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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3154
To extend reemployment services and eligibility assessments to all claimants
for unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 2021
Mr. LAHOOD (for himself and Mrs. WALORSKI) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To extend reemployment services and eligibility assessments
to all claimants for unemployment benefits, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Building on Reemploy-
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ment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment
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(BRIDGE) for Workers Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
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(a) CARES ACT.—
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(1) PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.—
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Section 2102 of the Cares Act (Public Law 116–
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136) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(i) ELIGIBILITY FOR REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES.—
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Pandemic unemployment assistance under this section
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shall be treated as unemployment compensation for the
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purposes of section 306 of the Social Security Act (42
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U.S.C. 506).’’.
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(2) PANDEMIC
EMERGENCY
UNEMPLOYMENT
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COMPENSATION.—Section 2107 of the Cares Act
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(Public Law 116–136) is amended by adding at the
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end the following:
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‘‘(h) ELIGIBILITY FOR REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES.—
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Pandemic emergency unemployment compensation under
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this section shall be treated as unemployment compensa-
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tion for the purposes of section 306 of the Social Security
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Act (42 U.S.C. 506).’’.
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(b) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 306(a) of the
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Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 506(a)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘individuals referred to reem-
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ployment services as described in section 303(j)’’
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and inserting ‘‘claimants for unemployment com-
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pensation, including claimants referred to reemploy-
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ment services as described in section 303(j),’’; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘such individuals’’ and inserting
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‘‘such claimants’’.
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