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S. 2544 (110th)

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

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Introduced

22 January 2008

Last action

22 January 2008 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]

Subjects

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6 December 2025

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Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. 22 January 2008

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 22 January 2008

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S108)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 22 January 2008

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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  • Introduced in Senate (text)

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