3.0.0 6199 2022-08-10T23:27:55Z 2022-08-10T23:27:55Z House HR 2020-03-11 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HORSFORD:H.R. 6199.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of theUnited States.[Page H1662]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-03-11T14:03:20Z Families First Coronavirus Response Act 116 6201 HR 2020-03-19 Engrossment Correction 11:19:48 Related bill CRS 2020-03-11 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2020-03-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-03-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001066 Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] Steven Horsford D NV 4 N Labor and Employment Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Infectious and parasitic diseases State and local finance Unemployment Labor and Employment 00 2020-03-11 Introduced in House 2020-03-26T13:30:19Z Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020

This bill responds to the coronavirus outbreak by expanding unemployment benefits and providing grants to states for processing and paying claims.

Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Labor to transfer FY2020 emergency grants to a state's Unemployment Trust Fund to administer unemployment insurance. Grant recipients must (1) require employers to notify employees at the time they lose their jobs of the availability of unemployment compensation (UC), (2) ensure that UC applications and assistance with them are accessible, and (3) take certain steps to ensure the successful processing of applications.

A state may receive an additional grant if its UC claims increased by 10% over the previous calendar year and it

  • expresses its commitment to maintain and strengthen access to the UC system; and
  • demonstrates steps to ease eligibility requirements and access to UC for claimants (e.g., waiving work search requirements and the waiting week, and relieving benefit charges for claimants and employers directly impacted by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) due to an illness in the workplace or direction from a public health official to isolate or quarantine workers).

The bill (1) allows states to temporarily modify their UC laws and policies to respond to the spread of COVID-19; (2) waives interest on state loans for UC programs through December 31, 2020; (3) requires Labor to provide technical assistance and guidance to states for short-term UC programs; and (4) temporarily provides full federal financing of extended UC benefits, rather than requiring 50% state financing.

]]> Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 Display Title Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 Official Title as Introduced To provide for emergency transfers for unemployment compensation administration, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6199ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6199ih.xml 2020-03-11 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.