Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Integrity Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4275 To require recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to provide employment documentation, and for other purposes. 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 A BILL To require recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to provide employment documentation, and for other pur- poses. 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 ‘‘Pandemic Unemploy- 4 ment Assistance Integrity Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2102(a) of the Relief for 7 Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in sub- 8 title A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public 9 Law 116–136)) is amended— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:34 Aug 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4275.IS S4275 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4275 IS (1) in paragraph (3)— 1 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 2 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 3 the end; and 4 (ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 5 following: 6 ‘‘(iii) provides documentation substan- 7 tiating employment or self-employment or 8 the planned commencement of employment 9 or self-employment not later than 21 days 10 after the date on which the individual sub- 11 mits an application for assistance under 12 this section or is directed by the State 13 Agency to submit such documentation or 14 has shown good cause under the applicable 15 State law for failing to submit such docu- 16 mentation by the deadline, in accordance 17 with section 625.6(e) of title 20, Code of 18 Federal Regulations, or any successor 19 thereto, except that such documentation 20 shall not be required if the individual pre- 21 viously submitted such information to the 22 State agency for the purpose of obtaining 23 regular or other unemployment compensa- 24 tion; and’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:34 Aug 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4275.IS S4275 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 4275 IS (B) in subparagraph (B)— 1 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 2 the end; 3 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe- 4 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 6 lowing: 7 ‘‘(iii) in accordance with section 8 625.6(e)(2) of title 20, Code of Federal 9 Regulations, or any successor thereto, an 10 individual who does not provide docu- 11 mentation substantiating employment or 12 self-employment or the planned commence- 13 ment of employment or self-employment 14 under subparagraph (A)(iii).’’; 15 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 16 paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 17 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- 18 lowing: 19 ‘‘(4) DOCUMENTATION SUBSTANTIATING EM- 20 PLOYMENT OR SELF-EMPLOYMENT OR THE 21 PLANNED COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OR 22 SELF-EMPLOYMENT.—The term ‘documentation sub- 23 stantiating employment or self-employment or the 24 planned commencement of employment or self-em- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:34 Aug 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4275.IS S4275 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 4275 IS ployment’ means documentation provided by the in- 1 dividual substantiating employment or self-employ- 2 ment and wages earned or paid for such employment 3 or self-employment, or such information related to 4 the planned commencement of employment or self- 5 employment.’’. 6 (b) APPLICABILITY.— 7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 30 8 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 9 State shall require that documentation substan- 10 tiating employment or self-employment or the 11 planned commencement of employment or self-em- 12 ployment (as defined in section 2102 of the Relief 13 for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained 14 in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES 15 Act (Public Law 116–136)) be submitted by any in- 16 dividual who applies for pandemic unemployment as- 17 sistance under section 2102 of the Relief for Work- 18 ers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in sub- 19 title A of title II of division A of the CARES Act 20 (Public Law 116–136)) on or after the date of en- 21 actment of this Act. 22 (2) PRIOR APPLICANTS.—Any individual who 23 applied for pandemic unemployment assistance 24 under section 2102 of the Relief for Workers Af- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:34 Aug 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4275.IS S4275 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •S 4275 IS fected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of 1 title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 2 116–136)) before the date of enactment of this Act 3 and receives such assistance on or after the date of 4 enactment of this Act shall submit documentation 5 substantiating employment or self-employment or 6 the planned commencement of employment or self- 7 employment (as defined in such section 2102) not 8 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 9 this Act or the individual will be ineligible to receive 10 pandemic unemployment assistance under such sec- 11 tion 2102. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:34 Aug 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4275.IS S4275 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS