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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1119 
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 
FEBRUARY 7, 2025 
Mr. EDWARDS (for himself, Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, and Mr. AUSTIN 
SCOTT of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unemployment Integ-
rity Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. REFORM OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO 
PROMOTE WORK. 
(a) INTERVIEW REQUIREMENT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) A requirement that, as a condition of eli-
gibility for regular compensation for any week, a 
claimant must, if requested, in relation to work that 
may be available— 
‘‘(A) respond to requests; 
‘‘(B) schedule and attend an interview and 
participate in reemployment services at an 
agreed upon time; and 
‘‘(C) comply with any other reasonable re-
quest, including any request that an individual 
undergo drug testing or skill assessments.’’. 
(2) REPORTING OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—Section 
303(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)), as amended 
by paragraph (1), is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(14) A method by which a person with whom 
a claimant is seeking employment may voluntarily 
report to the State the failure of a claimant to com-
ply with the State law provisions described in para-
graphs (12) and (13).’’. 
(b) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
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(1) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Labor shall conduct a study on the effect of increas-
ing the number of random audits under the Bene-
ficiary Accuracy Management program on the ad-
ministration of State unemployment compensation 
laws. 
(2) AUDIT PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS.—Not later 
than 1 year after submitting the report required 
under paragraph (1), if such report indicates that 
increasing the number of random audits under the 
Benefit Accuracy Measurement program (or any 
successor audit program) will improve the adminis-
tration of State unemployment compensation laws, 
the Secretary shall prescribe regulations to increase 
the number of such audits in accordance with such 
report. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), the amendments made by subsections (a) and 
(b) shall, with respect to a State, apply to weeks be-
ginning after the date that is 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(2) STATES WITH BIENNIAL LEGISLATIVE SES-
SIONS.—In the case of a State whose legislature is 
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not in session during the 1-year period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act, the amendments 
made by subsections (a) and (b) shall, with respect 
to such State, apply to weeks beginning after the 
end of the first session of the State legislature which 
begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTENDED AND EMER-
GENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 905 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1105) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Amounts’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (e), amounts’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION
ON
FUNDS
TRANSFERS.—(1) 
Amounts in the extended unemployment compensation ac-
count may not be transferred to a State account for the 
purposes of any unemployment compensation law unless 
the Secretary of Labor certifies that the State law under 
which such unemployment compensation will be adminis-
tered includes the provisions required by paragraphs (13) 
and (14) of section 303(a). 
‘‘(2) The provisions of this subsection shall apply not-
withstanding any other provision of law enacted after the 
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date of enactment of the Unemployment Integrity Act of 
2025, unless such other provision of law specifically cites 
this subsection.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the amendments made by subsection (a) shall, with 
respect to a State, apply to weeks beginning after 
the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) STATES WITH BIENNIAL LEGISLATIVE SES-
SIONS.—In the case of a State whose legislature is 
not in session during the 1-year period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act, the amendments 
made by subsection (a) shall, with respect to such 
State, apply to weeks beginning after the end of the 
first session of the State legislature which begins 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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