MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

SEC. 202. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. (a) Earnings Test.— (1) In general.—Paragraph (5) of section 202(a) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 is amended by striking “which one of the foregoing methods” and inserting “which one or more of the foregoing methods”. (2) Effective date.— (A) In general.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply for purposes of extended unemployment compensation and emergency unemployment compensation to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (B) Waiver of recovery of certain overpayments.—On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, no repayment of any emergency unemployment compensation shall be required under section 105 of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–164, as amended) if the individual would have been entitled to receive such compensation had the amendment made by paragraph (1) applied to all weeks beginning before the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Suspension of Certain Eligibility Requirements.— (1) In general.—Section 202(a) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:106 STAT. 297 “(7) Paragraphs (3) and (4) shall not apply to weeks of unemployment beginning after March 6, 1993, and before January 1, 1995, and no provision of State law in conformity with such paragraphs shall apply during such period.” (2) Study.—The Federal Advisory Council established under section 908 of the Social Security Act shall conduct a study of the provisions suspended by the amendment made by paragraph (1). Not later than February 1, 1994, such Council shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, a report of its recommendations on such suspended provisions (including whether such provisions should be repealed or revised).