Jump-Start the American Economy Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7013 To amend title II of division A of the CARES Act to provide reemployment support benefits to recently unemployed individuals, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 26, 2020 Mr. CRENSHAW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title II of division A of the CARES Act to provide reemployment support benefits to recently unemployed individuals, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jump-Start the Amer- 4 ican Economy Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. REEMPLOYMENT SUPPORT BENEFITS. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2104(b) of the Cares Act 7 (Public Law 116–136) is amended— 8 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para- 9 graph (3); and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:55 Jun 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7013.IH H7013 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7013 IH (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol- 1 lowing: 2 ‘‘(2) REEMPLOYMENT SUPPORT BENEFITS.— 3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any agreement under 4 this section may also provide that the State 5 agency of the State may, except as provided in 6 subparagraph (B), make weekly payments of re- 7 employment support benefits in the amount of 8 $600 to each individual who— 9 ‘‘(i) was eligible for Federal Pandemic 10 Unemployment Compensation under para- 11 graph (1) for any week prior to the date 12 of enactment of this Act; and 13 ‘‘(ii) is no longer so eligible as a result 14 of obtaining reemployment. 15 ‘‘(B) DISQUALIFICATION.—An individual 16 described in subparagraph (A) shall be ineli- 17 gible for reemployment support benefits under 18 this paragraph if, upon obtaining reemploy- 19 ment, the individual has weekly wages that ex- 20 ceed the total amount of unemployment assist- 21 ance the individual received for the previous 22 week under this subtitle and as determined 23 under State law. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:55 Jun 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7013.IH H7013 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7013 IH ‘‘(C) DURATION.—Payments to an indi- 1 vidual under this paragraph shall begin with 2 the 1st week for which the individual is not eli- 3 gible for Federal Pandemic Unemployment 4 Compensation and shall end with the earlier 5 of— 6 ‘‘(i) the 6th week following such week; 7 or 8 ‘‘(ii) the last week with respect to 9 which the agreement applies.’’. 10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2104 of 11 such Act is amended— 12 (1) by inserting ‘‘or payments under subsection 13 (b)(2)’’ after ‘‘Federal Pandemic Unemployment 14 Compensation’’ each place it appears in subsection 15 (d) or (f) of such section; and 16 (2) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘, as such 17 provisions apply with respect to Federal Pandemic 18 Unemployment Compensation,’’ after ‘‘the preceding 19 provisions of this section’’. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:55 Jun 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7013.IH H7013 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS