[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5967 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5967

   To amend titles III and IX of the Social Security Act to require 
  individuals receiving unemployment compensation to fulfill certain 
   requirements in relation to suitable work, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2023

               Mr. Edwards introduced the following bill

                            October 25, 2023

              Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend titles III and IX of the Social Security Act to require 
  individuals receiving unemployment compensation to fulfill certain 
   requirements in relation to suitable work, 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 ``Unemployment Integrity Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. REFORM OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO PROMOTE WORK.

    (a) Interview Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--Section 303(a) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(13) A requirement that, as a condition of eligibility 
        for regular compensation for any week, a claimant must, if 
        requested, in relation to work that may be available--
                    ``(A) respond to requests;
                    ``(B) schedule and attend an interview and 
                participate in reemployment services at an agreed upon 
                time; and
                    ``(C) comply with any other reasonable request, 
                including any request that an individual undergo drug 
                testing or skill assessments.''.
            (2) Reporting of noncompliance.--Section 303(a) of such Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 503(a)), as amended by paragraph (1), is further 
        amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(14) A method by which a person with whom a claimant is 
        seeking employment may voluntarily report to the State the 
        failure of a claimant to comply with the State law provisions 
        described in paragraphs (12) and (13).''.
    (b) Audit Requirement.--
            (1) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall conduct a 
        study on the effect of increasing the number of random audits 
        under the Beneficiary Accuracy Management program on the 
        administration of State unemployment compensation laws.
            (2) Audit program adjustments.--Not later than 1 year after 
        submitting the report required under paragraph (1), if such 
        report indicates that increasing the number of random audits 
        under the Benefit Accuracy Measurement program (or any 
        successor audit program) will improve the administration of 
        State unemployment compensation laws, the Secretary shall 
        prescribe regulations to increase the number of such audits in 
        accordance with such report.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
        amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall, with respect 
        to a State, apply to weeks beginning after the date that is 1 
        year after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) States with biennial legislative sessions.--In the case 
        of a State whose legislature is not in session during the 1-
        year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
        amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall, with respect 
        to such State, apply to weeks beginning after the end of the 
        first session of the State legislature which begins after the 
        date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTENDED AND EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT 
              COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1105) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``Amounts'' and 
        inserting ``Subject to subsection (e), amounts''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Limitation on Funds Transfers.--(1) Amounts in the extended 
unemployment compensation account may not be transferred to a State 
account for the purposes of any unemployment compensation law unless 
the Secretary of Labor certifies that the State law under which such 
unemployment compensation will be administered includes the provisions 
required by paragraphs (13) and (14) of section 303(a).
    ``(2) The provisions of this subsection shall apply notwithstanding 
any other provision of law enacted after the date of enactment of the 
Unemployment Integrity Act of 2023, unless such other provision of law 
specifically cites this subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments 
        made by subsection (a) shall, with respect to a State, apply to 
        weeks beginning after the date that is 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) States with biennial legislative sessions.--In the case 
        of a State whose legislature is not in session during the 1-
        year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
        amendments made by subsection (a) shall, with respect to such 
        State, apply to weeks beginning after the end of the first 
        session of the State legislature which begins after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
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