S.3520: Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010

Bill provisions
UI Benefits Filing Extension 

The bill extends the deadline to file for extended unemployment benefits from June 2, 2010 to December 31, 2010. Under current law, people can file for unemployment insurance extensions only after they have exhausted any previous tiers. If someone has not yet exhausted an earlier tier by the time of the filing deadline, their unemployment benefits are cut off.

The purpose of this bill is to extend the filing deadline from its current date of June 2, 2010 to December 31, 2010. This change will permit anyone whose Tier I, II, or III benefits had not yet expired to file for further extended benefits.

The bill will not add a new (fifth) tier of unemployment benefits.

Bill history
The purpose of this bill is to partially replace the unemployment insurance extension that would have been provided by H.R.4213: American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010, which was successfully prevented from passage by Senate Republicans.

The bill was introduced by Senator Senator Debbie Ann Stabenow (D-MI) on June 22, 2010.

External resources
MIKE LILLIS, "Unemployment Extension Does Not Create Additional Benefits," Washington Independent, Mar. 1, 2010.