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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

                                             AN ACT

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                    IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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To amend, on an emergency basis, due to congressional review, 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.

       BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

act may be cited as the Unemployment Benefits Extension Congressional Review Emergency

Amendment Act of 2021.

        Sec. 2. Section 7(g)(1) of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act,

approved August 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 949; D.C. Official Code  51-107(g)(1)), is amended as

follows:

                (a) Subparagraph (K) is amended as follows:

                        (1) Sub-subparagraph (i) is amended by striking the phrase March 15,

2009 and inserting the phrase March 18, 2020 in its place.

                        (2) Sub-subparagraph (ii) is amended to read as follows:

                               (ii) There is a state off indicator pursuant to this subparagraph

for weeks of unemployment commencing November 29, 2020, or the latest date for which 100%

federal sharing is available under section 4105 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act,

approved March 18, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-127; 134 Stat. 195) (Families First Act), or any

subsequent amendment to the Families First Act, or other federal law..

                (b) Subparagraph (L) is amended as follows:

                        (1) Sub-subparagraph (i) is amended by striking the phrase March 15,

2009 and inserting the phrase March 18, 2020 in its place.

                        (2) Sub-subparagraph (iii) is amended to read as follows:

                               (iii) There is a state off indicator pursuant to this subparagraph

for weeks of unemployment commencing November 29, 2020, or the latest date for which 100%

federal sharing is available under section 4105 of the Families First Act, or any subsequent

amendment to the Families First Act, or other federal law..

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       Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.

       The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact

statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved

October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code  1-301.47a).

       Sec. 4. Effective date.

       This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the

Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than

90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section

412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788;

D.C. Official Code  1-204.12(a)).

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               Chairman

               Council of the District of Columbia

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Mayor

District of Columbia

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