[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S3970]
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  SA 2372. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ENDING UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS TO JOBLESS 
                   MILLIONAIRES.

       (a) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds.--
       (1) In general.--No Federal funds may be used--
       (A) to make payments of unemployment compensation benefits 
     under an unemployment compensation program of the United 
     States in a year to an individual whose wages during the 
     individual's base period are equal to or exceed $1,000,000; 
     or
       (B) for any administrative costs associated with making 
     payments described in subparagraph (A).
       (2) Compliance.--
       (A) Self-certification.--Any application for unemployment 
     compensation under an unemployment compensation program of 
     the United States shall include a form or procedure for an 
     individual applicant to certify that such individual's wages 
     during the individual's base period do not equal or exceed 
     $1,000,000.
       (B) Verification.--Each State agency that is responsible 
     for administering any unemployment compensation program of 
     the United States shall utilize available systems to verify 
     wage eligibility by assessing claimant income to the degree 
     possible.
       (3) Recovery of overpayments.--Each State agency that is 
     responsible for administering any unemployment compensation 
     program of the United States shall require individuals who 
     have received amounts of unemployment compensation under such 
     a program to which they were not entitled to repay such 
     amounts.
       (4) Effective date.--The prohibition under paragraph (1) 
     shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Unemployment Compensation Program of the United States 
     Defined.--In this section, the term ``unemployment 
     compensation program of the United States'' means--
       (1) unemployment compensation for Federal civilian 
     employees under subchapter I of chapter 85 of title 5, United 
     States Code;
       (2) unemployment compensation for ex-servicemembers under 
     subchapter II of chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code;
       (3) extended benefits under the Federal-State Extended 
     Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note);
       (4) any Federal temporary extension of unemployment 
     compensation;
       (5) any Federal program that increases the weekly amount of 
     unemployment compensation payable to individuals; and
       (6) any other Federal program providing for the payment of 
     unemployment compensation, as determined by the Secretary of 
     Labor.
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