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H.R. 6419: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act

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H.R. 6419: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-11-17 · Labor and Employment · Latest: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 258 - 154 (Roll no. 579).

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2010-11-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 579 (2010): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR6419 (2010-11-18), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 258 - 154 (Roll no. 579). (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

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act

Plain summary

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation 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 February 28, 2011. Postpones the termination of the program until July 31, 2011. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 1, 2011, 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 July 31, 2011, 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.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before March 1, 2011.

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Official text

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · 34 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6419, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act (2010-11-18); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6419, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act (2010-11-18)

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Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Betty McCollum (D-MN)

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Words on this page, explained (3)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Exemption
A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr6419 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111