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H.R. 6867: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

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H.R. 6867: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-10 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Became Public Law No: 110-449.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 214 (2008): On the Cloture Motion, HR6867 (2008-11-20), Cloture Motion Agreed to. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 110-449. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on October 3, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to revise the formula for Tier-1 amounts a state credits to an applicant's emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA) for a benefit year. Increases the figures in the formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited): (1) from 50% to 80% of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the benefit year; and (2) from 13 to 20 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year. Provides an additional Tier-2 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA, using the current formula, if, at the time that the amount established under this Act is exhausted, or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period. Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period. Allows the Tier-2 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once. Prohibits a Tier-2 augmentation to an individual's EUCA under this Act after March 31, 2009, if the EUCA is exhausted after such date. Extends the period of emergency unemployment compensation through August 27, 2009. Exempts weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and December 8, 2009, 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 of such state provides for payment (at any time or under any circumstances) of regular compensation to an individual for his first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)

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Official text

Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · 20 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6867, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (2008-12-22); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6867, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (2008-12-22)

Cosponsors on this site

André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)

Recorded votes

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Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6867 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110