‘‘(iv) is appearing for jury duty before 
any court under a lawfully issued sum-
mons; 
‘‘(v) has been temporarily laid off and 
is available to work only for the employer 
that has temporarily laid off the individual; 
or 
‘‘(vi) is temporarily ill or injured. 
‘‘(5) ACTIVELY SEEKING WORK.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (2)(B)(ii), subject to subparagraphs (B) 
and (C), an individual shall be considered to be 
actively seeking work if the individual— 
‘‘(i) engages in an active search for 
employment that is appropriate in light of 
the employment available in the labor mar-
ket and the individual’s skills and capabili-
ties, including a number of employer con-
tacts that is consistent with the standards 
developed by the Secretary of Labor and 
communicated to the individual; 
‘‘(ii) maintains a record of such work 
search, including employers contacted, 
method of contact, and date contacted; 
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‘‘(iii) when requested, provides such 
record to the State agency; and 
‘‘(iv) is registered for employment 
services in such a manner and to such ex-
tent as prescribed by the Secretary of 
Labor. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
SELF-EMPLOY-
MENT.—In the case of an individual with a 
work history that includes self-employment, the 
individual may be considered actively seeking 
work if the individual— 
‘‘(i) is engaged in activities (which 
may 
include 
State-approved 
entrepre-
neurial training, business counseling, and 
technical assistance) relating to resuming 
self-employment that meet requirements 
established by the Secretary of Labor; 
‘‘(ii) maintains a record of such activi-
ties; and 
‘‘(iii) when requested, provides such 
record to the State agency. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—A jobseeker allowance 
shall not be denied to an otherwise eligible indi-
vidual for any week during which the individual 
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is not actively seeking work because the indi-
vidual— 
‘‘(i) is attending a training course 
with the approval of the State agency and 
the Secretary of Labor; 
‘‘(ii) has been temporarily laid off 
with a reasonable expectation the indi-
vidual will return to work soon; 
‘‘(iii) has a specified start date for 
new employment; 
‘‘(iv) is appearing for jury duty before 
any court under a lawfully issued sum-
mons; or 
‘‘(v) has a compelling reason (as de-
fined in section 3304(g)) or is a victim of 
a qualifying act of violence or harassment 
(as 
determined 
pursuant 
to 
section 
3304(h)). 
‘‘(6) MAY NOT REFUSE OFFER OF SUITABLE 
WORK.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), an individual shall not be 
eligible for a jobseeker allowance if the indi-
vidual refuses an offer of suitable work. 
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‘‘(B) NONSUITABLE
WORK.—Work shall 
not be considered suitable work for an indi-
vidual if the work— 
‘‘(i) poses an unreasonable risk to the 
individual’s health, safety, or morals; 
‘‘(ii) is not within the individual’s ex-
perience, training, or physical capability to 
perform; 
‘‘(iii) is outside of the locality of the 
individual’s residence or is an unreasonable 
distance from such residence; or 
‘‘(iv) meets other criteria established 
by the Secretary of Labor. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—A jobseeker allowance 
shall not be denied to an otherwise eligible indi-
vidual for any week for refusing an offer of 
suitable work if— 
‘‘(i) the position offered is vacant due 
directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor 
dispute; 
‘‘(ii) the wages, hours, or other condi-
tions of the work offered are substantially 
less favorable to the individual than those 
prevailing for similar work in the locality; 
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‘‘(iii) the position pays wages less 
than the higher of— 
‘‘(I) the minimum wage provided 
by section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206(a)(1)), without regard to any ex-
emption; 
‘‘(II) any applicable State or 
local minimum wage; 
‘‘(iv) if as a condition of being em-
ployed the individual would be required to 
join a company union or to resign from or 
refrain from joining any bona fide labor 
organization; 
‘‘(v) the position was not offered to 
such individual in writing; or 
‘‘(vi) the work meets other criteria es-
tablished by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF JOBSEEKER ALLOWANCE.— 
‘‘(1) AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to the suc-
ceeding provisions of this subsection, the weekly 
amount of a jobseeker allowance shall be an 
amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) for 2027, $250; and 
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‘‘(ii) for 2028 or a subsequent year, 
the dollar amount specified in this sub-
paragraph for the preceding year increased 
by the percentage change in the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers for 
the 12-month period ending with June of 
such preceding year. 
‘‘(B) ROUNDING.—If any amount deter-
mined under subparagraph (A)(ii) is not a mul-
tiple of $1, such amount shall be rounded to the 
nearest multiple of $1. 
‘‘(2) REDUCED AMOUNT FOR INDIVIDUALS EX-
CLUSIVELY SEEKING PART-TIME WORK.—In the case 
of an eligible individual who is available to work for 
less than 20 hours per week, the amount of the job-
seeker allowance for such individual for a week shall 
be equal to 50 percent of the jobseeker allowance 
that would otherwise apply under paragraph (1) for 
such week. 
‘‘(3) REDUCED AMOUNT FOR INDIVIDUALS RE-
CEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.—In the case of 
an eligible individual who is receiving unemployment 
compensation under any State of Federal law for a 
week, the amount of the jobseeker allowance for 
such individual for such week (determined after ap-
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plication of paragraph (2)) shall be reduced by the 
amount of such regular compensation or extended 
compensation for such week. 
‘‘(4) INCREASED AMOUNT FOR CERTAIN INDI-
VIDUALS IN STATES WITH ELEVATED UNEMPLOY-
MENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For weeks beginning 
in an elevated unemployment period, in the case 
of an eligible individual that meets the prior in-
come threshold described in subparagraph (C), 
the amount of the jobseeker allowance for such 
individual for the week (determined after the 
application of paragraphs (2) and (3)) shall be 
increased by an amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) the lesser of— 
‘‘(I) an amount equal to 1.4 per-
cent of the amount of the individual’s 
earned income for the most recently 
completed tax year (or the imme-
diately preceding tax year, if the indi-
vidual has not filed a return of tax for 
the most recently completed tax year); 
or 
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‘‘(II) two-thirds of the State’s av-
erage weekly wage (as determined by 
the Secretary of Labor); reduced by 
‘‘(ii) the amount of the jobseeker al-
lowance for such individual for such week 
(determined after application of para-
graphs (2) and (3)); reduced by 
‘‘(iii) the amount of any reduction of 
the jobseeker allowance for such individual 
for such week pursuant to paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) 
ELEVATED
UNEMPLOYMENT
PE-
RIOD.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 
term ‘elevated unemployment period’ means any 
period during which an extended benefit period 
would be in effect under subsection (f) or (g) of 
section 203 of the Federal-State Extended Un-
employment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 
U.S.C. 3304 note) if such subsection was ap-
plied by substituting ‘7.5 percent’ for ‘5.5 per-
cent’. 
‘‘(C) PRIOR INCOME THRESHOLD.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), an eligible individual 
meets the prior income threshold described 
in this subparagraph for a week if— 
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‘‘(I) the individual’s earned in-
come for the most recently completed 
tax year was equal to or greater than 
$10,000; and 
‘‘(II) the individual provides such 
documentation of prior earned income 
as the Secretary determines appro-
priate, such as, but not limited to, tax 
returns, Form W–2s, Form 1099s, 
and pay stubs. 
‘‘(ii) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case 
of any taxable year beginning in a cal-
endar year after 2027, the dollar 
amount in clause (i)(I) shall be in-
creased by an amount equal to— 
‘‘(aa) such dollar amount; 
multiplied by 
‘‘(bb) the cost-of-living ad-
justment determined under sec-
tion 1(f)(3) for the calendar year 
in which the taxable year begins, 
determined by substituting ‘cal-
endar year 2026’ for ‘calendar 
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year 
2016’ 
in 
subparagraph 
(A)(ii) thereof. 
‘‘(II) ROUNDING.—Any increase 
determined under subclause (I) shall 
be rounded to the nearest multiple of 
$100 in the case of an adjustment of 
the amount in subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(D) EARNED
INCOME.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘earned income’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 32(c)(2) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(5) EARNINGS DISREGARD.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), an individual may earn up to 100 
percent of the amount of the individual’s weekly 
jobseeker allowance without losing eligibility for 
the weekly jobseeker allowance. 
‘‘(B) REDUCTION.—In the case of an indi-
vidual who is not receiving regular compensa-
tion or extended compensation under any State 
of Federal law with respect to a week, if the in-
dividual’s earnings are greater than 1⁄4 of the 
amount of the individual’s weekly jobseeker al-
lowance (determined after application of para-
graphs (2), (3), and (4)) for the week, the 
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amount of the individual’s weekly jobseeker al-
lowance (as so determined) for the week shall 
be reduced by 75 cents for each dollar earned 
above 1⁄4 of the amount of the individual’s 
weekly jobseeker allowance (as so determined). 
‘‘(c) JOBSEEKER ALLOWANCE ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State shall establish, for 
each eligible individual who files an application for 
a jobseeker allowance, a jobseeker allowance ac-
count. 
‘‘(2) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The 
maximum 
amount of a jobseeker allowance payable to any indi-
vidual for whom a jobseeker allowance account is es-
tablished under paragraph (1) may not exceed the 
amount established in such account for such indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(3) BASE-TIER JOBSEEKER ALLOWANCE.—The 
amount established in an account under paragraph 
(1) shall be equal to 26 times the amount of the 
weekly jobseeker allowance (as determined under 
subsection (b), taking into account the application of 
paragraph (4) of such subsection but not taking into 
account the application of paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(5) of such subsection). Such amount shall be re-
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ferred to in this section as the ‘base-tier jobseeker 
allowance’. 
‘‘(4) FIRST-TIER JOBSEEKER ALLOWANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, at the time that 
the amount added to an individual’s account 
under paragraph (3) is exhausted, or at any 
time during the individual’s benefit year, such 
individual’s State is in an extended benefit pe-
riod under section 203(d) of the Federal-State 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 
1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), such account shall 
be augmented by an amount (in this section re-
ferred to as ‘first tier jobseeker allowance’) 
equal to 13 times the amount of the weekly job-
seeker allowance (as determined under sub-
section (b), taking into account the application 
of paragraph (4) of such subsection but not 
taking into account the application of para-
graphs (2), (3), and (5) of such subsection). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The account of an in-
dividual may be augmented not more than once 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(5) SECOND-TIER
ADDITIONAL
JOBSEEKER 
ALLOWANCE.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, at the time that 
the amount added to an individual’s account 
under paragraph (4) is exhausted, or at any 
time during the individual’s benefit year, such 
individual’s State is in a second-tier high unem-
ployment period under section 202(b)(3)(B)(i) 
of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 
note), such account shall be augmented by an 
amount (in this section referred to as ‘second- 
tier jobseeker allowance’) equal to 13 times the 
amount of the weekly jobseeker allowance (as 
determined under subsection (b) of this section, 
taking into account the application of para-
graph (4) of such subsection but not taking into 
account the application of paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (5) of such subsection). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The account of an in-
dividual may be augmented not more than once 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(6) THIRD-TIER ADDITIONAL JOBSEEKER AL-
LOWANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, at the time that 
the amount added to an individual’s account 
under paragraph (5) is exhausted, or at any 
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time during the individual’s benefit year, such 
individual’s State is in a third-tier high unem-
ployment period under section 202(b)(3)(B)(ii) 
of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 
note), such account shall be augmented by an 
amount (in this section referred to as ‘third-tier 
jobseeker allowance’) equal to 13 times the 
amount of the weekly jobseeker allowance (as 
determined under subsection (b) of this section, 
taking into account the application of para-
graph (4) of such subsection but not taking into 
account the application of paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (5) of such subsection). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The account of an in-
dividual may be augmented not more than once 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(7) FOURTH-TIER
ADDITIONAL
JOBSEEKER 
ALLOWANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, at the time that 
the amount added to an individual’s account 
under paragraph (6) is exhausted, or at any 
time during the individual’s benefit year, such 
individual’s State is in a fourth-tier high unem-
ployment period under section 202(b)(3)(B)(iii) 
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of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 
note), such account shall be augmented by an 
amount (in this section referred to as ‘fourth- 
tier jobseeker allowance’) equal to 13 times the 
amount of the weekly jobseeker allowance (as 
determined under subsection (b) of this section, 
taking into account the application of para-
graph (4) of such subsection but not taking into 
account the application of paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (5) of such subsection). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The account of an in-
dividual may be augmented not more than once 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) FULL REIMBURSEMENT.—There shall 
be paid to each State an amount equal to 100 
percent of— 
‘‘(i) the total amount of jobseeker al-
lowances paid to individuals by the State 
pursuant to this section; and 
‘‘(ii) any additional administrative ex-
penses incurred by the State by reason of 
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making such payments (as determined by 
the Secretary of Labor). 
‘‘(B) TERMS OF PAYMENTS.—Sums pay-
able to any State under this section shall be 
payable, either in advance or by way of reim-
bursement (as determined by the Secretary of 
Labor), in such amounts as the Secretary of 
Labor estimates the State will be entitled to re-
ceive under this section for each calendar 
month, reduced or increased, as the case may 
be, by any amount by which the Secretary of 
Labor finds that the Secretary’s estimates for 
any prior calendar month were greater or less 
than the amounts that should have been paid to 
the State. Such estimates may be made on the 
basis of such statistical, sampling, or other 
method as may be agreed upon by the Secretary 
of Labor and the State agency of the State in-
volved. 
‘‘(2) 
CERTIFICATIONS.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Labor shall from time to time certify to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury for payment to each State the 
sums payable to such State under this section. 
‘‘(3) DEPOSIT.—Sums payable to any State 
under this section shall be deposited in the account 
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of such State in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
Amounts deposited under preceding sentence may 
only be used by the State for the payment of job-
seeker allowances under this section. 
‘‘(4) FUNDING.—There are appropriated from 
the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal year 
limitation, such sums as may be necessary for pur-
poses of this section. 
‘‘(e) FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an individual knowingly 
has made, or caused to be made by another, a false 
statement or representation of a material fact, or 
knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to 
disclose a material fact, and as a result of such false 
statement or representation or of such nondisclosure 
such individual has received an amount of jobseeker 
allowances to which such individual was not entitled, 
such individual— 
‘‘(A) shall be ineligible for further job-
seeker allowances in accordance with the provi-
sions of the applicable State unemployment 
compensation law relating to fraud in connec-
tion with a claim for unemployment compensa-
tion; and 
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‘‘(B) shall be subject to prosecution under 
section 1001 of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) REPAYMENT.—In the case of individuals 
who have received amounts of jobseeker allowances 
to which they were not entitled, the State shall re-
quire such individuals to repay the amounts of such 
jobseeker allowances to the State agency, except that 
the State agency shall waive such repayment if it de-
termines that— 
‘‘(A) the payment of such jobseeker allow-
ance was not based on fraud on the part of any 
such individual; and 
‘‘(B) such repayment would be contrary to 
equity and good conscience. 
‘‘(3) RECOVERY BY STATE AGENCY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State agency may 
recover the amount to be repaid, or any part 
thereof, by deductions from any jobseeker al-
lowance payable to such individual or from any 
unemployment compensation payable to such 
individual under any State or Federal unem-
ployment compensation law administered by the 
State agency or under any other State or Fed-
eral law administered by the State agency 
which provides for the payment of any assist-
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ance or allowance with respect to any week of 
unemployment, during the 3-year period after 
the date such individual received the payment 
of the jobseeker allowance to which they were 
not entitled, in accordance with the same proce-
dures as apply to the recovery of overpayments 
of regular unemployment benefits paid by the 
State. 
‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY
FOR
HEARING.—No 
repayment shall be required, and no deduction 
shall be made, until a determination has been 
made, notice thereof and an opportunity for a 
fair hearing has been given to the individual, 
and the determination has become final. 
‘‘(4) REVIEW.—Any determination by a State 
agency under this section shall be subject to review 
in the same manner and to the same extent as deter-
minations under the State unemployment compensa-
tion law, and only in that manner and to that ex-
tent. 
‘‘(5) DEPOSIT
IN
STATE
UNEMPLOYMENT 
FUND.—Any amount recovered by a State agency 
pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the ac-
count of such State in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund. Amounts deposited under preceding sentence 
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may only be used by the State for the payment of 
jobseeker allowances under this section. 
‘‘(f) PAYMENT TO BE DISREGARDED FOR PURPOSES 
OF ALL FEDERAL
AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PRO-
GRAMS.—A jobseeker allowance payment shall not be re-
garded as income and shall not be regarded as a resource 
for the month of receipt and the following 12 months, for 
purposes of determining the eligibility of the recipient (or 
the recipient’s spouse or family) for benefits or assistance, 
or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under 
any Federal program or under any State or local program 
financed in whole or in part with Federal funds. 
‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 3 months after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of 
Labor shall issue regulations to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) PERMISSIBLE USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—Sec-
tion 3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as amended by section 215, is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (H), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(I) amounts may be withdrawn for the 
payment of jobseeker allowances under section 
3304C;’’. 
(2) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 303(a)(5) 
of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 
215, is amended by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and 
inserting ‘‘: Provided further, That amounts may be 
withdrawn for the payment of jobseeker allowances 
under section 3304C; and’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
as amended by section 215 and 218, is amended inserting 
after the item relating to section 3304B the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 3304C. Jobseeker allowance.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment begin-
ning on or after the earlier of— 
(1) the date the State changes its statutes, reg-
ulations, or policies in order to comply with such 
amendments; or 
(2) January 1, 2027. 
Æ 
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