Reopening America by Supporting Workers and Businesses Act of 2020
This bill permits states to provide not more than two weekly payments of $600 to individuals who were eligible for pandemic unemployment compensation during any week after the enactment of this bill but who are no longer eligible as a result of becoming thereafter reemployed. A state may make such payments as a lump sum.
Additionally, states participating in pandemic unemployment programs must (1) establish a process for employers to report when an individual refuses an offer of employment; and (2) provide individuals claiming unemployment benefits with notice of the state’s laws with respect to returning, or refusing to return, to work.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7066 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7066
To provide relief to workers impacted by COVID-19 and support for
reopening businesses, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 1, 2020
Mr. Brady (for himself, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Ferguson, Mr.
Schweikert, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Rice of South
Carolina, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Arrington, and Mr.
Reed) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
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A BILL
To provide relief to workers impacted by COVID-19 and support for
reopening businesses, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reopening America by Supporting
Workers and Businesses Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. TIME-LIMITED BACK-TO-WORK BONUSES.
(a) In General.--Section 2104(b) of the Cares Act (Public Law 116-
136) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Back-to-work bonuses.--
``(A) In general.--Any agreement under this section
may also provide that the State agency of the State may
make not more than 2 weekly payments each in the amount
of $600 to each individual who--
``(i) was eligible for Federal Pandemic
Unemployment Compensation under paragraph (1)
for any week beginning after the date of
enactment of the Reopening America by
Supporting Workers and Businesses Act of 2020;
and
``(ii) is no longer so eligible (as
determined by the State), as a result of
earnings due to commencing employment, for the
week immediately following such week.
``(B) Duration.--Payments to an individual under
this paragraph shall begin with the week described in
subparagraph (A)(ii) and shall end with the earlier
of--
``(i) the week following the week described
in subparagraph (A)(ii); or
``(ii) the last week with respect to which
such agreement applies.
``(C) Option to provide payments as a lump sum.--At
the option of the State, payments to an individual
under this paragraph for weeks described in
subparagraph (B) may be paid as a lump sum of $1,200.
``(D) Special rule.--Payments made pursuant to an
agreement under this paragraph shall not be considered
to violate the withdrawal requirements of section
303(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
503(a)(5)) or section 3304(a)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2104 of such Act is amended--
(1) by inserting ``and payments under subsection (b)(2)''
after ``Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation'' each place
it appears in subsection (d) or (f) of such section; and
(2) in subsection (g), by inserting ``, as such provisions
apply with respect to Federal Pandemic Unemployment
Compensation,'' after ``the preceding provisions of this
section''.
SEC. 3. RETURN TO WORK REPORTING.
Subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law
116-136) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 2117. RETURN TO WORK REPORTING.
``Each State participating in an agreement under any of the
preceding sections of this subtitle shall have in effect a procedure to
address any circumstances in which, during any period during which such
agreement is in effect, claimants of unemployment compensation refuse
to return to work or to accept an offer of suitable work without good
cause. Such procedures shall include the following:
``(1) A reporting mechanism for employers, such as through
a phone line, email, or online portal, to notify the State
agency when an individual refuses an offer of employment.
``(2) A plain-language notice provided to such claimants
about State return to work laws, rights to refuse to return to
work or to refuse suitable work, and information on contesting
the denial of a claim that has been denied due to a report by
an employer that the claimant refused to return to work or
refused suitable work.''.
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS FOR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.
Section 903(i)(1) of the Social Security Act, as added by section
2103 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``during the
applicable period'' and inserting ``with respect to the
applicable period'';
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``section 3309(a)(1)''
and inserting ``section 3309(a)''; and
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``shall be used
exclusively'' and all that follows through the end and
inserting ``shall be used exclusively to reduce the amounts
required to be paid in lieu of contributions into the State
unemployment fund pursuant to such section by governmental
entities and other organizations described in section 3309(a)
of such Code''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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