S. 2544 · 110th Congress
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
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Feinstein7 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 - Provides for federal-state agreements under which a state will make temporary extended unemployment compensation payments to individuals who: (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under state or federal law with respect to a benefit year (excluding any benefit year that ended before…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 22, 2008
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 - Provides for federal-state agreements under which a state will make temporary extended unemployment compensation payments to individuals who: (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under state or federal law with respect to a benefit year (excluding any benefit year that ended before one year before the enactment of this Act); (2) have no rights to regular compensation or extended compensation with respect to a week under such law or any other state or federal unemployment compensation law; (3) are not receiving compensation for such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; and (4) filed an initial claim for regular compensation on or after one year before the enactment of this Act.
Requires federal payments to states to cover 100% of such temporary extended unemployment compensation payments.
Provides for handling of fraud and overpayments of unemployment compensation.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
Latest action (Jan 22, 2008): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 22, 2008
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.