S 3262 · 94th Congress · Labor and Employment
Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Special Unemployment Assistance Amendments
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.(1976-04-06)
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Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Special Unemployment Assistance Amendments - Title I: Amendments to Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 - States that for purposes of determining emergency Federal unemployment benefits there shall be an "emergency on" indicator in a State for a week if the rate of insured unemployment in the State for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks equaled or exceeded five percent; or the rate of insured unemployment for all States for such period equaled or exceeded four and one-half percent. Stipulates that there is an "emergency off" indicator in a State for a week if there is no "emergency on" indicator and if at the end of such week the emergency benefit period on the State has lasted for at least 13 weeks. Extends the emergency assistance program authorized by the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 until 1978. Authorizes additional compensation to individuals enrolled in approved training programs after exhaustion of the maximum amount of emergency compensation otherwise payable to the individual. States that such compensation shall be limited to the lesser of a maximum of 13 consecutive weeks, or the weeks th…
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