MI SR0118

Requests that Congress exempt Michigan from federal unemployment program provisions that would end extended benefits (EB) funding for approximately 29,500 unemployed Michiganians.

Cites Michigan's tenth-highest unemployment rate nationally and notes that approximately 268,924 Michiganians are receiving unemployment benefits as justification for the exemption.

Arguments that the current EB eligibility criteria—requiring total unemployment rate to be 10 percent higher than the previous three-year period—unfairly disadvantages Michigan due to its historically elevated unemployment rates.

Requests extended benefits funding continue past February 18, 2012, to support Michigan's economic recovery and assist families during economic hardship.

Directs transmission of the resolution to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation.