EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.

SEC. 2902. EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT. (a) In General.—Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)(D)) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) in subclause (I), by striking “185 days” and inserting “330 days”; (B) in subclause (II), (i) by striking “19 consecutive 14-day periods” and inserting “33 consecutive 14-day periods”; and (ii) by striking “6 consecutive 14-day periods” and inserting “20 consecutive 14-day periods”; (2) in clause (ii)— (A) by striking “120 days of unemployment” and inserting “265 days of unemployment”; (B) by striking “12 consecutive 14-day periods” and inserting “27 consecutive 14-day periods”; and (C) by striking “6 consecutive 14-day periods” and inserting “20 consecutive 14-day periods”; (3) in clause (iii)— (A) by striking “June 30, 2021” and inserting “June 30, 2022”; and (B) by striking “the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to any employee whose extended benefit period under subparagraph (B) begins after March 14, 2021, and shall not apply to any employee with respect to any registration period beginning after April 5, 2021.” and inserting “the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to any employee with respect to any registration period beginning after September 6, 2021.”; and (4) in clause (v), by adding at the end the following: “In addition to the amount appropriated by the preceding two sentences, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $2,000,000 to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under this subparagraph, to remain available until expended.”. (b) [45 U.S.C. 352 note] Clarification on Authority to Use Funds.—Funds appropriated under the first, second, or third sentence of clause (v) of section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.