A bill to amend the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 with respect to the National Commission on Unemployment Compensation, and for other purposes.
Public Law 96-84 · H.R. 3920 · 96th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Oct 10, 1979 · Labor and Employment
Sponsor: Rep. James Corman (D-CA-21)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. Skip Bafalis
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateMethod not stated
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 to provide compensation for members of the National Commission on Unemployment Compensation who are not full-time Federal employees.
Directs that: (1) the interim reports of the Commission be sent to the President, as well as to Congress, from time to time and as the Commission deems appropriate; and (2) the due date of the Commission's final report be extended one year, until July 1, 1980.
Exempts the Commission from certain provisions of the Federal Reports Act which require clearance from the Office of Management and Budget for information gathering.
Provides that any reports the Commission makes to Congress shall be made directly and without clearance from the Office of Management and Budget.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to delay the effective date of provisions extending unemployment compensation coverage to certain alien agricultural workers until January 1, 1982. Provides that remuneration paid for services performed after December 31, 1979, by such alien agricultural laborers, shall be taken into account to determine whether there is such coverage for the agricultural labor of persons paying cash remuneration for the agricultural labor of other individuals (formerly, payments to such aliens were excluded in determining whether a $20,000 cash payments threshold had been reached, for purposes of such coverage).
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.
- Oct 10, 1979Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public Law 96-84.
- Sep 29, 1979PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Sep 28, 1979PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
- PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
- Sep 27, 1979FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
- Sep 21, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Finance Committee
- Jul 26, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Finance Committee
- Jul 25, 1979FloorFloor · Measure passed House.
- FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
- Jun 5, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Ways and Means Committee
- May 3, 1979CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Ways and Means Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.