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DOL/ETA RIN: 1205-AB62 Publication ID: Fall 2014 
Title: Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Implementing the Total Unemployment Rate as an Extended Benefits Indicator and Amending for Technical Corrections  
Abstract: Regulations at 20 CFR part 615 apply to the Extended Benefits (EB) program as implemented following passage of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note). They do not include amendments passed in 1992 (Pub. L. 102-318) which allowed States to implement an optional total unemployment rate (TUR) trigger mechanism. The proposed rule will add the TUR trigger to regulations. Also, until recently, the computation of the TUR trigger paralleled the computation of the insured unemployment rate trigger in the original law and truncated digits after the second decimal place expressed as a percentage. This rulemaking proposes a new methodology using rounding instead of truncation to compute the "on" or "off" TUR indicators to determine when EB periods begin and end in a State. 
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 615   
Legal Authority: 26 USC 7805    42 USC 1302    Secretary's Order No 6-10   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/27/2014  79 FR 63859   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/26/2014 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Ronald Wilus
Chief, Division of Fiscal and Actuarial Services
Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room S-4231,
Washington, DC 20210
Phone:202 693-2931
Email: wilus.ronald@dol.gov