H.R. 7957 — High School Student Unemployment Eligibility Clarification Act of 2020 (August 7, 2020)
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House bill 7957 of the 116th Congress, 2D Session, is the High School Student Unemployment Eligibility Clarification Act of 2020, a bill to clarify the eligibility of high school students to receive Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, and for other purposes. Craig introduced it on August 7, 2020 with Omar, Phillips, and McCollum, and it was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. It includes an individual who meets the stated criteria and is a student attending, doing distance learning through, or on vacation from, a secondary school, regardless of whether the individual is able to accept employment during school hours. The amendments are effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of the CARES Act.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7957
To clarify the eligibility of high school students to receive Pandemic
Unemployment Compensation, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 7, 2020
Ms. CRAIG (for herself, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PHILLIPS, and Ms. MCCOLLUM) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To clarify the eligibility of high school students to receive
Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, and for other
purposes.
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 ‘‘High School Student
5 Unemployment Eligibility Clarification Act of 2020’’.
6 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2102(a) of the Relief for
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1 title A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public
2 Law 116–136)) is amended—
3 (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), by striking
4 ‘‘and’’ at the end;
5 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
6 paragraph (C); and
7 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
8 lowing:
9 ‘‘(B) includes an individual who meets the
10 criteria described in subparagraph (A) and is a
11 student attending, doing distance learning
12 through, or on vacation from, a secondary
13 school (as defined in section 8101 of the Ele-
14 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
15 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), regardless of whether the
16 individual is able to accept employment during
17 school hours; and’’.
18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
19 subsection (a) shall be effective as if enacted on the date
20 of enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).
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