Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Integrity Act
This bill requires applicants for pandemic unemployment assistance to provide state unemployment agencies with documentation substantiating their employment or planned commencement of employment, including self-employment.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4275 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4275
To require recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to provide
employment documentation, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 22, 2020
Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Enzi) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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A BILL
To require recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to provide
employment documentation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
Integrity Act''.
SEC. 2. PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Section 2102(a) of the Relief for Workers Affected
by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A
of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at
the end; and
(ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the
following:
``(iii) provides documentation
substantiating employment or self-employment or
the planned commencement of employment or self-
employment not later than 21 days after the
date on which the individual submits an
application for assistance under this section
or is directed by the State Agency to submit
such documentation or has shown good cause
under the applicable State law for failing to
submit such documentation by the deadline, in
accordance with section 625.6(e) of title 20,
Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor
thereto, except that such documentation shall
not be required if the individual previously
submitted such information to the State agency
for the purpose of obtaining regular or other
unemployment compensation; and''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at
the end;
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) in accordance with section
625.6(e)(2) of title 20, Code of Federal
Regulations, or any successor thereto, an
individual who does not provide documentation
substantiating employment or self-employment or
the planned commencement of employment or self-
employment under subparagraph (A)(iii).'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs
(5) and (6), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) Documentation substantiating employment or self-
employment or the planned commencement of employment or self-
employment.--The term `documentation substantiating employment
or self-employment or the planned commencement of employment or
self-employment' means documentation provided by the individual
substantiating employment or self-employment and wages earned
or paid for such employment or self-employment, or such
information related to the planned commencement of employment
or self-employment.''.
(b) Applicability.--
(1) In general.--Beginning not later than 30 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, each State shall require that
documentation substantiating employment or self-employment or
the planned commencement of employment or self-employment (as
defined in section 2102 of the Relief for Workers Affected by
Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of
division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)) be submitted
by any individual who applies for pandemic unemployment
assistance under section 2102 of the Relief for Workers
Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title
II of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)) on or
after the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Prior applicants.--Any individual who applied for
pandemic unemployment assistance under section 2102 of the
Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in
subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public
Law 116-136)) before the date of enactment of this Act and
receives such assistance on or after the date of enactment of
this Act shall submit documentation substantiating employment
or self-employment or the planned commencement of employment or
self-employment (as defined in such section 2102) not later
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act or the
individual will be ineligible to receive pandemic unemployment
assistance under such section 2102.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4425-4426)
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