H.R. 6805, Getting Americans Back to Work Act
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H.R. 6805, the Getting Americans Back to Work Act, is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on May 12, 2020 by Mr. Budd and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Its stated purpose is to ensure that additional unemployment benefits do not result in an individual receiving unemployment compensation that is more than the amount of wages the individual was earning prior to becoming unemployed. Section 2 inserts section 2107A, Limitation on Total Unemployment Benefits, into the CARES Act. The amendment applies with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after June 1, 2020.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6805
To ensure that additional unemployment benefits do not result in an indi-
vidual receiving unemployment compensation that is more than the
amount of wages the individual was earning prior to becoming unem-
ployed.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 2020
Mr. BUDD (for himself and Mr. BUCK) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To ensure that additional unemployment benefits do not re-
sult in an individual receiving unemployment compensa-
tion that is more than the amount of wages the indi-
vidual was earning prior to becoming unemployed.
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 ‘‘Getting Americans
5 Back to Work Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of division
3 A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended
4 by inserting after section 2107 the following:
5 ‘‘SEC. 2107A. LIMITATION ON TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT BEN-
6 EFITS.
7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 2102,
8 2104, and 2107, in no case may the sum of unemployment
9 benefits paid to an individual under such sections and as
10 determined under State law for any week exceed the
11 amount of the individual’s average weekly wages for an
12 appropriate period prior to the receipt of assistance under
13 such sections, as determined by the Secretary of Labor.
14 ‘‘(b) REPORTING; RECOVERY.—The Secretary of
15 Labor shall, in accordance with applicable laws and regu-
16 lations, have the authority to require such wage reporting
17 as needed to implement this section and to recover any
18 amounts paid in excess of any limit established by law.’’.
19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
20 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to weeks of unem-
21 ployment beginning on or after June 1, 2020.
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