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111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4851
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 16, 2010
Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Oberstar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Continuing Extension Act of 2010
.
Extension of unemployment insurance provisions
In general
Section 4007 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended—
by striking April 5, 2010
each place it appears and inserting May 5, 2010
;
in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking april 5, 2010
and inserting may 5, 2010
; and
in subsection (b)(3), by striking September 4, 2010
and inserting October 2, 2010
.
Section 2002(e) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 438), is amended—
in paragraph (1)(B), by striking April 5, 2010
and inserting May 5, 2010
;
in the heading for paragraph (2), by striking april 5, 2010
and inserting may 5, 2010
; and
in paragraph (3), by striking October 5, 2010
and inserting November 5, 2010
.
Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 444), is amended—
by striking April 5, 2010
each place it appears and inserting May 5, 2010
; and
in subsection (c), by striking September 4, 2010
and inserting October 2, 2010
.
Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking September 4, 2010
and inserting October 2, 2010
.
Funding
Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended—
in subparagraph (C), by striking and
at the end; and
by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:
the amendments made by section 2(a)(1) of the Continuing Extension Act of 2010; and
.
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the amendments made by section 2 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144).
Extension and improvement of premium assistance for COBRA benefits
Subsection (a)(3)(A) of section 3001 of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), as amended by section 3(a) of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is amended by striking March 31, 2010
and inserting April 30, 2010
.
Increase in the Medicare physician payment update
Paragraph (10) of section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 1011(a) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118) and as amended by section 5 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is amended—
in subparagraph (A), by striking March 31, 2010
and inserting April 30, 2010
; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking April 1, 2010
and inserting May 1, 2010
.
Extension of Medicare therapy caps exceptions process
Section 1833(g)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(g)(5)), as amended by section 6 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is amended by striking March 31, 2009
and inserting April 30, 2010
.
Extension of use of 2009 poverty guidelines
Section 1012 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118), as amended by section 7 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is amended by striking March 31, 2010
and inserting April 30, 2010
.
Extension of national flood insurance program
Extension
Section 129 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (Public Law 111–68), as amended by section 8 of Public Law 111–144, is amended by striking by substituting
and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting by substituting April 30, 2010, for the date specified in each such section.
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Effective date
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be considered to have taken effect on February 28, 2010.
Satellite Television Extension
Amendments to section 119 of title 17, United States Code
In general
Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking March 28, 2010
and inserting April 30, 2010
; and
in subsection (e), by striking March 28, 2010
and inserting April 30, 2010
.
Termination of license
Section 1003(a)(2)(A) of Public Law 111–118 is amended by striking March 28, 2010
, and inserting April 30, 2010
.
Amendments to Communications Act of 1934
Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (2)(C), by striking March 28, 2010
and inserting April 30, 2010
; and
in paragraph (3)(C), by striking March 29, 2010
each place it appears in clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting May 1, 2010
.
Compensation and ratification of authority related to lapse in highway programs
Compensation for Federal employees
Any Federal employees furloughed as a result of the lapse in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, shall be compensated for the period of that lapse at their standard rates of compensation, as determined under policies established by the Secretary of Transportation.
Ratification of essential actions
All actions taken by Federal employees, contractors, and grantees for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of Government operations, services, and activities to protect life and property and to bring about orderly termination of Government functions during the lapse in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68).
Funding
Funds used by the Secretary to compensate employees described in subsection (a) shall be derived from funds previously authorized out of the Highway Trust Fund and made available or limited to the Department of Transportation by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–117) and shall be subject to the obligation limitations established in such Act.
Expenditures from Highway Trust Fund
To permit expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund to effectuate the purposes of this section, this section shall be deemed to be a section of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68), as in effect on the date of the enactment of the last amendment to such Resolution.
Determination of budgetary effects
In general
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation
for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
Emergency Designation for Congressional Enforcement
This Act, with the exception of section 4, is designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles. In the Senate, this Act is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.
Emergency Designation for Statutory PAYGO
This Act, with the exception of section 4, is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–139; 2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
