123STA T . 2 987PUBLIC LA W 111 – 92 —NOV . 6, 2 0 09 toanyem e rg en c y u nem pl oyment compen s at i on un d er su b- section ( c ), (d), or (e) (by reason o f t h e amendments made by sections 2 , 3 , and 4 of the W or k er, H omeo w nership, and B usiness A ssistance Act of 2 0 0 9 ), if such indi v idual claimed e x tended compensation for at least 1 week of unemployment after the exhaustion of emergency unemployment compensation under subsection (b) (as such subsection was in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this subsection) .‘ ‘(2) CO O RDINAT ION W IT H TI E R S II, III, AND I V . —I fa S tate determines that implementation of the increased entitlement to second-tier emergency unemployment compensation by rea- son of the amendments made by section 2 of the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 would unduly delay the prompt payment of emergency unemployment compensation under this title by reason of the amendments made by such Act, such State may elect to pay third-tier emer- gency unemployment compensation prior to the payment of such increased second-tier emergency unemployment compensa- tion until such time as such State determines that such increased second-tier emergency unemployment compensation may be paid without such undue delay. If a State makes the election under the preceding sentence, then, for purposes of determining whether an account may be augmented for fourth-tier emergency unemployment compensation under sub- section (e), such State shall treat the date of exhaustion of such increased second-tier emergency unemployment compensa- tion as the date of exhaustion of third-tier emergency unemploy- ment compensation, if such date is later than the date of exhaustion of the third-tier emergency unemployment com- pensation. ’ ’. SEC.6 . TRAN S F ER O FF U N D S. Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 200 8 ( P ublic L aw 110 – 2 5 2
2 6U .S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Act;’’ and inserting ‘‘Act and sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009;’’. SEC. 7 . E XP ANS I ON OF M ODERNI Z ATION G RANTS FOR UNEMP L O Y- MENT RESULTING FROM COMPELLING FAMILY REASON. (a) IN G ENERA L .—Clause (i) of section 903(f)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(f)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows
‘‘(i) O ne or both of the following offenses as selected by the State, but in making such selection, the resulting change in the State law shall not supercede any other provision of law relating to unemployment insurance to the extent that such other provision pro- vides broader access to unemployment benefits for vic- tims of such selected offense or offenses: ‘‘(I) D omestic violence, verified by such reason- able and confidential documentation as the State law may re q uire, which causes the individual reasonably to believe that such individual’s contin- ued employment would j eopardi z e the safety of the individual or of any member of the individual’s immediate family (as defined by the Secretary of Labor); and ‘‘(II) Sexual assault, verified by such reason- able and confidential documentation as the State
