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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7066 

To provide relief to workers impacted by COVID–19 and support for 

reopening businesses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 1, 2020 

Mr. BRADY (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. 

SCHWEIKERT, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. RICE of South 

Carolina, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. ARRINGTON, 

and Mr. REED) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To provide relief to workers impacted by COVID–19 and 

support for reopening businesses, 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 ‘‘Reopening America 

5 by Supporting Workers and Businesses Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TIME-LIMITED BACK-TO-WORK BONUSES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2104(b) of the Cares Act 

8 (Public Law 116–136) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para2 graph (3); and 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(2) BACK-TO-WORK BONUSES.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any agreement under 

7 this section may also provide that the State 

8 agency of the State may make not more than 

9 2 weekly payments each in the amount of $600 

10 to each individual who— 

11 ‘‘(i) was eligible for Federal Pandemic 

12 Unemployment Compensation under para13 graph (1) for any week beginning after the 

14 date of enactment of the Reopening Amer15 ica by Supporting Workers and Businesses 

16 Act of 2020; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) is no longer so eligible (as deter18 mined by the State), as a result of earn19 ings due to commencing employment, for 

20 the week immediately following such week. 

21 ‘‘(B) DURATION.—Payments to an indi22 vidual under this paragraph shall begin with 

23 the week described in subparagraph (A)(ii) and 

24 shall end with the earlier of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the week following the week de2 scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii); or 

3 ‘‘(ii) the last week with respect to 

4 which such agreement applies. 

5 ‘‘(C) OPTION TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS AS A

6 LUMP SUM.—At the option of the State, pay7 ments to an individual under this paragraph for 

8 weeks described in subparagraph (B) may be 

9 paid as a lump sum of $1,200. 

10 ‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULE.—Payments made 

11 pursuant to an agreement under this paragraph 

12 shall not be considered to violate the withdrawal 

13 requirements of section 303(a)(5) of the Social 

14 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)(5)) or section 

15 3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

16 1986.’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2104 of 

18 such Act is amended— 

19 (1) by inserting ‘‘and payments under sub20 section (b)(2)’’ after ‘‘Federal Pandemic Unemploy21 ment Compensation’’ each place it appears in sub22 section (d) or (f) of such section; and 

23 (2) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘, as such 

24 provisions apply with respect to Federal Pandemic 


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1 Unemployment Compensation,’’ after ‘‘the preceding 

2 provisions of this section’’. 

3 SEC. 3. RETURN TO WORK REPORTING. 

4 Subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act 

5 (Public Law 116–136) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2117. RETURN TO WORK REPORTING. 

8 ‘‘Each State participating in an agreement under any 

9 of the preceding sections of this subtitle shall have in ef10 fect a procedure to address any circumstances in which, 

11 during any period during which such agreement is in ef12 fect, claimants of unemployment compensation refuse to 

13 return to work or to accept an offer of suitable work with14 out good cause. Such procedures shall include the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(1) A reporting mechanism for employers, 

17 such as through a phone line, email, or online portal, 

18 to notify the State agency when an individual re19 fuses an offer of employment. 

20 ‘‘(2) A plain-language notice provided to such 

21 claimants about State return to work laws, rights to 

22 refuse to return to work or to refuse suitable work, 

23 and information on contesting the denial of a claim 

24 that has been denied due to a report by an employer 


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1 that the claimant refused to return to work or re2 fused suitable work.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS FOR GOVERNMENTAL 

4 ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 

5 Section 903(i)(1) of the Social Security Act, as added 

6 by section 2103 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘during 

9 the applicable period’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to 

10 the applicable period’’; 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 

12 3309(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3309(a)’’; and 

13 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘shall be 

14 used exclusively’’ and all that follows through the 

15 end and inserting ‘‘shall be used exclusively to re16 duce the amounts required to be paid in lieu of con17 tributions into the State unemployment fund pursu18 ant to such section by governmental entities and 

19 other organizations described in section 3309(a) of 

20 such Code’’. 

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