United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5749 (110th)
Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008
Introduced
9 April 2008
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Status
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.
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Summary
Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 - Provides for federal-state agreements under which a state will make emergency 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 May 1, 2007); (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; and (3) are not receiving compensation for such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada. Requires federal payments to states to cover 100% of such emergency unemployment compensation payments. Provides for handling of fraud and overpayments of such compensation.
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11 official files
Placed on Calendar Senate (text)
Placed on Calendar Senate (text)
Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 13 June 2008
Placed on Calendar Senate (PDF)
Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 13 June 2008
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 12 June 2008
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 12 June 2008
Passed House amended
summary · EN · 12 June 2008
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 24 April 2008
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 24 April 2008
Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 24 April 2008
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 April 2008
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 April 2008
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 9 April 2008
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/5749
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5749