Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State, for purposes of determining eligibility for TEUC Second Tier benefits (also known as TEUC-X, providing additional weeks of payments for individuals in high-unemployment States), based on an exhaustion of TEUC First Tier benefits (also known as regular TEUC benefits).