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

Allows a State to elect to provide for the payment of emergency unemployment compensation benefits on the basis of area "emergency on" or "emergency off" indicators. Directs that any such election shall be irrevocable. Provides that the determination of an individual's eligibility period or additional eligibility period shall be made by reference to the area in which the individual was last employed for at least five work days before the beginning of the benefit year with respect to which he most recently received regular compensation.

Defines the term "labor area" to mean any area designated as being a contiguous population center with a population of at least 250,000.