1.This Act may be cited as the
Unemployment Compensation Extension
Act of 2008
.
2.Additional first-tier
benefitsSection 4002(b)(1) of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended—
(1)in subparagraph
(A), by striking 50
and inserting 80
; and
(2)in subparagraph
(B), by striking 13
and inserting 20
.
3.Section 4002 of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
(c)
(1)If, at the time that the amount established in an
individual’s account under subsection (b)(1) is exhausted or at any time
thereafter, such individual’s State is in an extended benefit period (as
determined under paragraph (2)), such account shall be augmented by an amount
equal to the lesser of—
(A)50 percent of the
total amount of regular compensation (including dependents’ allowances) payable
to the individual during the individual’s benefit year under the State law,
or
(B)13 times the
individual’s average weekly benefit amount (as determined under subsection
(b)(2)) for the benefit year.
(2)For purposes of paragraph (1), a State shall be considered
to be in an extended benefit period, as of any given time, if—
(A)such a period is
then in effect for such State under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 1970;
(B)such a period
would then be in effect for such State under such Act if section 203(d) of such
Act—
(i)were applied by
substituting 4
for 5
each place it appears;
and
(ii)did not include
the requirement under paragraph (1)(A) thereof; or
(C)such a period
would then be in effect for such State under such Act if—
(i)section 203(f) of
such Act were applied to such State (regardless of whether the State by law had
provided for such application); and
(ii)such section
203(f)—
(I)were applied by
substituting 6.0
for 6.5
in paragraph (1)(A)(i)
thereof; and
(II)did not include
the requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) thereof.
(3)The
account of an individual may be augmented not more than once under this
subsection.
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4.Section 4007(b) of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended—
(1)in paragraph (1),
by striking paragraph (2),
and inserting paragraphs (2)
and (3),
; and
(2)by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
(2)No augmentation
after March 31,
2009If the amount established in an
individual’s account under subsection (b)(1) is exhausted after March 31, 2009,
then section 4002(c) shall not apply and such account shall not be augmented
under such section, regardless of whether such individual’s State is in an
extended benefit period (as determined under paragraph (2) of such
section).
(3)No compensation under this title shall be
payable for any week beginning after November 27,
2009.
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5.Temporary
Federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for States with no
waiting weekWith respect to
weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of enactment of this Act and
ending on or before December 8, 2009, subparagraph (B) of section 204(a)(2) of
the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C.
3304 note) shall not apply.
6.The amendments made by
sections 2, 3, and 4 shall apply as if included in the enactment of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008.