[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 144 (Wednesday, August 12, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2650. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to 
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and 
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--Section 2102(a) of the Relief for Workers 
     Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title 
     II of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
       (ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
       ``(iii) provides documentation substantiating employment or 
     self-employment or the planned commencement of employment or 
     self-employment not later than 21 days after the later of the 
     date on which the individual submits an application for 
     assistance under this section or the date on which the 
     individual is directed by the State Agency to submit such 
     documentation, except that--

       ``(I) such deadline may be extended if the individual has 
     shown good cause under the applicable State law for failing 
     to submit such documentation; and
       ``(II) the documentation described in this clause shall not 
     be required if the individual previously submitted such 
     information to the State agency for the purpose of obtaining 
     regular or other unemployment compensation; and''; and

       (B) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iii) an individual who does not provide documentation 
     substantiating employment or self-employment or the planned 
     commencement of employment or self-employment under 
     subparagraph (A)(iii).'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
     (5) and (6), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
       ``(4) Documentation substantiating employment or self-
     employment or the planned commencement of employment or self-
     employment.--The term `documentation substantiating 
     employment or self-employment or the planned commencement of 
     employment or self-employment' means documentation provided 
     by the individual or included in the State agency records 
     substantiating employment or self-employment and wages earned 
     or paid for such employment or self-employment, or such 
     information related to the planned commencement of employment 
     or self-employment.''.
       (b) Applicability.--
       (1) In general.--Beginning not later than 30 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, each State shall require that 
     documentation substantiating employment or self-employment or 
     the planned commencement of employment or self-employment (as 
     defined in section 2102 of the Relief for Workers Affected by 
     Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of 
     division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)) be 
     submitted by any individual who applies for pandemic 
     unemployment assistance under section 2102 of the Relief for 
     Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A 
     of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136)) on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (2) Prior applicants.--Any individual who applied for 
     pandemic unemployment assistance under section 2102 of the 
     Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in 
     subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136)) before the date of enactment of this Act and 
     receives such assistance on or after the date of enactment of 
     this Act shall submit documentation substantiating employment 
     or self-employment or the planned commencement of employment 
     or self-employment (as defined in such section 2102) not 
     later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
     (or earlier if required by the State) or the individual will 
     be ineligible to receive pandemic unemployment assistance 
     under such section 2102.

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