CLOSE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7306 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7306

  To amend the CARES Act to terminate unemployment insurance benefit 
payments under such Act and to rescind unobligated balances of amounts 
 appropriated for the purpose of such payments, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2026

Mr. Miller of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Balderson, and 
  Mr. Carey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the CARES Act to terminate unemployment insurance benefit 
payments under such Act and to rescind unobligated balances of amounts 
 appropriated for the purpose of such payments, 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 ``Clawing back Lapsed Obligations from 
State Emergency programs Act'' or the ``CLOSE Act''.

SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF CARES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUNDS.

    (a) Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.--
            (1) Termination of assistance payments.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 2102 of the CARES Act (15 
                U.S.C. 9021) is amended by adding at the end the 
                following:
    ``(i) Termination.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and 
        notwithstanding any other provision of this section, beginning 
        on the 30th day after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
        this section (except subsections (d)(4) and paragraphs (2) and 
        (3) of subsection (g)) shall have no force or effect. The 
        Secretary may not make payments under subsection (f)(2)(A) 
        after such date.
            ``(2) Administrative expenses.--Notwithstanding paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary may continue to pay to States the amounts 
        described in subsection (f)(2)(B).''.
            (2) Rescission.--
                    (A) In general.--The unobligated balances of 
                amounts in the extended unemployment compensation 
                account (as established by section 905(a) of the Social 
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment 
                Trust Fund (as established by section 904(a) of such 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) that were appropriated pursuant 
                to section 2102(g)(1) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
                9021(g)(1)) are hereby rescinded.
                    (B) Effective date.--Subparagraph (A) shall take 
                effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of 
                enactment of this Act.
    (b) Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation and Mixed Earner 
Unemployment Compensation.--
            (1) Termination of emergency increase in benefits.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 2104 of the CARES ACT (15 
                U.S.C. 9023) is amended by adding at the end the 
                following:
    ``(j) Termination.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and 
        notwithstanding any other provision of this section, beginning 
        on the 30th day after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
        this section (other than subsections (f) and (h) and paragraphs 
        (1)(A)(ii), (1)(B), (2), and (3) of subsection (d)) shall have 
        no force or effect. The Secretary may not make payments under 
        subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) after such date.
            ``(2) Administrative expenses.--Notwithstanding paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary may continue to pay to States the amounts 
        described in subsection (d)(1)(A)(ii).''.
            (2) Prohibition on agreements.--Section 2104(a) of the 
        CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following: ``No State may enter or reenter an agreement 
        under this section on or after the date of enactment of this 
        sentence.''
            (3) Rescission.--
                    (A) In general.--The unobligated balances of 
                amounts appropriated under paragraph (3) of subsection 
                (d) of section 2104 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023) 
                for the purposes of carrying out paragraph (1)(A)(i) of 
                such subsection are hereby rescinded.
                    (B) Effective date.--Subparagraph (A) shall take 
                effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of 
                enactment of this Act.
    (c) Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.--
            (1) Repeal.--Subsections (c) and (d)(1) of section 2107 of 
        the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025) are hereby repealed.
            (2) Rescission.--The unobligated balances of amounts in the 
        extended unemployment compensation account (as established by 
        section 905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) 
        of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as established by section 
        904(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) that were appropriated 
        pursuant to section 2107(d)(1) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
        9025(d)(1)) are hereby rescinded.
            (3) Effective date.--This subsection and the amendments 
        made by this subsection shall take effect on the date that is 
        30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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