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This bill, titled the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014, extends several unemployment benefit programs and related funding. Specifically, it extends the emergency unemployment compensation program by changing its expiration date from January 1, 2014, to July 1, 2014, and also temporarily extends other extended benefit provisions, pushing their expiration dates from December 31, 2013, to June 30, 2014, with some provisions extending further to December 31, 2014. Additionally, the bill extends funding for reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities through the first half of fiscal year 2015. It also provides additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, with specific dates adjusted, and appropriates $125,000 for administrative expenses related to these benefits. Furthermore, the bill offers flexibility for states entering into unemployment program agreements and ensures that any savings generated by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (referred to as "farm bill savings") are not used to offset the costs of other legislation under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO), a rule that requires new spending to be offset by spending cuts or revenue increases.