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**"Extends" Examples:**


	- HR 3548 (U.S. Congress, 2009):

	//-Extends second-tier unemployment benefits and specifies everyone will be eligible to receive the lesser of the following (Sec. 2):
		—54 percent of the total amount of compensation, including benefits paid to dependents, as provided by existing state law during the benefit year; or
		—14 times the individual's average weekly benefit, including benefits paid to dependents, as provided by existing state law.//


	- HR 514 (U.S. Congress, 2011):

	//-Extends the expiration date from February 28, 2011, to May 27, 2011, for provisions concerning the following (Sec. 2):
		 —Court-approved electronic surveillance of a foreign power or agent of a foreign power;
		 —The collection of "tangible things", such as books, records, and documents, for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities; and
		 —The Attorney General's annual report to Congress of all requests for the production of "tangible things" and the number of those requests that were granted, modified, or denied.//


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