Description: TO AGREE TO AMENDED COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 15119, THE 1966 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AMENDMENTS, (A) TO REQUIRE STATE LAW TO PROVIDE (1) THAT A COVERED INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE ENTITLED TO 26 WEEKS OF BENEFITS AFTER 20 WEEKS OF EMPLOYMENT AND (2) THAT THE STATE MAXIMUM BENEFIT WOULD BE NO LESS THAN 50% OF THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE, AND (B) TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND CREDIT REDUCTION FOR EMPLOYERS IN NONCOMPLYING STATES.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 111, p. S17585;