A bill to provide that States may elect to use area triggers for purposes of emergency unemployment compensation benefits.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Permits States, under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974, to elect to provide for the payment of emergency unemployment compensation benefits on the basis of area "emergency on" or "emergency off" indicators. States that such election may be made in the time and manner which the Secretary of Labor prescribes, and shall be irrevocable. States that for purposes of this Act there shall be an area "emergency on" indicator for any week if the rate of insured unemployment in such area has equaled or exceeded five percent for at least 12 weeks.…