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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaabre0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22022 Updated September 14, 2005 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Julie M. Whittaker Analyst in Applied Microeconomics Domestic Social Policy Division Summary The Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) program provides monetary assistance to individuals unemployed as a direct result of a major disaster and who are not eligible for regular Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefits. DUA is funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). DUA is administered by the Department of Labor through each state's UC agency. In the 107th Congress, P.L. 107-154 was signed into law on March 25, 2002, extending the duration of DUA benefits from 26 to 39 weeks for victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the declared major disaster areas in New York and Virginia. This extension did not apply to any subsequent major disasters. This report also briefly describes legislation introduced in the 109th Congress (S. 1637). The report will be updated as events warrant. The Unemployment Compensation (UC) system generally does not provide UC benefits to the self-employed, to those who are unable to work, or to those who do not have a recent earnings history. However, when the President declares a major disaster, victims who would typically be ineligible for UC may be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).1 DUA benefits are funded through the Disaster Relief Fund administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funds are then transferred to the Department of Labor (DOL) and then distributed by DOL to each affected state's UC agency.2 DUA benefits are available only to those individuals who have become unemployed as a direct result of a declared major disaster. First created in1970 through P.L. 91-606, DUA benefits are authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Relief Act (the Stafford Act), which authorizes the President to issue a major disaster 1 Authorization for DUA can be found in the Stafford Act, Section 410, P.L. 100-707, 42 USC 5177. Regulations can be found at 20 CFR 625. 2 For a description of FEMA, see CRS Report RS21367, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security, by Keith Bea, William Krouse, Daniel Morgan, Wayne Morrissey, and C. Stephen Redhead. Congressional Research Service x The Library of Congress

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