Unemployment Insurance Technology Modernization Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 1, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Unemployment Insurance Technology Modernization Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Labor to study and report on the technology needs of federal and state unemployment compensation programs. Based on this study, Labor must develop, operate, and maintain a modular set of technology capabilities to modernize the delivery of unemployment compensation.
Before the deployment of the technology capabilities to all states, Labor must select at least four states to participate in a pilot program to test the technology capabilities and demonstrate that they meet requirements.
The bill establishes accessibility requirements for filing online unemployment compensation claims. In addition, it prohibits the technology capabilities from relying solely on a high-risk automated decision system to (1) deny a claim for unemployment compensation, (2) reduce the amount of unemployment compensation for which a claimant is eligible, or (3) deny a claimant's right to appeal an unemployment compensation decision.
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2022; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Mar 1, 2021 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 2, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 2, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Mar 2, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Mar 2, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Mar 2, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Mar 2, 2021 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Mar 2, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Mar 2, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Mar 2, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Apr 28, 2022 |
Committees 1
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 Mar 1, 2021 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Mar 1, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
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. 167, no. 38, March 1, 2021, page H883.
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN12117 | Unemployment Insurance Fraud: Background and Recent Data Archived | Insight | Feb 24, 2023 |
| IF12243 | Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity: Recent Developments | Resource | Nov 2, 2022 |
| R47079 | Unemployment Insurance: Program Integrity and Fraud Concerns Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic Response | Report | Apr 27, 2022 |
| R46789 | Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 117th Congress, First Session | Report | Feb 15, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 490 | Unemployment Insurance Technology Modernization Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Mar 1, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modernize the technology for delivering unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Unemployment Insurance Technology Modernization Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative remedies
- Business records
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Labor
- Disability and paralysis
- Employment taxes
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Intergovernmental relations
- Labor and Employment
- Public contracts and procurement
- Right of privacy
- State and local government operations
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Technology assessment
- Unemployment
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2021Introduced 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.
