13-WEEK MAXIMUM FOR THE EMERGENCY BENEFITS AND EMERGENCY BENEFIT PERIOD.

SEC. 102. 13-WEEK MAXIMUM FOR THE EMERGENCY BENEFITS AND EMERGENCY BENEFIT PERIOD. (a) 52-Week Duration Period for Emergency Benefits.—Subsection (e) of section 102 of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 is amended— (1) by striking out paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(2) The amount established in such account for any individual shall be equal to the lesser of— “(A) 50 per centum of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents’ allowances) payable to him with respect to the benefit year (as determined under the State law) on the basis of which he most recently received regular compensation; or “(B) 13 times his average weekly benefit amount (as determined for purposes of section 202(b) (1) (C) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970) for his benefit year.”; (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and (3) by striking out “amounts determined under paragraphs (2) and (3) with respect to any individual shall each” in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) and inserting in lieu thereof “amount 91 STAT. 40determined under paragraph (2) with respect to any individual shall”. (b) Emergency Benefit Period.—Section 102(c) (3) (A) (ii) of such Act is amended by striking out “26 consecutive weeks” and inserting in lieu thereof “13 consecutive weeks”. (c) Conforming Amendments.— (1) Section 105 of such Act is amended by striking out paragraph (5) and by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively. (2) Paragraph (2) of section 102(b) of such Act is amended— (A) by striking out “section 105(2)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 105(a) (2)”; and (B) by striking out “section 105(4)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 105(a)(4)”. (d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment ending after April 30, 1977. For purposes of determining an individual’s entitlement to emergency compensation for weeks ending after April 30, 1977, there shall be taken into account any emergency compensation paid to such individual for weeks which end after the beginning of the individual’s most recent benefit year and before May 1, 1977.