Sec. 7. Improvements to the emergency unemployment compensation program
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Section 4001(i)(2)(A)(ii) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 ( Public Law 110–252 ; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by inserting and an assessment of the reasons why the individual continues to be unemployed and the actions that the individual must undertake in order to improve their employment prospects (including through enrollment in a job retraining program under subsection (k)(1) if the State has made the election under such section) before the semicolon at the end.
The amendment made by this subsection shall apply on and after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 4001 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 ( Public Law 110–252 ; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Under an agreement under subsection (a), a State may elect to require an individual, as a condition of eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation for any week, to meet the following for such week: The individual is participating in a job retraining program approved by the State during such week.
If the State determines that participation in a program under subparagraph
(A)for such week is not appropriate for the individual, in lieu of such participation the individual performs at least 20 hours of community service during such week. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term community service means unpaid service by an individual to an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or to a Federal, State, or local agency (as permitted in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local law). If the State makes the election under paragraph (1)— such election shall apply with respect to all claimants for emergency unemployment in the State; and the services and activities under subsection
(i)with respect to an individual, including the assessments under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of such subsection, are required to begin prior to the individual receiving emergency unemployment compensation under this title. If the State makes the election under paragraph (1), an individual shall provide the State agency with such information as the State agency may require to ensure the individual is meeting the requirement under paragraph
(1)for a week. . The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Improvements to the emergency unemployment compensation program
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-252
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