Chase COVID Unemployment Fraud Act of 2022
Latest action · Jun 9, 2022 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.
- IntroducedJun 9, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chase COVID Unemployment Fraud Act of 2022
This bill addresses fraud and overpayments of pandemic unemployment assistance, including by allowing states to retain a specified percentage of recovered funds and prohibiting the Department of Labor from allowing blanket waivers of overpayments.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 9, 2022 to Sep 28, 2022; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-KY | James Comer | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-KS | Ron Estes | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-LA | Steve Scalise | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Jun 9, 2022 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jun 21, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Jun 22, 2022 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Jun 22, 2022 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Jun 22, 2022 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jun 22, 2022 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Jun 28, 2022 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Jul 20, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Jul 20, 2022 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Jul 20, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jul 20, 2022 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| R-KS | Jake LaTurner | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| R-LA | Julia Letlow | Jul 29, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Mayra Flores | Jul 29, 2022 | |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Sep 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 Jun 9, 2022 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Jun 9, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2022Introduced in House
- Jun 9, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Jun 9, 2022Referred 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. 168, no. 99, June 9, 2022, page H5447.
CRS reports 6
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 6
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS22889 | The National Directory of New Hires: An Overview | Report | Mar 7, 2025 |
| R47575 | Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 118th Congress | Report | Feb 27, 2025 |
| R47593 | Pandemic Oversight: The Biden Administration’s New Anti-Fraud Proposal | Report | Jun 15, 2023 |
| IN12117 | Unemployment Insurance Fraud: Background and Recent Data Archived | Insight | Feb 24, 2023 |
| R47393 | Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 117th Congress, Second Session | Report | Jan 20, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4507 | Chase COVID Unemployment Fraud Act of 2022 | Identical bill | Jul 12, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Chase COVID Unemployment Fraud Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Debt collection
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Labor and Employment
- State and local government operations
- Unemployment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2022Introduced 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.
