Unemployment Insurance Systems Modernization Act of 2021
Latest action · Sep 29, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 29, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Unemployment Insurance Systems Modernization Act of 2021
This bill expands the list of requirements a state unemployment compensation system must meet for the state to receive federal funds for administration of the system.
Specifically the bill requires the unemployment law of each state to include various provisions to promote adaptability, including provisions for (1) handling surges in claims, (2) processing disaster unemployment assistance claims, (3) processing claims under temporary federal benefits programs, and (4) automating claims for short-time compensation.
The bill also requires states to utilize databases and other systems in an effort to prevent fraudulent and improper unemployment compensation payments. Specifically, states must use (1) a system selected by the Department of Labor for cross-matching unemployment claimants against available databases, (2) an automated system developed and approved by Labor for exchanging unemployment compensation information, and (3) the existing National Directory of New Hires for identifying individuals who have become employed.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Sep 29, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Computers and information technology
- Department of Labor
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Labor and Employment
- Performance measurement
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Temporary and part-time employment
- Trade adjustment assistance
- Unemployment
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2021Introduced in Senate
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