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  SA 2721. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1845, to provide for the extension of certain 
unemployment benefits, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie 
on the table; as follows:

       At the end add the following:

     SEC. __. ENDING UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS 
                   RECEIVING FEDERAL DISABILITY PAYMENTS.

       (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no Federal funds may be used to make payments of 
     unemployment compensation (including such compensation under 
     the Federal-State Extended Compensation Act of 1970 and the 
     emergency unemployment compensation program under title IV of 
     the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008) for a week to an 
     individual who is receiving disability payments for such week 
     under section 223 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423).
       (b) Compliance.--Unemployment Insurance applications shall 
     include a form or procedure for an individual applicant to 
     certify that the individual is not receiving disability 
     payments under such section 223.
       (c) Audits.--The certifications required by subsection (b) 
     shall be auditable by the Social Security Administration, the 
     U.S. Department of Labor, or the U.S. Government 
     Accountability Office.
       (d) Status of Applicants.--It is the duty of the states to 
     verify the residency, employment, legal, and disability 
     payment status of applicants for Unemployment Insurance and 
     no Federal funds may be expended for purposes of determining 
     an individual's eligibility under this Act.
       (e) Effective Date.--The prohibition under subsection (a) 
     shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
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