MODIFICATION OF TRIGGER PROVISIONS.

SEC. 201. MODIFICATION OF TRIGGER PROVISIONS. (a) In General.—Section 203 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “Alternative Trigger “(f)(1) Effective with respect to compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning after March 6, 1993, the State may by law provide that for purposes of beginning or ending any extended benefit period under this section— “(A) there is a State ‘on’ indicator for a week if— “(i) the average rate of total unemployment in such State (seasonally adjusted) for the period consisting of the most recent 3 months for which data for all States are published before the close of such week equals or exceeds 6.5 percent, and “(ii) the average rate of total unemployment in such State (seasonally adjusted) for the 3-month period referred to in clause (i) equals or exceeds 110 percent of such average rate for either (or both) of the corresponding 3-month periods ending in the 2 preceding calendar years; and 106 STAT. 296 “(B) there is a State ‘off indicator for a week if either the requirements of clause (i) or clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) are not satisfied. Notwithstanding the provision of any State law described in this paragraph, any week for which there would otherwise be a State ‘on’ indicator shall continue to be such a week and shall not be determined to be a week for which there is a State ‘off’ indicator. “(2) For purposes of this subsection, determinations of the rate of total unemployment in any State for any period (and of any seasonal adjustment) shall be made by the Secretary.” (b) Additional Weeks of Benefits Available During Periods of High Unemployment.—Subsection (b) of section 202 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(3)(A) Effective with respect to weeks beginning in a high unemployment period, paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting— “(i) ‘80 per centum’ for ‘50 per centum’ in subparagraph (A), “(ii) ‘twenty’ for ‘thirteen’ in subparagraph (B), and “(iii) ‘forty-six’ for thirty-nine’ in subparagraph (C). “(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘high unemployment period’ means any period during which an extended benefit period would be in effect if section 203(f)(1)(A)(i) were applied by substituting ‘8 percent’ for ‘6.5 percent’.” (c) Conforming Amendment.—Paragraph (2) of section 204(c) of such Act is amended by inserting “, forty-six in any case where section 202(b)(3)(A) applies” after “thirty-nine”.