Fix the Unemployment Backlogs Act

2021-12-09

Introduced in House

Fix the Unemployment Backlogs Act

This bill suspends federal payments for the administration of unemployment compensation to states that have more than 45,000 unprocessed unemployment claims. These payments must remain suspended until the Department of Labor determines that the number of unprocessed unemployment claims in the state has been reduced to zero.

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