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handle is hein.crs/crsuomaaaab0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional SResearch -qService MEMORANDUM January 11, 2012 Subject: A Comparison of the Provisions in House and Senate Passed versions of H.R. 3630 This memorandum is intended for distribution to more than one congressional office. This memorandum presents a comparison of selected current law and Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, as passed the House on December 15, 2011 and similar provisions in the Senate-passed version of H.R. 3630, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 that passed the full Senate on December 17, 2011. Note that provisions only in the Senate-passed version are presented collectively after Title VI. Table of Contents: TITLE I- JOB CREATION INCEN TIV ES ........................................................................................... 6 Subtitle B- EPA Regulatory R elief ...................................................................................................... 6 Air emission standards for boilers and solid waste combustion units .............................................. 6 TITLE II-EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXPIRING PROVISIONS AND RELATED M E A S U RE S .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Subtitle B- Unem ploym ent Com pensation ............................................................................................ 7 PART 1-Reforms of Unemployment Compensation to Promote Work and Job Creation ............... 7 C onsistent Job Search R equirem ents ......................................................................................... 7 Participation in Reemployment Services Made a Condition of Benefit Receipt ......................... 8 State Flexibility to Promote the Reemployment of Unemployed Workers ................................. 9 Assistance and Guidance in Implementing Self-Employment Assistance Programs ................. 10 Improving Program Integrity by Better Recovery of Overpayments ....................................... 10 Data Standardization for Im proved M atching ........................................................................... 10 D rug T esting of A pp lican ts ............................................................................................................. 1 1 PART 2- Provisions Relating to Extended Benefits ............................................................................ 11 Extension and Modification of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program .................... 11 Temporary Extension of Extended Benefit Provisions .............................................................. 12 Additional Extended Unemployment Benefits Under the Railroad Unemployment In su ran c e A ct ............................................................................................................................... 13 PART 3-Improving Reemployment Strategies Under the Emergency Unemployment C om p en sation P rog ram ...................................................................................................................... 14 Im p rov ed W o rk S earch ................................................................................................................... 14 Reemployment Services and Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Activities ................. 14 State Flexibility to Support Long-term Unemployed Workers with Improved R eem p loy m ent S erv ices .............................................................................................................. 15 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 WWw Ucrs, go v