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Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2008
Loryn Lancaster
During 2008, there were five Federal legislative enactments and one final rule that affected the Federal-State unemployment compensation program.
Title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (P.L. 110–252) established the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program. Effective from July 2008 through March 2009, up to 13 weeks of benefits are available under this program to eligible jobless workers in all States. Individuals with benefits remaining in their EUC08 accounts at the end of March can collect those benefits through June 2009. This enactment also provided $110 million in grants to States for administrative costs of the unemployment insurance program. These benefits and administrative costs are entirely Federally financed.
The Social Security Income Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act of 2008 (P.L. 110–328) amended the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the collection of certain unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud using the Treasury Offset Program (through offset of Federal income tax refunds).
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, 2008 (P.L. 110–343) included a 1-year extension of the 0.2-percent Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) surtax through 2009.
The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (P.L. 110–449) expanded the current EUC08 program to provide up to 7 additional weeks of unemployment compensation to eligible individuals in all States. This enactment also expanded the EUC08 program by providing a second tier of benefits of up to 13 additional weeks for eligible individuals in those States with high unemployment rates. These benefits are available for weeks of unemployment beginning on or after November 21, 2008, through March 31, 2009, and no EUC08 payment may be made for any week of unemployment beginning after August 27, 2009. These benefits are entirely Federally funded.
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