I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4415 
To provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 7, 2014 
Mr. KILDEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure and Education and the Workforce, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the extension of certain unemployment 
benefits, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act 
of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Extension of emergency unemployment compensation program. 
Sec. 3. Temporary extension of extended benefit provisions. 
Sec. 4. Extension of funding for reemployment services and reemployment and 
eligibility assessment activities. 
Sec. 5. Additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unem-
ployment Insurance Act. 
Sec. 6. Flexibility for unemployment program agreements. 
Sec. 7. Ending unemployment payments to jobless millionaires and billionaires. 
Sec. 8. GAO study on the use of work suitability requirements in unemploy-
ment insurance programs. 
Sec. 9. Funding stabilization. 
Sec. 10. Prepayment of certain PBGC premiums. 
Sec. 11. Extension of customs user fees. 
Sec. 12. Emergency services, government, and certain nonprofit volunteers. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 4007(a)(2) of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 
26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘January 
1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1, 2014’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 
26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (J), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(K) the amendment made by section 2(a) 
of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
Extension Act of 2014;’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112–240). 
SEC. 3. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXTENDED BENEFIT 
PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2005 of the Assistance for 
Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as 
contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2014’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘November 30, 2014’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF MATCHING FOR STATES WITH 
NO WAITING WEEK.—Section 5 of the Unemployment 
Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘June 
30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘November 30, 2014’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF MODIFICATION OF INDICATORS 
UNDER THE EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM.—Section 
203 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com-
pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2014’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2014’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112–240). 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR REEMPLOYMENT 
SERVICES AND REEMPLOYMENT AND ELIGI-
BILITY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) EXTENSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4004(c)(2)(A) of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 
110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘through fiscal year 2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘through the first five months of fiscal year 2015’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 
of 2012 (Public Law 112–240). 
(b) TIMING FOR SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4001(i)(1)(A) of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 
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110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘At a minimum, such reemployment services 
and reemployment and eligibility assessment ac-
tivities shall be provided to an individual within 
a time period (determined appropriate by the 
Secretary) after the date the individual begins 
to receive amounts under section 4002(b) (first 
tier benefits) and, if applicable, again within a 
time period (determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary) after the date the individual begins to 
receive amounts under section 4002(d) (third 
tier benefits).’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by this subsection shall apply on and after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) PURPOSES OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.—The 
purposes of the reemployment services and reemployment 
and eligibility assessment activities under section 4001(i) 
of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public 
Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) are— 
(1) to better link the unemployed with the over-
all workforce system by bringing individuals receiv-
ing unemployment insurance benefits in for person-
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