I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4183 
To amend the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families 
Act and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the 
temporary extension of programs providing unemployment benefits, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2009 
Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. ACKERMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. LEWIS of 
Georgia, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. WOOLSEY, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. CARDOZA, Ms. BERKLEY, 
Mr. ELLISON, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. LANGEVIN, and 
Ms. MCCOLLUM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and 
Struggling Families Act and the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary exten-
sion of programs providing 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Unemployed 
Workers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF CERTAIN UNEMPLOY-
MENT BENEFITS. 
(a) 
EMERGENCY
UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSA-
TION.—Section 4007 of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2011’’; 
(2) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by 
striking ‘‘DECEMBER
31, 
2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘MARCH 31, 2011’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘May 31, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘August 31, 2011’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REGULAR COMPENSATION.—Section 
2002(e) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and 
Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111– 
5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 438), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘January 
1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2011’’; 
(2) in the heading for paragraph (2), by strik-
ing ‘‘JANUARY
1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘APRIL
1, 
2011’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2011’’. 
(c) FULL FUNDING OF EXTENDED BENEFITS.—Sec-
tion 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and 
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Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111– 
5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 444), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2011’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘June 1, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 1, 2011’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘May 30, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘August 31, 2011’’. 
SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF CER-
TAIN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 
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 ‘‘by reason of’’ and all that 
follows and inserting the following: ‘‘by reason of— 
‘‘(A) the amendments made by section 
2001(a) of the Assistance for Unemployed 
Workers and Struggling Families Act; 
‘‘(B) the amendments made by sections 2 
through 4 of the Worker, Homeownership, and 
Business Assistance Act of 2009; and 
‘‘(C) the amendments made by section 2(a) 
of the Helping Unemployed Workers Act; and’’. 
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SEC. 4. TEMPORARY FINANCING OF CERTAIN SHORT-TIME 
COMPENSATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) PAYMENTS TO STATES WITH CERTIFIED PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall establish a program under which the Secretary 
shall make payments to any State unemployment 
trust fund to be used for the payment of unemploy-
ment compensation if the Secretary approves an ap-
plication for certification submitted under paragraph 
(4) for such State to receive reimbursement for a 
short-time compensation program (as referred to in 
section 3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and section 303(a)(5) of the Social Security 
Act). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CERTIFICATION.—A 
program may not be certified, for purposes of this 
section, unless such program requires— 
(A) a participating employer to submit and 
comply with the terms of a written plan ap-
proved by the State agency; 
(B) a participating employer to certify that 
continuation of health and retirement benefits 
under a defined benefit pension plan (as defined 
by section 3(35) of the Employee Retirement 
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