[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1333. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, 
Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant 
to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

        After section 9022, insert the following:

     SEC. 9023. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS STUDY.

       (a) Study.--The Inspector General of the Department of 
     Labor shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which 
     aliens not lawfully present in the United States were able to 
     access Federal unemployment compensation benefits under the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127) 
     and the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
       (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Labor shall submit to Congress a report 
     containing the results of the study conducted under 
     subsection (a), together with recommendations for such 
     legislation and administrative action as the Inspector 
     General determines appropriate, including recommendations for 
     preventing further unemployment compensation fraud by aliens 
     not lawfully present in the United States.

     SEC. 9024. FUNDING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FRAUD 
                   PREVENTION.

       In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
     appropriated to the Inspector General of the Department of 
     Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury 
     not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2022, to conduct oversight activities 
     (supported with funds appropriated to the Secretary of Labor 
     to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, 
     domestically or internationally) and investigate and refer 
     for prosecution aliens not lawfully present in the United 
     States who improperly received Federal unemployment 
     compensation.
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