Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act
Latest action · May 4, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act
This bill expands eligibility for pandemic unemployment assistance to include individuals with no recent attachment to the workforce (e.g., students), extends the availability of federal pandemic unemployment compensation, and provides federal pandemic unemployment compensation to individuals working reduced hours.
Cosponsors 74
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2020 to Oct 23, 2020; 53 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 4, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 4, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jun 11, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jul 9, 2020 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Oct 23, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 1, 2020 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 1, 2020 |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred May 4, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 4, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- May 1, 2020Introduced in House
- May 1, 2020Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 82, May 1, 2020, page H1973.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45478 | Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 116th Congress | Report | Mar 8, 2021 |
| IN11448 | CARES Act Income Support and Unemployment Compensation: Effect on Eligibility for Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA Premium Tax Credit Archived | Insight | Jul 2, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3619 | Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act | Identical bill | May 6, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title II of division A of the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 1, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
