Unemployment Compensation Amendments
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Unemployment Compensation Amendments - Requires States to extend to not more than 39 weeks the period for which an individual may receive regular unemployment compensation pursuant to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Provides that each State shall be entitled to receive Federal financing of one-third the costs attributable to the extension of benefits so required. Directs the Secretary of Labor to appoint, within three years after the date of enactment of this Act, a Special Advisory Commission on Unemployment Compensation for the purpose of reviewing the Federal-State program of unemployment compensation and making recommendations with respect to the relationship between unemployment compensation and other social insurance programs, and any other matters bearing on the Federal-State unemployment compensation program. Establishes minimum standards of eligibility for unemployment compensation, limits the use of waiting periods for the receipt of such compensation, and otherwise extends the Federal-State unemployment insurance system. Revises the definition of wages under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act by excluding from the meaning of such term all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash for agricultural labor, and includes within the definition of employment under such Act qualified domestic service wherein the employer paid cash remuneration of $225 or more in any calendar quarter.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on October 9, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on October 9, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
JOHN MURPHY (D-NY) introduced it on October 9, 1974. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on October 9, 1974, 18964 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18964 days ago, on October 9, 1974.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers