American Workers Assistance Act

Summary

American Workers Assistance Act - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUC Act) to extend the TEUC program through weeks of unemployment ending before July 1, 2004. Provides a phase-out period for individual payments up to weeks beginning after December 31, 2004. Increases to 26 weeks an eligible individual's TEUC payments. Provides for an additional seven weeks of payments, for a total of 33 weeks, for individuals in high-unemployment States (TEUC-X). (Current law provides 13 weeks of regular TEUC payments, with an additional 13 and total 26 in TEUC-X States.) Revises requirements for determining TEUC-X States, using certain triggers based on insured unemployment rates and on total unemployment rates.

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Timeline

1. 21 November 2003

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 November 2003

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 21 November 2003

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 8 December 2003

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 21 November 2003 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 21 November 2003

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 21 November 2003

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 21 November 2003

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Sponsors

• Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] · R · Sponsor
• · hswm00 · Standing

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