Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Jan. 27, 2005 |
| Report Number |
95-742 |
| Authors |
James R. Storey, Education and Public Welfare Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
Changes in the federal-state unemployment compensation (UC) system are likelyto be considered during the 108th Congress. Legislation has been introduced to reformand expand the UC system. The 107th Congress enacted the Temporary ExtendedUnemployment Compensation (TEUC) program (P.L. 107-147), which included a 13-week extension of UC benefits, a $8 billion distribution to states, and 13 additionalweeks of extended UC benefits in high unemployment states. These temporary benefitsended on December 28, 2002; however in the first law passed by the 108th Congress, theTEUC program was extended through the end of May 2003 (P.L. 108-1). Severalproposals have been introduced to extend or expand the TEUC program. Most recently,the Congress enacted special TEUC benefits for displaced airline related workers,known as TEUC-A (P.L. 108-11). The Congress passed H.R. 2185, extending theTEUC program through December 31, 2003, and the President signed the bill into lawon May 28, 2003 (P.L. 108-26).
