Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 2.djvu/109

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PUBLIC LAW 102-164—NOV. 15, 1991 105 STAT. 1061 and recommendations of the Council as a result of its evaluation of the unemployment compensation program under this section. "(2) REPORT OF FIRST COUNCIL.— The Council shall include in its report required to be submitted by February 1, 1994, the Council's findings and recommendations with respect to determining eligibility for extended unemployment benefits on the basis of unemployment statistics for regions, States, or subdivisions of States.". SEC. 304. REPORT ON METHOD OF ALLOCATING ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS AMONG STATES. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Labor shall submit to the Congress, within the 12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, a comprehensive report setting forth a proposal for revising the method of allocating grants among the States under section 302 of the Social Security Act. (b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include an analysis of— (1) the use of unemployment insurance workload levels as the primary factor in allocating grants among the States under section 302 of the Social Security Act, (2) ways to ensure that each State receive not less than a minimum grant amount for each fiscal year, (3) the use of nationally available objective data to determine the unemployment compensation administrative costs of each State, with consideration of legitimate cost differences among the States, (4) ways to simplify the method of allocating such grants among the States, (5) ways to eliminate the disincentives to productivity and efficiency which exist in the current method of allocating such grants among the States, (6) ways to promote innovation and cost-effective practices in the method of allocating such grants among the States, and (7) the effect of the proposal set forth in such report on the grant amounts allocated to each State. (c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD. —The Secretary of Labor may not revise the method in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act for allocating grants among the States under section 302 of the Social Security Act, until after the expiration of the 12-month period beginning on the date on which the report required by subsection (a) is submitted to the Congress. TITLE IV—FINANCING PROVISIONS SEC. 401. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO COLLEC- TION OF NONTAX DEBTS OWED TO FEDERAL AGENCIES. (a) IN GENERAL. —Subsection (c) of section 2653 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 is amended by striking ", and on or before 26 USC 6402 January 10, 1994". "°*^- (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 1991. SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF FUTA SURTAX. Section 3301 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate of unemployment tax) is amended— 26 USC 3301.