of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) NONREDUCTION RULE.—An agreement under 
this section shall not apply (or shall cease to apply) with 
respect to a State upon a determination by the Secretary 
that the method governing the computation of regular 
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compensation under the State law of that State has been 
modified in a manner such that— 
‘‘(1) the average weekly benefit amount of reg-
ular compensation which will be payable during the 
period of the agreement occurring on or after June 
2, 2010 (determined disregarding any additional 
amounts attributable to the modification described 
in section 2002(b)(1) of the Assistance for Unem-
ployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as con-
tained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 
123 Stat. 438)), will be less than 
‘‘(2) the average weekly benefit amount of reg-
ular compensation which would otherwise have been 
payable during such period under the State law, as 
in effect on June 2, 2010.’’. 
SEC. 5. PROCEDURES. 
Section 4001 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: 
‘‘(h) PROCEDURES.—Any State with an agreement 
under this Act shall implement reasonable procedures to— 
‘‘(1) ensure that benefits under this Act are not 
provided to any person who appears on any current 
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list of known or suspected terrorists provided to the 
State by any government agency; 
‘‘(2) ensure that benefits under this Act are not 
provided to any individual convicted of a sex offense 
against a minor (as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and Noti-
fication Act (42 U.S.C. 16911)); and 
‘‘(3) ensure that the State is enforcing require-
ments under subsection (f) of this section to bar un-
authorized aliens from receiving emergency unem-
ployment compensation under this Act.’’. 
SEC. 6. BUDGETARY PROVISIONS. 
(a) STATUTORY PAYGO.—The budgetary effects of 
this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory 
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by ref-
erence to the latest statement titled ‘Budgetary Effects 
of PAYGO Legislation’ for this Act, submitted for print-
ing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the 
House Budget Committee, provided that such statement 
has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.—Sections 2 and 
3— 
(1) are designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay- 
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As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–139; 2 
U.S.C. 933(g)); 
(2) in the House of Representatives, are des-
ignated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you- 
go principles; and 
(3) in the Senate, are designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. 
Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 1, 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 459 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5618 
AN ACT 
To continue Federal unemployment programs. 
JULY 14, 2010 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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