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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4015 
To amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to support 
workers as they re-enter the labor force by providing a newly employed 
worker allowance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2021 
Ms. SHERRILL (for herself, Mr. MEIJER, and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES 
Act to support workers as they re-enter the labor force 
by providing a newly employed worker allowance, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Unem-
ployment Programs to Provide Opportunities for Recovery 
and Training for New Workers Act’’ or the ‘‘SUPPORT 
for New Workers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NEWLY EMPLOYED WORKER ALLOWANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2104(b) of the Cares Act 
(Public Law 116–136) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) NEWLY
EMPLOYED
WORKER
ALLOW-
ANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any agreement under 
this section shall provide that the State agency 
of the State will, in addition to payments de-
scribed in paragraph (1), make up to 9 weekly 
payments for each week during the benefit pe-
riod, in the amount of $180, to each individual 
who— 
‘‘(i) was eligible for Federal Pandemic 
Unemployment Compensation under para-
graph (1) or for pandemic unemployment 
assistance under section 2102 for any week 
ending on or after the date of enactment 
of this paragraph; 
‘‘(ii) is no longer so eligible (as deter-
mined by the State), as a result of earn-
ings due to commencing employment; and 
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‘‘(iii) remains employed, as verified by 
the individual (with notice of such pay-
ments provided to the individual’s em-
ployer) on at least a biweekly basis, 
throughout the benefit period. 
‘‘(B) BENEFIT PERIOD.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ‘benefit period’ means, 
with respect to an individual, a period— 
‘‘(i) beginning on the date the indi-
vidual commenced employment as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii); and 
‘‘(ii) ending on September 6, 2021. 
‘‘(C) TIMING OF PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—Payments 
for 
which an individual is eligible under this 
paragraph (including a one-time lump sum 
payment as described in clause (ii)) shall 
be made as soon as practicable after the 
individual has commenced employment as 
described in subparagraph (A)(ii). 
‘‘(ii) ONE-TIME
PAYMENT
EXCEP-
TION.—In any case in which a State cer-
tifies to the Secretary that payments under 
subparagraph (A) cannot be implemented, 
due to administrative challenges, before the 
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date that is 3 weeks after the date of en-
actment of this paragraph, such State may 
elect, in lieu of making the payments de-
scribed in such subparagraph, to make a 
one-time lump sum payment to each indi-
vidual described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
such subparagraph in an amount equal to 
the product of $180 multiplied by the 
number of weeks in the individual’s benefit 
period. 
‘‘(D) CONDITIONS
OF
REPAYMENT.—In 
any case in which an individual who receives a 
payment under this paragraph after com-
mencing employment voluntarily separates from 
such employment before the date that is 6 
weeks after the date of such payment, such in-
dividual shall be ineligible for regular com-
pensation and any unemployment benefits de-
scribed in subsection (i)(2) until such time as 
the individual repays all payments received 
under this paragraph to the State agency, ex-
cept that this subparagraph shall not apply if 
the individual voluntarily separated from em-
ployment for the purpose of— 
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‘‘(i) quarantining due to a COVID-19 
infection or recovering from a COVID-19 
infection; 
‘‘(ii) caring for a relative who has con-
tracted COVID-19 or a child whose school 
or day care center is closed because of 
COVID-19; or 
‘‘(iii) avoiding contraction of COVID- 
19 as a result of unsafe working conditions 
that violate OSHA health and safety regu-
lations. 
‘‘(E) SPECIAL
RULE.—Payments made 
pursuant to an agreement under this paragraph 
shall not be considered to violate the withdrawal 
requirements of section 303(a)(5) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)(5)) or section 
3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2104 of 
such Act is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘will make 
payments’’ and inserting ‘‘will, in addition to pay-
ments described in paragraph (4), make payments’’; 
(2) in subsections (d) and (f), by inserting ‘‘, 
payments under subsection (b)(4),’’ after ‘‘Federal 
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Pandemic Unemployment Compensation’’ each place 
it appears; and 
(3) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘, and any 
payment under subsection (b)(4),’’ after ‘‘Federal 
Pandemic Unemployment Compensation’’. 
Æ 
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