117 HR 6224 IH: Fix the Unemployment Backlogs Act U.S. House of Representatives 2021-12-09 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.

I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 6224IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 9, 2021Mr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansA BILLTo prohibit payment of administrative funding to States with a high backlog of unprocessed unemployment claims, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Fix the Unemployment Backlogs Act.

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Prohibition on payment of administrative funding to States with high backlog of unprocessed unemployment claims

(a)

In general

In the case of any State in which the Secretary of Labor determines, as of the date of enactment of this Act, that the number of unprocessed unemployment claims in the State is in excess of 45,000, the Secretary of Labor shall make no certification for payment of amounts for unemployment compensation administration under section 302 of the Social Security Act to such State at any time following the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act unless the Secretary determines at such time that the number of unprocessed unemployment claims in the State has been reduced to zero.(b)

Definition of unprocessed unemployment claim

For purposes of subsection (a), the term unprocessed unemployment claim means, with respect to a State, a claim for unemployment compensation filed in the State for which a determination of initial eligibility has not been made within 21 days of the date of filing.