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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 5037
To amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to provide
a hardship waiver for certain overpayments of Pandemic Unemployment
Assistance.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES
Act to provide a hardship waiver for certain overpay-
ments of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
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 ‘‘Relief for Working
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Families Act of 2020’’.
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•S 5037 IS
SEC. 2. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN OVERPAYMENTS
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OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2102(d) of division A of
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the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(d)) is amended by add-
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ing at the end the following:
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‘‘(4) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—In the case of indi-
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viduals who have received amounts of Pandemic Un-
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employment Assistance to which they were not enti-
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tled, the State shall require such individuals to repay
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such amounts to the State agency, except that the
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State agency may waive such repayment if it deter-
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mines that—
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‘‘(A) the payment of such Pandemic Un-
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employment Assistance was without fault on the
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part of any such individual; and
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‘‘(B) such repayment would be contrary to
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equity and good conscience.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
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this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
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ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).
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