The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 ( P.L. 110-252 ), which created a new temporary unemployment insurance program, the EUC08 program. 112-240 . Thus, on December 28, 2013 (December 29, 2013, for New York), the EUC08 program ended. The authorization for the temporary EB trigger modifications expired the week ending on or before December 31, 2013. Unemployment Insurance Benefits and the Sequester

The sequester order required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 ( P.L. Reduction of an individual's Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefit in any month in which that person also receives an unemployment benefit 
In addition, the President's Budget Proposal would provide $4 billion in mandatory funding to support partnerships between businesses and education and training providers to train approximately 1 million long-term unemployed workers for new jobs. Enacted Legislation in the 113th Congress

		Unemployment Insurance Integrity Provision in P.L. Legislative Proposals in the 113th Congress

		Extension of Federal UI Provisions

Numerous proposals have been introduced in the 113 th Congress to further extend some or all of the now-expired temporary federal provisions of UI law: the authorization of EUC08, the 100% federal financing of EB, the authorization for states to use a three-year lookback for state EB triggers, temporary railroad UI benefits, and funds for Reemployment Services and Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Activities (RES/REAs). H.R. Among other provisions, H.R. 3979 would also
extend the expired EB provisions for five months; extend the expired railroad UI provisions for five months; reauthorize the funding for RES/REAs and change the timing of RES/REAs requirements; provide an exception to the nonreduction rule associated with EUC08 prior to its expiration; prohibit any individual reporting more than $1 million in adjusted gross income (AGI) in the preceding year from receiving EUC08 benefits; and make the same decreases in expenditures and increases in revenues to offset the cost of the proposed UI extensions as are found in S. 2148 and S. 2149 . Both H.R. 4550 contain identical language to H.R. 3979 , H.R. 3546 , H.R. 3773 , H.R. 3885 , S. 1747 , and S. 1797 ). H.R. 3936 and S. 2077 propose a retroactive, six-month extension through June 2014; S. 2097 , S. 2148 , and S. 2149 propose a retroactive, five-month extension through May 2014; and H.R. 3813 , H.R. 3824 , S.Amdt. H.R. 3773 , H.R. 2821 , H.R. 3546 , H.R. 3885 , S.Amdt. 2631 , S. 1931 , and S. 2097 ). H.R. 3979 , H.R. 4415 , H.R. 4550 , H.R. 4970 , S.Amdt. 2714 , S. 2097 , S. 2148 , S. 2149 , and S. 2532 would extend the changes that the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century Act (MAP-21; P.L. H.R. 4970 , S. 2097 , S. 2148 , S. 2149 , and S. 2532 include an extension of certain customs user fees. S. 2149 , S. 2532 , H.R. 3979 , H.R. 4415 , H.R. 4550 , and H.R. 2821 includes several provisions relating to unemployment insurance. Short-Time Compensation Programs ("Worksharing")

H.R. H.R. Exempting UI Benefits from the Sequester

H.R. 113-67 . H.R. H.R. Concurrent Receipt of SSDI and UI Benefits42

H.R. H.R. 2448 , S.Amdt. 4550 (Section106), and H.R. Vouchers/Demonstration Projects

H.R. H.R. Job Training and Education

H.R. S. 2148 , S. 2149 , and H.R. Drug Testing47

H.R. H.R. H.R. H.R. 188 , H.R. 1617 , and H.R. H.R. H.R. H.R. H.R. Domestic Violence

H.R.
The 113th Congress continues to face numerous issues related to unemployment insurance programs: Unemployment Compensation (UC), the temporary, now-expired Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08), and Extended Benefits (EB). With the national unemployment rate decreasing but still high, the interest in extended unemployment benefits continues at elevated levels.
P.L. 112-240 extended the authorization for the EUC08 program until the week ending on or before January 1, 2014 (December 28, 2013, for most states). In addition, P.L. 112-240 extended the 100% federal financing of the EB program through December 31, 2013. Congress continues to consider whether to extend the authorization for these expired key temporary unemployment insurance provisions.
This report provides a brief overview of the three unemployment insurance programs—UC, EUC08 (expired), and EB—that may provide benefits to eligible unemployed workers. It contains a brief explanation of how the EUC08 program, as well as some other UC-related payments, began to experience reductions in benefits as a result of the sequester order contained within the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25).
This report also includes descriptions of enacted and proposed unemployment insurance (UI) legislation in the 113th Congress, organized by the following categories:
Extension of federal UI provisions (H.R. 2821, H.R. 3546, H.R. 3773, H.R. 3813, H.R. 3824, H.R. 3885, H.R. 3936, H.R. 3979, H.R. 4415, H.R. 4431, H.R. 4550, H.R. 4970, H.R. 5352, S. 1747, S. 1797, S. 1845, S.Amdt. 2631, S.Amdt. 2714, S. 1931, S. 2077, S. 2097, S. 2148, S. 2149, and S. 2532) Exemption of UI benefits from the sequester (H.R. 2177) UI program integrity (P.L. 113-67, H.R. 3205, H.R. 2826, H.R. 3447, S. 1870, and S. 1876) Short-Time Compensation (STC) (H.R. 5583 and S. 2906) Concurrent receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and UI benefits (H.R. 1502, H.R. 3885, S.Amdt. 2631, S. 1099, S. 1931, and S. 2097) UI income restrictions (S. 18, H.R. 2448, H.R. 3979, H.R. 4415, H.R. 4550, H.R. 4970, S.Amdt. 2714, S. 2097, S. 2148, S. 2149, and S. 2532) UI vouchers and demonstration projects (H.R. 51, H.R. 3864, H.R. 4550, H.R. 5352, and S. 2870) Job training and education (H.R. 1530, H.R. 3979, S. 2097, S. 2148, and S. 2149) Drug testing (H.R. 1172, H.R. 1277, H.R. 3454, and H.R. 4310) Aid for Hurricane Sandy states (S. 803) Proposals to aid in the rehiring of UI beneficiaries and exhaustees (H.R. 188, H.R. 1617, H.R. 2821, H.R. 2889, H.R. 3453, H.R. 3726, H.R. 3781, H.R. 4033, H.R. 4550, and H.R. 5352) Domestic violence (H.R. 1229) President's Budget Proposal for FY2015