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Order Code RS22915
July 11, 2008
O CRS Report for Congress
Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Julie M. Whittaker
Specialist in Income Security
Domestic Social Policy Division
Summary
The Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program was created by P.L.
110-252. This new temporary unemployment insurance program provides up to 13
additional weeks of unemployment benefits to certain workers who have exhausted their
rights to regular unemployment compensation (UC) benefits. The program effectively
begins July 6, 2008, and will terminate on March 28, 2009. No EUC benefit will be
paid beyond the week ending July 4, 2009. This report will be updated to reflect
congressional action or programmatic changes. Individuals should contact their state's
unemployment agency to obtain information on how to apply for and receive EUC
benefits. The U.S. Department of Labor maintains a website with links to each state's
agency at [http://www.workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/map.asp].
Emergency Unemployment Compensation
On June 30, 2008, the President signed into law the Supplemental Appropriations
Act of 2008, P.L. 110-252. Title IV of this act created a new temporary unemployment
insurance program, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program.' This
is the eighth time Congress has created a federal temporary program that has extended
unemployment compensation during an economic slowdown.2 The EUC benefit is 100%
federally funded. State unemployment compensation (UC) agencies will administer the
EUC benefit along with regular UC benefits.
1 For information on the regular unemployment compensation program, see CRS Report
RL33362, Unemployment Insurance. Available Unemployment Benefits and Legislative Activity,
by Julie M. Whittaker.
2 The other programs became effective in 1958, 1961, 1972, 1975, 1982, 1991, and 2002. For
details on these programs, see CRS Report RL34340, Extending Unemployment Compensation
Benefits During Recessions, by Julie M. Whittaker. For a detailed comparison of the most recent
proposals in the 110th Congress to extend unemployment benefits, see CRS Report RL34460,
Current Law and Selected Proposals Extending Unemployment Compensation, by Julie M.
Whittaker.
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