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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4275 

To require recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to provide 

employment documentation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 22, 2020 

Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. ENZI) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To require recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance 

to provide employment documentation, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pandemic Unemploy5 ment Assistance Integrity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2102(a) of the Relief for 

8 Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in sub9 title A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public 

10 Law 116–136)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

3 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

4 the end; and 

5 (ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(iii) provides documentation substan8 tiating employment or self-employment or 

9 the planned commencement of employment 

10 or self-employment not later than 21 days 

11 after the date on which the individual sub12 mits an application for assistance under 

13 this section or is directed by the State 

14 Agency to submit such documentation or 

15 has shown good cause under the applicable 

16 State law for failing to submit such docu17 mentation by the deadline, in accordance 

18 with section 625.6(e) of title 20, Code of 

19 Federal Regulations, or any successor 

20 thereto, except that such documentation 

21 shall not be required if the individual pre22 viously submitted such information to the 

23 State agency for the purpose of obtaining 

24 regular or other unemployment compensa25 tion; and’’; and 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

3 the end; 

4 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe5 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

6 (iii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(iii) in accordance with section 

9 625.6(e)(2) of title 20, Code of Federal 

10 Regulations, or any successor thereto, an 

11 individual who does not provide docu12 mentation substantiating employment or 

13 self-employment or the planned commence14 ment of employment or self-employment 

15 under subparagraph (A)(iii).’’; 

16 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 

17 paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

18 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(4) DOCUMENTATION SUBSTANTIATING EM21 PLOYMENT OR SELF-EMPLOYMENT OR THE

22 PLANNED COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OR

23 SELF-EMPLOYMENT.—The term ‘documentation sub24 stantiating employment or self-employment or the 

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1 ployment’ means documentation provided by the in2 dividual substantiating employment or self-employ3 ment and wages earned or paid for such employment 

4 or self-employment, or such information related to 

5 the planned commencement of employment or self6 employment.’’. 

7 (b) APPLICABILITY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 30 

9 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

10 State shall require that documentation substan11 tiating employment or self-employment or the 

12 planned commencement of employment or self-em13 ployment (as defined in section 2102 of the Relief 

14 for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained 

15 in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES 

16 Act (Public Law 116–136)) be submitted by any in17 dividual who applies for pandemic unemployment as18 sistance under section 2102 of the Relief for Work19 ers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in sub20 title A of title II of division A of the CARES Act 

21 (Public Law 116–136)) on or after the date of en22 actment of this Act. 

23 (2) PRIOR APPLICANTS.—Any individual who 

24 applied for pandemic unemployment assistance 

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1 fected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of 

2 title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 

3 116–136)) before the date of enactment of this Act 

4 and receives such assistance on or after the date of 

5 enactment of this Act shall submit documentation 

6 substantiating employment or self-employment or 

7 the planned commencement of employment or self8 employment (as defined in such section 2102) not 

9 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 

10 this Act or the individual will be ineligible to receive 

11 pandemic unemployment assistance under such sec12 tion 2102. 

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