Description: TO AGREE TO AMENDED COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 15119, THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AMENDMENTS, BY REQUIRING THE STATE LAW TO PROVIDE (1) THAT A COVERED INDIVIDUAL MUST RECEIVE 50% OF HIS AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE OR THE STATE MAXIMUM BENEFIT, WHICHEVER WAS THE LESSER, OR (2) AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO FEDERAL STANDARDS, THAT THE STATE PLAN PROVIDE THAT AT LEAST 65% OF ALL UNEMPLOYED COVERED INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED 50% OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE AND AT LEAST 80% WERE ELIGIBLE FOR 26 WEEKS OF BENEFITS.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 111, p. S17582;