[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 919 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 919

  To amend title IX of the Social Security Act to extend and increase 
 emergency unemployment relief for governmental entities and nonprofit 
                 organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2021

Mr. Casten (for himself and Ms. DelBene) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title IX of the Social Security Act to extend and increase 
 emergency unemployment relief for governmental entities and nonprofit 
                 organizations, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment Relief for 
Nonprofits Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF FOR GOVERNMENTAL 
              ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 903(i)(1)(D) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1103(i)(1)(D)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and 
inserting ``October 3, 2021''.
    (b) Increase in Reimbursement Rate.--Section 903(i)(1)(B) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(i)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``and except as 
        otherwise provided in this subparagraph'' after ``as determined 
        by the Secretary of Labor''; and
            (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: 
        ``With respect to the amounts of such compensation paid for 
        weeks of unemployment beginning after March 31, 2021, and 
        ending on or before October 3, 2021, the preceding sentence 
        shall be applied by substituting `75 percent' for `one-
        half'.''.
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