3.0.0 1587 2025-12-06T00:49:28Z 2025-12-06T00:49:28Z Senate S S 2023-05-11 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1587 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-11T19:27:26Z 118 1163 HR 2023-05-11 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 16:37:11 Related bill CRS 2023-05-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2023-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID N R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2023-05-11 True M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS 2023-05-11 True B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-05-11 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2023-05-11 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD 2023-05-11 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2023-05-11 True R000615 Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT] Mitt Romney R UT 2023-05-11 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2023-05-11 True B001305 Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] Ted Budd R NC 2023-05-11 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2023-05-11 True K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA 2023-05-11 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN 2023-05-11 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2023-05-11 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2023-05-11 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2023-05-15 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2023-09-12 False Labor and Employment Labor and Employment 2023-06-09T14:15:20Z

00 2023-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2023-11-17T17:13:06Z <p><b>Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act</b></p> <p>This bill addresses overpayments of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, including by providing incentives for states to investigate and recover these funds. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill allows a state to retain 25% of any funds recovered from fraudulent overpayments of certain UI benefits that were provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. These retained funds must be used for specified program integrity measures, such as modernizing UI systems and information technology and hiring fraud investigators. </p> <p>The bill allows a state to retain up to 5% of (1) any UI overpayment it recovers, except where the overpayment is due to state agency error; and (2) any unpaid employer contributions that the state recovers, if the state certifies that it has enacted certain fraud detection measures. A state must use the retained funds for specified purposes, such as deterring, detecting, and preventing improper payments. </p> <p>Additionally, the bill extends from 3 to 10 years the time during which states must recover overpayments of pandemic UI benefits through benefit offsets. The bill also extends from 5 to 10 years the statute of limitations for federal criminal charges or civil enforcement actions related to UI fraud.</p> <p>Further, the bill extends an exception to the federal requirement that state UI personnel be hired on a merit basis. The bill allows a state to hire temporary staff on a noncompetitive basis through December 31, 2030. </p> <p>Finally, the bill repeals a provision that provided funding to the Department of Labor for UI program integrity activities. </p>

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