Unemployed Jobhunters Protection and Assistance Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3773
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-12-16
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations

Congressional operations and organization

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2013 or Unemployed Jobhunters Protection and Assistance Act of 2013 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before January 1, 2015.</p> <p>Expresses the sense of Congress that the House of Representatives and the Senate should reconvene on or before December 18, 2013, to take appropriate action to enact this legislation. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3773 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 16, 2013 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program until January 1, 2015.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2013 or the Unemployed Jobhunters Protection and Assistance Act of 2013 . 2. Extension of emergency unemployment compensation program (a) Extension Section 4007(a)(2) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 ( Public Law 110–252 ; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting January 1, 2015 . (b) Funding Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental 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 following: (K) the amendment made by section 2(a) of the Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2013 ; . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–240 ). 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the House of Representatives and the Senate should reconvene on or before December 18, 2013, to take appropriate action to enact this legislation.