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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-1103" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Extended Benefits">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An extended benefit period is a period that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, begins with the 3rd week after the 1st week for which there is a State “on” indicator but not earlier than the 14th week after the end of another extended benefit period; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>ends with the later of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the 3rd week after the 1st week for which there is a State “off” indicator; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the 13th consecutive week of the period.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The requirement described under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection does not apply for weeks of unemployment beginning after June 1, 2022, for which:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>100% federal sharing is available; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>waiver of the requirement is authorized under federal law.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A State “on” indicator for a week exists whenever, for that week and the 12 immediately preceding weeks, the rate of insured unemployment, not seasonally adjusted, is at least:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>5%; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>120% of the average of the rates for the corresponding 13–week period ending in each of the 2 preceding calendar years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After a State “on” indicator occurs under this subsection, a State “off” indicator for a week exists whenever, for that week and the 12 immediately preceding weeks, the rate of insured unemployment, not seasonally adjusted, is less than:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>5%; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>120% of the average of the rates for the corresponding 13–week period ending in each of the 2 preceding calendar years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A State “on” indicator exists for a week whenever, for that week and the 12 immediately preceding weeks, the rate of insured unemployment, not seasonally adjusted, is at least 6%.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After a State “on” indicator occurs under this subsection, a State “off” indicator exists for a week whenever, for that week and the 12 immediately preceding weeks, the rate of insured unemployment, not seasonally adjusted, was less than 6%.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A State “on” indicator under subsection (b) or (c) of this section takes precedence over a State “off” indicator under subsection (b) or (c) of this section, respectively.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To compute the rate of insured unemployment under subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Secretary shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>determine the average weekly number of individuals submitting claims for regular benefits in the State for weeks of unemployment during the most recent 13 consecutive weeks based on reports of the Secretary to the United States Secretary of Labor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>divide that number by the average monthly number of employees engaged in covered employment for the 1st 4 of the 6 completed calendar quarters ending immediately before the 13 weeks.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary shall make each computation under this subsection in accordance with regulations of the United States Secretary of Labor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to any weeks of unemployment:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>beginning after June 1, 2022, for which 100% federal sharing is available; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>ending 4 weeks before the last week for which 100% federal sharing is available.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A State “on” indicator for a week exists if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the average rate of total unemployment, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor, for the period consisting of the most recent 3 months for which data for all states are published before the close of the week is at least 6.5%; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the average rate of total unemployment in the State, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor, for the 3–month period described in item (i) of this paragraph is at least 110% of that average for either or both of the corresponding 3–month periods ending in the 2 preceding calendar years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>After a State “on” indicator occurs under paragraph (2) of this subsection, a State “off” indicator for a week exists whenever, for that week and the 12 immediately preceding weeks, none of the circumstances described in paragraph (2) of this subsection are met.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Extended benefits may not be payable based on a State “on” trigger under this subsection for any week of unemployment beginning before June 1, 2022.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Secretary shall make an appropriate public announcement whenever an “on” indicator exists that begins or an “off” indicator exists that ends an extended benefit period.</text>
  </level>
</section>
