To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
Expansion Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FIRST-TIER EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 4002(b)(1) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``80'' and inserting 
        ``131''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``20'' and inserting 
        ``34''.
    (b) Coordination Rule.--Section 4002(f) of such Act is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Rules relating to additional weeks of first-tier 
        emergency unemployment compensation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If a State determines that 
                implementation of the increased entitlement to first-
                tier emergency unemployment compensation by reason of 
                the amendments made by section 2(a) of the Emergency 
                Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 would 
                unduly delay the prompt payment of emergency 
                unemployment compensation under this title, such State 
                may elect to pay second-tier, third-tier, or fourth-
                tier emergency unemployment compensation (or a 
                combination of those tiers) prior to the payment of 
                such increased first-tier emergency unemployment 
                compensation until such time as such State determines 
                that such increased first-tier emergency unemployment 
                compensation may be paid without undue delay.
                    ``(B) Special rules.--If a State makes an election 
                under subparagraph (A) which results in--
                            ``(i) the payment of second-tier (but not 
                        third-tier) emergency unemployment compensation 
                        prior to the payment of increased first-tier 
                        emergency unemployment compensation, then, for 
                        purposes of determining whether an account may 
                        be augmented for third-tier emergency 
                        unemployment compensation under subsection (d), 
                        such State shall treat the date of exhaustion 
                        of such increased first-tier emergency 
                        unemployment compensation as the date of 
                        exhaustion of second-tier emergency 
                        unemployment compensation, if such date is 
                        later than the date of exhaustion of the 
                        second-tier emergency unemployment 
                        compensation; or
                            ``(ii) the payment of third-tier emergency 
                        unemployment compensation prior to the payment 
                        of increased first-tier emergency unemployment 
                        compensation, then, for purposes of determining 
                        whether an account may be augmented for fourth-
                        tier emergency unemployment compensation under 
                        subsection (e), such State shall treat the date 
                        of exhaustion of such increased first-tier 
                        emergency unemployment compensation as the date 
                        of exhaustion of third-tier emergency 
                        unemployment compensation, if such date is 
                        later than the date of exhaustion of the third-
                        tier emergency unemployment compensation.
            ``(4) Coordination of modifications (relating to additional 
        first-tier emergency unemployment compensation) with extended 
        compensation.--Notwithstanding an election under section 
        4001(e) by a State to provide for the payment of emergency 
        unemployment compensation prior to extended compensation, such 
        State may pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible 
        individual prior to any additional emergency unemployment 
        compensation under subsection (b) (payable by reason of the 
        amendments made by section 2(a) of the Emergency Unemployment 
        Compensation Expansion Act of 2011), if such individual claimed 
        extended compensation for at least 1 week of unemployment after 
        the exhaustion of emergency unemployment compensation under 
        subsection (b) (as such subsection was in effect on the day 
        before the date of the enactment of this paragraph), (c), (d), 
        or (e).''.
    (c) Funding.--Section 4004(e)(1) of such Act, as amended by section 
501(b) of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and 
Job Creation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-312), is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:
                    ``(H) the amendments made by section 2(a) of the 
                Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 
                2011; and''.
    (d) Modified Program Termination Date.--Section 4007(b)(3) of such 
Act, as amended by section 501(a)(1)(C) of the Tax Relief, Unemployment 
Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111-312) is amended by striking ``June 9, 2012'' and inserting 
``September 22, 2012''.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary of Labor may prescribe any operating instructions or 
regulations necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111-205), except that no additional first-tier emergency 
unemployment compensation shall be payable by virtue of the amendments 
made by section 2(a) with respect to any week of unemployment 
commencing before the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA).

Revises the formula for making Tier-1 credits in an applicant's EUCA for a benefit year. Increases the figures in the formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited): (1) from 80% to 131% of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the benefit year, and (2) from 20 to 34 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.

Authorizes a state to elect to pay Tier-2, Tier-3, or Tier-4 extended unemployment compensation (EUC), or a combination of them, before payment of an increased Tier-1 EUC until the state determines that such increased Tier-1 EUC may be paid without undue delay.

 Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any additional EUC is paid under this Act, if the individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the initial exhaustion of EUC.

Extends the program until September 22, 2012.