Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that reduces the availability of unemployment benefits based on unemployment rates.

Highlights:

• Amends the duration Missouri unemployment rates by the following (Sec. A):

• 20 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 9 percent;

• 19 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 8.05 but less than 9 percent;

• 18 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 8 but less than 8.05 percent;

• 17 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 7.05 but less than 8 percent;

• 16 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 7 but less than 7.05 percent;

• 15 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 6.05 but less than 7 percent;

• 14 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 6 but less than 6.05 percent;

• 13 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 5.05 but less than 6 percent;

• 12 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 5 but less than 5.05 percent;

• 11 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 4.05 but less than 5 percent;

• 10 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 4 but less than 4.05 percent;

• 9 weeks if state unemployment is higher than 3.05 but less than 4 percent; and

• 8 weeks if state unemployment is below 3.05 percent.

• Defines “Missouri unemployment rate” as the statewide unemployment rate as published by the United States Department of Labour, Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the date that the claimant initially files a claim for benefits (Sec. A).

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