I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3885 
To provide for a 12-month extension for certain Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2014 
Mr. DENT (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. HARRIS, and Mr. 
KELLY of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Nat-
ural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for a 12-month extension for certain Emergency 
Unemployment Compensation, 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 ‘‘Generating Real Op-
portunities for Workers and Transitional Help Act’’ or the 
‘‘GROWTH Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MODIFIED FIRST-TIER EMERGENCY 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. 
(a) EXTENSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4007 of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110– 
252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR FIRST-TIER EMERGENCY 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall prevent the commencement or continued pay-
ment of emergency unemployment compensation under 
this title to the extent that such compensation— 
‘‘(1) represents amounts established in an ac-
count under section 4002(b); and 
‘‘(2) is payable for a week ending on or before 
January 1, 2015.’’. 
(2) MODIFICATION.—Section 4002(b) of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 
110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by in-
serting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL
RULE
RELATING
TO
AMOUNTS 
PAYABLE FOR A WEEK ENDING AFTER JANUARY 1, 
2014.—Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph 
(1) or (2), for purposes of determining whether an 
amount is payable, out of amounts established in an 
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account under this subsection, for a week ending 
after January 1, 2014— 
‘‘(A) paragraph (1)(A) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘54 percent’ for ‘80 percent’; 
‘‘(B) paragraph (1)(B) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘14 weeks’ for ‘20 weeks’; and 
‘‘(C) any amount established in an account 
under paragraph (1) or (2), which becomes 
nonpayable by reason of this paragraph, shall 
be treated in the same way as if it had never 
been established in such account.’’. 
(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 Generating Real Opportunities for Work-
ers and Transitional Help Act;’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
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ment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112–240). 
SEC. 3. FLEXIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM 
AGREEMENTS. 
(a) FLEXIBILITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (g) of section 
4001 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 
(Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) shall 
not apply with respect to a State that has enacted 
a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking 
effect, would violate such subsection. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (1) is effec-
tive with respect to weeks of unemployment begin-
ning on or after December 29, 2013. 
(b) PERMITTING
A SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENT.— 
Nothing in title IV of such Act shall preclude a State 
whose agreement under such title was terminated from en-
tering into a subsequent agreement under such title on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act if the State, 
taking into account the application of subsection (a), 
would otherwise meet the requirements for an agreement 
under such title. 
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SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO USE ANY DISCRETIONARY APPRO-
PRIATIONS AVAILABLE TO THE SECRETARY 
OF LABOR TO CONDUCT IN-PERSON REEM-
PLOYMENT 
AND 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSUR-
ANCE ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENTS FOR UNEM-
PLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFICIARIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Labor may, for fiscal years 
2014 through 2023, use any discretionary appropriations 
available to the Secretary to conduct in-person reemploy-
ment and unemployment insurance eligibility assessments 
for unemployment insurance beneficiaries. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Amounts used in a fiscal year pur-
suant to the authority under subsection (a) may not ex-
ceed the following: 
(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 
(2) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 
(3) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
(4) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. 
(5) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. 
(6) $37,000,000 for fiscal year 2019. 
(7) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 
(8) $39,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
(9) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
(10) $41,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 
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SEC. 5. REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISE TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 32 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subchapter E. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Subsection (a) of section 4221 of such Code 
is amended by striking the last sentence. 
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such 
Code is amended by striking the last sentence. 
(3) The table of subchapters for chapter 32 of 
such Code is amended by striking the item relating 
to subchapter E. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to sales after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. KEYSTONE XL PERMIT APPROVAL. 
Notwithstanding Executive Order No. 13337 (3 
U.S.C. 301 note), Executive Order No. 11423 (3 U.S.C. 
301 note), section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and 
any other Executive order or provision of law, no Presi-
dential permit shall be required for the pipeline described 
in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada 
Keystone Pipeline, L.P., to the Department of State for 
the Keystone XL pipeline, as supplemented to include the 
Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Re-
port issued by the Nebraska Department of Environ-
mental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Ne-
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