US Congress Senate Bill 1885 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on November 17 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-11-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Responsible Unemployment Extension Act - 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 9, 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.) Rescinds specified unobligated discretionary funds. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine and identify from which appropriation accounts such rescissions shall apply, including their amounts. Exempts from rescission any unobligated funds of the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or the Army Corps of Engineers.

Responsible Unemployment Extension Act

Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]

Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-11-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB584 (Related) 2011-02-09 - Referred to House Appropriations
HB734 (Related) 2011-02-16 - Referred to House Appropriations
HB3346 (Related) 2011-11-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
SB18 (Related) 2011-01-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB164 (Related) 2011-01-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB262 (Related) 2011-02-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB1726 (Related) 2011-10-20 - Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 43. Record Vote Number: 178. (consideration: CR S6840-6841; text: CR S6840)
SB1804 (Related) 2011-11-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7134-7135)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1885/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1885/BILLS-112s1885is.pdf