I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3346 
To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide 
for the continuation of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 3, 2011 
Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. STARK, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. NEAL, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. DINGELL, 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. REYES, Mr. PETERS, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. TOWNS, 
Ms. NORTON, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. GEORGE 
MILLER of California, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. MOORE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 
EDWARDS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. EDDIE BER-
NICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. AL GREEN 
of Texas, Mr. WATT, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. 
GONZALEZ, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. DICKS, 
Mr. CARNAHAN, and Mr. CICILLINE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2008 to provide for the continuation of certain unemploy-
ment benefits, and for other purposes. 
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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 2011’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS 
Sec. 101. Temporary extension of unemployment insurance provisions. 
Sec. 102. Modification of indicators under the extended benefit program. 
Sec. 103. Additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Un-
employment Insurance Act. 
TITLE II—STATE AND EMPLOYER ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 201. Extension of temporary assistance for States with advances. 
Sec. 202. FUTA credit reductions for 2011 contingent on voluntary agree-
ments. 
Sec. 203. Assistance contingent on voluntary agreements. 
Sec. 204. Solvency bonus. 
TITLE I—EXTENSION OF 
UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 101. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN-
SURANCE PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Section 4007 of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 
26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘January 3, 2012’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘January 3, 2013’’; 
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(B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by 
striking ‘‘JANUARY 3, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘JANUARY 
3, 2013’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘June 9, 
2012’’ and inserting ‘‘June 8, 2013’’. 
(2) 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; 123 Stat. 444), 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘January 4, 2012’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘January 4, 2013’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘June 11, 
2012’’ and inserting ‘‘June 11, 2013’’. 
(3) 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 10, 2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘June 10, 2013’’. 
(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 (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(H) the amendments made by section 
101(a)(1) of the Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation Extension Act of 2011; and’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reau-
thorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111–312). 
SEC. 102. MODIFICATION OF INDICATORS UNDER THE EX-
TENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 203 of the Federal-State 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 
U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’. 
(b) INDICATOR.—Section 203(d) of the Federal-State 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 
U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Effective with respect to compensation for 
weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 
2012 (or, if later, the date established pursuant to State 
law) and ending on or before December 31, 2012, the 
State may by statute, regulation, or other issuance having 
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the force and effect of law provide that the determination 
of whether there has been a State ‘on’ or ‘off’ indicator 
beginning or ending any extended benefit period shall be 
made under this subsection, disregarding subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (1) and disregarding ‘either subpara-
graph (A) or’ in paragraph (2).’’. 
(c) ALTERNATIVE TRIGGER.—Section 203(f) of the 
Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) Effective with respect to compensation for weeks 
of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 2012 
(or, if later, the date established pursuant to State law) 
and ending on or before December 31, 2012, the State 
may by statute, regulation, or other issuance with the 
force and effect of law provide that the determination of 
whether there has been a State ‘on’ or ‘off’ indicator be-
ginning or ending any extended benefit period shall be 
made under this subsection, disregarding clause (ii) of 
paragraph (1)(A) and as if paragraph (1)(B) had been 
amended by striking ‘either the requirements of clause (i) 
or (ii)’ and inserting ‘the requirements of clause (i)’.’’. 
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TITLE II—STATE AND EMPLOYER 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR 
STATES WITH ADVANCES. 
Section 1202(b)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1322(b)(10)(A)) is amended, in the matter be-
fore clause (i), by striking ‘‘2010—’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 
and the 12-month period beginning on October 1, 2011— 
’’. 
SEC. 202. FUTA CREDIT REDUCTIONS FOR 2011 CONTIN-
GENT ON VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3302(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4), and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) If a State has entered into a voluntary 
agreement under section 203 of the Emergency Un-
employment Compensation Extension Act of 2011, 
the provisions of paragraph (2) shall be applied with 
respect to the taxable year beginning January 1, 
2011, or any succeeding taxable year, by deeming 
January 1, 2012, to be the first January 1 occurring 
after January 1, 2010. For purposes of paragraph 
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(2), consecutive taxable years in the period com-
mencing January 1, 2012, shall be determined as if 
the taxable year which begins on January 1, 2012, 
were the taxable year immediately succeeding the 
taxable year which began on January 1, 2010. No 
taxpayer shall be subject to credit reductions under 
this paragraph for the taxable year beginning Janu-
ary 1, 2011. 
‘‘(B) If the voluntary agreement specified in 
subparagraph (A) is terminated under section 
203(e) of the Emergency Unemployment Compensa-
tion Extension Act of 2011, subparagraph (A) shall 
not be effective for any taxable year.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2010. 
SEC. 
203. 
ASSISTANCE 
CONTINGENT 
ON 
VOLUNTARY 
AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by section 
201 shall not apply with respect to any State with which 
the Secretary of Labor has not entered into a voluntary 
agreement under this section. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Any State that has 1 or more 
outstanding repayable advances from the Federal unem-
ployment account under section 1201 of the Social Secu-
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rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1321) may apply to the Secretary of 
Labor to enter into a voluntary agreement under this sec-
tion. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—An application described in 
subsection (b) shall be submitted within such time, and 
in such form and manner, as the Secretary of Labor may 
require, except that any such application shall include cer-
tification by the State that during the period of the agree-
ment— 
(1) the method governing the computation of 
regular compensation under the State law of the 
State will not be modified in a manner such that the 
average weekly benefit amount of regular compensa-
tion which will be payable during the period of the 
agreement will be less than the average weekly ben-
efit amount of regular compensation which would 
have otherwise been payable under the State law as 
in effect on the date of the enactment of this sub-
section; 
(2) the State law of the State will not be modi-
fied in a manner such that any unemployed indi-
vidual who would be eligible for regular compensa-
tion under the State law in effect on such date of 
enactment would be ineligible for regular compensa-
tion during the period of the agreement or would be 
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subject to any disqualification during the period of 
the agreement that the individual would not have 
been subject to under the State law in effect on such 
date of enactment; and 
(3) the State law of the State will not be modi-
fied in a manner such that the maximum amount of 
regular compensation that any unemployed indi-
vidual would be eligible to receive in a benefit year 
during the period of the agreement will be less than 
the maximum amount of regular compensation that 
the individual would have been eligible to receive 
during a benefit year under the State law in effect 
on such date of enactment. 
(d) DECISION.—The Secretary of Labor shall review 
any application received from a State to enter into a vol-
untary agreement under this section and, within 30 days 
after the date of receipt, approve or disapprove the appli-
cation and notify the Governor of the State of the Sec-
retary’s decision, including— 
(1) if approved, the effective date of the agree-
ment; and 
(2) if disapproved, the reasons why it was dis-
approved. 
(e) TERMINATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—If, after reasonable notice 
and opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary of 
Labor finds that a State with which the Secretary 
has entered into an agreement under this section 
has modified State law so that it no longer contains 
the provisions specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) 
of subsection (c) or has failed to comply substan-
tially with any of those provisions, the agreement 
shall be terminated, effective as of such date as the 
Secretary shall determine, but in no event later than 
December 31, 2012. 
(2) EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO REPAYABLE AD-
VANCES.—If an agreement under this section with a 
State is terminated, then, effective as of the termi-
nation date of such agreement, paragraph (10) of 
section 1202(b) of the Social Security Act shall, for 
purposes of such State, be applied as if subpara-
graph (A) of such paragraph had been amended by 
striking the date specified in such subparagraph (in 
the matter before clause (i) thereof) and inserting 
the termination date of such agreement. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—Any regulations or guidance nec-
essary to carry out this title or any of the amendments 
made by this title may be prescribed by— 
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(1) to the extent that they relate to section 201, 
the Secretary of Labor; and 
(2) to the extent that they relate to section 202, 
the Secretary of the Treasury. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
terms ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State law’’, ‘‘regular compensation’’, and 
‘‘benefit year’’ have the respective meanings given such 
terms under section 205 of the Federal-State Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 
3304 note). 
SEC. 204. SOLVENCY BONUS. 
Section 904 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1104) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Solvency Bonus 
‘‘(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, the amount which is credited under subsection (e) 
to the book account of the State agency of a solvent State 
shall, for each quarter to which this subsection applies, 
be equal to the amount which would be determined under 
this section, for such State agency and for such quarter, 
if the 5th sentence of subsection (b) were applied by 
using— 
‘‘(A) the average rate of interest which (but for 
this subsection) would otherwise have been deter-
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mined under subsection (b) for purposes of such 
quarter; plus 
‘‘(B) an additional 2 percentage points. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, a State shall 
be considered to be a ‘solvent State’ if the outstanding 
balance for such State of advances under title XII is equal 
to zero. A determination as to whether or not a State is 
a solvent State shall be made by the Secretary of Labor— 
‘‘(A) for each State; 
‘‘(B) for each quarter to which this subsection 
applies; and 
‘‘(C) based on such date or period (before the 
1st day of such quarter), and otherwise in such 
manner, as the Secretary of Labor shall determine 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(3) This subsection applies to each quarter in cal-
endar year 2012. 
‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall have the effect 
of causing the amount which is credited under subsection 
(e) to any account in the Fund for any quarter to be less 
than the amount which (disregarding this subsection) 
would otherwise have been so credited to such account for 
such quarter.’’. 
Æ 
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