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Unemployment Compensation Amendments

Act Details

Unemployment Compensation Amendments was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1975-10-20 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 94 United States Congress by James Charles Corman in relation with: Advisory bodies, Agricultural labor, Agriculture and food, Aliens, Athletes, Federal advisory bodies, Labor and employment, Medicaid, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Social welfare, States, Supplemental security income program, Territories (U.S.), Unemployment, Unemployment insurance, Women.

Unemployment Compensation Amendments became law (1) in the United States on 1976-10-20

It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Ways and Means (HSWM)
Senate Finance (SSFI)

Sponsor

James Charles Corman, Democrat, Representative from California, district 21

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

James Anthony Burke, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 11
Joesph Fisher, Representative, from Virginia, district 10
Bill Frenzel, Representative, from Minnesota, district 3
Andrew Jacobs, Democrat, Representative, from Indiana, district 10
Martha Elizabeth Keys, Democrat, Representative, from Kansas, district 2
William Albert Steiger, Republican, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 6

Act Overview

Number: 10210 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: An Act to require States to extend unemployment compensation coverage to certain previously uncovered workers; to increase the amount of the wages subject to the Federal unemployment tax; to increase the rate of such tax; and for other purposes (4)
Short Title: Unemployment Compensation Amendments
Date First Introduced: 1975-10-20
Sponsor Name: William Albert Steiger
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1976-10-20
Type: hr (7)
Main Topic: Labor and employment
Related Bills: (8)
hres1183-94, Reason: rule, Type: bill
hres1259-94, Reason: rule, Type: bill
Summary of Unemployment Compensation Amendments: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the Unemployment Compensation Amendments

(Conference report filed in House H. Rept. 94-1745) Unemployment Compensation Amendments – =Title I: Extension of Coverage Provisions= – Extends unemployment insurance coverage to specified agricultural workers and domestic service workers and workers performing previously excluded service for nonprofit organizations or for State and local governments. Provides that Federal unemployment compensation law shall apply in the Virgin Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to reimburse States providing payment of compensation for any week of employment beginning on or after January 1 1977 for previously uncovered services. Sets forth rules governing the orderly transition to unemployment coverage of previously non-covered nonprofit organizations. =Title II: Financing Provisions= – Increases under the Internal Revenue Code the Federal unemployment tax wage base from $4200 to $6000. Increases the rate of such tax for employers. States that advances to State unemployment funds shall be made for three-month periods rather than monthly. Provides that States are entitled to be paid by the Federal Government for unemployment benefits paid to an individual on the basis of a public service job funded with assistance provided under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. =Title III: Benefit Provisions= – Revises the percentages of State and national unemployment designed which trigger coverage provisions of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act. Stipulates that no person may be denied compensation under any State unemployment compensation law solely on the basis of pregnancy or termination of pregnancy. Prohibits the payment of unemployment compensation to any person who is a professional athlete between sport seasons or to an alien who unlawfully entered the United States. =Title IV: National Commission on Unemployment Compensation= – Establishes a National Commission on Unemployment Compensation to study and evaluate the present unemployment compensation programs in order to assess the long-range needs of the programs to develop alternatives and to recommend changes in the programs. States that the study shall include but not be limited to an examination of the adequacy of the changes made by this Act and an examination of the appropriate role of unemployment compensation in income maintenance and its relationship to other social insurance programs. Directs other Federal agencies to cooperate fully with the Commission in carrying out its functions. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to establish the Commission and fund its activities. =Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions= – Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged Blind and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to provide for referral of individuals under the age of 16 years who receive such benefits to the appropriate State agency administering the State plan for vocational rehabilitation. Provides that the Secretary of Health Education and Welfare shall by regulation prescribe criteria for approval of such State plans. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide that approval of any State plan under such title shall require the continuance of Medicaid eligiblity for individuals who cease to be eligible for supplemental security income benefits on account of cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits. Requires that upon request of a public agency administering or supervising the administration of a State plan approved under title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children) of the Social Security Act shall furnish to such agency making the request information with respect to unemployment compensation and refusal by an individual to accept employment. =Title VI: Special Unemployment Assistance Amendments= – Amends the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 to eliminate the special base period for payments of special unemployment assistance. Amends the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 to provide that an individual who performs services for an educational institution or agency in a capacity (other than an instructional research or principal administrative capacity) shall not be eligible to receive a payment of assistance or a waiting period credit with respect to any week commencing during a period between two successive academic years under specified circumstances. Amends the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 to provide that States are entitled to be paid by the Federal Government for unemployment benefits paid to an individual on the basis of a public service job funded with assistance provided under such Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for such purposes such sums as may be necessary.

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like Unemployment Compensation Amendments) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
[Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like Unemployment Compensation Amendments are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
[Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (Unemployment Compensation Amendments)
[Note 4] An Act to require States to extend unemployment compensation coverage to certain previously uncovered workers; to increase the amount of the wages subject to the Federal unemployment tax; to increase the rate of such tax; and for other purposes. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1975-10-20) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
[Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
[Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
[Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
[Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to Unemployment Compensation Amendments, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about Unemployment Compensation Amendments submitted yet.

Advisory bodies
Agricultural labor
Agriculture and food
Aliens
Athletes
Federal advisory bodies
Labor and employment
Medicaid
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social welfare
States
Supplemental security income program
Territories (U.S.)
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance
Women

Unemployment Compensation Amendments