H.R. 6680 (116th Congress) — To amend the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to unemployment compensation
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H.R. 6680 is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on May 1, 2020 by Mr. Kildee and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Its stated purpose is to amend title II of division A of the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. Section 6 amends section 4105 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act by striking December 31, 2020, each place it appears and inserting June 30, 2021.
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“H.R. 6680 (116th Congress) — To amend the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to unemployment compensation.”
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6680
To amend title II of division A of the CARES Act to modify certain provisions
related to unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 1, 2020
Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. RYAN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. LARSON of
Connecticut, Mr. GARCÍA of Illinois, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms.
FUDGE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms.
JACKSON LEE, Ms. MOORE, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. COHEN, Ms.
PRESSLEY, Ms. SÁNCHEZ, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms.
BROWNLEY of California, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mrs. LAWRENCE,
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. SEWELL of
Alabama, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. CARSON of
Indiana, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mrs. BEATTY, Mrs. WAT-
SON COLEMAN, Ms. BASS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PANETTA,
Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. SIRES, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. VARGAS, Ms.
KAPTUR, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. POCAN, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms.
WILSON of Florida, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. DEAN, Ms.
HAALAND, and Ms. VELÁZQUEZ) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title II of division A of the CARES Act to modify
certain provisions related to unemployment compensa-
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Unem-
5 ployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers
6 and Students Act’’.
7 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT AS-
8 SISTANCE.
9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2102(b) of the CARES
10 Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended to read as follows:
11 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AS A RE-
12 SULT OF COVID–19.—Subject to subsection (c), the Sec-
13 retary shall provide pandemic unemployment assistance—
14 ‘‘(1) to any covered individual while such indi-
15 vidual is unemployed, partially unemployed, or un-
16 able to work for the weeks of such unemployment
17 with respect to which the individual is not entitled
18 to any other unemployment compensation (as that
19 term is defined in section 85(b) of title 26, United
20 States Code) or waiting period credit; and
21 ‘‘(2) to any other individual for weeks with re-
22 spect to which the individual would be a covered in-
23 dividual but for the individual’s lack of a recent at-
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24 tachment to the labor force.’’.
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1 (b) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE FOR NEW JOB EN-
2 TRANTS.—
3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2102(d) of such Act
4 is amended—
5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The as-
6 sistance authorized under subsection (b)’’ and
7 inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (2),
8 the assistance authorized under subsection
9 (b)(1)’’;
10 (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
11 paragraph (4); and
12 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the
13 following:
14 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE FOR NEW JOB
15 ENTRANTS.—The assistance authorized under sub-
16 section (b)(2) for an individual described in such
17 subsection for a week shall be an amount equal to
18 $300.’’.
19 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section
20 2102(d)(2) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
21 section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’.
22 (c) RELATIONSHIP WITH FEDERAL PANDEMIC UN-
23 EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.—Section 2104(i)(2)(C) of
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1 serting ‘‘section 2102 (other than assistance provided
2 under subsection (b)(2) of such section)’’.
3 SEC. 3. FEDERAL PANDEMIC SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION.
4 Section 2104(b) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–
5 136) is amended—
6 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
7 graph (3); and
8 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
9 lowing:
10 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL PANDEMIC SHORT-TIME COM-
11 PENSATION.—Any agreement under this section
12 shall provide that, in the case of a State that pro-
13 vides under the State law for the payment of short-
14 time compensation under a short-time compensation
15 program (as defined in section 3306(v) of the Inter-
16 nal Revenue Code of 1986), the State agency of the
17 State will make payments of compensation (as de-
18 fined in subsection (h) of such section) to employees
19 participating in such program in amounts and to the
20 extent that they would be determined under such
21 program if the State law of the State were applied,
22 with respect to any week for which the individual is
23 (disregarding this section) otherwise eligible under
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24 the program under the State law to receive such
25 compensation, as if such State law had been modi-
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1 fied in a manner such that the amount of compensa-
2 tion payable for any week shall be equal to the
3 amount determined under the State law (before the
4 application of this paragraph) plus $600 (in this sec-
5 tion referred to as ‘Federal Pandemic Short-Time
6 Compensation’).’’.
7 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOY-
8 MENT COMPENSATION.
9 Section 2104(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–
10 136) is amended to read as follows:
11 ‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY.—
12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An agreement entered into
13 under this section shall apply to weeks of unemploy-
14 ment—
15 ‘‘(A) beginning on or after March 13,
16 2020; and
17 ‘‘(B) ending on or before January 1, 2021.
18 ‘‘(2) TRANSITION RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS RE-
19 MAINING ENTITLED TO REGULAR COMPENSATION AS
20 OF JANUARY 1, 2021.—In the case of any individual
21 who, as of the date specified in paragraph (1)(B),
22 has not yet exhausted all rights to regular com-
23 pensation under the State law of a State with re-
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24 spect to a benefit year that began before such date
25 (or short-time compensation in the case of a State
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1 described in subsection (b)(1)(B)), Federal Pan-
2 demic Unemployment Compensation or Federal Pan-
3 demic Short-Time Compensation (as the case may
4 be) shall continue to be payable to such individual
5 for any week beginning on or after such date for
6 which the individual is otherwise eligible for regular
7 compensation (or short-time compensation) with re-
8 spect to such benefit year.
9 ‘‘(3) TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding any
10 other provision of this subsection, no Federal Pan-
11 demic Unemployment Compensation or Federal Pan-
12 demic Short-Time Compensation shall be payable for
13 any week beginning after June 30, 2021.’’.
14 SEC. 5. DISREGARD OF CERTAIN COMPENSATION FOR
15 MEANS-TESTED PROGRAMS.
16 (a) FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
17 PENSATION.—Section 2104(h) of the CARES Act (Public
18 Law 116–136) is amended to read as follows:
19 ‘‘(h) PAYMENT TO BE DISREGARDED FOR PURPOSES
20 OF ALL FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PRO-
21 GRAMS.—A Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensa-
22 tion or Federal Pandemic Short-Time Compensation pay-
23 ment shall not be regarded as income and shall not be
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24 regarded as a resource for the month of receipt and the
25 following 9 months, for purposes of determining the eligi-
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1 bility of the recipient (or the recipient’s spouse or family)
2 for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of bene-
3 fits or assistance, under any Federal program or under
4 any State or local program financed in whole or in part
5 with Federal funds.’’.
6 (b) ENHANCED BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD
7 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.—Section 2(a)(5) of
8 the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C.
9 352(a)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
10 ‘‘(C) A recovery benefit payable under subparagraph
11 (A) shall not be regarded as income and shall not be re-
12 garded as a resource for the month of receipt and the fol-
13 lowing 9 months, for purposes of determining the eligi-
14 bility of the recipient (or the recipient’s spouse or family)
15 for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of bene-
16 fits or assistance, under any Federal program or under
17 any State or local program financed in whole or in part
18 with Federal funds.’’.
19 SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF EX-
20 TENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
21 Section 4105 of the Families First Coronavirus Re-
22 sponse Act (Public Law 116–127) is amended by striking
23 ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ each place it appears and inserting
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24 ‘‘June 30, 2021’’.
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