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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5967 

To amend titles III and IX of the Social Security Act to require individuals 

receiving unemployment compensation to fulfill certain requirements in 

relation to suitable work, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 17, 2023 

Mr. EDWARDS introduced the following bill 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend titles III and IX of the Social Security Act to 

require individuals receiving unemployment compensation 

to fulfill certain requirements in relation to suitable 

work, 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 ‘‘Unemployment Integ5 rity Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REFORM OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO 

2 PROMOTE WORK. 

3 (a) INTERVIEW REQUIREMENT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of the Social 

5 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended by add6 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(13) A requirement that, as a condition of eli8 gibility for regular compensation for any week, a 

9 claimant must, if requested, in relation to work that 

10 may be available— 

11 ‘‘(A) respond to requests; 

12 ‘‘(B) schedule and attend an interview and 

13 participate in reemployment services at an 

14 agreed upon time; and 

15 ‘‘(C) comply with any other reasonable re16 quest, including any request that an individual 

17 undergo drug testing or skill assessments.’’. 

18 (2) REPORTING OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—Section 

19 303(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)), as amended 

20 by paragraph (1), is further amended by adding at 

21 the end the following new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(14) A method by which a person with whom 

23 a claimant is seeking employment may voluntarily 

24 report to the State the failure of a claimant to com25 ply with the State law provisions described in para26 graphs (12) and (13).’’. 


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1 (b) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

2 (1) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

4 Labor shall conduct a study on the effect of increas5 ing the number of random audits under the Bene6 ficiary Accuracy Management program on the ad7 ministration of State unemployment compensation 

8 laws. 

9 (2) AUDIT PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS.—Not later 

10 than 1 year after submitting the report required 

11 under paragraph (1), if such report indicates that 

12 increasing the number of random audits under the 

13 Benefit Accuracy Measurement program (or any 

14 successor audit program) will improve the adminis15 tration of State unemployment compensation laws, 

16 the Secretary shall prescribe regulations to increase 

17 the number of such audits in accordance with such 

18 report. 

19 (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 

21 (B), the amendments made by subsections (a) and 

22 (b) shall, with respect to a State, apply to weeks be23 ginning after the date that is 1 year after the date 

24 of enactment of this Act. 


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1 (2) STATES WITH BIENNIAL LEGISLATIVE SES2 SIONS.—In the case of a State whose legislature is 

3 not in session during the 1-year period beginning on 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, the amendments 

5 made by subsections (a) and (b) shall, with respect 

6 to such State, apply to weeks beginning after the 

7 end of the first session of the State legislature which 

8 begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 3. WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTENDED AND EMER10 GENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 905 of the Social Security 

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 1105) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Amounts’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (e), amounts’’; 

15 and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub17 section: 

18 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON FUNDS TRANSFERS.—(1) 

19 Amounts in the extended unemployment compensation ac20 count may not be transferred to a State account for the 

21 purposes of any unemployment compensation law unless 

22 the Secretary of Labor certifies that the State law under 

23 which such unemployment compensation will be adminis24 tered includes the provisions required by paragraphs (13) 

25 and (14) of section 303(a). 


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1 ‘‘(2) The provisions of this subsection shall apply not2 withstanding any other provision of law enacted after the 

3 date of enactment of the Unemployment Integrity Act of 

4 2023, unless such other provision of law specifically cites 

5 this subsection.’’. 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

8 the amendments made by subsection (a) shall, with 

9 respect to a State, apply to weeks beginning after 

10 the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act. 

12 (2) STATES WITH BIENNIAL LEGISLATIVE SES13 SIONS.—In the case of a State whose legislature is 

14 not in session during the 1-year period beginning on 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the amendments 

16 made by subsection (a) shall, with respect to such 

17 State, apply to weeks beginning after the end of the 

18 first session of the State legislature which begins 

19 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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