It is. That’s why they changed it.
For more than a year, unemployment benefits have been contracting. At the peak of the jobs crisis, workers in many states were eligible for up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. Today, New York offers the longest-lasting benefits, at 83 weeks, and other states—including those with double-digit unemployment rates such as Nevada and California—offer 73 weeks at most. In a handful of states, benefits now expire after less than a year.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324712504578133093359840804.html
Still longer than needed IMO. A year is more reasonable.