This report provides a detailed legislative history of the EUC08 program. It also describes the structure and availability of EUC08 benefits prior to program expiration at the end of calendar year 2013. 110-252 ) into law. Title IV of this act created a new temporary unemployment insurance program, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program. The last day of EUC08 availability was December 28, 2013 (December 29, 2013 for New York). EUC08 Benefit Amounts, Tiers, and Duration Prior to Expiration

Prior to expiration at the end of calendar year 2013, the amount of the EUC08 benefit was the equivalent of the eligible individual's weekly regular UC benefit and included any applicable dependents' allowances. 112-240 . (See Figure 1 .) Prior to the expiration of the EUC08 program, the following weeks of benefits were available in the tiers listed below: 
Tier I was available in all states, except North Carolina, with up to 14 weeks of EUC08 benefits provided to eligible individuals. EUC08 Program Expiration

All tiers of EUC08 benefits were temporary and expired the week ending on or before January 1, 2014. The passage of P.L. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( P.L.
Until its expiration at the end of December 2013, the temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program provided additional federal unemployment insurance benefits to eligible individuals who had exhausted all available benefits from their state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Congress created the EUC08 program in 2008 and amended the original, authorizing law (P.L. 110-252) 11 times. No EUC08 benefits are currently available.
The last extension of EUC08 under P.L. 112-240, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, authorized EUC08 benefits until the week ending on or before January 1, 2014 (i.e., December 28, 2013; or December 29, 2013, in New York State). Prior to program expiration, the potential duration of EUC08 benefits available to eligible individuals depended on state unemployment rates. Figure A-1 provides the sequence, availability, and total maximum duration of all unemployment benefits prior to the expiration of EUC08.
This report summarizes the structure of EUC08 benefits available prior to program expiration at the end of calendar year 2013. It also provides the legislative history of the EUC08 program.