Relief for Working Families Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 16, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedDec 16, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Relief for Working Families Act of 2020
This bill authorizes a state to require a recipient of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to repay any overpayment of such assistance to the state agency unless the overpayment of such assistance was without fault on the part of any such individual, and such repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 16, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Dec 16, 2020 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Dec 16, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Dec 16, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
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 |
Related bills 8
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 133 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 | Related bill | Dec 27, 2020 |
| HR 925 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Oct 1, 2020 |
| S 4771 | Continued Assistance to Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 | Related bill | Sep 30, 2020 |
| S 4800 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Nov 9, 2020 |
| S 4935 | American Worker Holiday Relief Act of 2020 | Related bill | Dec 1, 2020 |
| HR 7762 | Back on Your Feet Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
| HR 8406 | Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Sep 29, 2020 |
| HR 8812 | Relief for Working Families Act of 2020 | Related bill | Nov 24, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Relief for Working Families Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2020Introduced in Senate
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.
