SJM 8014-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requests that Congress should: Adequately fund state administration of the unemployment insurance system based upon appropriate criteria; encourage the Department of Labor to set aside the Resource Justification Model for fiscal year 2003 while additional evaluations of the system are undertaken; and seriously consider the Washington State Employment Security Department's October 14, 2002, revised submittal under the Resource Justification Model.