Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

Whittaker, Julie M

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Labor;    Unemployment insurance;   

RP-ID  :  RS22022
RP-ID  :  RS22022 2005-01-10

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) program provides monetary assistance to individuals unemployed as a direct result of a major disaster and who are not eligible for regular Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefits. DUA is funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). DUA is administered by the Department of Labor (DOL) through each state’s UC agency. In the 109th Congress, P.L. 109-176 was signed into law on March 6, 2006, extending the duration of DUA benefits from 26 to 39 weeks for victims of the Hurricane Katrina and Rita disasters.