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[S. 4771 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4771

         To provide continued assistance to unemployed workers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 29), 2020

Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Schumer) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
         To provide continued assistance to unemployed workers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Continued 
Assistance to Unemployed Workers Act of 2020''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
   TITLE I--EXTENSIONS OF CARES ACT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR WORKERS

Sec. 101. Extension of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.
Sec. 102. Extension of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
Sec. 103. Extension of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.
Sec. 104. Extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation 
                            payments in States with programs in law.
Sec. 105. Extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation 
                            agreements.
Sec. 106. Extension of full Federal funding of the first week of 
                            compensable regular unemployment for States 
                            with no waiting week.
           TITLE II--ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY

Sec. 201. Additional weeks.
  TITLE III--CLARIFICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT 
                               ASSISTANCE

Sec. 301. Clarification of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance eligibility 
                            for primary caregiving.
Sec. 302. Waiver authority for certain overpayments of Pandemic 
                            Unemployment Assistance.
Sec. 303. Clarification of access to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance 
                            for workers at businesses that reduced 
                            staff due to the pandemic.
Sec. 304. Hold harmless for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
         TITLE IV--EXTENSION OF RELIEF TO STATES AND EMPLOYERS

Sec. 401. Extension of full Federal funding of extended unemployment 
                            compensation.
Sec. 402. Extension of temporary assistance for States with advances.
Sec. 403. Extension of emergency relief for governmental entities and 
                            nonprofit organizations.
           TITLE V--CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR PROCESSING BACKLOGS

Sec. 501. State reporting on claims backlogs.
            TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR MIXED EARNERS

Sec. 601. Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation.
                    TITLE VII--TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

Sec. 701. Grace period for full financing of Short-Time Compensation 
                            Programs.
Sec. 702. Technical correction for the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 
                            Islands.
Sec. 703. Technical amendment relating to Pandemic Unemployment 
                            Assistance.

   TITLE I--EXTENSIONS OF CARES ACT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR WORKERS

SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 2104(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
136) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Applicability.--
            ``(1) In general.--An agreement entered into under this 
        section shall apply--
                    ``(A) to weeks of unemployment beginning after the 
                date on which such agreement is entered into and ending 
                on or before July 31, 2020; and
                    ``(B) to weeks of unemployment beginning after 
                September 5, 2020 (or, if later, the date on which such 
                agreement is entered into) and ending on or before 
                January 31, 2021.
            ``(2) Transition rule for individuals remaining entitled to 
        regular compensation as of january 31, 2021.--In the case of 
        any individual who, as of the date specified in paragraph 
        (1)(B), has not yet exhausted all rights to regular 
        compensation under the State law of a State with respect to a 
        benefit year that began before such date, Federal Pandemic 
        Unemployment Compensation shall continue to be payable to such 
        individual for any week beginning on or after such date for 
        which the individual is otherwise eligible for regular 
        compensation with respect to such benefit year.
            ``(3) Termination.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this subsection, no Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation 
        shall be payable for any week beginning after March 31, 
        2021.''.
    (b) Limitation on Application of Transition Rule.--Section 2104(g) 
of such Act is amended by inserting ``(except for subsection (e)(2))'' 
after ``the preceding provisions of this section''.
    (c) Disregard of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation for 
Certain Purposes.--Section 2104(h) of such Act is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(h) Disregard of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation for 
Purposes of All Federal and Federally Assisted Programs.--A Federal 
Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payment shall not be regarded as 
income and shall not be regarded as a resource for the month of receipt 
and the following 9 months, for purposes of determining the eligibility 
of the recipient (or the recipient's spouse or family) for benefits or 
assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under 
any Federal program or under any State or local program financed in 
whole or in part with Federal funds.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116-136).

SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

    Section 2102(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(c)) is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``January 31, 2021''.

SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    Section 2107(g)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(g)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``January 31, 
2021''.

SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION 
              PAYMENTS IN STATES WITH PROGRAMS IN LAW.

    Section 2108(b)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9026(b)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``January 31, 
2021''.

SEC. 105. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION 
              AGREEMENTS.

    Section 2109(d)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9027(d)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``January 31, 
2021''.

SEC. 106. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE FIRST WEEK OF 
              COMPENSABLE REGULAR UNEMPLOYMENT FOR STATES WITH NO 
              WAITING WEEK.

    Section 2105(e)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9024(e)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``January 31, 
2021''.

           TITLE II--ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY

SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL WEEKS.

    Subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9021 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 2107 the following:

``SEC. 2107A. PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT EXTENSION COMPENSATION.

    ``(a) Federal-State Agreements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any State which desires to do so may 
        enter into and participate in an agreement under this section 
        with the Secretary of Labor (in this section referred to as the 
        `Secretary'). Any State which is a party to an agreement under 
        this section may, upon providing 30 days' written notice to the 
        Secretary, terminate such agreement.
            ``(2) Provisions of agreement.--Any agreement under 
        paragraph (1) shall provide that the State agency of the State 
        will make payments (in this section referred to as `pandemic 
        emergency unemployment extension compensation') to individuals 
        who--
                    ``(A) have exhausted all rights to regular 
                compensation, extended compensation, pandemic 
                unemployment assistance under section 2102, and 
                pandemic emergency unemployment compensation under 
                section 2107;
                    ``(B) have no rights to any benefit specified in 
                subparagraph (A) or to compensation under any other 
                Federal law or under the unemployment compensation law 
                of Canada; and
                    ``(C) are able to work, available to work, and 
                actively seeking work.
            ``(3) Exhaustion of benefits.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (2)(A), an individual shall be deemed to have exhausted such 
        individual's rights to benefits specified in subparagraph (A) 
        when--
                    ``(A) no payments of such benefits can be made 
                because such individual has received all such benefits 
                available to such individual based on employment or 
                wages during such individual's base period; or
                    ``(B) such individual's rights to such benefits 
                have been terminated by reason of the expiration of the 
                benefit year with respect to which such rights existed.
            ``(4) Weekly benefit amount, etc.--For purposes of any 
        agreement under this section--
                    ``(A) the amount of pandemic emergency unemployment 
                extension compensation which shall be payable to any 
                individual for any week of total unemployment shall be 
                equal to--
                            ``(i) the amount of the base compensation 
                        (including any dependents' allowances) payable 
                        to such individual during such individual's 
                        benefit year under the State law for a week of 
                        total unemployment; and
                            ``(ii) the amount of Federal Pandemic 
                        Unemployment Compensation under section 2104;
                    ``(B) the terms and conditions of the State law 
                which apply to claims for regular compensation and to 
                the payment thereof (including terms and conditions 
                relating to availability for work, active search for 
                work, and refusal to accept work) shall apply to claims 
                for pandemic emergency unemployment extension 
                compensation and the payment thereof, except where 
                otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this 
                section or with the regulations or operating 
                instructions of the Secretary promulgated to carry out 
                this section;
                    ``(C) the maximum amount of pandemic emergency 
                unemployment extension compensation payable to any 
                individual for whom a pandemic emergency unemployment 
                extension compensation account is established under 
                subsection (b) shall not exceed the amount established 
                in such account for such individual; and
                    ``(D) the allowable methods of payment under 
                section 2104(b)(2) shall apply to payments of amounts 
                described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
            ``(5) Nonreduction rule.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An agreement under this section 
                shall not apply (or shall cease to apply) with respect 
                to a State upon a determination by the Secretary that 
                the method governing the computation of regular 
                compensation under the State law of that State has been 
                modified in a manner such that the number of weeks (the 
                maximum benefit entitlement), or the average weekly 
                benefit amount, of regular compensation which will be 
                payable during the period of the agreement will be less 
                than the number of weeks, or the average weekly benefit 
                amount, of the average weekly benefit amount of regular 
                compensation which would otherwise have been payable 
                during such period under the State law, as in effect on 
                January 1, 2020.
                    ``(B) Maximum benefit entitlement.--In subparagraph 
                (A), the term `maximum benefit entitlement' means the 
                amount of regular compensation payable to an individual 
                with respect to the individual's benefit year.
            ``(6) Actively seeking work.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph 
                (2)(C), the term `actively seeking work' means, with 
                respect to any individual, that such individual--
                            ``(i) is registered for employment services 
                        in such a manner and to such extent as 
                        prescribed by the State agency;
                            ``(ii) has engaged in an active search for 
                        employment that is appropriate in light of the 
                        employment available in the labor market, the 
                        individual's skills and capabilities, and 
                        includes a number of employer contacts that is 
                        consistent with the standards communicated to 
                        the individual by the State;
                            ``(iii) has maintained a record of such 
                        work search, including employers contacted, 
                        method of contact, and date contacted; and
                            ``(iv) when requested, has provided such 
                        work search record to the State agency.
                    ``(B) Flexibility.--Notwithstanding the 
                requirements under subparagraph (A) and paragraph 
                (2)(C), a State shall provide flexibility in meeting 
                such requirements in case of individuals unable to 
                search for work because of COVID-19, including because 
                of illness, quarantine, or movement restriction.
    ``(b) Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Account.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any agreement under this section shall 
        provide that the State will establish, for each eligible 
        individual who files an application for pandemic emergency 
        unemployment extension compensation, a pandemic emergency 
        unemployment extension compensation account with respect to 
        such individual's benefit year.
            ``(2) Amount in account.--The amount established in an 
        account under subsection (a) shall be equal to 13 times the 
        individual's average weekly benefit amount, which includes the 
        amount of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation under 
        section 2104, for the benefit year.
            ``(3) Weekly benefit amount.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, an individual's weekly benefit amount for any week 
        is the amount of base compensation (including any dependents' 
        allowances) under the State law payable to such individual for 
        such week for total unemployment plus the amount of Federal 
        Pandemic Unemployment Compensation under section 2104.
    ``(c) Payments to States Having Agreements for the Payment of 
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Extension Compensation.--
            ``(1) In general.--There shall be paid to each State that 
        has entered into an agreement under this section an amount 
        equal to 100 percent of the pandemic emergency unemployment 
        extension compensation paid to individuals by the State 
        pursuant to such agreement.
            ``(2) Treatment of reimbursable compensation.--No payment 
        shall be made to any State under this section in respect of any 
        compensation to the extent the State is entitled to 
        reimbursement in respect of such compensation under the 
        provisions of any Federal law other than this section or 
        chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code. A State shall not be 
        entitled to any reimbursement under such chapter 85 in respect 
        of any compensation to the extent the State is entitled to 
        reimbursement under this section in respect of such 
        compensation.
            ``(3) Determination of amount.--Sums payable to any State 
        by reason of such State having an agreement under this section 
        shall be payable, either in advance or by way of reimbursement 
        (as may be determined by the Secretary), in such amounts as the 
        Secretary estimates the State will be entitled to receive under 
        this section for each calendar month, reduced or increased, as 
        the case may be, by any amount by which the Secretary finds 
        that the Secretary's estimates for any prior calendar month 
        were greater or less than the amounts which should have been 
        paid to the State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of 
        such statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed 
        upon by the Secretary and the State agency of the State 
        involved.
    ``(d) Financing Provisions.--
            ``(1) Compensation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Funds in the extended 
                unemployment compensation account (as established by 
                section 905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
                1105(a))) of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as 
                established by section 904(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                1104(a))) shall be used for the making of payments to 
                States having agreements entered into under this 
                section.
                    ``(B) Transfer of funds.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
                transfer from the general fund of the Treasury (from 
                funds not otherwise appropriated) to the extended 
                unemployment compensation account such sums as the 
                Secretary of Labor estimates to be necessary to make 
                payments described in subparagraph (A). There are 
                appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, 
                without fiscal year limitation, the sums referred to in 
                the preceding sentence and such sums shall not be 
                required to be repaid.
            ``(2) Administration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There are appropriated out of 
                the employment security administration account (as 
                established by section 901(a) of the Social Security 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 1101(a))) of the Unemployment Trust 
                Fund, without fiscal year limitation, such funds as may 
                be necessary for purposes of assisting States (as 
                provided in title III of the Social Security Act (42 
                U.S.C. 501 et seq.)) in meeting the costs of 
                administration of agreements under this section.
                    ``(B) Transfer of funds.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
                transfer from the general fund of the Treasury (from 
                funds not otherwise appropriated) to the employment 
                security administration account such sums as the 
                Secretary of Labor estimates to be necessary to make 
                payments described in subparagraph (A). There are 
                appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, 
                without fiscal year limitation, the sums referred to in 
                the preceding sentence and such sums shall not be 
                required to be repaid.
            ``(3) Certification.--The Secretary shall from time to time 
        certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each 
        State the sums payable to such State under this subsection. The 
        Secretary of the Treasury, prior to audit or settlement by the 
        Government Accountability Office, shall make payments to the 
        State in accordance with such certification, by transfers from 
        the extended unemployment compensation account (as so 
        established) to the account of such State in the Unemployment 
        Trust Fund (as so established).
    ``(e) Fraud and Overpayments.--
            ``(1) In general.--If an individual knowingly has made, or 
        caused to be made by another, a false statement or 
        representation of a material fact, or knowingly has failed, or 
        caused another to fail, to disclose a material fact, and as a 
        result of such false statement or representation or of such 
        nondisclosure such individual has received an amount of 
        pandemic emergency unemployment extension compensation under 
        this section to which such individual was not entitled, such 
        individual--
                    ``(A) shall be ineligible for further pandemic 
                emergency unemployment extension compensation under 
                this section in accordance with the provisions of the 
                applicable State unemployment compensation law relating 
                to fraud in connection with a claim for unemployment 
                compensation; and
                    ``(B) shall be subject to prosecution under section 
                1001 of title 18, United States Code.
            ``(2) Repayment.--In the case of individuals who have 
        received amounts of pandemic emergency unemployment extension 
        compensation under this section to which they were not 
        entitled, the State shall require such individuals to repay the 
        amounts of such pandemic emergency unemployment extension 
        compensation to the State agency, except that the State agency 
        may waive such repayment if it determines that--
                    ``(A) the payment of such pandemic emergency 
                unemployment extension compensation was without fault 
                on the part of any such individual; and
                    ``(B) such repayment would be contrary to equity 
                and good conscience.
            ``(3) Recovery by state agency.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The State agency shall recover 
                the amount to be repaid, or any part thereof, by 
                deductions from any pandemic emergency unemployment 
                extension compensation payable to such individual under 
                this section or from any unemployment compensation 
                payable to such individual under any State or Federal 
                unemployment compensation law administered by the State 
                agency or under any other State or Federal law 
                administered by the State agency which provides for the 
                payment of any assistance or allowance with respect to 
                any week of unemployment, during the 3-year period 
                after the date such individuals received the payment of 
                the pandemic emergency unemployment extension 
                compensation to which they were not entitled, in 
                accordance with the same procedures as apply to the 
                recovery of overpayments of regular unemployment 
                benefits paid by the State.
                    ``(B) Opportunity for hearing.--No repayment shall 
                be required, and no deduction shall be made, until a 
                determination has been made, notice thereof and an 
                opportunity for a fair hearing has been given to the 
                individual, and the determination has become final.
            ``(4) Review.--Any determination by a State agency under 
        this section shall be subject to review in the same manner and 
        to the same extent as determinations under the State 
        unemployment compensation law, and only in that manner and to 
        that extent.
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the terms `compensation', `regular compensation', 
        `extended compensation', `benefit year', `base period', 
        `State', `State agency', `State law', and `week' have the 
        respective meanings given such terms under section 205 of the 
        Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 
        (26 U.S.C. 3304 note); and
            ``(2) the term `base compensation' means, as applicable--
                    ``(A) regular compensation; or
                    ``(B) pandemic unemployment assistance under 
                section 2102.
    ``(g) Applicability.--An agreement entered into under this section 
shall apply to weeks of unemployment--
            ``(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is 
        entered into; and
            ``(2) ending on or before January 31, 2021.''.

  TITLE III--CLARIFICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT 
                               ASSISTANCE

SEC. 301. CLARIFICATION OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY 
              FOR PRIMARY CAREGIVING.

    (a) In General.--Section 2102(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(dd) of the CARES Act 
(15 U.S.C. 9021(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(dd)) is amended by striking ``that is 
closed as a direct result of the COVID-19 public health emergency'' and 
inserting ``because the school or facility is closed or only partially 
reopened due to COVID-19, because child or family care is not available 
or affordable during the hours work is available due to COVID-19, or 
because physical attendance at the school or facility presents an 
unacceptable health risk for the household or the individual in need of 
care due to COVID-19,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect upon the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 302. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN OVERPAYMENTS OF PANDEMIC 
              UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 2102(d) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9021(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Waiver authority.--In the case of individuals who 
        have received amounts of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to 
        which they were not entitled, the State shall require such 
        individuals to repay the amounts of such Pandemic Unemployment 
        Assistance to the State agency, except that the State agency 
        shall waive such repayment if it determines that--
                    ``(A) the payment of such Pandemic Unemployment 
                Assistance was without fault on the part of any such 
                individual; and
                    ``(B) such repayment would be contrary to equity 
                and good conscience.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116-136).

SEC. 303. CLARIFICATION OF ACCESS TO PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE 
              FOR WORKERS AT BUSINESSES THAT REDUCED STAFF DUE TO THE 
              PANDEMIC.

    (a) In General.--Section 2102(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(jj) of the CARES Act 
(15 U.S.C. 9021(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(jj)) is amended by inserting ``or its 
operations are otherwise curtailed, including by reducing hours of 
operation, staffing levels, occupancy, or other changes that are 
recommended or required,'' after ``closed''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 304. HOLD HARMLESS FOR PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 2102(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9021(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Continued eligibility for assistance.--As a condition 
        of continued eligibility for assistance under this section, a 
        covered individual shall submit a recertification to the State 
        for each week after the individual's 1st week of eligibility 
        that certifies that the individual remains an individual 
        described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) for such week.''.
    (b) Effective Date; Special Rule.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
        apply with respect to weeks beginning on or after the date that 
        is 30 days after the date of enactment of this section.
            (2) Special rule.--In the case of any State that made a 
        good faith effort to implement section 2102 of the CARES Act in 
        accordance with rules similar to those provided in section 
        625.6 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, for weeks 
        ending before the effective date specified in paragraph (1), an 
        individual who received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance from 
        such State for any such week shall not be considered ineligible 
        for such assistance for such week solely by reason of failure 
        to submit a recertification described in subsection (c)(4) of 
        such section.

         TITLE IV--EXTENSION OF RELIEF TO STATES AND EMPLOYERS

SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT 
              COMPENSATION.

    Section 4105 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (26 
U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``June 30, 2021''.

SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR STATES WITH ADVANCES.

    Section 1202(b)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1322(b)(10)(A)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and 
inserting ``June 30, 2021''.

SEC. 403. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND 
              NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

    Section 903(i)(1)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1103(i)(1)(D)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and 
inserting ``June 30, 2021''.

           TITLE V--CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR PROCESSING BACKLOGS

SEC. 501. STATE REPORTING ON CLAIMS BACKLOGS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2104 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) State Accountability Relating to Claims Backlogs.--As a 
condition of any agreement under this section, the following rules 
shall apply:
            ``(1) Claims reporting.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each State participating in such 
                an agreement shall submit to the Secretary of Labor on 
                a weekly basis a report on the status in the State of 
                any backlog of the processing of unemployment claims, 
                including claims for regular compensation, extended 
                compensation, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, and 
                Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation. Such 
                report shall include a description, with respect to the 
                previous week, of each of the following:
                            ``(i) The number of initial claims still in 
                        process, disaggregated by the number of such 
                        claims still pending--
                                    ``(I) because of nonmonetary 
                                determinations;
                                    ``(II) because of monetary 
                                determinations;
                                    ``(III) because of suspected fraud; 
                                and
                                    ``(IV) for any other reason.
                            ``(ii) The number of initial claims denied.
                            ``(iii) The number of individuals with 
                        respect to whom a continued claim was paid.
                            ``(iv) The number of individuals with 
                        respect to whom a continued claim is still in 
                        process, disaggregated by the number of such 
                        claims still pending--
                                    ``(I) because of nonmonetary 
                                determinations;
                                    ``(II) because of monetary 
                                determinations;
                                    ``(III) because of suspected fraud; 
                                and
                                    ``(IV) for any other reason.
                            ``(v) The number of individuals with 
                        respect to whom a continued claims was denied.
                    ``(B) Report to congress.--Upon receipt of a report 
                described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Labor 
                shall publish such report on the website of the 
                Department of Labor and shall submit such report to the 
                Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
                Senate.
            ``(2) Corrective action plans.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of enactment of this subsection and at least every 
                90 days thereafter, each State participating in such an 
                agreement shall submit to the Secretary of Labor a 
                corrective action plan that includes a description of 
                the actions the State has taken and intends to take to 
                address any backlog of the processing of unemployment 
                claims described in paragraph (1)(A). The Secretary may 
                waive the requirement under this subparagraph with 
                respect to any State that the Secretary determines has 
                made adequate progress in addressing any such backlog.
                    ``(B) Technical assistance.--The Secretary of Labor 
                shall make technical assistance available to States to 
                the extent feasible to enable States to develop and 
                implement corrective action plans in accordance with 
                this paragraph. If the Secretary of Labor determines at 
                any time that a State has failed to take reasonable 
                actions under a corrective action plan to address a 
                claims backlog, the State shall collaborate with the 
                Secretary to develop a subsequent corrective action 
                plan to achieve clearly defined, targeted outcomes.
                    ``(C) Report to congress.--Upon receipt of a 
                corrective action plan described in subparagraph (A), 
                the Secretary of Labor shall publish such plan on the 
                website of the Department of Labor and shall submit 
                such report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
                House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
                of the Senate.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to weeks beginning after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

            TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR MIXED EARNERS

SEC. 601. MIXED EARNER UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 2104(b)(1) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9023(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``, plus''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) an additional amount of $125 (in this section 
                referred to as `Mixed Earner Unemployment 
                Compensation') in any case in which the individual 
                received at least $5,000 of self-employment income (as 
                defined in section 1402(b) of the Internal Revenue Code 
                of 1986) in the most recent taxable year ending prior 
                to the individual's application for regular 
                compensation.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2104 of such Act is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or Mixed Earner Unemployment 
        Compensation'' after ``Federal Pandemic Unemployment 
        Compensation'' each place such term appears in subsection 
        (b)(2), (c), or (f) of such section;
            (2) in subsection (d), by inserting ``and Mixed Earner 
        Unemployment Compensation'' after ``Federal Pandemic 
        Unemployment Compensation''; and
            (3) in subsection (g), by striking ``provide that'' and all 
        that follows through the end and inserting ``provide that--
            ``(1) the purposes of the preceding provisions of this 
        section, as such provisions apply with respect to Federal 
        Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, shall be applied with 
        respect to unemployment benefits described in subsection (i)(2) 
        to the same extent and in the same manner as if those benefits 
        were regular compensation; and
            ``(2) the purposes of the preceding provisions of this 
        section, as such provisions apply with respect to Mixed Earner 
        Unemployment Compensation, shall be applied with respect to 
        unemployment benefits described in subparagraph (B) or (D) of 
        subsection (i)(2) to the same extent and in the same manner as 
        if those benefits were regular compensation.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall not 
apply with respect to a State participating in an agreement under 
section 2104 of the CARES Act unless the State so elects, in which case 
such amendments shall apply with respect to weeks of unemployment 
beginning on or after the later of the date of such election or the 
date of enactment of this section.

                    TITLE VII--TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

SEC. 701. GRACE PERIOD FOR FULL FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 2108(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9026(c)) is amended by 
striking ``shall be eligible'' and all that follows through the end and 
inserting the following: ``
    ``shall be eligible--
            ``(1) for payments under subsection (a) for weeks of 
        unemployment beginning after the effective date of such 
        enactment; and
            ``(2) for an additional payment equal to the total amount 
        of payments for which the State is eligible pursuant to an 
        agreement under section 2109 for weeks of unemployment before 
        such effective date.''.

SEC. 702. TECHNICAL CORRECTION FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF NORTHERN MARIANA 
              ISLANDS.

    A Commonwealth Only Transitional Worker (as defined in section 
6(i)(2) of the Joint Resolution entitled ``A Joint Resolution to 
approve the `Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America', 
and for other purposes'' (48 U.S.C. 1806)) shall be considered a 
qualified alien under section 431 of Public Law 104-193 (8 U.S.C. 1641) 
for purposes of eligibility for a benefit under section 2102 or 2104 of 
the CARES Act.

SEC. 703. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT 
              ASSISTANCE.

    Section 2102(h) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(h)) is amended by 
striking ``section 625'' each place it appears and inserting ``part 
625''.
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