H.R. 1: Final Stimulus Version
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—after the period described in such subparagraph or on the accrual of interest under this subsection after such period.’’. SEC. 2005. FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR A LIMITED PERIOD. (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of sharable extended compensation and sharable regular compensation paid for weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of this section and before January 1, 2010, section 204(a)(1) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘100 percent of’’ for ‘‘one-half of’’. (b) SPECIAL RULE.—At the option of a State, for any weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of this section and before January 1, 2010, an individual’s eligibility period (as described in section 203(c) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970) shall, for purposes of any determination of eligibility for extended compensation under the State law of such State, be considered to include any week which begins— (1) after the date as of which such individual exhausts all rights to emergency unemployment compensation; and (2) during an extended benefit period that began on or before the date described in paragraph (1). (c) LIMITED EXTENSION.—In the case of an individual who receives extended compensation with respect to 1 or more weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and before January 1, 2010, the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall, at the option of a State, be applied by substituting ‘‘ending before June 1, 2010’’ for ‘‘before January 1, 2010’’. (d) EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FEDERAL MATCHING FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF EXTENDED BENEFITS FOR STATES WITH NO WAITING WEEK.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449) is amended by striking ‘‘December 8, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘May 30, 2010’’. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449). (e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— (1) the terms ‘‘sharable extended compensation’’ and ‘‘sharable regular compensation’’ have the respective meanings given such terms under section 204 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; (2) the terms ‘‘extended compensation’’, ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State law’’, and ‘‘week’’ have the respective meanings given such terms under section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; (3) the term ‘‘emergency unemployment compensation’’ means benefits payable to individuals under title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to their unemployment; and (4) the term ‘‘extended benefit period’’ means an extended benefit period as determined in accordance with applicable