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This Act may be cited as the ''Unemployment Insurance Modernization
Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL TRANSFERS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION MODERNIZATION.

(a) In General.--Section 903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1103) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''Special Transfers in Fiscal Years 2009, 2010, and 2011 for
Modernization

''(f)(1)(A) In addition to any other amounts, the Secretary of
Labor shall provide for the making of unemployment compensation
modernization incentive payments (hereinafter 'incentive payments') to
the accounts of the States in the Unemployment Trust Fund, by transfer
from amounts reserved for that purpose in the Federal unemployment
account, in accordance with succeeding provisions of this subsection.
''(B) The maximum incentive payment allowable under this subsection
with respect to any State shall, as determined by the Secretary of
Labor, be equal to the amount obtained by multiplying $7,000,000,000 by
the same ratio as would apply under subsection (a)(2)(B) for purposes
of determining such State's share of any excess amount (as described in
subsection (a)(1)) that would have been subject to transfer to State
accounts, as of October 1, 2008, under the provisions of subsection
(a).
''(C) Of the maximum incentive payment determined under
subparagraph (B) with respect to a State--
''(i) one-third shall be transferred to the account of such
State upon a certification under paragraph (4)(B) that the
State law of such State meets the requirements of paragraph
(2); and
''(ii) the remainder shall be transferred to the account of
such State upon a certification under paragraph (4)(B) that the
State law of such State meets the requirements of paragraph
(3).
''(2) The State law of a State meets the requirements of this
paragraph if such State law--
''(A) uses a base period that includes the most recently
completed calendar quarter before the start of the benefit year
for purposes of determining eligibility for unemployment
compensation; or
''(B) provides that, in the case of an individual who would
not otherwise be eligible for unemployment compensation under
the State law because of the use of a base period that does not
include the most recently completed calendar quarter before the
start of the benefit year, eligibility shall be determined
using a base period that includes such calendar quarter.
''(3) The State law of a State meets the requirements of this
paragraph if such State law includes provisions to carry out at least 2
of the following subparagraphs:
''(A) An individual shall not be denied regular
unemployment compensation under any State law provisions
relating to availability for work, active search for work, or
refusal to accept work, solely because such individual is
seeking only part-time (and not full-time) work, except that
the State law provisions carrying out this subparagraph may
exclude an individual if a majority of the weeks of work in
such individual's base period do not include part-time work.
''(B) An individual shall not be disqualified from regular
unemployment compensation for separating from employment if
that separation is for any compelling family reason. For
purposes of this subparagraph, the term 'compelling family
reason' means the following:
''(i) Domestic violence, verified by such
reasonable and confidential documentation as the State
law may require, which causes the individual reasonably
to believe that such individual's continued employment
would jeopardize the safety of the individual or of any
member of the individual's immediate family (as defined
by the Secretary of Labor).
''(ii) The illness or disability of a member of the
individual's immediate family (as defined by the
Secretary of Labor).
''(iii) The need for the individual to accompany
such individual's spouse--
''(I) to a place from which it is
impractical for such individual to commute; and
''(II) due to a change in location of the
spouse's employment.
''(C) Weekly unemployment compensation is payable under
this subparagraph to any individual who is unemployed (as
determined under the State unemployment compensation law), has
exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under
the State law, and is enrolled and making satisfactory progress
in a State-approved training program or in a job training
program authorized under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
Such programs shall prepare individuals who have been separated
from a declining occupation, or who have been involuntarily and
indefinitely separated from employment as a result of a
permanent reduction of operations at the individual's place of
employment, for entry into a high-demand occupation. The amount
of unemployment compensation payable under this subparagraph to
an individual for a week of unemployment shall be equal to the
individual's average weekly benefit amount (including
dependents' allowances) for the most recent benefit year, and
the total amount of unemployment compensation payable under
this subparagraph to any individual shall be equal to at least
26 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount
(including dependents' allowances) for the most recent benefit
year.
''(D) Dependents' allowances are provided, in the case of
any individual who is entitled to receive regular unemployment
compensation and who has any dependents (as defined by State
law), in an amount equal to at least $15 per dependent per
week, subject to any aggregate limitation on such allowances
which the State law may establish (but which aggregate
limitation on the total allowance for dependents paid to an
individual may not be less than $50 for each week of
unemployment or 50 percent of the individual's weekly benefit
amount for the benefit year, whichever is less).
''(4)(A) Any State seeking an incentive payment under this
subsection shall submit an application therefor at such time, in such
manner, and complete with such information as the Secretary of Labor
may within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection
prescribe (whether by regulation or otherwise), including information
relating to compliance with the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3),
as well as how the State intends to use the incentive payment to
improve or strengthen the State's unemployment compensation program.
The Secretary of Labor shall, within 30 days after receiving a complete
application, notify the State agency of the State of the Secretary's
findings with respect to the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3) (or
both).
''(B)(i) If the Secretary of Labor finds that the State law
provisions (disregarding any State law provisions which are not then
currently in effect as permanent law or which are subject to
discontinuation) meet the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3), as the
case may be, the Secretary of Labor shall thereupon make a
certification to that effect to the Secretary of the Treasury, together
with a certification as to the amount of the incentive payment to be
transferred to the State account pursuant to that finding. The
Secretary of the Treasury shall make the appropriate transfer within 7
days after receiving such certification.
''(ii) For purposes of clause (i), State law provisions which are
to take effect within 12 months after the date of their certification
under this subparagraph shall be considered to be in effect as of the
date of such certification.
''(C)(i) No certification of compliance with the requirements of
paragraph (2) or (3) may be made with respect to any State whose State
law is not otherwise eligible for certification under section 303 or
approvable under section 3304 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
''(ii) No certification of compliance with the requirements of
paragraph (3) may be made with respect to any State whose State law is
not in compliance with the requirements of paragraph (2).
''(iii) No application under subparagraph (A) may be considered if
submitted before the date of the enactment of this subsection or after
the latest date necessary (as specified by the Secretary of Labor) to
ensure that all incentive payments under this subsection are made
before October 1, 2011.
''(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any amount
transferred to the account of a State under this subsection may be used
by such State only in the payment of cash benefits to individuals with
respect to their unemployment (including for dependents' allowances and
for unemployment compensation under paragraph (3)(C)), exclusive of
expenses of administration.
''(B) A State may, subject to the same conditions as set forth in
subsection (c)(2) (excluding subparagraph (B) thereof, and deeming the
reference to 'subsections (a) and (b)' in subparagraph (D) thereof to
include this subsection), use any amount transferred to the account of
such State under this subsection for the administration of its
unemployment compensation law and public employment offices.
''(6) Out of any money in the Federal unemployment account not
otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall reserve
$7,000,000,000 for incentive payments under this subsection. Any amount
so reserved shall not be taken into account for purposes of any
determination under section 902, 910, or 1203 of the amount in the
Federal unemployment account as of any given time. Any amount so
reserved for which the Secretary of the Treasury has not received a
certification under paragraph (4)(B) by the deadline described in
paragraph (4)(C)(iii) shall, upon the close of fiscal year 2011, become
unrestricted as to use as part of the Federal unemployment account.
''(7) For purposes of this subsection, the terms 'benefit year',
'base period', and 'week' 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).

''Special Transfer in Fiscal Year 2009 for Administration

''(g)(1) In addition to any other amounts, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall transfer from the employment security administration
account to the account of each State in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the
amount determined with respect to such State under paragraph (2).
''(2) The amount to be transferred under this subsection to a State
account shall (as determined by the Secretary of Labor and certified by
such Secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury) be equal to the amount
obtained by multiplying $500,000,000 by the same ratio as determined
under subsection (f)(1)(B) with respect to such State.
''(3) Any amount transferred to the account of a State as a result
of the enactment of this subsection may be used by the State agency of
such State only in the payment of expenses incurred by it for--
''(A) the administration of the provisions of its State law
carrying out the purposes of subsection (f)(2) or any
subparagraph of subsection (f)(3);
''(B) improved outreach to individuals who might be
eligible for regular unemployment compensation by virtue of any
provisions of the State law which are described in subparagraph
(A);
''(C) the improvement of unemployment benefit and
unemployment tax operations, including responding to increased
demand for unemployment compensation; and
''(D) staff-assisted reemployment services for unemployment
compensation claimants.''.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Labor may prescribe any
regulations, operating instructions, or other guidance necessary to
carry out the amendment made by subsection (a).
Student:
Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Labor to make unemployment compensation modernization incentive payments in FY2008-FY2011 by certain transfers from the federal unemployment account to the accounts of the states in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

Prescribes a formula for determining the maximum allowable incentive payments.

Specifies requirements state law must meet for the state to qualify for such a payment.

Limits the use of transferred amounts to the payment of cash unemployment benefits to individuals (including for dependents' allowances and for unemployment compensation, exclusive of administrative expenses).

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to reserve specified funds out of the federal unemployment account for such incentive payments.