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      "title": "The Impact of Sequestration on Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Frequently Asked Questions",
      "summary": "\u201cSequestration\u201d refers to a process of automatic, largely across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently canceled to enforce certain budget policy goals. Most recently, sequestration was triggered by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L. 112-25) and first implemented on March 1, 2013 (delayed by P.L. 112-240).\nSome, but not all, types of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits are subject to reductions under the BCA sequester. Regular Unemployment Compensation (UC), Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX), and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) benefits are specifically exempt from the sequester reductions. UI payments from the Extended Benefit (EB) and now-expired Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) programs, however, are subject to the sequester reductions. States administer all types of UI benefits. Therefore, states are responsible for carrying out the sequester reduction in UI benefit payments. The amount and method by which a UI recipient\u2019s benefit is reduced varies by state and the date the reduction begins.\nThis report provides brief answers to some frequently asked questions regarding sequestration and unemployment insurance benefits.\nAdditional information on UI programs and benefits is available in CRS Report RL33362, Unemployment Insurance: Programs and Benefits, by Julie M. Whittaker and Katelin P. Isaacs; and CRS Report R42444, Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08): Status of Benefits Prior to Expiration, by Katelin P. Isaacs and Julie M. Whittaker.\nAdditional information on modifications to UI programs and benefits as a result of recent changes to state laws is available in CRS Report R41859, Unemployment Insurance: Consequences of Changes in State Unemployment Compensation Laws, by Katelin P. Isaacs.\nMore general information on the sequester is available in CRS Report R42050, Budget \u201cSequestration\u201d and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules, coordinated by Karen Spar.",
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