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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7959 

To prohibit payment of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal 

Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to millionaires. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 7, 2020 

Mr. CURTIS (for himself and Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To prohibit payment of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance 

and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to 

millionaires. 

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 ‘‘Returning Inappro5 priate Cash Handouts Act’’ or the ‘‘RICH Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAYMENT OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOY2 MENT ASSISTANCE AND FEDERAL PANDEMIC 

3 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO MIL4 LIONAIRES. 

5 (a) PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.—Sec6 tion 2102 of the Relief for Workers Affected by 

7 Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of divi8 sion A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136)) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)(3)(B)— 

11 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

12 end; 

13 (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 

14 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

16 clause: 

17 ‘‘(iii) an individual whose adjusted 

18 gross income is equal to or greater than 

19 $1,000,000.’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub21 section: 

22 ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO MILLION23 AIRES.— 

24 ‘‘(1) COMPLIANCE.—Any application for assist25 ance authorized under subsection (b) shall include a 

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1 tify that such individual is not prohibited from re2 ceiving such assistance pursuant to subsection 

3 (a)(3)(B)(iii). 

4 ‘‘(2) AUDITS.—The certifications required by 

5 paragraph (1) shall be auditable by the Department 

6 of Labor or the Government Accountability Office.’’. 

7 (b) FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT COM8 PENSATION.—Section 2104(b) of the Relief for Workers 

9 Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of 

10 title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 

11 136)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION TO MIL14 LIONAIRES.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Federal Pandemic 

16 Unemployment Compensation shall not be pay17 able to any individual whose adjusted gross in18 come is equal to or greater than $1,000,000. 

19 ‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE.—Any application for 

20 regular compensation shall include a form or 

21 procedure for an individual applicant to certify 

22 that such individual is not prohibited from re23 ceiving Federal Pandemic Unemployment Com24 pensation pursuant to subparagraph (A). 


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1 ‘‘(C) AUDITS.—The certifications required 

2 by subparagraph (B) shall be auditable by the 

3 Department of Labor or the Government Ac4 countability Office.’’. 

5 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act, 

6 or any amendment made by this Act, may be construed 

7 to apply to regular compensation or extended compensa8 tion (as such terms are defined by section 205 of the Fed9 eral-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 

10 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note)) to which an individual may be oth11 erwise entitled. 

12 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

13 this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment begin14 ning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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