ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
January 5, 2021
To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to
the need to amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act to
qualify District workers for additional weeks of unemployment insurance and
pandemic unemployment assistance benefits under the extended benefits program.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That
this resolution may be cited as the Unemployment Benefits Extension Congressional
Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2021.
Sec. 2. (a) On October 20, 2020, the Council passed the Unemployment Benefits
Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, effective October 29, 2020 (D.C. Act 23-
0435; 67 DCR 9870) (Emergency Act), which is set to expire on January 27, 2021. The
Emergency Act allows District workers to access additional weeks of unemployment
insurance benefits when the Districts unemployment rate meets the required threshold
and full federal funding is available.
(b) On November 10, 2020, the Council passed the Unemployment Benefits
Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2020, enacted December 7, 2020 (D.C. Act 23-
502; 67 DCR 14388) (Temporary Act). The bill has not yet been transmitted to
Congress for review due to the end of the congressional session, and therefore the
temporary legislation is not yet effective.
(c) On December 15, 2020, the Council passed the Unemployment Benefits
Extension Amendment Act of 2020, passed on 2nd reading on December 15, 2020
(Enrolled version of Bill 23-985), which was transmitted to the Mayor on December 29,
2020, and is under mayoral review.
(d) To prevent a gap in the law between the expiration of the Emergency Act and
the effective date of the Temporary Act, it is necessary to approve congressional review
emergency legislation.
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Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Unemployment Benefits Extension Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act
of 2021 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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