Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011
Latest action · Nov 10, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 3, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2013. Postpones the termination of the program until June 8, 2013.
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2013, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2013, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)
Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2012.
Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2012, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service and for those with less than 10.
Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend through FY2012 the waiver on payment of interest by a state in repayment to the federal Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF) of advances from it. Denies this extension, however, to any state that has not entered a voluntary agreement with the Secretary of Labor to refrain from modifying state unemployment compensation law to lower its unemployment compensation benefits.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to reductions in credits against the federal unemployment tax for an employer's contributions to a state unemployment fund in a state which has received advances from the UTF. Postpones the commencement of such reductions until January 1, 2013, for any state entering such an agreement with the Secretary.
Amends SSA title IX (Employment Security Administrative Financing) to require the payment of a solvency bonus for any quarter to the book account in the UTF of the state unemployment compensation agency of a solvent state (whose outstanding balance of advances from the UTF is zero). Makes the bonus equal to two percentage points above the average rate of interest of special obligations of the United States in which the UTF is invested.
Cosponsors 89
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 3, 2011 to Dec 20, 2011; 52 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Original | Nov 3, 2011 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-MI | Hansen Clarke | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Nov 18, 2011 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Nov 18, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Nov 18, 2011 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Nov 18, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Nov 18, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Nov 18, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Dec 2, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Dec 2, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Dec 2, 2011 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Dec 2, 2011 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Dec 20, 2011 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Dec 20, 2011 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Nov 3, 2011 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Nov 10, 2011 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Nov 3, 2011 |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Nov 3, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- Nov 3, 2011Introduced in House
- Nov 3, 2011Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Nov 3, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8753 | Sander M. Levin D-MI | Dec 13, 2011 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8245–H8252 | Barbara Lee D-CA, Danny K. Davis D-IL, Gwen Moore D-WI, Henry A. Waxman D-CA, Lloyd Doggett D-TX, Sander M. Levin D-MI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Silvestre Reyes D-TX | Dec 7, 2011 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7731 | Steve Cohen D-TN | Nov 17, 2011 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7636, H7638, H7642 | Charles B. Rangel D-NY, Fortney Pete Stark D-CA, Gary C. Peters D-MI, Jim McDermott D-WA, John Lewis D-GA, Lloyd Doggett D-TX, Shelley Berkley D-NV | Nov 16, 2011 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7264 | Charles B. Rangel D-NY | Nov 3, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7331.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41662 | Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 112th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 3, 2013 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1804 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011 | Identical bill | Nov 3, 2011 |
| S 1885 | Responsible Unemployment Extension Act | Related bill | Nov 17, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the continuation of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 3, 2011Introduced in House
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