S. 3523, Coronavirus Unemployment Insurance Expansion Act
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S. 3523, the Coronavirus Unemployment Insurance Expansion Act, was introduced in the Senate on March 18, 2020 by Mr. Cotton and referred to the Committee on Finance. It provides for the temporary funding of the expansion of eligibility of unemployment compensation to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Section 2 lets a State enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor under which the State agency pays regular compensation where an employer temporarily ceases operations, an individual is quarantined, or an individual must stop receiving pay to care for family members or dependents. Each such State is to be paid an amount equal to 100 percent of the regular compensation paid and of additional administrative expenses.
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“S. 3523, Coronavirus Unemployment Insurance Expansion Act.”
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 3523
To provide for the temporary funding of the expansion of eligibility of unem-
ployment compensation to respond to the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 18, 2020
Mr. COTTON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To provide for the temporary funding of the expansion of
eligibility of unemployment compensation to respond to
the COVID–19 public health emergency, 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 ‘‘Coronavirus Unem-
5 ployment Insurance Expansion Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY FUNDING OF THE EXPANSION OF ELI-
2 GIBILITY OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSA-
3 TION.
4 (a) FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.—Any State
5 which desires to do so may enter into and participate in
6 an agreement under this section with the Secretary of
7 Labor (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’). Any
8 State which is a party to an agreement under this title
9 may, upon providing 30 days’ written notice to the Sec-
10 retary, terminate such agreement.
11 (b) PROVISIONS OF AGREEMENT.—Any agreement
12 under subsection (a) shall provide that the State agency
13 of the State will make payments of regular compensation
14 in cases where—
15 (1) an individual’s employer temporarily ceases
16 operations due to the COVID–19 emergency;
17 (2) an individual is quarantined with the expec-
18 tation of returning to work and is not receiving pay
19 due to the COVID–19 emergency; and
20 (3) an individual must stop receiving pay in
21 order to care for family members or dependents due
22 to the COVID–19 emergency.
23 (c) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—
24 (1) FULL REIMBURSEMENT.—There shall be
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25 paid to each State which has entered into an agree-
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1 ment under this section an amount equal to 100 per-
2 cent of—
3 (A) the total amount of regular compensa-
4 tion paid to individuals by the State by reason
5 of such agreement; and
6 (B) any additional administrative expenses
7 incurred by the State by reason of such agree-
8 ment (as determined by the Secretary).
9 (2) TERMS OF PAYMENTS.—Sums payable to
10 any State by reason of such State’s having an agree-
11 ment under this section shall be payable, either in
12 advance or by way of reimbursement (as determined
13 by the Secretary), in such amounts as the Secretary
14 estimates the State will be entitled to receive under
15 this section for each calendar month, reduced or in-
16 creased, as the case may be, by any amount by
17 which the Secretary finds that his estimates for any
18 prior calendar month were greater or less than the
19 amounts which should have been paid to the State.
20 Such estimates may be made on the basis of such
21 statistical, sampling, or other method as may be
22 agreed upon by the Secretary and the State agency
23 of the State involved.
24 (d) FUNDING.—
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25 (1) COMPENSATION.—
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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Funds in the Federal
2 unemployment account (as established by sec-
3 tion 905(g)) of the Unemployment Trust Fund
4 (as established by section 904(a)) shall be used
5 to make payments under subsection (c)(1)(A).
6 (B) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwith-
7 standing any other provision of law, the Sec-
8 retary of the Treasury shall transfer from the
9 general fund of the Treasury (from funds not
10 otherwise appropriated) to the Federal unem-
11 ployment account such sums as the Secretary of
12 Labor estimates to be necessary to make pay-
13 ments described in subparagraph (A). There
14 are appropriated from the general fund of the
15 Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, the
16 sums referred to in the preceding sentence and
17 such sums shall not be required to be repaid.
18 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—
19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Funds in the employ-
20 ment security administration account (as estab-
21 lished by section 901(a) of the Social Security
22 Act (42 U.S.C. 1105(a))) of the Unemployment
23 Trust Fund (as established by section 904(a) of
24 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a))) shall be used to
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1 make payments to States and Indian Tribes
2 pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(B).
3 (B) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwith-
4 standing any other provision of law, the Sec-
5 retary of the Treasury shall transfer from the
6 general fund of the Treasury (from funds not
7 otherwise appropriated) to the employment se-
8 curity administration account such sums as the
9 Secretary of Labor estimates to be necessary to
10 make payments described in subparagraph (A).
11 There are appropriated from the general fund
12 of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation,
13 the sums referred to in the preceding sentence
14 and such sums shall not be required to be re-
15 paid.
16 (3) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall
17 from time to time certify to the Secretary of the
18 Treasury for payment to each State the sums pay-
19 able to such State under this section.
20 (e) APPLICABILITY.—An agreement entered into
21 under this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment—
22 (1) beginning after the date on which such
23 agreement is entered into; and
24 (2) ending on or before the earlier of—
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1 (A) the date of the termination of the na-
2 tional emergency declared by the President
3 under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
4 1601 et seq.) with respect to the Coronavirus
5 Disease 2019 (COVID–19); or
6 (B) December 31, 2020.
7 (f) FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS.—The provisions of
8 section 4005 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
9 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 122 Stat. 2356) shall apply
10 with respect to compensation paid under an agreement
11 under this section to the same extent and in the same
12 manner as in the case of emergency unemployment com-
13 pensation under title IV of such Act.
14 (g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
15 terms ‘‘regular compensation’’, ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State agency’’,
16 ‘‘State law’’, and ‘‘week’’ have the respective meanings
17 given such terms under section 205 of the Federal-State
18 Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26
19 U.S.C. 3304 note).
20 SEC. 3. EMERGENCY FLEXIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
21 LAWS.
22 Notwithstanding any other law, if a State modifies
23 its unemployment compensation law and policies (includ-
24 ing with respect to work search, waiting week, good cause,
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25 and employer experience rating) on an emergency tem-
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1 porary basis as needed to respond to the spread of
2 COVID–19, such modifications shall be disregarded for
3 the purposes of applying section 303 of the Social Security
4 Act and section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of
5 1986 to such State law.
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