A bill to provide for a temporary program of special unemployment compensation in areas of high unemployment and to amend the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Title I: Special Unemployment Compensation Program - Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation in accordance with the provisions of this title and the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under this title, shall be paid by the United States from time to time such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this title in the State. Provides that special unemployment compensation may be paid to individuals only pursuant to such an agreement. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and after a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this title if the individual: (1) has exhausted all rights to regular, additional, and extended compensation laws and as otherwise required under this title; (2) has no further rights, with respect to such week of unemployment, to regular, additional, or extended compensation under an…