Sec. 233. EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT
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## SEC. 233 EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT ###
(a)In General Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)(D)) is amended— ####
(1)in clause (i)— #####
(A)in subclause (I), by striking “130 days” and inserting “185 days”; #####
(B)in subclause (II), by striking “13 consecutive 14-day periods” and inserting “19 consecutive 14-day periods, except that no extended benefit period shall end before 6 consecutive 14-day periods after the date of enactment of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 have elapsed”; ####
(2)in clause (ii), by striking “ if such clause had not been enacted. ” and inserting > “if such clause had not been enacted and if— > > > ##### “(A) > > subparagraph
(A)were applied by substituting ‘120 days of unemployment’ for ‘65 days of unemployment’; and > > > ##### “(B) > > subparagraph
(B)were applied by inserting ‘(or, in the case of unemployment benefits, 12 consecutive 14-day periods, except that no extended benefit period shall end before 6 consecutive 14-day periods after the date of enactment of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 have elapsed)’ after ‘7 consecutive 14-day periods’.” > ; and ####
(3)in clause (iii)— #####
(A)by striking “June 30, 2020” and inserting “June 30, 2021”; #####
(B)by striking “no extended benefit period under this paragraph shall begin after December 31, 2020” and inserting “the provisions of clauses
(i)and
(ii)shall not apply to any employee whose extended benefit period under subparagraph
(B)begins after March 14, 2021, and shall not apply to any employee with respect to any registration period beginning after April 5, 2021.”; and #####
(C)by striking “clause (iv)” and inserting “clause (v)”; ####
(4)by redesignating clause
(iv)as clause (v); and ####
(5)by inserting after clause
(iii)the following: > > ###### “(iv) Treatment of certain calendar days > > No calendar day occurring during the period beginning on the first date with respect to which the employee has exhausted all rights to extended unemployment benefits under this paragraph as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 and ending with the date of such enactment may be treated as a day of unemployment for purposes of the payment of extended unemployment benefits under this paragraph.” > . ###
(b)Application **[**[45 U.S.C. 352 note](/us/usc/t45/s352)**]** The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall apply as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9001 et seq.). ###
(c)Clarification on Authority to Use Fund **[**[45 U.S.C. 352 note](/us/usc/t45/s352)**]** Funds appropriated under either the first or second sentence of clause
(v)of section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (as redesignated by subsection (a)(4)) shall be available to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the amendments made by subsection
(a)as well as to cover the cost of such benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
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