The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) appreciates the opportunity to submit the following comments in response to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) notice of proposed rulemaking, which would rescind the Birth and Adoption Unemployment Compensation (BAA-UC) regulation found in 20 CFR, Part 604. 67 Fed. Reg. 72122 (Dec. 4, 2002). FMI opposed the extension of unemployment compensation to those who choose to leave the workforce voluntarily and, therefore, strongly endorses the proposal. The ETA rule, finalized by the Clinton Administration in June 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 37210 (June 13, 2002)), violates the spirit and the letter of the fundamental principle that unemployment insurance (UI) benefits should be reserved for those who are involuntarily separated from the workforce

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