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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Temporary Unemployment Compensation
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.

(a) In General.--Any State which desires to do so may enter into
and participate in an agreement under this Act with the Secretary of
Labor (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ''Secretary''). Any
State which is a party to an agreement under this Act may, upon
providing 30 days' written notice to the Secretary, terminate such
agreement.
(b) Provisions of Agreement.--
(1) In general.--Any agreement under subsection (a) shall
provide that the State agency of the State will make--
(A) payments of regular compensation to individuals
in amounts and to the extent that they would be
determined if the State law were applied with the
modifications described in paragraph (2), and
(B) payments of temporary supplemental unemployment
compensation to individuals who--
(i) have exhausted all rights to regular
compensation under the State law,
(ii) do not, with respect to a week, have
any rights to compensation (excluding extended
compensation) under the State law of any other
State (whether one that has entered into an
agreement under this Act or otherwise) nor
compensation under any other Federal law (other
than under the Federal-State Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970), and are
not paid or entitled to be paid any additional
compensation under any State or Federal law,
and
(iii) are not receiving compensation with
respect to such week under the unemployment
compensation law of Canada.
(2) Modifications described.--The modifications described
in this paragraph are as follows:
(A) An individual shall be eligible for regular
compensation if the individual would be so eligible,
determined by applying--
(i) the base period that would otherwise
apply under the State law if this Act had not
been enacted, or
(ii) a base period ending at the close of
the calendar quarter most recently completed
before the date of the individual's application
for benefits,
whichever results in the greater amount.
(B) An individual shall not be denied regular
compensation under the State law's provisions relating
to availability for work, active search for work, or
refusal to accept work, solely by virtue of the fact
that such individual is seeking, or available for, only
part-time (and not full-time) work.
(C) The amount of regular compensation (including
dependents' allowances) payable for any week shall be
equal to the amount determined under the State law
(before the application of this subparagraph), plus an
additional--
(i) 15 percent, or
(ii) $25,
whichever is greater.
(c) Nonreduction Rule.--Under the agreement, subsection (b)(2)(C)
shall not apply (or shall cease to apply) with respect to a State upon
a determination by the Secretary that the method governing the
computation of regular compensation under the State law of that State
has been modified in a way such that--
(1) the average weekly amount of regular compensation which
will be payable during the period of the agreement (determined
disregarding the modifications described in subsection (b)(2))
will be less than
(2) the average weekly amount of regular compensation which
would otherwise have been payable during such period under the
State law, as in effect on September 11, 2001.
(d) Coordination Rules.--
(1) Regular compensation payable under a federal law.--The
modifications described in subsection (b)(2) shall also apply
in determining the amount of benefits payable under any Federal
law to the extent that those benefits are determined by
reference to regular compensation payable under the State law
of the State involved.
(2) TSUC to serve as second-tier benefits.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, extended benefits shall not be
payable to any individual for any week for which temporary
supplemental unemployment compensation is payable to such
individual.
(e) Exhaustion of Benefits.--For purposes of subsection
(b)(1)(B)(i), an individual shall be considered to have exhausted such
individual's rights to regular compensation under a State law when--
(1) no payments of regular compensation can be made under
such law because such individual has received all regular
compensation available to such individual based on employment
or wages during such individual's base period, or
(2) such individual's rights to such compensation have been
terminated by reason of the expiration of the benefit year with
respect to which such rights existed.
(f) Weekly Benefit Amount, Terms and Conditions, etc. Relating to
TSUC.--For purposes of any agreement under this Act--
(1) the amount of temporary supplemental unemployment
compensation which shall be payable to an individual for any
week of total unemployment shall be equal to the amount of
regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable
to such individual under the State law for a week for total
unemployment during such individual's benefit year,
(2) the terms and conditions of the State law which apply
to claims for regular compensation and to the payment thereof
shall apply to claims for temporary supplemental unemployment
compensation and the payment thereof, except where inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act or with the regulations or
operating instructions of the Secretary promulgated to carry
out this Act, and
(3) the maximum amount of temporary supplemental
unemployment compensation payable to any individual for whom a
temporary supplemental unemployment compensation account is
established under section 3 shall not exceed the amount
established in such account for such individual.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY SUPPLEMENTAL UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACCOUNT.

(a) In General.--Any agreement under this Act shall provide that
the State will establish, for each eligible individual who files an
application for temporary supplemental unemployment compensation, a
temporary supplemental unemployment compensation account.
(b) Amount in Account.--
(1) In general.--The amount established in an account under
subsection (a) shall be equal to the lesser of--
(A) 50 percent of the total amount of regular
compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable
to him during his benefit year under such law, or
(B) 13 times his weekly benefit amount.
(2) Weekly benefit amount.--For purposes of this
subsection, an individual's weekly benefit amount for any week
is the amount of regular compensation (including dependents'
allowances) under the State law payable to such individual for
such week for total unemployment.
(3) Rule of construction.--For purposes of any computation
under paragraph (1) (and any determination of amount under
section 2(f)(1)), the modification described in section
2(b)(2)(C) (relating to increased benefits) shall be deemed to
have been in effect with respect to the entirety of the benefit
year involved.

SEC. 4. PAYMENTS TO STATES HAVING AGREEMENTS UNDER THIS ACT.

(a) General Rule.--There shall be paid to each State which has
entered into an agreement under this Act an amount equal to--
(1) 100 percent of any regular compensation made payable to
individuals by such State by virtue of the modifications which
are described in section 2(b)(2) and deemed to be in effect
with respect to such State pursuant to section 2(b)(1)(A),
(2) 100 percent of any regular compensation--
(A) which is paid to individuals by such State by
reason of the fact that its State law contains
provisions comparable to the modifications described in
section 2(b)(2)(A)-(B), but only
(B) to the extent that those amounts would, if such
amounts were instead payable by virtue of the State
law's being deemed to be so modified pursuant to
section 2(b)(1)(A), have been reimbursable under
paragraph (1), and
(3) 100 percent of the temporary supplemental unemployment
compensation paid to individuals by the State pursuant to such
agreement.
(b) Determination of Amount.--Sums under subsection (a) payable to
any State by reason of such State having an agreement under this Act
shall be payable, either in advance or by way of reimbursement (as may
be determined by the Secretary), in such amounts as the Secretary
estimates the State will be entitled to receive under this Act for each
calendar month, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any amount
by which the Secretary finds that the Secretary's estimates for any
prior calendar month were greater or less than the amounts which should
have been paid to the State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of
such statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed upon by
the Secretary and the State agency of the State involved.
(c) Administrative Expenses, etc.--There is hereby appropriated out
of the employment security administration account of the Unemployment
Trust Fund (as established by section 901(a) of the Social Security
Act) $500,000,000 to reimburse States for the costs of the
administration of agreements under this Act (including any improvements
in technology in connection therewith) and to provide reemployment
services to unemployment compensation claimants in States having
agreements under this Act. Each State's share of the amount
appropriated by the preceding sentence shall be determined by the
Secretary according to the factors described in section 302(a) of the
Social Security Act and certified by the Secretary to the Secretary of
the Treasury.

SEC. 5. FINANCING PROVISIONS.

(a) In General.--Funds in the extended unemployment compensation
account (as established by section 905(a) of the Social Security Act),
and the Federal unemployment account (as established by section 904(g)
of the Social Security Act), of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be
used, in accordance with subsection (b), for the making of payments
(described in section 4(a)) to States having agreements entered into
under this Act.
(b) Certification.--The Secretary shall from time to time certify
to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums
described in section 4(a) which are payable to such State under this
Act. The Secretary of the Treasury, prior to audit or settlement by the
General Accounting Office, shall make payments to the State in
accordance with such certification by transfers from the extended
unemployment compensation account (or, to the extent that there are
insufficient funds in that account, from the Federal unemployment
account) to the account of such State in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

SEC. 6. FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS.

(a) In General.--If an individual knowingly has made, or caused to
be made by another, a false statement or representation of a material
fact, or knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to disclose a
material fact, and as a result of such false statement or
representation or of such nondisclosure such individual has received
any regular compensation or temporary supplemental unemployment
compensation under this Act to which he was not entitled, such
individual--
(1) shall be ineligible for any further benefits under this
Act in accordance with the provisions of the applicable State
unemployment compensation law relating to fraud in connection
with a claim for unemployment compensation, and
(2) shall be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of
title 18, United States Code.
(b) Repayment.--In the case of individuals who have received any
regular compensation or temporary supplemental unemployment
compensation under this Act to which they were not entitled, the State
shall require such individuals to repay those benefits to the State
agency, except that the State agency may waive such repayment if it
determines that--
(1) the payment of such benefits was without fault on the
part of any such individual, and
(2) such repayment would be contrary to equity and good
conscience.
(c) Recovery by State Agency.--
(1) In general.--The State agency may recover the amount to
be repaid, or any part thereof, by deductions from any regular
compensation or temporary supplemental unemployment
compensation payable to such individual under this Act or from
any unemployment compensation payable to such individual under
any Federal unemployment compensation law administered by the
State agency or under any other Federal law administered by the
State agency which provides for the payment of any assistance
or allowance with respect to any week of unemployment, during
the 3-year period after the date such individuals received the
payment of the regular compensation or temporary supplemental
unemployment compensation to which they were not entitled,
except that no single deduction may exceed 50 percent of the
weekly benefit amount from which such deduction is made.
(2) Opportunity for hearing.--No repayment shall be
required, and no deduction shall be made, until a determination
has been made, notice thereof and an opportunity for a fair
hearing has been given to the individual, and the determination
has become final.
(d) Review.--Any determination by a State agency under this section
shall be subject to review in the same manner and to the same extent as
determinations under the State unemployment compensation law, and only
in that manner and to that extent.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:
(1) In general.--The terms ''compensation'', ''regular
compensation'', ''extended compensation'', ''additional
compensation'', ''benefit year'', ''base period'', ''State'',
''State agency'', ''State law'', and ''week'' have the
respective meanings given such terms under section 205 of the
Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970,
subject to paragraph (2).
(2) State law and regular compensation.--In the case of a
State entering into an agreement under this Act--
(A) ''State law'' shall be considered to refer to
the State law of such State, applied in conformance
with the modifications described in section 2(b)(2),
subject to section 2(c), and
(B) ''regular compensation'' shall be considered to
refer to such compensation, determined under its State
law (applied in the manner described in subparagraph
(A)),
except as otherwise provided or where the context clearly
indicates otherwise.

SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY.

(a) In General.--An agreement entered into under this Act shall
apply to weeks of unemployment--
(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is
entered into, and
(2) ending before January 1, 2003.
(b) Specific Rules.--Under such an agreement--
(1) the modification described in section 2(b)(2)(A)
(relating to alternative base periods) shall not apply except
in the case of initial claims filed after September 11, 2001,
(2) the modifications described in section 2(b)(2)(B)-(C)
(relating to part-time employment and increased benefits,
respectively) shall apply to weeks of unemployment (described
in subsection (a)), irrespective of the date on which an
individual's claim for benefits is filed, and
(3) the payments described in section 2(b)(1)(B) (relating
to temporary supplemental unemployment compensation) shall not
apply except in the case of individuals exhausting their rights
to regular compensation (as described in clause (i) thereof)
after September 11, 2001.
Output:
Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001 - Provides for a program of temporary supplemental unemployment compensation (TSUC).Sets forth TSUC program requirements for Federal-State agreements, formulas for determining amounts in individual TSUC accounts and weekly benefits, payments to States, and financing. Includes among eligibility requirements an individual's not having rights, with respect to a week, to other compensation (excluding extended compensation).Applies TSUC agreements to weeks of unemployment: (1) beginning after the date on which such an agreement is entered into; and (2) ending before January 1, 2003. Makes a modification relating to part-time employment and increased benefits applicable to weeks of unemployment in such TSUC agreement period, regardless of the date on which an individual's claim for benefits is filed. Makes a modification relating to alternative base periods applicable only to initial claims filed after September 11, 2001. Makes TSUC payments applicable only to individuals exhausting their rights to regular compensation after September 11, 2001.