Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2023
This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to pay unemployment compensation to an individual whose adjusted gross income is equal to or greater than $1 million. The prohibition applies to payments under traditional unemployment compensation and the Extended Benefits program (i.e., benefits paid under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970).
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6779 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6779
To end unemployment payments to jobless millionaires.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 14, 2023
Mr. Curtis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
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A BILL
To end unemployment payments to jobless millionaires.
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 ``Ending Unemployment Payments to
Jobless Millionaires Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. ENDING UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS TO JOBLESS MILLIONAIRES.
(a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
Federal funds may be used to make payments of unemployment compensation
(including such compensation under the Federal-State Extended
Compensation Act of 1970) in a year to an individual whose adjusted
gross income is equal to or greater than $1,000,000.
(b) Compliance.--Any application for unemployment compensation
shall include a form or procedure for an individual applicant to
certify that such individual is not prohibited from receiving
unemployment compensation pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) Audits.--The certifications required by subsection (b) shall be
auditable by the Department of Labor or the Government Accountability
Office.
(d) Effective Date.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall
apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
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