Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 113th Congress (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Nov. 5, 2014 |
| Report Number |
R42936 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Julie M. Whittaker, Specialist in Income Security; Katelin P. Isaacs, Analyst in Income Security |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The 113th Congress continues to face numerous issues related to unemployment insurance programs: Unemployment Compensation (UC), the temporary, now-expired Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08), and Extended Benefits (EB). With the national unemployment rate decreasing but still high, the interest in extended unemployment benefits continues at elevated levels.
P.L. 112-240 extended the authorization for the EUC08 program until the week ending on or before January 1, 2014 (December 28, 2013, for most states). In addition, P.L. 112-240 extended the 100% federal financing of the EB program through December 31, 2013. Congress continues to consider whether to extend the authorization for these expired key temporary unemployment insurance provisions.
This report provides a brief overview of the three unemployment insurance programsâUC, EUC08 (expired), and EBâthat may provide benefits to eligible unemployed workers. It contains a brief explanation of how the EUC08 program, as well as some other UC-related payments, began to experience reductions in benefits as a result of the sequester order contained within the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25).
This report also includes descriptions of enacted and proposed unemployment insurance (UI) legislation in the 113th Congress, organized by the following categories:
Extension of federal UI provisions (H.R. 2821, H.R. 3546, H.R. 3773, H.R. 3813, H.R. 3824, H.R. 3885, H.R. 3936, H.R. 3979, H.R. 4415, H.R. 4431, H.R. 4550, H.R. 4970, H.R. 5352, S. 1747, S. 1797, S. 1845, S.Amdt. 2631, S.Amdt. 2714, S. 1931, S. 2077, S. 2097, S. 2148, S. 2149, and S. 2532)
Exemption of UI benefits from the sequester (H.R. 2177)
UI program integrity (P.L. 113-67, H.R. 3205, H.R. 2826, H.R. 3447, S. 1870, and S. 1876)
Short-Time Compensation (STC) (H.R. 5583 and S. 2906)
Concurrent receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and UI benefits (H.R. 1502, H.R. 3885, S.Amdt. 2631, S. 1099, S. 1931, and S. 2097)
UI income restrictions (S. 18, H.R. 2448, H.R. 3979, H.R. 4415, H.R. 4550, H.R. 4970, S.Amdt. 2714, S. 2097, S. 2148, S. 2149, and S. 2532)
UI vouchers and demonstration projects (H.R. 51, H.R. 3864, H.R. 4550, H.R. 5352, and S. 2870)
Job training and education (H.R. 1530, H.R. 3979, S. 2097, S. 2148, and S. 2149)
Drug testing (H.R. 1172, H.R. 1277, H.R. 3454, and H.R. 4310)
Aid for Hurricane Sandy states (S. 803)
Proposals to aid in the rehiring of UI beneficiaries and exhaustees (H.R. 188, H.R. 1617, H.R. 2821, H.R. 2889, H.R. 3453, H.R. 3726, H.R. 3781, H.R. 4033, H.R. 4550, and H.R. 5352)
Domestic violence (H.R. 1229)
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