What would this bill do?

This bill would extend unemployment benefits through May 31, 2014.

For those whose benefits stopped after Dec. 31, 2013 because they reached their 26th week of benefits, benefits would be paid retroactively for the gap between the end of last year and the date this bill takes effect.

The confusing iterations of this bill

The status of this bill is misleading, as it has had three iterations. For the issue of unemployment compensation, we are concerned only with the second iteration. Although it was enacted in its third iteration, it had nothing to do with unemployment compensation.

For more on how this works, read our discussion.

Iteration 1
Approved by the House of Representatives as the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act.

Iteration 2: June 1, 2014
The version of this bill passed the Senate, but it was set to expire at the end of May. Had the House decided to proceed with this bill, it would have needed to change that provision to a later date (while most likely limiting a recipient to the proposed total of 11 months of benefits).

The Senate would have needed to agree to any changes before the bill could have been sent to the president for his signature.

Iteration 3: Dec 2014
Passed the House and Senate as the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.

Although the bill was signed by the president and became public law 113-291 as its final iteration, to remain clear about unemployment compensation we are saying this bill passed the Senate yet failed in the House.

More information

You can find more details about this bill at GovTrack.us.