Relief for Working Families Act of 2020

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8812 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8812

   To amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to 
    provide a hardship waiver for certain overpayments of Pandemic 
                        Unemployment Assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 24, 2020

Ms. Herrera Beutler (for herself and Mrs. Murphy of Florida) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to 
    provide a hardship waiver for certain overpayments of Pandemic 
                        Unemployment Assistance.

    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 ``Relief for Working Families Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN OVERPAYMENTS OF PANDEMIC 
              UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 2102(d) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9021(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Waiver authority.--In the case of individuals who 
        have received amounts of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to 
        which they were not entitled, the State shall require such 
        individuals to repay such amounts to the State agency, except 
        that the State agency shall waive such repayment if it 
        determines that--
                    ``(A) the payment of such Pandemic Unemployment 
                Assistance was without fault on the part of any such 
                individual; and
                    ``(B) such repayment would be contrary to equity 
                and good conscience.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116-136).
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