A bill to provide for a program of temporary extended unemployment compensation.
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 - Provides for federal-state agreements under which a state will make temporary extended unemployment compensation payments to individuals who: (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under state or federal law with respect to a benefit year (excluding any benefit year that ended before one year before the enactment of this Act); (2) have no rights to regular compensation or extended compensation with respect to a week under such law or any other state or federal unemployment compensation law; (3) are not receiving compensation for such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; and (4) filed an initial claim for regular compensation on or after one year before the enactment of this Act.
Requires federal payments to states to cover 100% of such temporary extended unemployment compensation payments.
Provides for handling of fraud and overpayments of unemployment compensation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 780 under authority of the order of the Senate of 06/12/2008.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S108)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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