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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8284 

To require recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to provide 

employment documentation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 

Mr. PALMER (for himself, Mr. PERRY, Mr. BUCK, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. BOST, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. WESTERMAN, 

and Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

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 

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1 title A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public 

2 Law 116–136)) is amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

6 the end; and 

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

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(iii) provides documentation substan10 tiating employment or self-employment or 

11 the planned commencement of employment 

12 or self-employment not later than 21 days 

13 after the date on which the individual sub14 mits an application for assistance under 

15 this section or is directed by the State 

16 Agency to submit such documentation or 

17 has shown good cause under the applicable 

18 State law for failing to submit such docu19 mentation by the deadline, in accordance 

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

21 Federal Regulations, or any successor 

22 thereto, except that such documentation 

23 shall not be required if the individual pre24 viously submitted such information to the 

25 State agency for the purpose of obtaining 


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1 regular or other unemployment compensa2 tion; and’’; and 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

5 the end; 

6 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe7 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

8 (iii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(iii) in accordance with section 

11 625.6(e)(2) of title 20, Code of Federal 

12 Regulations, or any successor thereto, an 

13 individual who does not provide docu14 mentation substantiating employment or 

15 self-employment or the planned commence16 ment of employment or self-employment 

17 under subparagraph (A)(iii).’’; 

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

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

20 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(4) DOCUMENTATION SUBSTANTIATING EM23 PLOYMENT OR SELF-EMPLOYMENT OR THE

24 PLANNED COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OR

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1 stantiating employment or self-employment or the 

2 planned commencement of employment or self-em3 ployment’ means documentation provided by the in4 dividual substantiating employment or self-employ5 ment and wages earned or paid for such employment 

6 or self-employment, or such information related to 

7 the planned commencement of employment or self8 employment.’’. 

9 (b) APPLICABILITY.— 

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

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

12 State shall require that documentation substan13 tiating employment or self-employment or the 

14 planned commencement of employment or self-em15 ployment (as defined in section 2102 of the Relief 

16 for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained 

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

18 Act (Public Law 116–136)) be submitted by any in19 dividual who applies for pandemic unemployment as20 sistance under section 2102 of the Relief for Work21 ers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in sub22 title A of title II of division A of the CARES Act 

23 (Public Law 116–136)) on or after the date of en24 actment of this Act. 


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1 (2) PRIOR APPLICANTS.—Any individual who 

2 applied for pandemic unemployment assistance 

3 under section 2102 of the Relief for Workers Af4 fected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of 

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

6 116–136)) before the date of enactment of this Act 

7 and receives such assistance on or after the date of 

8 enactment of this Act shall submit documentation 

9 substantiating employment or self-employment or 

10 the planned commencement of employment or self11 employment (as defined in such section 2102) not 

12 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 

13 this Act or the individual will be ineligible to receive 

14 pandemic unemployment assistance under such sec15 tion 2102. 

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