3.0.0 3497 2022-02-08T23:23:03Z 2022-02-08T23:23:03Z Senate S 2020-03-12 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-12T21:32:17Z CARES Act 116 748 HR 2020-07-23 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2020-03-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-03-12 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2020-03-12 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2020-03-12 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2020-03-12 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-03-12 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2020-03-12 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-03-12 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2020-03-12 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-03-12 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2020-03-12 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-03-12 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-03-12 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-03-12 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2020-03-12 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-03-12 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-03-12 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2020-03-12 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-03-12 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2020-03-12 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-03-12 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-03-12 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-03-12 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-03-17 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-03-17 False W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2020-03-17 False Labor and Employment Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Infectious and parasitic diseases State and local finance Unemployment Labor and Employment 00 2020-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-22T18:03:05Z Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act

This bill expands unemployment benefits to certain individuals affected by the public health emergency declared by the Department of Health and Human Services on January 27, 2020, with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, beginning on enactment of this bill and ending 26 weeks after the COVID-19 public health emergency expires, the Department of Labor must enter into an agreement with a state under which Labor shall finance 100% of such state's unemployment benefit assistance to unemployed workers who

  • are not eligible for other federal or state unemployment insurance;
  • meet certain conditions related to being unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable to work due to COVID-19;
  • are not able to telework; and
  • are not receiving other paid leave.
]]> Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act Display Title Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide unemployment assistance to individuals affected by COVID-19, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3497is/xml/BILLS-116s3497is.xml 2020-03-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.